Heard on the street, jotted in my notebook: ‣ Word on Sunset Boulevard in Silver Lake is that L.A.-based Evan Voytas, whose fuzzy pop is equal parts synth, soul and space, will be releasing an EP in October on Dovecote Records, home to Hooray for Earth and Wise Blood, among others. Voytas recently returned from […]
Grouplove, razor-sharp from a summer of touring and festival dates, and Milo Greene, exultant from the news that day of their getting a record deal, delivered buoyant performances Thursday night at this month’s third installment of the Also I Like to Rock series at the Hammer Museum. The biggest crowd of the 2011 series so […]
[No tantrums today – it’s Fitz’s birthday. Cheers to Michael Fitzpatrick on the eve of his band’s big homecoming show at the Music Box:] Tonight’s flurry of activity: ‣ This week’s installment of the free Also I Like to Rock series at the Hammer Museum will sizzle with a little joie de pop – headlining […]
The Soft Pack and Hanni El Khatib accentuated the rock in the Also I Like to Rock series on Thursday night, delivering scorched-earth performances to a big crowd in the Hammer Museum courtyard. The Soft Pack previewed a handful of new songs the L.A. quartet has in the works for a new album, and Hanni […]
L.A. folk-pop quintet Milo Greene went straight for the sweet spot with their first two songs, the insistent “1957” and buoyant “Don’t You Give Up on Me.” Now the band, formed from the shards of Links, the Outline and the college friendship of Robbie Arnett, Andrew Heringer and Marlana Sheetz, gets all … well, autumnal, […]
Graffiti6 and Eastern Conference Champions kicked off the seventh annual Also I Like to Rock series at the Hammer Museum on Thursday night in raucous fashion. Playing to a capacity crowd in the museum’s courtyard, ECC unleashed 45 minutes of melodic, fuzz-drenched indie rock to start the night before the U.K.’s Graffiti6, with singer Jamie […]
If it’s July, it must be time for the Also I Like to Rock series at the Hammer Museum. The free shows, with two bands performing per night (along with KCRW-FM DJs), go off every Thursday of the month, starting July 7 with Graffiti6 and Eastern Conference Champions. We figured you’d like to hear what’s […]
Tonight’s fare our for fair city: ‣ The monthly Rumble show hits the Echo tonight, with a couple of rising L.A. bands, White Arrows and Milo Greene, joined by Seattle duo My Goodness. It’s free with an RSVP. [The latest on White Arrows here; introducing Milo Greene here.] ‣ Australian duo An Horse – a […]
The bluesy swagger of My Goodness hits you like that first belt of coffee on foggy morning. It’s the creation of Seattle duo Joel Schneider, whose guitar licks carry the requisite lightning, and Ethan Jacobsen, who drums with suitable thunder. Their debut album, which came out in April on Sarathan Records, holds up pretty well […]
Much to do on a Monday: ‣ Yeasayer has embarked on its final tour before getting to work on a follow-up to last year’s “Odd Blood” The band does the first of two nights at the Music Box with Smith Westerns openings. ‣ Dubstep crooner James Blake (joined by Nite Jewel) plays to a sold-out […]
