Incoming: Agenda Festival, Chinatown Summer Nights, Dirty Penni Fest, Rod Stewart, Baths, Albert Hammond Jr., Max Frost, Vampire Weekend, Kadhja Bonet, Gavin Turek, Freddie Gibbs, Years & Years, Janelle Monae, Dan Sadin, the Regrettes, SiR, Magic Giant, Fishbone, EasyFriend, Dam-Funk, Goon, Cold Cave, Smokey Robinson, Snail Mail, the Horrors
“What a Mess,” which features vocal contributions from Lucius and Springtime Carnivore, is the first single from Nik Freitas’ new album “Day & Dark,” arriving in June.
Including BØRNS, JoJo, Greys, Refused, Jeff Lynne’s ELO, Allison Weiss, Bone Thugs-N-Harmony, Chance the Rapper, Thomas Jack, Family of the Year, the Chainsmokers, Gogol Bordello, PAPA and Robert DeLong.
In the first 22 seconds of his new power-pop nugget “Anyone Listening,” Nik Freitas articulates the recurring frustration of just about every songwriter we know: “I opened my mouth up to say how I felt / but all I heard was everyone else / talking about photos of themselves / the louder they get then […]
A little midweek madness for you: â–º Jessie Ware headlines the Wiltern behind her widely acclaimed sophomore album “Tough Love,” which came out in October. â–º Reunited British shoegazer Ride warm up for Coachella with a date at the Roxy Theatre, supported by Eagulls. â–º Reunions, Part 2: Drive Like Jehu, back after 20 years […]
Michael Davis gets under your skin. The Midwestern native, ensconced in L.A. three years now, trades in keyboard-warmed folk-pop that tugs at the heartstrings and laments their every twinge of pain. It’s no surprise Davis – now doing business as Michael Davis With Lions – has found kindred spirits in other songwriters whose currency is […]
Thursday things: ‣ Black Star, the groundbreaking duo of Mos Def and Talib Kweli, do a makeup gig at Club Nokia for an L.A. date originally scheduled in October. ‣ The first night of the annual Invisible Children benefit concerts at the Troubadour features Jon Foreman (Switchfoot), Matt Pryor (the Get Up Kids), Aaron Gillespie […]
Your picks for Tuesday: ‣ Buzz Bands LA’s SecondTuesday songwriter night at Lot 1 Cafe goes off with Nik Freitas, the Sister Ruby Band, Ben Heywood of Summer Darling and Adeline & the Philistines. The festivities start at 9; details here. ‣ We Are Augustines, the new project from Pela’s Billy McCarthy and Eric Sanderson […]
Nik Freitas, the L.A. based singer-songwriter whose new album “Saturday Night Underwater” came out in June, will headline the September edition Buzz Bands LA’s SecondTuesday songwriter night at Lot 1 Cafe in Echo Park. Joining Freitas will be Marlon Rabenreither of the Sister Ruby Band and Ben Heywood of Summer Darling– each doing solo sets […]
Nik Freitas, the singer-songwriter and sideman extraordinaire (he’s played with Conor Oberst and Broken Bells and on records by Miles Kurosky of Beulah, Jason Boesel and All Smiles, among others), added a healthy dose of keyboard shimmer to the warm folk-pop on his fifth full-length, “Saturday Night Underwater.” The album came out in June on […]
