Incoming: Way Over Yonder, Big Star Third, George Fest, Drake, Interpol, Motopony, the Rescues, La Roux, Lykke Li, Tears for Fears, Youth Code, Slash, Denny White, the Raveonettes, A Day to Remember, Jaymes Young, Yellowman, Shyboy, the Eeries, Justin Nozuka, Allen Stone, Temples, the Kooks, Simian Mobile Disco, Rocco DeLuca, Mia Doi Todd, Hank 3, […]
Incoming: Sunset Strip Music Festival, Jane’s Addiction, Failure, Cold War Kids, Empire of the Sun, Mayer Hawthorne, Tarfest, Hunter Hunted, Limp Bizkit, Linkin Park, Mosco Rosco, Fenech-Soler, Soft Swells, Rise Against, Andrew Belle, Daedelus, Karen O, Buzzbocks, Coldplay, Train, De Lux, Magic Mirror, Vulpeck, Augustines, Chuck Ragan, Cheap Trick, Diana Ross, Neutral Milk Hotel, Fatboy Slim, […]
Rival Sons are one of those enigmas – how can a southern California-bred band, so exceedingly competent at what they do, enjoy huge acclaim seemingly everywhere except their home turf? (See also: Vintage Trouble.) To read their press clippings from the U.K. and Canada, the Long Beach quartet of singer Jay Buchanan, guitarist Scott Holiday, […]
Wednesday’s offerings: ‣ Bluesy rockers Rival Sons’ third album “Head Down” has charted in the U.K. and across Europe – Classic Rock magazine, which made “Head Down” its No. 2 album of the year, puts them in pretty good company. They play the Echo along with Night Horse, Lecherous Gaze and Sir Madam. Above, the […]
Incoming: PAPA, Feeding People, Yellow Alex & the Feelings, Austin Brown, Thorcraft Cobra, Rival Sons, Eric McFadden, Andrew McMahon, Rumours, Sum 41, Taken by Trees, John C. Reilly, Keane, Gregg Allman, Steve Earle & Allison Moorer, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Johnathan Rice, the Dan Band, Tycho, Neil Sedaka Above:Â Keane is pretty popular, we hear. The […]
Rival Sons, “Pressure and Time” – When Jay Buchanan first surfaced, he was a pop songsmith trading in “middle-of-the-road adult alternative” (iTunes’ description), and he did it better than most. Whatever Kool-Aid he drank with new bandmates Scott Holiday, Robin Everhart and Michael Miley … well, bottle it. The L.A. quartet’s debut album “Pressure and […]
Of shows big and small and in between: ‣ Dirty Beaches, whose spooky, minimalist synth-pop has gotten a lot of love in the blog world, visits the Echo, with Bell Gardens and Neverever supporting. That’s the video for Dirty Beaches’ “Lord Knows Best,” above. ‣ Prince resumes his run of shows at the Forum. ‣ […]
