When she fronted the dance-happy L.A. outfit Love Grenades, Liz Wight embraced the more obvious influences of ’80s New (and newer) Wave. Her new collaboration with San Franciscan Drew Marcogliese (Afghan Raiders), Silver Hands, is electro made for 2013, with Wight’s beguiling vocals wrapped around and echoing through her producer’s peripatetic beats and woozy textures. […]
Silver Lake Jubilee‘s second day went off without a hitch, and attending the festival on Sunday seemed to be the perfect way to wind down before the work week ahead. The food trucks were still ready to serve, local music traveled through the air and the sun and breeze made the festival seem like a […]
It’s been a while since we’ve heard from Love Grenades‘ sizzling Elizabeth Wight. It was almost two years ago that Wight had become Sam Sparro’s sassy and promising protegé with New Wave-influenced singles, “Young Lovers” and “Tigers in the Fire,” putting her on the L.A. dance-club map. With her witty and fast-paced lyrics paying homage […]
This installment of our intermittent mixtapes, The Buzzsicle, Vol. 13, is devoted to the weekend’s second annual Silverlake Jubilee, which gives you a lot of bang for 5 bucks. I’ve compiled an hour’s worth of music from 18 of the artists playing the festival. Enjoy. ||| Download: The Buzzsicle 13 (84 MB) After the jump, […]
A sprinkling of music on a night they hand out some movie awards in Hollywood: ‣ The Frustrators – the side project featuring Green Day bassist Mike Dirnt with three punk rockers from the other coast, Jason Chandler, Terry Linehan and Art Tedeschi – play the Troubadour behind their new EP, “Griller.” ‣ Love Grenades […]
The guitarlicious five-piece Vanaprasta has been on our short list of L.A. indie rockers to watch for about a year, and this month’s release of its “Forming the Shapes” EP did nothing to make our interest wane. Now the quintet has recorded a cover of LCD Soundsystem’s “All My Friends” – a track that was […]
Them Crooked Vultures – nice backgrounder on them in this morning’s L.A. Times – have sprung a surprise show on the Sunset Strip, and on the eve of their album release. The trio of Josh Homme, Dave Grohl and John Paul Jones will play the Roxy tonight; tickets at the door only, and there are […]
Elefant’s show Friday night at the Music Box @ Fonda felt more like a trial run than a triumphant return. The New York City quartet, a couple years removed from its last tour and more than three from the release of its sophomore album “The Black Magic Show,” looked tentative for most of an hourlong […]
Who knows when the Henry Clay People are going to have time to record a follow-up to “For Cheap or For Free” – besides upcoming tour dates with the Airborne Toxic Event and a date Aug. 7 at Lollapalooza, their name is on a list of local bands slated to play the Lobsterfest on Sept. […]
[Indie pop goddess Tanya Donnelly celebrates a birthday today.] Excellent night to be at Detroit Bar in Costa Mesa, where Foreign Born supports their sophomore album “Person to Person” with The Veils opening. … The Datsuns [pictured] are back with a raucous new album “Headstunts” and are playing at the Echo with locals Spirit Vine. […]
