Quite a Saturday we have ahead: ► The KROQ Weenie Roast goes off at the Irvine Meadows Amphitheatre, with Muse, AWOLNATION, Vance Joy, X Ambassadors, James Bay, Saint Motel, Of Monsters & Men, Big Data, Walk the Moon, Florence & the Machine, All Time Low, Cold War Kids, Death Cab For Cutie and Panic! At […]
Incoming: KROQ Weenie Roast, Joshua Tree Music Festival, L.A. Vegan Beer & Food Festival, the Bird and the Bee, Cillie Barnes, the Moth & the Flame, Lapsley, Golden Coast, A House for Lions, Dead Sara, Sepultura, Reggie Watts, Sick of Sarah, the Wombats, Nick Mulvey, Waka Flocka Flame, Torres, Elvis Perkins, Thrice, Froth, the Temperance […]
Like its title, Two Gallants‘ new single “Incidental” is just that. Or so the undiscerning ear may assume. The grungy blues track is a swift 2 1/2 minutes of ragged vocals and melodic guitar that swirls in circles unpredictably with a relieving bridge. While the duo maintains their muscular musicianship, “Incidental” is a rock spasm […]
It’s no secret that San Francisco is, quite rapidly, experiencing a shift in culture that is abandoning it’s artistic charm, simplicity and strange for materialism and deep pockets. What better inspiration could Bay Area natives Adam Stephens and Tyson Vogel aka Two Gallants have to work with for their upcoming release, “We Are Undone?” The […]
Lots to choose from on this Thursday: ‣ Scorching U.K. bass-and-drum duo Royal Blood plays visit the Roxy Theatre, with the Last Internationale opening. As the video suggests, “Come On Over.” ‣ Two Gallants, out of the studio where they are working on a follow-up to 2012’s “The Bloom and the Blight” and on a […]
Incoming: Bizarre Ride, Strange Talk, Rachel Goodrich, Jonny Two Bags, Kadavar, Saint Vitus, Jerome LOL, Moons of Mars, Meiko, Jared Evan, Broods, Niney the Observer, Dead Sara, Dreamland, Circa Zero, Cisco Adler, Green Gerry, Iggy Azalea, Maximo Park, Lindsey Stirling, White Arrows, Two Gallants, Royal Blood, Hands, Say Hi, New Young Pony Club, Chuck Palahniuk, […]
Big Thursday evening ahead: ‣ Dave Grohl’s Sound City Players, the all-star cast assembled to play the music created for “Sound City” documentary (there’s an album “Sound City – Real to Reel” on the way in March), rock the Palladium. Collaborators for the L.A. show are expected to include Stevie Nicks, John Fogerty, Rick Springfield, […]
Incoming: Local Natives, Niki & the Dove, the Who, Lisa Loeb, Ron Sexsmith, Two Gallants, Dead Sara, Jon Foreman, Sound City Players, Meiko, Tristan Prettyman, Tegan and Sara, the Gaslamp Killer, the Happy Hollows, Vieux Farka Touré, the Bronx, Radar Brothers, Branford Marsalis, Augustana, Benjamin Francis Leftwich Above: Tegan and Sera return this week with […]
[Photos and capsule reviews of selected sets from the Main Street Stage at Saturday’s FYF Fest:] Refused, M83, Sleigh Bells, Warpaint, the Pains of Being Pure at Heart, Chairlift, Two Gallants, Moonface, the Soft Pack, White Arrows ||| Photos by Laurie Scavo More photos and reviews after the jump:
In the five years between Two Gallants albums, we’ve followed and admired singer-guitarist Adam Stephens’ solo adventures and checked out singer-drummer Tyson Vogel’s work in Devotionals. Each good, but the duo have reunited to make “The Bloom and the Blight” (due Sept. 4 on ATO Records), their fourth album and one on par with their […]
