Raise a glass for Elvis: ‣ The Annual Elvis Presley Birthday Bash – the King would have turned 77 years old today – goes off startinga t 4 p.m. at the Echoplex. The long-running event, staged by Art Fein and now more than 25 years old itself, brings a host of musicians and celebrities to the […]
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 […]
Augmenting acoustic pop music with a beat machine isn’t revolutionary these days with the likes of artists such as Ellie Goulding propelling the “folk-tronica” genre. However, L.A. band yOya still writes playful songs of chipper guitar riffs boosted by complex rhythms that tug their whimsical lyrics in memorably pleasant directions. Falsetto harmonies from Alex Pfender […]
