Stolen Lyric #61
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[Is it me, or does Stolen Lyric have spring fever?] ||| Source: Metric, “Gold Gun Girls” ||| Live: Metric performs tonight at the Palladium.
This weekend in L.A.: Jay-Z, Metric, Radar Bros., Air, Copeland, Ted Leo & the Pharmacists, Field Music
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[Can’t remember a busier weekend for good stuff. Really. So wish Stefani Joanne Angelina Germotta – that’s Lady Gaga to you – a happy birthday, and I’ll see you at a show:] Tonight: Metric, who played a surprise set Thursday night at a charity gig at the Roxy, headline the Palladium. Codeine Velvet Club and […]
SXSW: Day 3 in photographs
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The third day of the South by Southwest Music Festival was a full-on music orgy, including performances by Frightened Rabbit [top, at the Don’t Mess With Texas event], Metric, Billy Bragg and Dead Confederate, among many. Photographer Scott Dudelson tirelessly made the rounds, and submitted these images.
Popular With Me, 2009: My favorite albums
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I have only to glance at Stereogum’s post on the most anticipated albums of 2010 to be assured that next year will be better than 2009, when my most-visited album was the Stone Roses’ reissue. [Heartfelt thanks again to the person who gifted me that; you know who you are.] That said, ’09 had some […]
Tonight in L.A.: the Killers, Phoenix, Metric
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[Hey, the Internet tells me it’s Teddy Geiger’s 21st birthday today. If he’s around town, I would surely buy him that first legal drink …] A gorgeous night for music under the stars? Looks like it. The Killers play to a sold-out Hollywood Bowl, while the Greek Theatre bill has pop fans salivating – Phoenix […]
Tonight in L.A.: Metric, Peter Murphy, Corridor
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[It’s Kanye West’s birthday, and I wonder what you’d get a guy who has his own line of limited-edition glow-in-the-dark sneakers.] Can’t think of another album from this year that has been a more slam-dunk mood elevator that Metric’s “Fantasies.” The Canadian-bred band, who seem to have had more homes that an Army brat (they […]
Videos: His Orchestra, Metric
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More on the album when it lands in my mailbox, but for now here is the music video for His Orchestra’s “Black Coffin.” It’s directed by Leah McKissock, with cinematography by Aaron Lavinsky and choreography by Kristin Rapinchuk. The six-piece band, fronted by Douglas Smith (Ben Henrickson on “Big Love”), recently released its debut, “Field […]
Videos: Low Vs Diamond, Metric
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[Wednesday doldrums? These two videos will chase them away …] Los Angeles quintet Low Vs Diamond has a busy few months ahead: After a headlining gig Sunday at the Detroit Bar in Costa Mesa, the band heads off on tour with Jack’s Manequin for seven dates and Ben Lee for 13. The fivesome is still […]
