By Seraphina Lotkhamnga It’s been a great year of music. My ears have had such a good year that the task of selecting my top albums has never been harder. Perhaps it’s because I’ve whittled down my usual list of 25 albums to 20 this year. Some artists on this list made their L.A. debuts […]
Too early to start marking your concert calendars for 2013. We think not. One of the city’s favorite live music series – the Natural History Museum’s First Fridays – returns just in time for you to sip away your New Year’s Eve hangover. Rising L.A. stars Lord Huron, whose debut album “Lonesome Dreams” came out […]
A fabulous Friday: ‣ Lord Huron celebrates the release of its stellar album “Lonesome Dreams” with a sold-out show at the Echo. The Lonely Wild opens. ‣ There’s a huge Dia De Los Muertos celebration at Grand Park downtown. It’s free, runs from 5 p.m. to midnight and features Mariachi El Bronx, El Conjunto Nueva […]
Incoming: The Asteroids Galaxy Tour, Family of the Year, Voxhaul Broadcast, Bob Mould, Miike Snow, Daughter, Lamb of God, All Time Low, Kid Koala, the Donkeys, Alanis Morissette, Grace Potter & the Nocturnals, R. Kelly, Mariachi El Bronx, Lord Huron, Husky, Other Lives, Woodkid, Saint Etienne, the All-American Rejects, Electric Guest, Joan Osborne, HARD Day […]
Lord Huron’s ambitious debut album “Lonesome Dreams” won’t be out for another month, but Michigan-born Ben Schneider and his bandmates have whetted appetites with another single. “End of the Earth” embodies the epic feel of the album – expansive Americana that feels like driving into a Western horizon. While a sonic change from Lord Huron’s […]
Your fun-filled Friday show picks: ‣ Some sonic explorers from the L.A. beat scene convene at the Echoplex, where a Friends of Friends showcase brings in Shlohmo (aka producer Henry Laufer) to head up a hometown show that features Salva, LOL Boys and Groundislava (new album “Feel Me” out next week). That’s the video for […]
As a lover of Westerns, spaghetti Westerns and Western omelettes, I am completely riveted by the video for Lord Huron’s “Time to Run” – especially the part at the end when it says “To Be Continued.” The work of Evan Weinerman (who does business as Arms Race), the story, with Indonesian subtitles, tracks our protagonist (he’s […]
The faintly tropical flavors in the early work of Lord Huron recede to the background in the debut album from the L.A. indie-rock band that began as the solo venture of Michigan native Ben Schneider. Still steeped in reverb and boasting sophisticated rhythmic underpinnings, “Lonesome Dreams” (due Oct. 9 on IAMSOUND Records) is every bit […]
Lord Huron, the local indie-rock band fronted by Michigan native Ben Schneider, has signed to L.A.-based IAMSOUND Records. Lord Huron’s debut album “Lonesome Dreams” will be out Oct. 9. No music is available yet, but the record figures to surprise (in a very good way) fans of the band’s first two EPs. Along with that […]
Even before Pat Grossi of Active Child started his set at the Troubadour on Thursday night, the glistening harp sitting on the stage with two angelic statues made for a heart-stopping moment. Then the fog began to rush in, and the Gothic-glazed R&B beats kicked in, and it was as if a show had sprung […]
