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, […]
We’ve already waxed a bit about Rocco DeLuca’s new self-titled album, made with producer Daniel Lanois and just out on 429 Records. Lead single “Colors of the Cold” sets the tone for the record – enchanting and almost surreal, it’s a song DeLuca calls “a letter to the hills of California, and a little bit […]
“Colors of the Cold,” the first song on dream-weaver Rocco DeLuca’s new album, somehow runs two temperatures at the same time, at once suggesting icy and distant while glowing with the warm ambiance concocted by producer Daniel Lanois. The song is but one example of the wizardry on the songwriter’s “Rocco DeLuca,” which comes out […]
One of the nifty little vinyl releases that sneaked onto the shelves on Record Store Day was a split 7-inch featuring a previously unreleased song from Edward Sharpe & the Magnetic Zeroes, “Give Me a Sign,” and “Raven’s Song,” a tune off Aaron Embry’s breathtaking album “Tiny Prayers.” We missed it a couple months ago, […]
Thursday, Thursday: ‣ They call Charles Bradley “The Screaming Eagle of Soul,” and the 64-year-old singer lands at UCLA’s Royce Hall tonight for a show that also features Daptone Records labelmates the Menahan Street Band, the New York City-based purveyors of instrumental funk and soul. Above, artists Mike Perry, Jim Stoten and Josh Cochran work […]
Your Wednesday show picks: ‣ Portugal. The Man, which recently wrapped up another big tour behind last year’s album “In the Mountains In the Clouds,” visit UCLA’s Royce Hall for a concert also featuring Haim and The Ten Thousand. ‣ Rocco DeLuca headlines the Satellite behind his haunting new album “Drugs ’N Hymns.” ‣ Xander […]
In a manner, Rocco DeLuca has come full circle. The L.A. native honed his chops at a long-running residency in Orange County from 2003 to ’05 and emerged as a contender with “I Trust You to Kill Me,” the first of two albums his band Rocco DeLuca and the Burden released on the independent label […]
Thursday’s thicket of things: ‣ It’s been too long since we’ve heard from Crash Kings. The L.A. trio of Tony and Mike Beliveau and Jason Morris, who had a hit with “Mountain Man” off their 2009 album, have been working on a follow-up and will play a bunch of new material tonight at the Troubadour, […]
Kicking off Grammy weekend … ‣ Dr. Dog plays the Orpheum behind its new album “Be the Void.” That’s the Philadelphia outfit’s video for “That Old Black Hole,” above. ‣ Spindrift brings its spaghetti Western psychedelia to the Satellite, celebrating 10-plus years, four albums, movies scores and more with a night full of special guests. […]
