Your Tuesday things: ‣ The Silent Comedy bring their foot-stomping blues-Americana to the Roxy for a headlining show that features rockers Taylor Locke & the Roughs, who are working on the follow-up to the two albums they released in 2010, and Races, the indie-rockers whose debut album “Year of the Witch” is out March 27 […]
So many good shows tonight – in the interest of self-promotion, we’ll start with our own: ‣ Buzz Bands LA’s SecondTuesday, our monthly songwriter night, brings Correatown, Imperial Mammoth, College Kids and Will Courtney to Lot 1 Cafe in Echo Park for a night of acoustic or semi-acoustic sets. The music starts at 9:15. ‣ […]
Last American Buffalo, the nom de tune of singer-guitarist Kevin Compton and a rotating cast of ace players, roared through 2011 releasing a self-titled EP, a two-track single and an interesting recorded-in-one-take batch of demos, along with playing a residency or two. Compton’s excursions dating back to 2007 and 2009 leaned more toward desert Americana […]
Excellent choices to kick off your holiday weekend: ‣ Veteran Aussie quartet You Am I, still going strong after two-plus decades, kick off a U.S. tour behind their new, self-titled album, their ninth. They play the Echo, with L.A. quintet Terraplane Sun opening. ‣ Long-running Club Underground moves from the Echo to the Grand Star […]
[Happy birthday, Juliana Hatfield, and thanks for songs.] July goes out with a bang this week, starting with some enticing shows tonight: Jarvis Cocker headlines the Wiltern behind his recent release “Further Complications,” an album that, owing to the strength of its storytelling, keeps on giving. [Cocker is giving away a remix of “You’re in […]
[Salutations to birthday guy Carlos Santana today. Here’s what’s up tonight:] NYC shoegaze/jangle-pop quartet the Pains of Being Pure at Heart [pictured], who played great shows at SXSW and at Spaceland earlier this year, return to L.A. – fresh from the Pitchfork Music Festival – for an engagement at the Echo. … If you like […]
[Check it out now: Norman Cook (aka Fatboy Slim) celebrates a birthday today.] Monday residencies continue tonight with notable support: At Spaceland, Andy Clockwise leads the indie dance party with Natalie Portman’s Shaved Head [pictured]. … Japanese Motors revs up the Echo with Correatown. … And Last American Buffalo brings noir-tinged americana rock to the […]
[Ears Wide Open highlights new and forthcoming music from SoCal artists:] Last American Buffalo made ripples on the L.A. scene with its 2007 debut “Marquis for the Debutante,” and now principal songwriter Kevin Tyler Compton, surrounded by a new lineup, is back with a new EP, “Bohemian Blues.” The vibe is Americana-tinged classic rock, a […]
[Birthday greetings go out today to songbird Nanci Griffith – now on to ways you can work off the holiday weekend hangover …] July’s free residencies bring some new flavors to the Eastside clubs: Australian transplant Andy Clockwise unleashes his biting, boisterous bar rock at Spaceland, where his track “Everybody’s in a Band” ought to […]
[Happy birthday to Kim Gordon. And happy Tuesday to you …] Tinted Windows, the seemingly unlikely conflagration of Taylor Hanson (Hanson), Adam Schlesinger (Fountains of Wayne), James Iha (Smashing Pumpkins) and Bun E. Carlos (Cheap Track), hits town for a sold-out show at the Troubadour tonight. Tinted Windows’ debut album, out last week, doesn’t exactly […]
