Even with a recorded output of only three songs, Wildcat! Wildcat! dominated a lot of indie playlists in 2012, the L.A. trio’s nostalgia-drenched electro feeding everybody’s appetite for pop ’n’ soul as filtered through those seemingly heartless devices known as synths. The trio of Jesse Taylor, Michael Wilson and Jesse Carmichael has unveiled a new […]
Too early to start marking your concert calendars for 2013. We think not. One of the city’s favorite live music series – the Natural History Museum’s First Fridays – returns just in time for you to sip away your New Year’s Eve hangover. Rising L.A. stars Lord Huron, whose debut album “Lonesome Dreams” came out […]
Happy Mid-Autumn Moon: ‣ Returning for another highly anticipated LA date, Britain’s Alt-J will have fans piling into the Bootleg Bar. Wildcat! Wildcat! and Cayucas also round out the bill for a solid night. ‣ In tour in support of their “Forward/Return” EP, the Album Leaf headlines the Satellite. [Check out “Descent.”] Drew Andrews supports. […]
It’s a mad, mad Monday: ‣ Meg Myers closes out her residency at the Bootleg Bar with a big supporting cast that includes the Peach Kings, Max & the Moon and Diamonds Under Fire. ‣ Wildcat! Wildcat!’s residency at the Echo closes up shop with set from DWNTWN and Magic Wands, along Frank+Derol. ‣ Francisco […]
All free, and all fun: ‣ Electro-pop trio Wildcat! Wildcat! continues its residency at the Echo, where Buzz Bands LA hosts the evening (and DJs) and NO, Rio Bravo and the Union Line support. ‣ Meg Myers rockets into the third week of her residency (also presented by Buzz Bands LA) at the Bootleg Bar […]
Way too much for a Monday: ‣ The Kills come back around behind last year’s album “Blood Pressures,” but the duo of Alison Mosshart and Jamie Hince have another kind of release on the way too – a hardcover photo book titled “Dream and Drive” by band documentarian Kenneth Cappello, who culled the selections from […]
[Things to ponder before you try to score those Green Day tickets at 10 a.m. …] First Monday in August, what fun: ‣ Meg Myers [pictured] kicks off her August residency at the Bootleg Bar. The local rocker won a lot of fans almost immediately with her “Daughter in the Choir” EP [and songs like […]
Plenty of choices for your Saturday: ‣ HARD Summer 2012 continues with Skrillex, NERO, A-Trak, James Murphy, Datsik, Amtrac and more at the Los Angeles Historic State Park. ‣ More than 30 bands perform at the 3rd New L.A. Folk Fest at Zorthian Ranch, including Beachwood Sparks and Sea of Bees. ‣ Raphael Saadiq and […]
L.A. trio Wildcat! Wildcat! swooped in early this year and stole the hearts of indie-pop fans with two slabs of electro R&B that seemed suspended in the clouds, high on harmonies and ticklish keyboard lines. Now the threesome of Jesse Taylor, Michael Wilson and Jesse Carmichael have a full-length album (and an August residency at […]
Featuring JJAMZ, Leslie Stevens, Robert DeLong, Las Cafeteras, Moses Campbell, Wildcat! Wildcat!, Dunes and more Photographer Jeff Koga shares this gallery from Saturday’s Silver Lake Jubilee. Check it out after the jump:
