What a start to the weekend: ‣ Richard Thompson, the 64-year-old legend whose latest album “Electric” solidifies his place in the pantheon of guitar greats, brings his electric trio to the John Anson Ford Amphitheatre. ‣ Seven Saturdays [see our post on “One in 3”] celebrates the release of their self-titled album by bringing its […]
Incoming: The Rolling Stones, KROQ Weenie Roast, Serena Ryder, Motorhead, Sara Bareilles, Bob Schneider, Gold Panda, Devendra Banhart, Andrew McMahon, Matt Costa, Dale Earnhardt Jr. Jr., PAPA, Appleseed Cast, Andy Grammer, Richard Thompson, Buddy Miller & Jim Lauderdale, Seven Saturdays, Ariel Pink, Sonny & the Sunsets, Fabolous, Sea Wolf, Digitalism, Filligar, Big Boi, Quadron, the […]
Sunday things: ‣ The Satellite continues its week-long free show series. Tonight features cinematic music from headliner Seven Saturdays. Pageants and Ash Reiter also play. (You can also catch Ash Reiter earlier in the day at Lot 1 Cafe’s late brunch show.) That’s Ash Reiter’s video for “Heatwave” above. ‣ Part-Time Punks dedicates a night […]
Wednesday’s shows: ‣ Buzz Bands LA’s free night at the Satellite features new music from eaturing Seven Saturdays and Western Lows, along with almost-new tunes from Auditorium and Pretend Electric. ‣ Paul Banks, the Interpol main man, headlines the Fonda Theatre in support of his solo album “Banks.” The Neighbourhood and Electric Flower Group support. […]
Incoming: Aerosmith, Justin Bieber, Islands, Lost Bayou Ramblers, Bruce Springsteen, Sufjan Stevens, No Doubt, Carole King, ZZ Top, Flogging Molly, Monsters Calling Home, How to Dress Well, the Starvations, Shuggie Otis, Paul Banks, Tom Morello, Seven Saturdays, Streetlight Manifesto, Donnie and Marie Osmond, the Polyphonic Spree, the Lonely Wild, Bloc Party, David Bazan, Kopecky Family […]
Jonathan Haskell’s gripping instrumental compositions as Seven Saturdays are the stuff of epic movie soundtracks, or of hours lost in ambient bliss imagining them. Since releasing his “Love in the Time of Anticipated Defeat” album and “Secret Things” EP, both in March 2011, Haskell has done a bunch of remixes while setting off in a […]
Seven Saturdays and Western Lows – two L.A. artists with enticing album releases on the horizon – highlight an eclectic lineup for Buzz Bands LA’s monthly showcase of new music on Wednesday, Dec. 5 at the Satellite. The show is free. Seven Saturdays, the nom de tune of songwriter Jonathan Haskell, has a impressive catalog […]
Walter Meego doesn’t get out much. And if you hear the Chicago expatriates’ new “Wondervalley,” you’ll wonder why they don’t. The album, the band’s second, is a synth-drenched popsicle that sounds almost glam when you turn it to 11. The album was recorded over six months in a house the band rented in the Mojave […]
Tuesday’s touts: ‣ Dreampop quartet White Sea [get the background and check out a video] returns to the Satellite for a headlining show featuring Seven Saturdays and Line and Circle. ‣ Neil Finn, the Crowded House frontman who has some new music percolating, and Matt Costa team up at the El Rey Theatre. ‣ The […]
Nothing against Benjamin Hoste’s excellent video for this song, but Canadian chillwaver Teen Daze has taken a kitchen appliance to Seven Saturdays’ “True Romance,” turning Jonathan Haskell’s perfectly languorous composition into a palpitation-inducing mess. The track is part of “Secret Things,” a free six-song EP that offers retooled Seven Saturdays material (the Sun Airway, White […]
