Incoming: Ben Howard, Circa Waves, Rachael Yamagata, Faded Paper Figures, Delta Spirit, Ab-Soul, London Richards, Live, Shawn Mullins, the Rural Alberta Advantage, the Wild Feathers, B.o.B., the Soft White Sixties, Marilyn Manson, Betty Who, the Airborne Toxic Event, Thirty Seconds to Mars, Steve Aoki, the Stone Foxes, Nick Jonas, Citizen Cope, the Album Leaf, Queens […]
And on the final Monday of the month: ‣ Philadelphia’s auspiciously named quartet Nothing brings the audacious shoegazing on its new album “Guilty of Everything” to the Echoplex on a strong bill that sees Youth Code and Whirr supporting. ‣ Fresh off a gig at Sasquatch, French electro-pop artist Yelle plays It’s a School Night […]
Incoming: Panda Bear, Nothing, Yelle, Liars, Wolfmother, Sohn, Chet Faker, Billy Joel, Rich Robinson Band, Powerman 5000, Elbow, First Aid Kit, Willie Watson, Babes, Parquet Courts, Crystal Fighters, Roll the Tanks, Jamestown Revival, The Bolts, Sea Wolf, Throwing Muses, Die Antwoord, Banks, M.I.A., Potty Mouth, Thee Oh Sees, Local H, Backstreet Boys, Avril Lavigne, Luscious […]
It’s just not fair that there’s this much to do on a Monday: ‣ Yelle make up the Thursday show the French dance-pop trio postponed (they were delayed by visa problems) by holding forth at the Wiltern tonight. ‣ Races celebrate the release of their “Big Broom” EP tonight, playing the support slot for Chain […]
Two big shows in Los Angeles tonight have been scotched at the last minute. Citing “complications with visas” in an announcement on its website, French dance-pop trio Yelle (pictured at left) posted its date at the Wiltern and rescheduled it for Monday. The band’s date Saturday in San Francisco is unaffected. Tonight’s show was to […]
Thursday touts [updated at 2 p.m.]: ‣ Electric Flower, the new duo that pairs guitarist Imaad Wasif with Secret Machines drummer Josh Garza, makes its live debut at Harvard & Stone. Their debut EP is just out on Narnack Records. [Check out “Four16” here.] ‣ Dance-pop en francais is on the menu when Yelle kick […]
Who: Yelle in the Gobi Tent In 3 or Fewer Words: French kissed. I’ll Remember This Until: The next time somebody coos at me en français. During some brief technical problems in Yelle’s set, the 28-year-old singer (born Julie Budet) asked the sweat-soaked crowd in the Gobi Tent whether they wanted a French lesson. Repeat […]
[A recap of my Wednesday at the South by Southwest Music Festival:] Highlights: That Petrol Emotion, the Drones, Yelle. Lowlights: Bands with their own energy drinks, “F*ck Y’All” T-shirts and caps, the dude who hit me up for a dollar for beer four different times. By the numbers: 53: Number of Los Angeles musicians I […]
[Wednesday afternoon at SXSW 2009– from Yelle (above) to barbecue:] Rock bands are great and all, but I started my day at the “BBQ the Texas Way” discussion at the Austin Convention Center and came away thinking barbecue might be a metaphor for life – at least the way panelists were lamenting how the general […]
