‣ Hands (pictured) have come a long way since January – tonight the L.A. quartet plays the Satellite, joined by Oberhofer (whose songs you should really check out here). ‣ The Check Yo Ponytail party at the Echoplex features Stereo Total and Giant Drag. ‣ Lykke Li plays to a sold-out Wiltern Theatre, with Grimes […]
The Icarus Line has been making music and mayhem for a decade now, surviving bumps and bruises and embracing the notion that rock ’n’ roll should be a bit reckless, if not downright dangerous. Except for a single released early last year, the band has been pretty silent since 2007’s rockin’ “Black Lives at the […]
[Birthday greetings go out today to Tim Booth of James …] Top shows leading up to the weekend’s big football game: ‣ It’s Har Mar Superstar’s birthday party too – Sean Tillman is turning 33, and his band is kicking off a Friday residency at the Satellite with Giant Drag and Marijuana Deathsquads. Har Mar […]
[Happy birthday, Dexter Holland …] Show options on a light Wednesday: ‣ Annie Hardy and Giant Drag [pictured] are back – their October show at the Bootleg Theater offered only a little bit in the way of new material – and the trio (the band having added a guitarist) headlines the Satellite tonight with White […]
Top 5 local shows on a night of interesting local shows: ‣ Frank Fairfield and Simon Stokes – along with members of Spindrift performing as Boy Scout Jamboree, Triple Chicken Foot, Vaud & the Villains, Amanda Jo Williams and Olentangy John (that’s his video of “O! Be Joyful,” above) – perform tonight at the Echoplex […]
Castledoor frontman Nate Cole says the remaining members of the L.A. pop band need to time to figure out what’s next in the wake of the departure of Gabe and Coury Combs. “We’re working out the next steps and considering the options,” he says. At the band’s final show as a six-piece Monday at Spaceland, […]
Giant Drag, the on-again, off-again rock persona of Annie Hardy, is finally resurfacing. The “Swan Song” EP, which I believe was originally due out in 2008, is set for a Feb. 16 release, and director G.J. Echternkamp makes Hardy the target for everything from glitter to green beans in this video for “Stuff to Live […]
‣ Joe Satriani’s lawsuit against Coldplay [MusicRadar interviewed Satriani on Sunday] was easily the talk of town this weekend. The Coldplay troops are rallying — but I think I’ll still send out massive daggers to commenters on YouTube and other websites who viciously slagged Satriani as if he were some opportunist hack. I mean, c’mon, […]
