[Why, it’s Prince’s birthday. Apparently they celebrated in his hometown over the weekend …] Top 5 ways to start the week that doesn’t involve wearing my Cardinals red to Dodger Stadium tonight: ‣ Thao and Mirah With the Most of All – the teaming of indie-rock songstresses Thao Nguyen and Mirah for tour on which […]
[Once around the weekend while wishing a very happy 70th birthday today to Smokey Robinson:] Tonight: Fitz & the Tantrums have been busy working on their full-length debut, but last week the soul-slinging sextet played a superbly sweaty set at Club Underground at the Echo. They reprise that tonight, with O.C. dance-rockers Pop Noir adding […]
Music and a movie, anyone? Dengue Fever is performing at the Echoplex, and while there is no word on whether there might be popcorn, there will be a screening of the excellent documentary “Sleepwalking Through the Mekong,” which chronicles the L.A. band’s 2005 trip to lead singer Chhom Nimol’s native Cambodia. (The DVD/soundtrack will be […]