Here’s an encouraging note for the bands around town who try and try and try some more: Leslie & the Badgers’ self-released album “Roomful of Smoke” (which we loved when it came out last year) has been picked up by Nashville-based label Thirty Tiger (home to Elizabeth Cook, Justin Townes Earle, Jim Lauderdale and Those […]
If only the world were a pop place. Hunter Curra looks like a guy who’s spent long hours wrestling with that notion, and no matter how he tries to whitewash it, or what melody it’s set to, the vagaries of day-to-day life are fraught with noxious subtext. “All those sweet and saccharine songs – that’s […]
[Birthday shout-out today to Colbie Caillat, all of 25. Enjoy your weekend, everybody.] Top 6 things asterisked on my concert calendar this weekend: ‣ Flight of the Conchords swoop into the Hollywood Bowl on Sunday to tickle your funny and musical bones. ‣ Also Sunday, Miike Snow plays the first of 2,721 sold-shows in and […]
The Silverlake Jubilee arrives with a bang this weekend, the first-year music and arts festival bringing some 50 bands to a three-stage neighborhood fair featuring cutting-edge DJs, comedy, spoken word, film, art and fashion – not to mention three dozen or so food trucks to satiate attendees’ appetites. Buzz Bands LA has joined with Jubilee […]
[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; […]
[Your Monday fare while wishing Echo & the Bunnymen’s Will Sergeant a happy birthday and checking the long-range forecast for the band’s set at Coachella on Friday …] It’s been about two years since Canadian noiseniks Crystal Castles released their debut album. A second is in the works; meanwhile, fans will have to do with […]
They’ve taken away the Jeopardy question that was their original name – what is a Flying Tourbillon Orchestra? – but the band now known as Walking Sleep hasn’t changed its approach: indie-pop with boy/girl vocals, sharp/fuzzy edges and a sunny/dark disposition. The sextet’s debut album “Measures” will finally be out May 25; it’s been a […]
Three decades of music in one night – that’s what the Church has in store for fans tonight at the Roxy Theatre. The Australian veterans are on a 30th anniversary North American tour that will see the band perform one song from each each of their releases in reverse chronological order. Fans who attend the […]
