Roaring into the weekend: ‣ Thurston Moore and Kurt Vile do their second sold-out night at the Troubadour. ‣ Nashville indie-blues quartet the Features (pictured) – their new album “Wilderness” cementing a place in our playlists – headline the Satellite, with Oh Darling opening. ‣ Speaking of darlings, Those Darlins play the Echo, with White […]
[In response to the inevitable questions I am asked at shows – What have you heard? What are you listening to? What’s new? – today I embark on something called Random Dispatches … the contents of my notebook, spilt.] ‣ Lavender Diamond’s recent show at the Eagle Rock Center for the Arts was a revelation, […]
Tonight’s fare our for fair city: ‣ The monthly Rumble show hits the Echo tonight, with a couple of rising L.A. bands, White Arrows and Milo Greene, joined by Seattle duo My Goodness. It’s free with an RSVP. [The latest on White Arrows here; introducing Milo Greene here.] ‣ Australian duo An Horse – a […]
The bluesy swagger of My Goodness hits you like that first belt of coffee on foggy morning. It’s the creation of Seattle duo Joel Schneider, whose guitar licks carry the requisite lightning, and Ethan Jacobsen, who drums with suitable thunder. Their debut album, which came out in April on Sarathan Records, holds up pretty well […]
Much to do on a Monday: ‣ Yeasayer has embarked on its final tour before getting to work on a follow-up to last year’s “Odd Blood” The band does the first of two nights at the Music Box with Smith Westerns openings. ‣ Dubstep crooner James Blake (joined by Nite Jewel) plays to a sold-out […]
[Three remixes of three local artists to pump you up for the week ahead…] Alexander, “Truth (White Arrows Remix)” ”“ Alexander, the solo project of Alex Ebert (Edward Sharpe & the Magnetic Zeros), gets remixed by L.A. band White Arrows (and Bootleg Theater residents this month). The original “Truth” is whimsically filled with whistling, but […]
Another busy Monday … ‣ Tift Merritt won plenty of acclaim for last year’s “See You on the Moon,” her fourth album, and her recent turn in the star-studded Big Star tribute in New York City only polished her resumé. The 36-year-old singer-songwriter nears the end of a long tour with roots rocker Stephen Kellogg […]
New things for a new week: ‣ The Low Anthem, the Rhode Islanders whose acclaimed new album”Smart Flesh” was recorded in a pasta sauce factory, visit the Autry Center’s Heritage Courtyard for a show with Ivan & Alyosha and Daniel Leftkowitz. That’s the Low Anthem’s video for “Boeing 737” above, featuring tightrope walker Jade Kindar-Martin. […]
A busy first Monday of a new month: ‣ Battles bring the indie prog-rock to the Echoplex, with Holloys supporting. ‣ Australian singer-songwrtier Xavier Rudd (pictured) brings his guitar-didgeridoo-percussion juggling act (and songs off last year’s “Koonyum Sun”) to the El Rey Theatre as part of a 21-date tour on which L.A.’s HoneyHoney opens. ‣ […]
Not only have L.A. sextet White Arrows picked up a lot of steam in recent months, they’ve proven themselves to be a little bit broader than the “electro Strokes” label with which they were immediately tagged. Frontman Mickey Schiff and bandmates work a little psychedelia and blues into the palette, and as White Arrows’ live […]
