Incoming: Phish, Rudimental, Palma Violets, Cimorelli, Mac Miller, Action Bronson, Savoir Adore, One Direction, the Preservation Hall Jazz Band, James McCartney, Hanni El Khatib, the Heavy, Sierra Leone’s Refugee All-Stars, the Veils, Lorde, P.O.D., Hall & Oates, Grizzly Bear, Willie Nelson, Lyle Lovett, Superhumanoids, Foals, the Living Sisters, Mia Doi Todd, the Standells, Train, Emeli […]
Lots of choices for your Friday fun: ‣ San Francisco’s the Fresh & Onlys [see their video for “Presence of Mind”] team up with Terry Malts for a show at the Echo. ‣ The Heavy [see their video for “What Makes a Good Man?] play the El Rey Theatre with the Silent Comedy as support. […]
[We’re late with our post, due to the holiday weekend and your humble editor’s FYF Fest hangover …] Incoming: Best Coast, Jillinda Palmer, the Vibrators, Negativland, B.B. King, the Heavy, Crosby, Stills & Nash, Big Black Delta, Dead Meadow, Linkin Park, Mary J. Blige, Hot Chip, Dave Matthews Band, the Fresh & Onlys Above: The […]
Here are your Thursday things: ‣ Indie hip-hop standout El-P visits Check Yo Ponytail at the Echoplex behind his first solo album in five years, “Cancer for Cure,” joined by Killer Mike and more. ‣ U.K. funk-soul outfit the Heavy, with its third album “The Glorious Dead” coming in August [here’s a sample], plays the […]
The Heavy’s heavy-duty blasts of funky soul have long stoked the fires of L.A. fans (that 2010 show at the Hammer Museum was particularly memorable). Now the U.K. quintet propelled by the muscular presence (vocally and physically) of Kelvin Swaby is gearing up to release their third album, “The Glorious Dead” (due Aug. 21). Swaby […]
[For your planning pleasure, here’s a straight-up list of what’s ahead this week, with our picks:] Incoming: Graffiti6, Warships, 2:54, the Heavy, Gardens & Villa, El-P, Keane, Jonathan Richman, the B-52’s, Squeeze, Mystery Jets, Foster the People, the Soft Pack, Standing Shadows and more. Our staff picks of the week: @KRBronson recommends: U.K. funk-soul dynamos […]
@KRBronson on Saturday’s final fling at SXSW: “How You Like Me Now?” – the title of the Heavy’s ubiquitous 2009 single – seemed like a relevant question Saturday at SXSW. The improbable emergence of the funk- and fire-breathing sextet from the hinterlands of England is a true underdog story: They nailed the Curtis Mayfield-meets-indie-rock formula […]
When we last spotted the U.K. funk-soul machine known as the Heavy, they were turning the courtyard of the Hammer Museum into a sweaty mess during July’s Also I Like to Rock series. They’re on the way back to the U.S. with a new EP due next week, “How You Like Me Now?” Included are […]
The 2010 edition of the Also I Like to Rock series at the Hammer Museum ended in typically raucous fashion on Thursday night, with energetic sets from local indie-rockers Voxhaul Broadcast (who soldiered through a broken guitar string and a busted effects pedal) and Chasing Kings (who were accompanied by live painter Norton Wisdom) and […]
It was a night of sweaty soul and furious funk on Thursday at the Hammer Museum, where the third installment of this month’s Also I Like to Rock series paired local sensations Fitz & the Tantrums with gritty U.K. outfit the Heavy, playing their last date on a U.S. tour. Both bands had spent time […]
