It’d be a compliment to call the Fling derivative, and it’d have nothing to do with the Long Beach band’s ’60s-flavored folk rock. The band – brothers Dustin and Graham Lovelis, along with Justin Ivey and Justin Roeland – derives its name from an early-’80s SoCal band called the Fling. It was founded by the […]
“You should check out the band that’s going to play outside in a little while,” a man told me in a bar early Saturday evening. “They’re something special.” I had ducked into a restaurant in Rainbow Harbor, a haven for tourists, families and chain joints on the waterfront south of downtown Long Beach. The man […]
Top 3 reasons to fly your music flag on Flag Day: ‣ The loaded lineup at tonight’s We Barbarians residency at Spaceland, which includes Long Beach folk-rockers the Fling and O.C. five-piece the Union Line [pictured], as well as Sucker for Pumps. ‣ The loaded lineup at tonight’s Line and Circle residency at the Silverlake […]
[Smile, break into song and wish the man born Stevland Hardaway Judkins, whom you know as Stevie Wonder, a happy 60th birthday. As icing on the cake, I offer tonight’s music desserts:] Massive shows, mini shows, tonight has it all – just for grins, I’ll start out small: The lineup of local bands at the […]
[Happy birthday to Duran Duran’s Roger Taylor, who hits the big five-oh today. It’s just a number, y’know …] Aqualung, the nom de tune of British singer-songwriter Matt Hales, last week released its sixth album, “Magnetic North.” It sounds a bit like Beck-as-a-piano-man in places, Chris Martin-as-Beck in others and Mark Everett-as-Chris Martin in others; […]
