Some may recognize Matthew “Cornbread” Compton as one-half of Electric Guest. Some may know him as the drummer from Engine Down while others may know his work as a film composer. Whatever his name may be attached to, Compton has a great resumé so far. His latest project goes by the moniker Realities, a venture […]
Happy Sunday: ‣ The supergroup of Britt Daniels, Dan Boeckner and Sam Brown, Divine Fits, play the Fonda Theatre in support of their album “A Thing Called Divine Fits” (out now on Merge). That’s their Brian Butler-directed video above for “Would That Not Be Nice.” Cold Cave open with their new lineup. [Check out “A […]
Incoming: The Asteroids Galaxy Tour, Family of the Year, Voxhaul Broadcast, Bob Mould, Miike Snow, Daughter, Lamb of God, All Time Low, Kid Koala, the Donkeys, Alanis Morissette, Grace Potter & the Nocturnals, R. Kelly, Mariachi El Bronx, Lord Huron, Husky, Other Lives, Woodkid, Saint Etienne, the All-American Rejects, Electric Guest, Joan Osborne, HARD Day […]
No matter where you stand on Electric Guest’s Danger Mouse-stamped electro-soul – and we have some serious believability problems – the slick video for the catchy single “This Head I Hold” tests sensibilities. The collaboration of Asa Taccone and Matthew Compton, Electric Guest this week released its debut album “Mondo” via Downtown Records and Across the […]
Canadian electro songstress Grimes will join indie-pop and folk luminaries Grouplove, Milo Greene, Cults and Soko on the bill for this year’s Make Music Pasadena, the free daylong festival that draws more than 30,000 to the City of Roses. The diverse bill also features electro-funk guru Dam-Funk, Cambodian psych-rockers Dengue Fever, French chanteuse Jessica Fichot […]
Did you score any new music on Record Store Day? Echo Park shop Origami Vinyl made it a little easier on music fans’ budget, hosting an all-day free show at the Echo with a top-drawer crew of local bands playing along with Wisconsin’s All Tiny Creatures and Zammuto, the new project from Books’ Nick Zammuto. […]
And so starts a seriously busy week: ‣ Riding praise from her recently released album “CYRK,” Welsh singer-songwriter Cate Le Bon plays the free, RSVP-only It’s a School Night at Bardot along with John C. Reilly and friends (those friends being Becky Stark and Tom Brosseau) and buzzing L.A. sister act Haim. ‣ Milo Greene […]
A marvelous Monday ahead: ‣ Irish singer-songwriter Sinead O’Connor – her ninth album “How About I Be Me (and you be you)?” coming out this week – plays the first of two nights at the El Rey Theatre. Stream three songs from the album below: ‣ The Hold Steady frontman Craig Finn headlines the Troubadour behind […]
Excellent night up and down and all around our fair city: ‣ Milo Greene, the L.A. quintet that just finished recording its forthcoming debut album, kicks off a three-week residency at the Satellite. Family of the Year, Maniac and Handshakes support on opening night. That’s Marlana Sheetz at right, from Milo Greene’s performance last July […]
