Here’s your big Thursday: ‣ Best Coast and NO close out the Twilight Summer Series with a free show at the Santa Monica Pier. ‣ Legendary sound collagists Negativland hold forth at the Echoplex – the Bay Area provocateurs have a show titled “My Favorite Things” opening Friday at La Luz de Jesus Gallery in […]
Tuesday night in the city: ‣ Singer, multi-instrumentalist and looping wizard Emily Wells visits Largo behind her new album “Mama,” which was recorded on a horse ranch in Topanga. That’s her homemade video for “Passenger,” above. Appearing with her: The Portland Cello Project, whose own new album “Homage” features arrangements of hip-hop songs. No kidding: […]
It’s been so long since we first heard from Spirit Vine – their debut EP “Golden” came out in the golden age of January, 2010 – we feel compelled to re-introduce them. Spirit Vine now rages with a lineup of singer-keyboardist Jaquelinne Cingolani, guitarist Gabe Pacheco, bassist Aaron Bustos and drummer Jalise Woodward. They are […]
‣ Stones Throw Records’ Dam-Funk brings his music diplomacy – he has, after all, earned the nickname “Ambassador of Boogie Funk” – to the El Rey Theatre, where he will team up with Master Blazter for an evening of sizzle. Above is the video for “It’s My Life,” which the duo recorded, without editing, direct […]
Hard to go wrong at any of the free residencies tonight. To recap: ‣ Expansive Americana with Robert Francis at the Bootleg Theater, where Blair, Papa and Cave Country support. Francis’ new material impressed last week, and the singer-songwriter was joined by his sister Juliette Commagere (pictured) for a couple of songs. ‣ Tuneful indie-rock […]
Top picks for the final Monday in March: ‣ Austin’s young rock ‘n’ roll hero, Gary Clark Jr., plays Bardot as part of It’s A School Night (RSVP). ‣ Chris Robinson Brotherhood (of the Black Crowes) kicks his residency and tour off at the Echoplex. ‣ HoneyHoney closes out their Bootleg residency with Milo Greene […]
[We’re back from Austin and trying to re-learn our daily routines …] ‣ Teddy Thompson plays the RSVP-only It’s a School Night at Bardot behind this month’s release of his fifth album, “Bella.” The 35-year-son of folk legends Richard and Linda Thompson will be joined by James Walsh of Starsailor on a night featuring a […]
[Austin and SXSW loom in the distance, but for tonight we’re still in Los Angeles, as most of you are. And we’re still in the mood …] Top Monday meanderings: ‣ French pop trio Tahiti 80 visit the Troubadour behind its new self-released album “The Past, the Present & the Possible.” That’s the Daisuke Kitayama-directed […]
[Happy Grammy hangover, everyone. And happy February, already – the first night of this month’s residencies offers so much tasty music I don’t know where to turn …] First, your residency rundown: Useless Keys, whose new music we debuted in November, kick off their Echo stand behind their new EP “Is the Painting Changing?” with […]
Since self-releasing a homemade disc in late 2008, Los Angeles’ Spirit Vine has been sharpening its licks and putting teeth into its desert sun-blistered brand of psychedelia. The results, so far, are “Golden.” The quintet’s new EP by that name offers three bone-rattlers that lean toward the brashest of Black Rebel Motorcycle Club’s material, and […]
