Incoming: Warped Tour, Ed Sheeran, Alex & Sierra, Blackwater Jukebox, Garate, Seven Saturdays, Bernhoft, Metronomy, the Mountain Goats, Crash Kings, Atomic Ape, Emily Wells, Fyfe Dangerfield & Aristazabal Hawkes, Them Howling Bones, Bad Suns, Clean Bandit, Kaya, Cowboy Junkies, Failure, Gavin DeGraw, Rodigro Amarante, Sabrina Antoinette, Chad VanGaalen, Adrian Sherwood, Sam Outlaw, Victoria Reed, Bones […]
Seattle’s Motopony has a sound that refuses to be captured and boxed in one genre, and this stubbornness can be heard in the drastic change from their first single to their latest single, “Seer.” Whereas the lilting folk-pop serenade of “King of Diamonds” showcased Daniel Blue’s vocals in a vulnerable tone, “Seer” kicks it up […]
Picks for your splendid Saturday: ‣ Seattle’s Motopony, riding high on the strength of the self-titled debut, plays a free, KCRW-sponsored show (8 p.m.) at One Colorado in Pasadena. That’s their video for “King of Diamonds,” above. ‣ Globetrotting songstress Keren Ann visits the Luckman Fine Arts Complex at Cal State L.A. behind her latest […]
