[Here we are, Sunset Junction hangover and all, starting another great week of shows:] One of the most memorable sets last April at Coachella was Friendly Fires’ early-afternoon assault in 100-degree (give or take) heat in the Gobi Tent. In fact, I’ll venture to say it was almost superhuman – both on the part of […]
The nominees for the U.K.’s Mercury Music Prize were announced this week, and if about half the shortlisted artists aren’t already familiar to Los Angeles audiences, more will be soon. In fact, the latest (and greatest, if you believe NME’s breathless accounts) synth-pop sensation, La Roux, play to a sold-out Troubadour tonight, with four other […]
[Happy 63rd birthday to the Rev. Al Green … now for some sermonizing of my own:] As if the heaping helping of Monday night residencies don’t have your concert-going plate full, some great touring acts are hitting town: U.K. dance-gazers Friendly Fires (whose self-titled debut was one of my favorite ablums of 2008) play the […]
The Top 10 1. M83, Saturdays=Youth” (Mute) 2. The Whigs, “Mission Control” (ATO) 3. The Futureheads, “This Is Not the World” (Nul Records) 4. Friendly Fires, “Friendly Fires” (Beggars/XL) 5. Cut Copy, “In Ghost Colours” (Modular) 6. Portishead, “Third” (Island) 7. MGMT, “Oracular Spectacular” (Columbia) 8. Mercury Rev, “Snowflake Midnight” (Yep Roc) 9. The Duke […]
