Power pop lives. The sixth album from Guster, “Easy Wonderful,” cracked the Billboard charts at No. 22 this week, giving us reason to believe the Boston band’s cult following is turning into a congregation. The quartet went to great lengths to promote their new release, including soliciting videos for each of “Easy Wonderful’s” 12 tracks. […]
“DIY,” the dance-party anthem by Pop Noir, is getting the Orange County-based trio some well-deserved notice. The song – the kind of ditty that begs for remixes – cracked the radio specialty charts last month, and now the “DIY” video is among the nominees in MTVU’s “Freshmen” contest (the same competition that the Happy Hollows […]
[Holy Thanksgiving leftovers, it’s almost December. And happy birthday, Steve Aoki …] The fun folks at Buddyhead are throwing a party at the Hotel Cafe, and the loaded lineup looks like this: Imaad Wasif, Dios, Olin and the Moon and Mini Mansions, among others. … Seasons, whose song “The Weight” will be somewhere near the […]
[It’s Bjork’s birthday on Saturday, celebrate appropriately. Here’s my late-arriving weekend rundown:] Tonight: Alan Palomo’s Neon Indian [pictured; download below] brings its multimedia synthscapes to the Echoplex for a night of cool electro that includes Keenhouse, Tigercity and Little Red Radio. … Julian Casablancas hits downtown’s Palace Theatre for Week 3 of his residency. … […]
Them Crooked Vultures – nice backgrounder on them in this morning’s L.A. Times – have sprung a surprise show on the Sunset Strip, and on the eve of their album release. The trio of Josh Homme, Dave Grohl and John Paul Jones will play the Roxy tonight; tickets at the door only, and there are […]
[Birthday shout-out to L.A. musician/producer Aaron Embry today. Meanwhile, there is an enormous confluence of concerts for a Monday night — here goes:] The first time I saw U.K. punk-rockers the Cribs play in Los Angeles, frontman Gary Jarman bloodied himself on the microphone, and it was love at first gush. It’s not likely that […]
[It’s a new month and a new week, and I’d like to take a moment to wish Death Cab for Cutie’s Chris Walla a happy birthday before previewing Monday’s slate of residencies and other fine fare …] The Happy Hollows kick off their Spaceland stint tonight, and if you haven’t fallen under their undeniable debut […]
Couple of big shows go head-to-head tonight, so if you’re out purely for the music, you really can’t go wrong. She Wants Revenge [pictured] headlines the “Kick Out of the Clots: A Benefit for Jennifer Tefft” event at the Echo/Echoplex — the fundraiser offers a long night of music (doors at 7 p.m.) featuring Living […]
[Happy Cinco de Mayo, and here are a few musical party options;] Iglu & Hartly, the Los Angeles-via-Colorado quintet who hit it big in the U.K. with its party-minded amalgamation of rock, rap (lite) and cheesy synths, brings its dance show back to the U.S. in earnest, playing a KROQ-sponsored record release show at the […]
[Birthday greetings go out today to Lou Reed, Chris Martin and Jon Bon Jovi. Now that’s a trio …] This month’s residencies start in a big way: At Spaceland, where Nico Stai has the headlining slot, Hesta Prynn (pictured, of Northern State) gets the ball rolling early [Download: “Seven Sisters”]. Pop Noir and Eastern Conference […]
