Jeff Castelaz, the co-founder of Dangerbird Records who departed last month in an upheaval at the Silver Lake-based indie label, has been named president of Elektra Records. Castelaz’s impending move to a major was reported here in September when co-founder Peter Walker (pictured at left, with Castelaz) resumed control of Dangerbird and elevated Jenni Sperandeo […]
Jeff Castelaz, the co-founder of Dangerbird Records and a major presence on L.A. music scene since the label began in 2004, is leaving the imprint. A major shakeup at the Silver Lake-based label will see co-founder Peter Walker [pictured performing with his band Eulogies] assume control of Dangerbird. Jenni Sperandeo – who as head of […]
Sunset Junction, who needs ya? That seemed to be the attitude on Saturday as Silver Lake, Echo Park and downtown sprang to life on Saturday, with music venues and other businesses opening their doors to bands displaced by the cancellation of the annual street fair. Fans shuttled to and from locales hosting day- and nighttime […]
Bands who were all dressed up for Sunset Junction and now have nowhere to go scrambled to find other gigs this week in the wake of the festival’s cancellation. Talent buyers with holes in their weekend schedules suddenly have myriad options. Here’s what’s on our radar (Thursday morning updates in red, Thursday afternoon updates in […]
[In response to the inevitable questions I am asked at shows – What have you heard? What are you listening to? What’s new? – today I embark on something called Random Dispatches … the contents of my notebook, spilt.] ‣ Lavender Diamond’s recent show at the Eagle Rock Center for the Arts was a revelation, […]
There’s a sad irony in the fact that the One AM Radio’s video for “Everything Falls Apart” emerged this week, as the band’s label Dangerbird Records retrenched, but that’s shouldn’t detract one bit from glitchy, slow-motion splendor of Hrishikesh Hirway’s tune. On “Heaven Is Attached by a Slender Thread,” the songwriter/producer’s fourth album and second […]
The Fling, the Long Beach quartet whose affection for ’60s-style harmonies and fuzzy psychedelia moved the band quickly to the front of the line among folk-rock revivalists, have signed to Dangerbird Records. ||| Also: The backstory of the Fling, along with a download of “Strangers.” The L.A.-based label – home to Silversun Pickups, Minus the […]
For all the serendipity that ignited the flame that is Fitz & the Tantrums, it’s the years of dues-paying that put frontman Michael Sean Fitzpatrick in his enviable position as the next hot soul man. Fitzpatrick, who presides over the blue-eyed, skinny-tied retro-pop that’s tugged at the hips and the heartstrings of audiences everywhere, only […]
Just when you thought Dangerbird Records was going to build an empire by loading up on mid-career indie bands (recent signings: Hot Hot Heat, Minus the Bear and ex-Promise Ring guys Maritime), the L.A.-based label has gone out an inked local soul revivalists Fitz & the Tantrums, the Times reports. Nifty timing too – Fitz […]
Dangerbird Records continues to add muscle to its roster – today the L.A.-based label announced the signing of Canadian indie-rockers Hot Hot Heat. The quartet’s fourth album “Future Breeds” – a return to the delirious spazz-pop of early in its career – will be released this summer. Their two major-label albums for Warner Bros. in […]
