Stream: Giant Drag, ‘Devil Inside’
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Giant Drag returns with the a new single, “Devil Inside,” which appears in the closing credits of the horror film “Dashcam” (screening tonight at Laemmle in NoHo).
Video premiere: Annie Hardy, ‘Saves’
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There are wounds you can see and those you can’t. Annie Hardy’s ghastly video for “Saves,” the title track to her new solo EP, leaves a mark. The EP was made with Collin Deatherage, her new collaborator in the recently resurrected Giant Drag.
Video: Young Light, ‘Blank Dice’
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The transatlantic duo of Michael Feerick (Amusement Parks on Fire) and Micah Calabrese (Giant Drag) return with a blissed-out 6 minutes of popgazing.
Tonight in L.A.: Chinatown Moon Festival (Crash Kings, Dorothy, Mosco Rosco, more), Kan Wakan, Mad Decent Block Party (Diplo, Elliphant, more), Owen Pallett/Avi Buffalo, Passenger, Lobsterfest (Berlin, Tapioca and the Flea, more), Giant Drag/Habits, The Janks, The Rebel Light, more
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Another super Saturday: ‣ Chinatown caps its popular Summer Night series with its Mid-Autumn Moon Festival, and it’s another stacked night. The LA Weekly-sponsored live music stage curated by Buzz Bands LA features Crash Kings [pictured], Dorothy, Mosco Rosco, SD3 (featuring Cary Brothers), the Singles and Run Things at Chinatown Central Plaza. Loads of family activities, a stellar […]
Tonight in L.A.: FYF Fest (Phoenix, Interpol, Slowdive, more), The Beatles’ 50th (Michelle Branch, Martina McBride, more), Banta, BadBadNotGood, Giant Drag
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Happy FYF Fest Day: ‣ FYF Fest, the annual summer festival curated by Sean Carlson, kicks off the first of two days at the LA Sports Arena & Expo Park. Today’s lineup features:Â Phoenix, Interpol, Julian Casablancas, Grimes, Little Dragon, Caribou, Future Islands, Tycho, Slint, Against Me!, Albert Hammond, Jr., Real Estate, Run the Jewels, Ty […]
The Week Ahead: Aug. 18-24
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Incoming: FYF Fest, Beatles’ 50th with Dave Stewart, John Legend, Reckless Kelly, Avid Dancer, High on Fire, the Four Seasons, Frankmusik, Myron & E, SOJA, Horse Thief, Red Jumpsuit Apparatus, Future Islands, Rick Springfield, Hawthorne Heights, Quilt, Little Daylight, Black Gatsby, SD3, Tanlines, Mikky Echo, Lake Street Dive, the Zombies, Fucked Up, Blood Orange, the […]
News bits: Echoes West Festival, Christmas Sweater Festival and Hi-Fi Typhoon Relief Benefit
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Quick notes about some important upcoming benefit shows: ‣ Sasha Vallely is well-known in L.A. music circles as a promoter and singer/multi-instrumentalist (with such bands as the Silver Chords, Spindrift and the Warlocks). Last March, Vallely was in an accident that required neck and spinal surgery, the aftermath of which has left her unable to […]
Ears Wide Open: Young Light
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This is one moment we are more than happy to answer your “Where Are They Now?” query. Michael Feerick is the singer-guitarist in U.K. shoegazers Amusement Parks on Fire, who’ve largely been silent since 2010 or so. Micah Calabrese was drummer, keyboardist and life preserver with Annie Hardy in Giant Drag. Together, they are now […]
Stream: Annie Hardy, ‘Unbelievable Psycho Boy’
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There’s probably a riveting docu-drama waiting to be made about the life and times of Annie Hardy, the rail-thin singer-guitarist who roared out of Orange County eight years ago as party of grunge-gaze (OK, we just made that up) duo Giant Drag. Hardy’s prickly and hilariously R-rated observations and her wounded-waif persona made Giant Drag’s […]
BTW (Bands to Watch), 2012: 10 Los Angeles bands we haven’t heard from in a while but should this year
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Color me eager to hear new material from these 10 artists:
