Night Terrors of 1927 emerged last year with an EP of emo-gone-electro (not a pejorative here) titled “Guilty Pleas” that was worthy of the resumés of the principal songwriters, Jarrod Gorbel (The Honorary Title) and Blake Sennett (Rilo Kiley, the Elected). With their dramatic flair for composition and meatier-than-most lyrical offerings, you wondered what Night […]
Can we get a “whoa-oh-oh” chorus in celebration of weirdness? The new video for the Night Terrors of 1927 single “Dust and Bones” is either sheer genius or non sequitur nonsense, depending on your interpretation of the hodgepodge of household madness that transpires in just under four minutes. (And is that a quizzical look the […]
There may have been 202 local albums released this year (yes, 202), but sometimes you can’t get have a successful finale without putting out a little teaser first. EPs are often overlooked when making year-end lists, but we at BBLA HQ believe the preview is just as important as the finished product. Short releases are […]
Here’s your Monday: ‣ Drake holds forth at Staples Center. ‣ Big doings at It’s a School Night at Bardot, with Lo-Fang, Six60, Tristen and Jake Troth. ‣ A great bunch of November residencies wind up, with one twist – Night Terrors of 1927 at the Echo (supported by Cillie Barnes, Waters and Z Berg; Body […]
Incoming: Drake, the Limousines, Deltron 3030, Naturally 7, Ras G, Paws, Eastern Conference Champions, Yonas Michael, Pr0files, Jesus Suns, MONA, 3OH!3, the Futures League, Alice Cooper, Walla, Fever the Ghost, Run River North, Eagle Rock Gospel Singers, Bone Thugs-N- Harmony, Dom Kennedy, Morbid Angel, Ryan Beatty, Joan Sebastian, Yo Gabba Gabba!, Michael Buble, Rusko, American Tomahawk, […]
Monday madness: ‣ Since Scottish trio Chvrches last visited L.A. in May, they’ve released their full-length “The Bones of What You Believe” and toured a lot. The indie-pop trio returns tonight for a date at the Wiltern. That’s their video for “The Mother We Share,” above. ‣ Body Parts continue their residency at the Satellite […]
It’s Monday again, already: ‣ Long-running rock provocateurs Sparks hold forth at the Fonda Theatre; the band in August released “Sparks: New Music for Amnesiacs, the Ultimate Collection,” a four-CDs-in-a-coffee-table-book package that spans Sparks’ four-plus-decade career. ‣ The annual Dear Jack Benefit at the El Rey Theatre will feature the first solo performance by with […]
Incoming: Andrew McMahon, Diane Coffee, Sparks, Of Montreal, Blink-182, M.I.A., the Fratellis, Minor Alps, Alison Moyet, Cults, the Cartel, Strange Markings, Quasi, Mad Professor, Only You, Melt Banana, Lupe Fiasco, Mason Jennings, Cass McCombs, Big Freedia, the Vim Dicta, Jonathan Wilson, Steve Aoki, Iggy Azalea, Waka Flocka Flame, Beats Antique, Mayday Parade, the Record Company, Vienna […]
Mondo Monday: ‣ Desaparecidos – that’s the punk band fronted by Conor Oberst, which last released a full-length in 2002 – headlines the Fonda Theatre, with South Bay punk rockers Joyce Manor opening. ‣ Deerhoof brings the noise to the Echoplex, where LXMP and Bogan Via support. ‣ Ex-Elefant frontman Diego Garcia visits the Troubadour […]
Night Terrors of 1927 immediately went to the head of the electro-pop class last fall, when the then-mysterious band released an achingly sweet little number “Watch the World Go Dark” and then watched while the world went crazy. Turned out the band was the songwriting collaboration of two fellows with long resumés – Jarrod Gorbel […]
