Roaring into the weekend: ‣ Thurston Moore and Kurt Vile do their second sold-out night at the Troubadour. ‣ Nashville indie-blues quartet the Features (pictured) – their new album “Wilderness” cementing a place in our playlists – headline the Satellite, with Oh Darling opening. ‣ Speaking of darlings, Those Darlins play the Echo, with White […]
[In response to the inevitable questions I am asked at shows – What have you heard? What are you listening to? What’s new? – today I embark on something called Random Dispatches … the contents of my notebook, spilt.] ‣ Lavender Diamond’s recent show at the Eagle Rock Center for the Arts was a revelation, […]
Steve Gregoropoulos is a mellow fellow in his role as keyboardist for L.A. indie-pop band Lavender Diamond. What the crowd witnessed at Sunday’s Part Time Punks Festival was the original — Gregoropoulos [above] reconvened with his bandmates in the Wild Stares. “The bands I’m in now are all quiet,” he tells me mildly. “The Wild […]
[Happy Birthday William Reid…still making so much noise at 50] Political rockers Against Me! play the Wiltern tonight (note that Ted Leo is no longer on the bill). … Playful poppers I Make This Sound [pictured] join The Karabal Nightlife at the Echo. … Aushua, back from a recent break of sorts, top off the […]
