[The Henry Clay People’s adventures on tour opening for the Airborne Toxic Event continue:] Sorry, it’s been a while since we spoke to you last. We’ve been busy and computer access proves to be tough to come by. Anyhow, we just played the East Coast. Here are a few notes on the experience: Boston: Boston […]
[Birthday candles Sunday for both Ry Cooder and Sly Stone on what will be a very busy weekend …] Tonight: Van Nuys-based imprint Hopeless/Sub City Records has been doing good things for years with its charity outreach, and its eight annual Take Action Tour, with DoSomething.org as this year’s beneficiary (the group will get three […]
[Here’s the second installment from the Henry Clay People – Joey and Andy Siara, Jonathan Price and Mike Hopkins, along with tour manager Dane Sundseth – who are on their first major tour of the U.S., with the Airborne Toxic Event and Rademacher. While Joey authored the first chapter, this time kid brother Andy weighs […]
Photo gallery courtesy of Jeff Koga The Airborne Toxic Event played a sold-out show at the Music Box @ Fonda on Thursday night, and I am here to recount a little bit of it, but to tell you the truth, I don’t know why. Seems as if everybody has his mind made up about the […]
[A taker of notes shares some:] ”¢ There they are: Except for a couple late-2008 shows, we haven’t heard much from the Like recently – unless you like to pore over the Cobrasnake’s photo galleries. But the L.A. trio is surfacing on the high-profile compilation album, “War Child Heroes,” a benefit for children affected by […]
[Happy 70th birthday to Ray Manzarek, the pride of DePaul University …] Busy, busy busy: Besides the sold-out concert at the Music Box @ Fonda featuring the Airborne Toxic Event, the Henry Clay People and Rademacher, there are a couple nice record-release shows: Lemon Sun [pictured] rocks the Troubadour in support of its latest, “Run […]
Welcome to the Buzz Bands’ first podcast. I’m calling it The Buzzsicle, and it’s an hourlong taste of tunes cool, sweet and sticky. Vol. 1 is a compilation of 16 songs culled from recent EP, single and sampler releases by L.A. bands. My intent here is not necessarily to assemble only music I’m head-over-heels for, […]
[Happy Birthday to Scott Weiland and Simon Le Bon … keep on milking …] While losing money seems to be the theme of the month, free shows seems to be the theme of the night: Fresh-faced and Bay Area-based, the Morning Benders join the fray on the final night of Kenan Bell’s residency at Spaceland. […]
