The Silverlake Jubilee arrives with a bang this weekend, the first-year music and arts festival bringing some 50 bands to a three-stage neighborhood fair featuring cutting-edge DJs, comedy, spoken word, film, art and fashion – not to mention three dozen or so food trucks to satiate attendees’ appetites. Buzz Bands LA has joined with Jubilee […]
There are people who know Jack Gibson as an aspiring filmmaker, as an untiring supporter, and even as a perspiring drunk. This week, with the release of “Shelters,” his third album as Tenlons Fort, Gibson has solidified his identity as an inspiring songwriter. Whether “Shelters” – a startlingly beautiful, strikingly intimate collection of 10 songs […]
Texas quintet Midlake [pictured] hits town behind its new album, the very genteel and almost meticulous-to-a-fault “The Courage of Others.” Matthew and the Arrogant Sea open the show at the El Rey. … Shrinebuilder, which includes members of the Melvins, Neurosis and Om, make a ruckus at the Echo in the first of a two-night […]
[Happy Cinco de Mayo, and here are a few musical party options;] Iglu & Hartly, the Los Angeles-via-Colorado quintet who hit it big in the U.K. with its party-minded amalgamation of rock, rap (lite) and cheesy synths, brings its dance show back to the U.S. in earnest, playing a KROQ-sponsored record release show at the […]
