[Birthday wishes to Butch Walker on Saturday. … Here’s what’s on my weekend radar, for one reason or another – for a more comprehensive list, please visit Duke at You Set the Scene:] Tonight: It’s Week 2 of Julian Casablancas’ flashy residency at the Downtown Palace Theatre, and when I saw the opener last week […]
The Happy Hollows [pictured at the Eagle Rock Music Festival] have signed to Los Angeles-based independent label Autumn Tone Records, which in November will give wider release to the trio’s self-birthed debut “Spells.” The highly regarded (in Buzz Bands land, anyway) album will be released both digitally and physically, under Autumn Tone’s new deal with […]
Cold War Kids, sequestered somewhere in southern regions of L.A. County, are working on their next album, but they announced this week that a new EP, “Behave Yourself,” will be out on Jan. 19. The quartet is playing the Wiltern three days later, on Jan. 22. A promotional video they have on their website has […]
The 2009 Lobster Festival at the Port of Los Angeles offered a weekend of fun and frolic in a county-fair atmosphere, with a handful of L.A. indie-rock bands making the trek to San Pedro to partake (as did the Happy Hollows’ Sarah Negahdari, top photo) and play (with Gram Rabbit, above, turning in a particularly […]
It’s quite a night overall – and for fans of the L.A. scene in particular. Six local faves (three on a bill) are opposite each other at two venues. The Airborne Toxic Event kicks off its big tour with the Henry Clay People and Red Cortez at Pomona’s Fox Theater Pomona, while Sea Wolf [pictured] […]
I’ve been to a lot of residency Mondays at Spaceland over the years, and tonight’s lineup, front to back, rivals any I’ve seen. Residents Local Natives could probably pack the place themselves, but they have two other great SoCal bands on board – the Henry Clay People and Aushua. Not to mention: Fun., who are […]
[Notes gleaned on a gorgeous Saturday morning in L.A. …] Half of me wishes I were in Grant Park in Chicago for Lollapalooza – the other half thinks that it’s OK that I missed a rain-soaked Day 1. Of local interest: The Henry Clay People (recommended by the likes of MTV) played early and didn’t […]
The Black Lips, Lucero, No Age [pictured], Lightning Bolt and the Thermals will be among the acts playing Sean Carlson’s FYF Fest (formerly known as the F Yeah Fest), scheduled for Saturday, Sept. 5, at Los Angeles Historic State Park in downtown. The lineup, announced today, includes locals such as Darker My Love, Dios, Avi […]
Who knows when the Henry Clay People are going to have time to record a follow-up to “For Cheap or For Free” – besides upcoming tour dates with the Airborne Toxic Event and a date Aug. 7 at Lollapalooza, their name is on a list of local bands slated to play the Lobsterfest on Sept. […]
The long North American tour recently announced by breakout rockers the Airborne Toxic Event will be an all-Los Angeles affair. Red Cortez, the local quartet [Harley Prechtel-Cortez, pictured] whose soulful blues-rock stamped them as one of SoCal’s most promising up-and-comers when the band emerged under the name the Weather Underground, will join the Henry Clay […]
