A quick look at your Thursday shows: ‣ It’s been a year and a half since Echo Park indie-rockers indie-rockers NO landed with a free, six-song EP (following it with a single last August), and now Bradley Hanan Carter and crew are back with some new songs. They headline the Troubadour tonight, supported by James […]
Incoming: Rhye, Hands, Gavin Turek, Chief, 8mm, Low, DWNTWN, A-Trak, Fu Manchu, Dan Deacon, Japanther, Goo Goo Dolls, the Skatalites, Vacationer, Bobby McFerrin, Kopecky Family Band, NO, Phosphorescent, Soul Asylum, the Hectors, the Dan Band, Shlohmo, Big Head Todd & the Monsters, the Three O’Clock Above: That’s Phosphorescent’s video for “Song for Zula,” off the […]
This is one nobody will win: There is increasing confusion around town about two bands named NO, a moniker that cannot be copyrighted trademarked*, and not even shared very comfortably. The first, well-known to visitors to this portal, is Echo Park-based indie favorites NO, who emerged in the summer of 2011 with their free EP […]
As great as this year was on the Los Angeles music scene, 2012 was only foreplay compared to what awaits in 2013. This year’s “Bands to Watch” could go on and on and on, like one of those “whoa-oh” choruses that populated our 2012 playlists. No fewer than 22 L.A. bands are signed and ready […]
Happy Sunday: ‣ The supergroup of Britt Daniels, Dan Boeckner and Sam Brown, Divine Fits, play the Fonda Theatre in support of their album “A Thing Called Divine Fits” (out now on Merge). That’s their Brian Butler-directed video above for “Would That Not Be Nice.” Cold Cave open with their new lineup. [Check out “A […]
Shows for a wild Wednesday: ‣ A benefit show for leukemia-stricken 3-year-old Mayla Embry and her family goes off at the Bootleg Bar, featuring the music of Father John Misty, Daniel Lanois, Inara George, Becky Stark and Great Northern. A small quantity of tickets will be available at the door. ‣ Slash, along with Myles […]
The weekend of Lobsterfest was hot. And, as it turns out, buttery and delicious. The annual carnival-meets-feeding frenzy-meets-musical festival drew thousands to Ports O’ Call Village in San Pedro, and the tasty crustaceans were just a side dish for music fans. The lineup of local bands, again curated by Mark Sovel, proved heat was no […]
Today’s going to be a scorcher, but there are plenty of shows to keep you cool: ‣ The Walkmen and Milo Greene do a second SoCal show together this week. This time they’re at the Observatory in Orange County. ‣ Canadian electronic band Austra [pictured above] brings their “dark wave” to the El Rey Theatre. […]
Echo Park quintet NO arrived last fall with free, six-song EP that reminded everybody of the National and a predisposition to play those songs live until their fingers were raw. Some 50-plus shows and who-knows-how-many-free-downloads later, singer-guitarist Bradley Hanan Carter and crew have added to their catalog. “What’s Your Name” is a new 7-inch single […]
Buzz Bands LA Stage at Taix to feature Soft Swells, Warships, the Lonely Wild, the Record Company, Pageants and more Remember Sunset Junction? Not the fenced-off, charge-you-an-arm-and-a-leg Sunset Junction, but the free, neighborhood-y festival of its early years? That’s what organizers have in mind for Echo Park Rising – a free, one-day celebration of local […]
