Jody at the excellent blog When You Awake—your welcoming home for all things country friendly in Los Angeles—alerts us to Bob Dylan Goes Twang Part 4, the newest in the series of the ...Goes Twang mixtapes, previously featuring the Band, Gene Clark, Leon Russell and many more! Get right to it here and examine the [...]
Well Dallas, there are some solid shows going on this weekend, starting tonight with St. Vincent and Santigold. The problem is that St. Vincent is at Granada, the site of a truly terrible series of venue blunders by the Granada Theater last Monday night for the Grizzly Bear show. Here's hoping they have their act together, because that sucked. Inside find the events that interested me (at least) along with links for tickets or info, if available. Additionally, get yourself a St. Vincent preview at the bottom with her song "Strangers." [...]
Tons of stuff in this early month mailbox purge. Even as I compile this, more music is flooding the LICORICE PIZZA inbox, so with luck and proper organizational skills, I may actually get out another mailbox post this month. Let's all keep our fingers crossed. You're going to see a couple more than usual electro-dance sorta things. Everybody wants to be the next Lady Gaga. I usually just delete these and move on unless I think the song is catchy or somewhat interesting, or if I just happen to be in a good mood. Two of the [...]
[Happy birthday to Fabrizio Moretti of the Strokes, all of 29 years old today. His side project, Little Joy , will be in town later this week — Thursday at the Detroit Bar and Friday at the Troubadour. Now, on to tonight ...] How difficult is it to support good local bands in L.A.? Damned hard on nights like tonight, when fans will be pulled in no fewer than four different directions. Let's start with a couple album release shows: The Minor Canon [ interview ] celebrates [...]
The Buzz Bands show closes out May with a passel of new music, and my guest this morning will be Leslie Stevens of Leslie & the Badgers , who will soon release a new album, "Roomful of Smoke." Click on Little Radio to listen in at 10 a.m. Bookmark It [...]
Photography by Scott Schultz
[Happy birthday to Jason LaRocca of the local punk outfit the Briggs . Here's where to rock out tonight:] Busy, busy night, from the big spaces to the big rooms and on down. That highly anticipated Nine Inch Nails / Jane's Addiction tour hits the Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre, and also under the evening skies is the second night of the Allman / Doobie brothers at the Greek Theatre. ... My favorites for the evening: M83 and James Yuill visit the Glass [...]
[Twenty-seven years after the Grammys anointed her best new artist, Sheena Easton celebrates a milestone birthday today. Cheers to her as we rocket into the final week of the month ...] Yes, the Henry Clay People's residency at Spaceland this month has been raging, but they are not all the rage. Two other Monday night stints wind up tonight, and the lineup at the Silverlake Lounge is especially good: residents Dusty Rhodes and the River Band [pictured] play what is likely their last local [...]
Dear abandoned city of Los Angeles, fret not. This town never lets us down...Tonight, listen up for The Karabal Nightlife on "Demolisten." Check out the new track they posted on their MySpace featuring Ema and the Ghosts on vocals. And then go see them tonight at pehrspace with Kissing Cousins, Nightfur, Fascinoma, and Lucy Langlas. Also, listen up for familyblankets (who will be playing our T's
[I'm a few days ahead of myself, but I would be remiss if I did not point out that the Cure's headlining set Sunday at Coachella falls two days before Robert Smith's 50th birthday. Let's all get our eyeliner just so, OK?] Buzz Bands is in Indio, where highs are forecast in the upper 80s and low 90s this weekend. I will do my best to blog until my feet are sore, wear sunscreen and remain hydrated, and you might see some guest bloggers before the weekend is up. My weekend forecast for L.A. [...]
[One day left till Coachella, and my schedule sheet looks like a 4-year-old practiced drawing circles, lines and arrows on it. So many tough decisions this year ...] Tonight isn't any easier. My Bloody Valentine shakes the chandeliers at the El Rey Theatre, and the Black Keys have a pre-Coachella show at the Glass House in Pomona, and outside the Coachella realm Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band rock the Sports Arena, Avenged Sevenfold hits the Nokia Theatre, and some woman [...]
[Fond birthday wishes go out to Edie Brickell this morning ... now, for the rest of the going-out:] Ex-Lonesome Cowboys frontman Randy Weeks [pictured at left] just released a new album of his rootsy, good-natured pop, "Going My Way," and the Austin-by-way-of-L.A. singer-songwriter celebrates with a show at the Mint. ... Are these guys on the radio yet? Oh No No Stereo [pictured at right]], whose new album of pop-punk-on-steroids, "003," bears the production fingerprints of Neal Avron (Fall Out [...]
There's no Olin in Olin and the Moon , but there's plenty of good-natured lunacy. Cherubic frontman David LaBrel, 22, moved to L.A. over three years ago from Sun Valley, Idaho, and older brother Travis, along with drummer Marshall Vore, soon followed. But it took a while for the newbies to find bassist Kyle Vicioso and slide guitarist Brian McGinnis and get serious about making music — as well as discovering there was life outside Hollywood. "I'd never been to the city before; it was overwhelming," says David LaBrel, who admits to having lived in L.A. more [...]
[Happy 70th birthday to Ray Manzarek, the pride of DePaul University ...] Busy, busy busy: Besides the sold-out concert at the Music Box @ Fonda featuring the Airborne Toxic Event , the Henry Clay People and Rademacher , there are a couple nice record-release shows: Lemon Sun [pictured] rocks the Troubadour in support of its latest, "Run With the Faithless," and singer-songwriter Anya Marina plays the Hotel Cafe behind "Slow & Steady Seduction: Phase II." ... There's a big party at the [...]
Tomorrow night has got some great local shows to check out. On top of the great show over at Thee Parkside we just wrote about, one of our favorite local bands, Or, the Whale , will be performing a special acoustic show ("Porch Set") tomorrow night over at the Hotel Utah Saloon . Joining them will be Salt Lake City's Band of Annuals and Los Angeles-based Leslie and the Badgers . Download audio file (01-shasta-rainydawg.mp3) Or, the Whale - Shasta (Live on Rainydawg) [...]
i'm rarely on the cutting edge of anything involving new artists, so i'm actually quite pleased with myself to be the first on the hype machine to post about leslie and the badgers. i heard this song on kcrw 's new ground program today and was immediately smitten. the drums provide a straight ahead direction with a hint of earnest, there's a nostalgia in the lyrics that goes extremely well with the lap steel guitar, and leslie stevens' voice is simultaneously powerful and highly vulnerable. it's really quite an impressive little tune, and one [...]
L.A. RECORD
DBF Music
Licorice Pizza
Buzz Bands
la-underground: los angeles loves you
The Bay Bridged
sand is overrated
Antony and the Johnsons
Hot Chip - Night & Day
Sleigh Bells - Demons (Official Music Video)
A-Trak & Dillon Francis - "Money Makin'" (Official Video)
The Rains of Castamere by The National
DIIV "How Long Have You Known?" (OFFICIAL VIDEO)
I’ll Just Leave This Here #161
How High Can You Hear? Test Your Hearing Now!
BAND OF HORSES – The Funeral (Sound Remedy Remix)
[MP3] Cosmo Jarvis – “Sunshine”
Taste And Try Before You Buy
