The newly-free-to-share-their-videos-any-way-they-want quartet OK Go has released another smile-inducing clip, this one for their song “End Love.” It’s a morning, noon and night lakeside romp in Echo Park – the press release nicely describes it as “dancing with time” – that features a frenzy of friends and a goose named Bill. (You can also get […]
[Let’s see … the National is in town for two sold-out shows; it’s Morrissey’s birthday on Saturday, and I have massive show conflicts each of the next three nights. Weekend of Epic Mopery.] Buzz Bands’ Top 5 places to be this weekend: The National, tonight and Saturday at the Wiltern. Silverlake Jubilee, Saturday and Sunday […]
Dangerbird Records continues to add muscle to its roster – today the L.A.-based label announced the signing of Canadian indie-rockers Hot Hot Heat. The quartet’s fourth album “Future Breeds” – a return to the delirious spazz-pop of early in its career – will be released this summer. Their two major-label albums for Warner Bros. in […]
Everybody else posted it today. And as a State Farm customer, I felt I should too. Live long and embed.
The South by Southwest Music Festival has announced a partial list of bands scheduled to perform at this year’s shindig (March 18-22). From L.A.’s neck of the woods: the Crystal Method, Dave Alvin, Franki Chan, LA Riots, Mandi Perkins, Mika Miko, Waz and Port O’Brien. … Meanwhile, there’s a bunch of interesting tours shaping up […]
[Around in Internet quicker than you got tired of Britney’s new single:] ‣ OK Go’s next album is being produced by David Fridmann? Color me curious … ‣ You want something autographed by Ringo Starr? Better get it in the mail Monday. Yeah, right, peace and love … ‣ Great account of the Palladium’s reopening […]