With their latest album “Holy Fire” produced by Flood & Alan Moulder, English rock band Foals has had a successful and strong comeback. But their lead single “Inhaler” may be a bit misleading as it diminishes the “tropical prog” and almost completely replaces it with a sinister hard rock foundation underneath the math rock elements. […]
Review and photos by Laurie Scavo Foals’ shape-shifting show Monday night at the El Rey Theatre revealed the Oxford, U.K., band’s split personalities – party-starting dance band and brooding art-rockers. Energy was high early in the set for songs such as “Blue Blood,” “Olympic Airways,” “Cassius” and the title track from Foals’ recent album “Total […]
Top 3 U.K. acts to see in L.A. tonight (and the best one is not a Mercury Prize nominee): ‣ The RSVP-only It’s a School Night at Bardot features the French Horn Rebellion, Mia Doi Todd and secret guests from across the pond. I hear it’s a Manchester band signed to a local label. Be […]
The cool video for Foals’ “Blue Blood” makes a star out of a child in a school hall, and it’s not the first time director Chris Sweeney has scored with a dance-tastic music video. Sweeney was responsible for the shape-shifting in Marina and the Diamonds’ video for “Mowgli’s Road.” Foals, meanwhile, earned a Mercury Prize […]
