Kazoos, face-painting, gorgeous vocal harmonies, the sweet lilt of country music and a handful of bands with really long names – the album-release party for Leslie & the Badgers’ “Roomful of Smoke” on Tuesday at Spaceland had a little bit of everything. The evening featured harmony-laden opening sets from Eagle Winged Palace and the Chapin […]
That rock cliché about smoky vocals took on a whole new meaning when Leslie Stevens and her band were recording their new album. It was 2008, and “the wildfires were raging,” Stevens says. “You could see on the hills, there were chunks of ash in the air, and you could smell it in the room.” […]
[Cheers to Paul Weller, who’s celebrating a birthday today … and here’s how you can usher out your holiday weekend:] The three Silver Lake/Echo Park residencies end with a bang: Gangi wraps things up at Spaceland with support from Local Natives and Warpaint; soulful kids Mississippi Man and shoegazers Lower Heaven [pictured] help residents Golden […]
[Green Day’s Billie Joe Armstrong turns 37 today, and you ought to be hearing new stuff from him on the radio soon, with the band’s new album “21st Century Breakdown” coming in May …] Charlie Wadhams had quite a warm-up for tonight’s Hotel Cafe show. On Monday he was scheduled to do a short set […]
