Of all the chilling moments on the chilly evening of 9/11, one eight-minute stretch of the National’s set at the Hollywood Bowl rattled the spine. It came when the Cincinnati-bred, Brooklyn-based indie rockers played an obscure 2003 album track “Thirsty,” followed by 2007’s “Fake Empire.” ||| Photos by Nick Carranza, PlanetSpeck.com With a full moon […]
The 411 on 911: ‣ Summer nights at the Hollywood Bowl keep getting better every week. The National headlines tonight with Neko Case and Sharon Van Etten as extraordinary support. ‣ Puerto Rican rockers Dávila 666 return to the Echo (early show) with their 60s and 70s inspired sound. (That’s that video for ‘Tu” above.) […]
Talk about teasing the Internerds: Sweet-sounding Neko Case – of New Pornographers and, well, Neko Case fame – guests on half the songs on the forthcoming album from the Dodos. Which, naturally, intrigues legions of Neko Case worshipers, and at least piques the interest of fans the beat-happy Bay Area duo won on their first […]
[Lester William Polsfuss was born 94 years ago today. You probably know him as Les Paul, the Wizard of Waukesha, inventor of the solid-body electric guitar.] Mr. Paul’s legacy clamors on throughout L.A. tonight. The Lemonheads [Evan Dando, pictured] are back in town, stopping at Spaceland in support of “Varshons,” a new album of cover […]
[Happy birthday to John Frusciante, long may you shred …] Most L.A. music fans have seen Jessica Dobson – she’s the guitarist in Beck’s live band – but not many know her as Deep Sea Diver. Signed to Atlantic Records at age 20, Dobson is quite a performer in her own right. (OC Weekly had […]
[Good things come in threes?] Neko Case and Anti- Records are giving it away — on two fronts. She is offering “People Got a Lotta Nerve” — the first single from her forthcoming album, “Middle Cyclone” — for free download. And then, for each blog that hosts the download, the artist and her label will […]
