Ssssssaturday: ‣ Sharon Van Etten visits the El Rey Theatre behind her new acclaimed album “Are We There.” That’s the video for “Every Time the Sun Comes Up,” above. ‣ The BET Experience continues its weekend of shows with OutKast, A$AP Rocky and Rick Ross performing at Staples Center, and the Roots with special guests […]
Incoming: Lolipalooza, Jaded Incorporated, St. Paul & the Broken Bones, Steve Winwood, the Moth & the Flame, Spanish Gold, Delta Rose, Movement, Isaiah Rashad, Ty Dolla $ign, Quantic, the Wallburds, Sly & Robbie, Taylor Locke Band, Ian McLagan, Fuck Button, Somekindawonderful, Pure X, Tigers Jaw, David Poe, the Thermals, Kurupt, Very Be Careful, Colin Hay, […]
Like Jenn Wasner of Wye Oak and Katie Crutchfield of Waxahatchee, Sharon Van Etten is one of those artists who cuts deep to the bone with her lyrics and melodies. But despite the pain, the catharsis has always been Van Etten’s strength. Preparing to release her fourth studio album – titled “Are We There” – the […]
By Gabriel Jones The sound heard at the Greek Theatre on Sunday night was the sound of an artist reaching cruising altitude. Andrew Bird is a most unlikely pop star – he came out on stage Sunday in khakis and a button-down shirt looking more like a suburban dad at a backyard barbecue, although with a […]
A sensational Sunday: ‣ The highly anticipated show at Hollywood Forever Cemetery with Sigur Ros happens tonight in support of the Icelandic post-rock band’s latest album “Valtari.” [That’s their gorogeous Alma Har’el-directed video for “Fjögur pÃanó” above, starring Shia LaBeouf.] L.A. artist Julia Holter opens. ‣ It’s double the fun at the Greek Theatre with performances […]
Tuesday things: ‣ Sharon Van Etten and the War on Drugs visit the Avalon Hollywood in a double bill of two artists with gorgeous (and critically praised) albums. Van Etten’s third album “Tramp” came out earlier this year to almost universal acclaim; the War on Drugs is still riding a wave of attention for August’s […]
[Here’s Claudine V. with our look ahead to next week’s shows, along with the video for “Calling Me Names” by Good Old War, playing next Sunday at the Avalon:] Incoming: The Temper Trap, Nada Surf, Sharon Van Etten, Of Montreal, the Naked and Famous, Lucero, the Magnetic Fields, the Ting Tings, the Lumineers, Y La […]
Sharon Van Etten has tapped into something universal on her latest album “Tramps,” and director Sam Zimman employs bleached-out, kaleidoscopic effects to transport the plaintively delivered emotions into something visual and visceral. You can get lost in this one. ||| Live: Sharon Van Etten plays March 20 at the Avalon along with the War on […]
Lost (at least for a second) in all the recent clamor about whether that “Video Games” girl is the genuine item was the fact that Sharon Van Etten’s new album is on the horizon. “Tramp” is out next week (on Jagjaguwar), and the New York songstress’s third album finds her both tying her demons into […]
Of all the chilling moments on the chilly evening of 9/11, one eight-minute stretch of the National’s set at the Hollywood Bowl rattled the spine. It came when the Cincinnati-bred, Brooklyn-based indie rockers played an obscure 2003 album track “Thirsty,” followed by 2007’s “Fake Empire.” ||| Photos by Nick Carranza, PlanetSpeck.com With a full moon […]
