Thank you, Carson Daly, for a weird – or shall we say an eclectic – night of music. The Troubadour on Tuesday hosted the late-night TV host and radio personality’s curated lineup of songwriters for another round of the event “Write the Night 2.” While the evening’s bill featured everything from bluegrass to folk to […]
Actress-singer-songwriter Soko possesses a certain mystique that she translates into lo-fi, highly relatable narratives that belie her celebrity in her native France as a movie performer. Her January release for Community Music (Edward Sharpe & the Magnetic Zeros, Alex Ebert, Aaron Embry) was titled “I Thought I Was an Alien,” 15 songs that cast the […]
The album “I Thought I Was an Alien” may be slated for an official Stateside release June 11 via Community Music, but chances are most fans of French chanteuse Stéphanie Sokolinski – aka Soko – will already know all 14 songs by heart.  Whether she’s acting in films or writing musical letters (like “I Just Want to […]
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, […]
Eleven months ago, Grouplove and Milo Greene played an exhilarating night at the Hammer Museum, the most successful of 2011’s Also I Like to Rock Series. On Saturday on the main stage at Make Music Pasadena, the two L.A. indie-rock bands reprised that performance, Milo Greene’s jammy, harmony-laden folk leading into a headlining set from […]
Canadian electro songstress Grimes will join indie-pop and folk luminaries Grouplove, Milo Greene, Cults and Soko on the bill for this year’s Make Music Pasadena, the free daylong festival that draws more than 30,000 to the City of Roses. The diverse bill also features electro-funk guru Dam-Funk, Cambodian psych-rockers Dengue Fever, French chanteuse Jessica Fichot […]
Mountains of midweek show options: ‣ Big day for L.A. legends the Go-Go’s: This afternoon they’ll be inducted into the Greek Theatre’s Rock Walk, and then they will celebrate Belinda Carlisle’s birthday. Then – and what better way to celebrate the 30th anniversary of the release of their album “The Beauty and the Beat” – […]
