[Cheers to Paul Weller, who’s celebrating a birthday today … and here’s how you can usher out your holiday weekend:] The three Silver Lake/Echo Park residencies end with a bang: Gangi wraps things up at Spaceland with support from Local Natives and Warpaint; soulful kids Mississippi Man and shoegazers Lower Heaven [pictured] help residents Golden […]
[It’s Jesse McCartney’s 22nd birthday today. Is he still a big deal, or is 22 over the hill in that world? In keeping with that theme …] “It’s Spooky to Be Young” is the new album by L.A.’s Meredith Meyer [pictured]. Her sophomore effort, produced by Bill Racine (Rogue Wave, Mates of State, Mark Gardener), […]
[Happy April 1. Don’t do anything silly, I’m gullible …] Big night to be at Spaceland – Austin rockers White Denim will be on hand to play Club NME, joined by NYC (and, recently, SXSW) darling the Pains of Being Pure at Heart [pictured]. … At the Troubadour, London’s the Rakes, whose new album “Klang” […]
[Happy birthday, Roberta Flack …] Cat Power, with local purveyors of tropicalia Fool’s Gold opening, plays the Avalon. .. The Gutter Twins – that’s Greg Dulli and Mark Lanegan – hold forth at the Troubadour. … The Parson Red Heads swoop into the Echo for their first show of 2009 – frontman Evan Way says […]
