[Three local artists who have recently gotten the remix treatment … Turn the volume up and let these beats help ease you into the weekend.] Superhumanoids, “Malta (Lesands Remix)” — L.A.’s dream-pop quartet, Superhumanoids, gets a heavy New Wave treatment from San Diego group, Lesands. Don’t worry. If we didn’t know the lyrics, we would […]
Moving Units were on the forefront of the dance-punk revival when they unleashed their first EP back in 2002 – if “Between Us & Them’s” bass line didn’t get your body shaking, you were probably on too many downers. For sundry reasons (including having released its very good 2004 debut “Dangerous Dreams” on a label […]
[In between all the Grammy prepping and posturing, there is a massive amount of live music to enjoy. Don’t know where to start, really, except to wish Justin Timberlake a happy birthday on Sunday – maybe he can take home one of those cute gramophone trophies from the big awards show …] Tonight: The big […]
Interesting night ahead at the Vanguard, where the Red Bull Sound Clash pits Kid Sister against Moving Units, with the bands squaring off against each other from stages at opposite ends of the venue. The hip-hop vs. rock showdown will feature four rounds of “competition” in which the acts will show their stuff, with some […]
First off, the bad news: Jay Reatard has been canceled tonight at the El Rey. It’s old news at this point that his rhythm section quit, but in case you hadn’t heard, don’t go to the El Rey tonight and expect any Reatard action. ”¦ Now for some good news – Swedish synthsters the Sounds […]
Couple of big shows go head-to-head tonight, so if you’re out purely for the music, you really can’t go wrong. She Wants Revenge [pictured] headlines the “Kick Out of the Clots: A Benefit for Jennifer Tefft” event at the Echo/Echoplex — the fundraiser offers a long night of music (doors at 7 p.m.) featuring Living […]
Seems like Spaceland talent buyer Jennifer Tefft has been a fixture on Silver Lake scene since before there was a Silver Lake scene. She’s worked with thousands of bands along the way, and now some are rallying to help her raise funds to defray the daunting costs of medication for her ongoing battle with blood […]
[Birthdays wishes go out to Robin Zander … now, if making through this weekend’s concert schedule were only a cheap trick:] Today: Chris Pierce [pictured] has been spreading his feel-good R&B around his native Los Angeles since he was a teenager, and the young soul man has amassed enough devotees that he has the headlining […]
