Here's something for your Sunday: ► Japanese noise-punks Melt Banana wind down their two-month North American tour with a date at the Echoplex. 400 Blows roars in to support. ► Caught a Ghost rocks the Hotel Cafe, along with Das Tapes and Weapons of Audio. That's Caught a Ghost's video for "Sleeping at Night," above. ► Vanaprasta and the New Limb wind up their tag-team Orange County residency with a show at the Galaxy Theatre's Constellation Room, with Deap Vally supporting. ► And Downtown/Union [...]
MANHATTAN MURDER MYSTERY, DOWNTOWN UNION, THE TERRAPIN, AND MODERN TIME MACHINES ON TUESDAY MAR. 29TH AT LOT 1 CAFE, 1533 WEST SUNSET BOULEVARD, LOS ANGELES. 8:30PM/ $5/ ALL AGES
DOWNTOWN/ UNION, SUGARPLUM, AND POLARIS ON FRIDAY JAN. 7TH AT TH ECHO, 1822 WEST SUNSET BOULEVARD, LOS ANGELES. 9:00PM/ $8/ 18+.
THE MONOLATORS, DOWNTOWN/ UNION, AND SHIRLEY ROLLS ON TUESDAY JAN. 4TH AT LABRIE'S, 8806 EAST COLORADO STREET, GLENDALE. 8:30PM/ FREE/ 21+.
Dig this: New York City four-piece the Dig — not to be confused with old '90s faves Dig — named their band in honor of the movie "Dig," the Brian Jonestown Massacre/Dandy Warhols documentary. (I know, that's a lot of Digs in one sentence.) The Dig's sometimes-atmospheric, always-hooky indie-rock only has a little bit in common with the movie's purveyors of psychedelia, though. "Electric Toys," the debut album from singer David Baldwin, singer-bassist Emile Mosseri, keyboardist Erick Eiser and drummer Jamie Alegreir, has the radio-friendly pop-step of bands like the Strokes and Editors (with whom they've [...]
From the Astral Turf five track EP LA's indie-driven rock band Downtown/ Union formed in 2006 as a two-piece pop outfit by its principle songwriters Bo Bory and Jeff Electric. Known for their stripped down songs with fuzzy guitar, bouncy drum work and heartfelt lyrics, they released a six song EP appropriately dubbed "Six Song Super Set". Jeff and Bo saw the potential in furthering their songwriting ideas and in 2009 with Johnny Seasons on bass and Adam Bomb on lead guitar the quartet was perfected. [...]
Downtown/Union "Keep the Engine Running" from Astral Turf (Jaxart Records) Buy at Amazon iTunes
Not that any of these songs have relevance to my weekend as Part 1 did, but it's sound overload in my iTunes so bear with me. Sutton and I went to Malibu Wines yesterday and I was pleasantly surprised by how much fun I had. It's rare that when I walk into somewhere, I immediate [...]
LA's band Downtown/Union formed in 2006 as a two-piece pop outfit by its principle songwriters Bo Bory and Jeff Electric. Andy and Joey Siara joined in 2008 and took up bass and lead guitar duties for D/U's debut LP Aurora Ahora , which made Web IN Front's 'Best of 2008' local music list. As a four-piece, Jeff and Bo saw the potential in furthering their songwriting ideas and in 2009 with Johnny Seasons on bass and Adam Bomb on lead guitar the quartet was perfected. D/U hit the [...]
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by teepoo Downtown/Union is a garage/indie band from LA. Their latest release is a 5 song EP called Astral Turf . Take a listen to their track Keep the Engine Running featuring catchy instrumental parts and some very stripped down grunge-like vocals.
The Silverlake Jubilee arrives with a bang this weekend, the first-year music and arts festival bringing some 50 bands to a three-stage neighborhood fair featuring cutting-edge DJs, comedy, spoken word, film, art and fashion — not to mention three dozen or so food trucks to satiate attendees' appetites. Buzz Bands LA has joined with Jubilee organizers to co-present the indoor stage at El Cid on Saturday and Sunday night. Eastern Conference Champions — supported by Mississippi Man, Francisco the Man and Polls — headline on Saturday; Useless Keys [...]
There are people who know Jack Gibson as an aspiring filmmaker, as an untiring supporter, and even as a perspiring drunk. This week, with the release of "Shelters," his third album as Tenlons Fort , Gibson has solidified his identity as an inspiring songwriter. Whether "Shelters" — a startlingly beautiful, strikingly intimate collection of 10 songs — propels Gibson from one of L.A.'s best-kept secrets to folk hero is anyone's guess. He's done a yeoman's job of dodging success so far, as he'd be the first to admit. But in a city teeming with singer-songwriters plumbing the [...]
As piano men go, Andrew Lynch is something of a shredder. Sometimes his songs — like the ones on his new album "Sun Incisions" — seem to take control of his hands, and, for that matter, his arms and elbows and head and anything else he can strike the keys with. Even given his delirious streak, though, the new video for "Say It" is ... well, a little bit creepy. Directed by 26-year-old actor Noah Segan and produced and art-directed by local photographer Sterling Andrews, it portrays Lynch as a guy with a thing [...]
[Holy Thanksgiving leftovers, it's almost December. And happy birthday, Steve Aoki ...] The fun folks at Buddyhead are throwing a party at the Hotel Cafe, and the loaded lineup looks like this: Imaad Wasif , Dios , Olin and the Moon and Mini Mansions , among others. ... Seasons , whose song "The Weight" will be somewhere near the top of our Buzz Bands LA Playlist '09 [Oh, wait, did I give something away? Stay tuned for [...]
[More L.A. releases, and surprises ...] Olin and the Moon, "Terrible Town" (self-released) — Not to sound too hayseed, but this album's like beer. Sometimes you cry in it; sometime you raise your glass. The L.A. quintet with roots in Sun Valley, Idaho, have birthed a "No Depression"-worthy recording that, while hardly straying from country formula, tugs at your heart like a prairie sunset. The fivesome's tidy arrangements help diminutive frontman David LaBrel's crystalline vocals stand out — he doesn't have [...]
[Happy birthday and many more, Stevie Wonder ...] What does rock 'n' roll, Russian style, sound like? Two parts simmering classic rock, one part fractured pop and ... pretty cool, actually. Mumiy Troll , originally scheduled to visit L.A. in March as part of the Russian Winter Festival, plays tonight at the Roxy; it's a makeup date for the show that was scotched due to singer Ilya Lagutenko's emergency appendectomy. Some things on the quartet's album "Comrade Ambassador" need no translation — especially their cover of "California Dreaming." [...]
[We bid April adieu with fond birthday wishes for Willie Nelson ...] Quite a night in the city, starting with the sold-out Pablove Foundation benefit at the Echoplex, which will be emceed by Shirley Manson and features Silversun Pickups and Eulogies . ... Upstairs at the Echo, it's a special occasion for two local bands — it's the album-release party for Downtown/Union's "Aurora Ahora" [ preview ] and the EP-release show for Xu Xu Fang's "Seven Days Now" [ preview ]. [...]
[MP3] Downtown/Union - Bright Idea [MP3] Downtown/Union - Wake Up Call from the Nexus of Me and You Downtown / Union have been dear friends for years and TONIGHT they are celebrating the release of their fabulous new album Aurora Ahora . Mouse over at Classical Geek Theatre said it bes t - They are "the underdog superheroes of the Los Angeles rock world." The band's stripped down Pavement meets The Replacements sound was [...]
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