Tuesday’s touts: ‣ Dreampop quartet White Sea [get the background and check out a video] returns to the Satellite for a headlining show featuring Seven Saturdays and Line and Circle. ‣ Neil Finn, the Crowded House frontman who has some new music percolating, and Matt Costa team up at the El Rey Theatre. ‣ The […]
Just in time for the sure-to-be-hazy days of summer, Morgan Kibby and friends spend a day at the beach in the video for “Mountaineer,” the poppiest of the songs off White Sea’s debut EP, “This Frontier.” With its de rigeur face-painting and sun-splashed vibe, the Gigi Nicolas-directed clip (which premiered over the weeked on mtvU) […]
The Silver Lake Jubilee, the neighborhood festival that debuted last year with 50 bands on three stages (along with an army of food trucks and art exhibits), will be back at its Sunset Junction-adjacent locale May 21-22. The set-up, along Myra Avenue between Santa Monica and Sunset Boulevards, will be similar to last year’s – […]
Since he forsook Los Angeles for New York City last year, Steve Cooper – the man we first knew as the Gray Kid and who was last spotted dazzling us in the kitchen – released “The Cost of Living,” the first album from his electro-funk party band Spirit Animal. The first single, “Ant!,” offered undeniable […]
[Rod Stewart, Donald Fagen and Pat Benatar all celebrate birthdays today on this day of ones and zeroes, 01/10/11.] Tonight’s top touts, and there a lot for Monday: ‣ Two of L.A.’s top up-and-coming bands, the Belle Brigade and the Fling – who are sharing the residency this month at Spaceland – are joined tonight […]
Scottish rockers Dananananaykroyd, who were scheduled to arrive in the U.S. this week, have been forced cancel their appearance Saturday night at Spaceland because of visa problems. L.A. indie-rockers Wait. Think. Fast. – whose sophomore album “Luces Del Sur” came out earlier this fall, much to our delight – have agreed to join the bill […]
The weekend’s top 4 shows starring L.A. people who give us a warm-and-fuzzy: ‣ Avi Buffalo, back from a long tour or three, headlines the Echoplex tonight. ‣ Shadow Shadow Shade (pictured) ramps up its affecting, cinematic pop tonight at the Echo. ‣ Daedelus and the Gaslamp Killer represent for the beat scene when they […]
Wet & Reckless, the L.A. quartet of Emily Wilder, Whitney Blank, Jessica Gelt and Deanna deVries, has been added to the bill for Saturday’s “A Night With Buzz Bands LA” show at Spaceland. The foursome, who recently wrapped up an October residency at the Silverlake Lounge, replaces Teddy Geiger, who had to cancel because of […]
Whatever shape her solo music ended up taking, Morgan Kibby was determined not to play to expectations. “I’m a woman who plays keyboards, and there’s the whole Tori Amos sensibility,” says Kibby, the singer-keyboardist who joined French popgazers M83 for their last album “Saturdays = Youth.” “I know I could have written the girl-at-a-piano record, […]
White Sea, the new solo project from M83 keyboardist-singer Morgan Kibby, will headline “A Night With Buzz Bands LA” on Saturday, Nov. 20, at Spaceland. Los Angeles quintet Hello Dragon, teenage-sensation-turned-indie-popper Teddy Geiger and Scottish sextet Dananananaykroyd will support. Doors are 8:30. Tickets are $8. White Sea – Recently released its debut EP, “This Frontier,” […]
