There are singers, and then there is Ruby Friedman. The L.A. songstress comes at you like a weather front, a thunder-and-lightning barrage of soul and nerves, capable of wrapping more drama into a phrase than most singers do in their autobiographies. Since we last visited with the flaming-haired diva, her Ruby Friedman Orchestra has completed […]
‣ Death Cab For Cutie headlines the El Rey Theatre behind its new album “Codes and Keys.” Above is the band’s video for “You’re a Tourist,” which was broadcast as it was filmed, in a single take. The Lonely Forest, whose album “Arrows” is out on Chris Walla’s Trans Records, opens. ‣ Band of Skulls, […]
[Happy birthday to Tim Armstrong. Tonight’s pre-holiday schedule is light but still promising …] You can think of tonight’s shows downtown as a way of working up your appetite for Thursday – Simian Mobile Disco, brings its ear-bending synth-rock and eye-popping light show to the Mayan Theatre. The U.K. duo’s newest album is aptly titled […]
Monday, and it’s already a ridiculous night for shows: That familiar face you can spot playing the early set tonight at Gangi’s residency at Spaceland is actor/director Adam Goldberg, who will be fronting his musical project LANDy. Goldberg has written songs for years and has been an occasional collaborator in the L.A. band the Black […]
