Also on Thursday: Matt Pond PA, Noah Gundersen, Young Rising Sons, Globelamp, Matt Nathanson, Josh Groban, Magic Wands, Xiu Xiu, Tricot, Tav Falco, Kip Boardman, the Dustbowl Revial, Abbot Kinney
Your Sunday fare: ► Bay Area rockers Train team up with the Fray and Matt Nathanson for a big night at the Hollywood Bowl. Above, the video for the title track to Train’s latest album “Bulletproof Picasso.” ► Magic Wands have a new album coming the fall, titled “Jupiter,” and they’re playing it tonight at […]
Incoming: Lana Del Rey, Wolf Alice, the Tallest Man on Earth, Tanlines, Jessie J, Pretty Sister, the Milk Carton Kids, Dead Sara, Jimmy Gnecco, Neil Diamond, Joy Williams, San Fermin, Prides, Emery, Susanne Sundfor, Shakey Graves, Too Short, Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds, Rocco Deluca, Daniel Lanois, Hiatus Kaiyote, Trapdoor Social, the Diamond Light, Herbert […]
Incoming: Desert Daze, Zane Carney, Saul Williams, Odessa, Dorothy, Winter, Barrows, Nothing But Thieves, Matt & Kim, Waxahatchee, Clockwise, From Indian Lakes, Robert Francis, Jose Gonzalez, Milo Greene, Magic Wands, the Orb, the Romany Rye, Mastodon, Distant Cousins, Buck 65, the Soft Moon, Sleater-Kinney, Keren Ann, Aluna George, Big Data, They Might Be Giants, Kinky, […]
Incoming:Â The Burger Revue, the Warlocks Smokeout, 98.7 Block Party (Phantogram), Stones Throw Picnic, Until the Ribbon Breaks, Nacosta, Magic!, Ronnie Spector, Chris Pureka, Seasons, Phox, Brent Puls, Gold & Youth, EMA, Thee Oh Sees, King Khan & the Shrines, Nick Waterhouse, Bob Weir & Ratdog, Steve Martin and the Steep Canyon Rangers, the Burning of […]
A fine Friday ahead: ‣ Folk-pop craftsman Matt Pond PA marks the 10-year anniversary of his brilliant album “Emblems” at the Roxy, part of a tour on which he’s playing the whole record. The Lighthouse and the Whaler open. This song from “Emblems” was always our favorite. ‣Â L.A. dream-pop quartet Superhumanoids headline the Echoplex and […]
When Dexy Valentine unveiled her side project Bonfire Beach in late 2013, it made for a great early Christmas present. Setting aside the dream-pop she makes in Magic Wands, Bonfire Beach dives headlong into gritty shoegazing, recalling the deliciously foreboding rock of Black Rebel Motorcycle Club, the Duke Spirit and the Raveonettes. We share Valentine’s […]
Ah, the telephone. It has started and ended relationships, and kept them flickering. It has come to symbolize the geographical distance between two hearts and the conversations that keep them tethered. And until somebody starts writing hits about text messaging, we’re still a sucker for a great pop song with a dialtone. Which brings us […]
Incoming: Young Fathers, Jamie Scott, the National, London Grammar, Sharon Jones & the Dap Kings, Liza Minnelli, PAPA, Fanfarlo, the Jezabels, John Legend, TeamMate, Facts on File, Love Darling, Matisyahu, the Sounds, the Kin, Magic Wands, The Used, Taking Back Sunday, Linda Perhac, Delta Rae, Steve Aoki, Stephen Malkmus & the Jicks, Daniel Rossen, Moving […]
For Dexy Valentine, her new album as Bonfire Beach is not moonlighting; it’s more of taking care of unfinished business. Fronting the dream-pop outfit Magic Wands, Valentine plays an engaging romantic space queen. Now, along with some friends including bassist Bryan Nope, she’s revisited some music she conceived in her early days in Los Angeles […]
