Why was the plug really pulled on HARD L.A. this weekend? The Times’ initial blog post cited security reasons, possibly stemming from the public outcry over the death of a 15-year-old festival-goer at the recent Electric Daisy Carnival. Now promoter Gary Richards has come clean (after initially declining comment), acknowledging extra costs forced the cancellation. […]
Eagles of Death Metal got their “Heart On,” joining up with Living Things to bring big rock and substantial swagger to the Music Box @ Fonda on Wednesday night. Photographer Benjamin Hoste was up close and personal.
[Hide the live chickens, Alice Cooper is celebrating a birthday today …] Matt & Kim’s latest album, “Grand” (released in January on Fader), is pretty lightweight stuff, but the duo [pictured] can charm an earflap beanie off a hipster and they always draw well in L.A. With the Mae Shi on the bill, the sold-out […]
Sounds like a gimmick – a rock band anchored by the three Berlin brothers making an album in Berlin – but the nine months the Living Things spent in the German capital rate as the most exciting and profilic of the quartet’s young lives. “We went to Berlin with a bunch of songs and an […]
The Times had a nifty preview today of “Rockville, CA,” the Internet series that debuts in 2009 on TheWB.com. Color me curious. The series, in five-minute “webisodes,” will chronicle the travails of some music scenesters surrounding the fictional Echo Park nightclub Rockville. It’s the product of Josh Schwartz (“The O.C.” and “Gossip Girl”) and is […]
The Dears’ wonderful new album, “Missiles,” takes on some weighty topics yet never gets maudlin or preachy. The Montreal outfit’s single “Money Babies” doesn’t sag under the weight of its seriousness, either, although there are moments, in the striking video [download it here], you think it might. [Live: Oct. 30, Key Club] What to say […]
