Hrishikesh Hirway’s electronic chamber-pop is the music of introspection, lush and layered and so effortless with its melodies you wonder why somebody hadn’t arrived at that tune before. Doing business as the One AM Radio, his 2007 album for Dangerbird Records, “This Too Will Pass,” was informed by the Yalie’s various travels; his fourth album, […]
[Jane’s Addiction’s Eric Avery blows out birthday candles on Saturday; cheers to him as we rock into the weekend …] Tonight: Seems to be lighter than your average Friday, but in addition to the I Am Treasure benefit at the Roxy (featuring Pigeon John and Rootbeer), you have some other options. She Wants Revenge, paired […]
One album, three or so delirious years and a lot of patter about being the next Led Zeppelin later, Australia’s Wolfmother disintegrated in 2008 in a cloud of “irreconcilable personal and musical differences.” Frontman Andrew Stockdale has now replaced original members Chris Ross and Myles Heskett with a new lineup and is finishing up a […]
[I’m extending my hand; you’re unclenching your fist; maybe now we can raise a glass to the real new year:] The Walkmen [pictured], whose tour de force “You & Me” was one of the best albums of 2008, have had a whirlwind two days – they kicked off a West Coast tour with a visit […]
