Ross Flournoy has played in front of enough arms-folded hipster crowds to know that an interviewer is fishing for a punchline when I ask, “So how is playing for a bunch of 10-year-old kids going to be different from playing a regular show in Silver Lake?” The frontman of the Broken West laughs knowingly and […]
There are 112 albums in my “L.A. stack” for this year, and a few might have been misplaced in my job transition. Here are my favorites: 1. Darker My Love, “2” (Dangerbird) — A wide-ranging psych-rock record with the legs to take you almost anywhere. 2. Everest, “Ghost Notes” (Vapor) — Indie Americana that will […]
The Times had a nifty preview today of “Rockville, CA,” the Internet series that debuts in 2009 on TheWB.com. Color me curious. The series, in five-minute “webisodes,” will chronicle the travails of some music scenesters surrounding the fictional Echo Park nightclub Rockville. It’s the product of Josh Schwartz (“The O.C.” and “Gossip Girl”) and is […]
L.A. quintet the Broken West were their feel-good selves in an opening slot for the Heartless Bastards on Friday night at Spaceland — well, maybe except for the band’s new drummer, Sean McDonald. He is playing the band’s four West Coast dates this month without the use of his right arm, which he fractured in […]
