Offerings for a fabulous Columbus Day: ‣ Frank Turner & the Sleeping Souls headline the Fonda Theatre behind Turner’s widely praised album “Tape Deck Heart.” The Smith Street Band and Koo Koo Kanga Roo open; that’s the video for “The Way I Tend to Be,” above. ‣ Canadians star at tonight’s installment of It’s a […]
If it’s Monday, it must be … ‣ The Waterboys, their first album in five years “An Appointment With Mr. Yeats” drawing comparisons to the best of Mike Scott’s 30-year catalog, visit the El Rey Theatre. They’re on their first North American swing in six years and Freddie Stevenson opens. ‣ Their tour apparently got […]
Indie-pop quartet Max and the Moon found last year that the fastest way to get out of their native Chino Hills was to make songs that you can’t get out of your head. Which they did, with their single “Out of My Head,” and the rest of their debut EP “The Way I See.” The […]
Monday’s things: ‣ Wolfmother is back for one more round at the Troubadour. Get there early to see singer-songwriter Kieran Leonard. ‣ So many residencies, so little time. Crashing the Miner residency at the Bootleg Bar tonight is Florida’s Roadkill Ghost Choir, whose indie twang has earned comparisons to Wilco, My Morning Jacket and a […]
The 74th annual Mid-Autumn Moon Festival on Saturday night in Chinatown had a little bit everything – cultural performances such as the East Wind Youth Foundation’s Dragon Dance, moon cakes, spirited ping-pong competition, robust crowds in the art galleries, kids in traditional garb dancing like crazy and, for the first time, a local music stage. […]
Happy Mid-Autumn Moon: ‣ Returning for another highly anticipated LA date, Britain’s Alt-J will have fans piling into the Bootleg Bar. Wildcat! Wildcat! and Cayucas also round out the bill for a solid night. ‣ In tour in support of their “Forward/Return” EP, the Album Leaf headlines the Satellite. [Check out “Descent.”] Drew Andrews supports. […]
On Tuesday, we reported that Saturday’s 74th Annual Mid-Autumn Moon Festival in Chinatown had added a Live Music Stage, featuring five local bands, to this year’s festivities. For those who plan on coming out to Chinatown’s Central Plaza to get their moon cake on, there has been a slight change in the set times. The […]
The 74th Annual Mid-Autumn Moon Festival – a free, all-ages cultural event whose roots date back more than 3,000 years – has added a live music stage for this year’s festivities, which go off from 5 to 11 p.m. this Saturday in Chinatown. In addition to the fest’s traditional activities, five local bands will perform at […]
With its glossy cinematography and nifty animation, the video for Max and Moon’s “Out of My Head” tugs on a lot of heartstrings. Under the direction of Kamell Allaway, the L.A. quartet’s buoyant paean to lost love is at turns playful and tragic. The video was filmed by Jonathan Pope, with lush production design by […]
“The Way I See” – the second EP from Max and the Moon – positions the Chino Hills trio in some fashionably melodic territory. Signer-guitarist John Velasquez, joined by brothers Matt and Dillon Couchois, heaps on harmonies, hooks and melodies that recall a more mainstream-sounding Local Natives (the title track, especially) or a less folky […]
