Incoming: Arcade Fire, HARD Day of the Dead, Rob Zombie’s Great American Nightmare, Ronnie Spector, Tori Kelly, Demi Lovato, Slayer, Kanye West, Kendrick Lamar, Bonobo, Danny Elfman, Megadeth, CocoRosie, the Flaming Lips, Tame Impala, Iron & Wine, the Cartel, Andy Clockwise, Geronimo Getty, the Neighbourhood, Gov’t Mule, Lewis Watson, Hiatus Kaiyote, Kirin J. Callinan, Falling in […]
Josiah Mazzaschi could hardly have picked a more appropriate name for Light FM’s fifth full-length. “Voices in My Head,” self-released this week, is another entry in the singer-guitarist-producer’s catalog nodding to the likes of Smashing Pumpkins, Silversun Pickups, Weezer and most of the noisy Britpop greats of the ’80s and ’90s. Sometimes it’s as if […]
Your fab Friday night: ‣ U.K. rockers Placebo play the Wiltern behind “Loud Like Love,” its first album in four years. The Bret Easton Ellis-narrated video for “Too Many Friends,” above, will test your powers of observation. ‣ Noise-pop duo Sleigh Bells, whose third album “Bitter Rivals” came out this month, visits the El Rey […]
Tuesday’s things: ‣ Canadian duo Purity Ring and U.K. producer Jon Hopkins – more than just tourmates, they have been collaborators – team up for the first of two nights at the Fonda Theatre. Stream this Hopkins song that features Purity Ring’s vocals, “Breathe This Air,” yeah? ‣ British indie-rockers and Mercury Prize winners Alt-J, […]
It’s Tuesday, make it count: ‣ Australian synth-pop outfit Strange Talk returns to the U.S. for a headining show at the Bootleg Bar, with Omniflux and VIBES supporting. Above is the video for “Cast Away,” from their Tony Hoffer-produced EP; their album of that title will be out in the U.S. in the fall. ‣ […]
Tuesday’s things: ‣ London’s Palma Violets, one of hour highlights at SXSW, visit the Echoplex behind their album “180,” with Twin Peaks opening. ‣ Madi Diaz and Carousel kick off a co-residency at the Bootleg Bar, with Z Berg opening. ‣ Light FM, Moons of Mars and El Elle at Los Globos ‣ Washing Machines, […]
[We’re in Austin for SXSW, but if you’re not, here’s our brief daily rundown:] ‣ Local trio the Black Tibetans plays the Viper Room on a bill that includes Willoughby, Virginia Reed, Rocco DeLuca and Luffy. ‣ Light FM headlines the LAxLA series at the Satellite, joined by Echoes De Luxe and Halfbluud. ‣ And […]
Incoming: Alicia Keys, Wynton Marsalis, Frightened Rabbit, CHVRCHES, Robert Francis, KMFDM, Kelly Sweet, Naama Kates, Light FM, Free Moral Agents, the Ten Thousand, Richard Buckner, Joe Ely, the Adicts, Martha Wainwright, K’noup & Kelly, A Wilhelm Scream, Matt Costa Above: The video for “Recover,” the title track of the new EP from CHVRCHES. The Glaswegian […]
During Josiah Mazzaschi’s career fronting Light FM, his music has earned comparisons to Weezer, Radiohead, the Cure and, on the L.A.-based band’s fourth full-length “Buzz Kill City” (2011), fellow Chicago natives Smashing Pumpkins. As a writer of undeniably catchy hooks and as an astute studio hand, Mazzaschi has the skills to sound like anybody he […]
Electro alchemists Superhumanoids, Newbury Park whiz kids the Neighbourhood and prolific Eastside rockers Light FM will be three of the bands playing this year’s edition of Bloomfest – the free street fair scheduled for Saturday, July 21, in the downtown L.A. arts district. The neighborhood music, art and food gathering this year also will expand […]
