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Silverlake Jubilee 's second day went off without a hitch, and attending the festival on Sunday seemed to be the perfect way to wind down before the work week ahead. The food trucks were still ready to serve, local music traveled through the air and the sun and breeze made the festival seem like a spring fling. ||| Photos by Laurie Scavo Despite the weekend coming to an end, bands played like it was Friday night and ignored the June gloom just waiting in the [...]
It's been a while since we've heard from Love Grenades ' sizzling Elizabeth Wight. It was almost two years ago that Wight had become Sam Sparro's sassy and promising protegé with New Wave-influenced singles, "Young Lovers" and "Tiger in the Fire," putting her on the L.A. dance-club map. With her witty and fast-paced lyrics paying homage to her native city, electronic beats sprinkled around her sultry vocals and looks of a vintage pin-up beauty, it suggested Love Grenades would become our very own Glass Candy. However, Wight has kept it pretty-low key since then by spending time on her [...]
This installment of our intermittent mixtapes, The Buzzsicle, Vol. 13, is devoted to the weekend's second annual Silverlake Jubilee , which gives you a lot of bang for 5 bucks. I've compiled an hour's worth of music from 18 of the artists playing the festival. Enjoy. ||| Download: The Buzzsicle 13 (84 MB) After the jump, the tracklisting: Songs by 18 of the bands playing the 2011 Silverlake Jubilee, May 21-22. Mix curated by [...]
For SoCal electro-pop-tacular band Tic Tic Boom! so far 2011 has been boombastick indeed! Peeps our interview with the fabulous foursome!
A sprinkling of music on a night they hand out some movie awards in Hollywood: ► The Frustrators — the side project featuring Green Day bassist Mike Dirnt with three punk rockers from the other coast, Jason Chandler, Terry Linehan and Art Tedeschi — play the Troubadour behind their new EP, "Griller." ► Love Grenades and the Holloys rock the Part Time Punks night at the Echo. ► And at Bardot in Hollywood, it's Vanaprasta , Kiev and the New Limb . [...]
Something Old, Something New, Something Borrowed, Something Blue. [...]
These guys totally keep the microphone at large! Hailing from Tel Aviv, Israel, Lovegrenade is pure surf pop-punk goodness. Their fantastically raw & genuine self-titled was recorded live and in one sitting. Check it out on their
Sep 29, 2010, 1:17pm
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Manimal Festival is this weekend at good ol' Pappy and Harriet's in Pioneertown . Last year I went and it was easily the best time I've ever had at a festival. We want you to be able to revel in this experience with us this year so we have 3 more pairs of tickets to give away to you. All you have to do is email info@thefmly.com with your favorite moment of 2010. We already gave that pair away from the post last week and here is the winner: [...]
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It's almost that time of year again. My favorite festival of the year is coming up so grab your tent, a ton of water and head out to the desert. Last year I had the best time of my life and this time we have the pleasure of being involved. This year we will be hailing under the stars with The Like , Swahili Blonde , Afghan Raiders , Love Grenades , Juliette Commagere , Sister Crayon , Gangi , Papercranes , Amanda Jo Williams , Dante vs. Zombies , [...]
The guitarlicious five-piece Vanaprasta has been on our short list of L.A. indie rockers to watch for about a year , and this month's release of its "Healthy Geometry" EP did nothing to make our interest wane. Now the quintet has recorded a cover of LCD Soundsystem's "All My Friends" — a track that was covered, rather notably, in 2007 by a guitar band named Franz Ferdinand. Vanaprasta might very well have one-upped the British lads, turning the song almost neurotic with its scratchy guitar licks. The song will appear on the forthcoming charity compilation [...]
Aye, so I just decided to invent a new name for Tuesday posts. Gonna stick up two tracks that we currently can't get enough of. The first track is my choice. It's 'Disconnected' by Shy Child . We used to play their dancefloor smasher 'Drop The Phone' loads back in the day. Usually as a response to a request from Erin or Matt . The last Shy Child album was pretty good, but the new long player Liquid Love is freakin' awesome. It's way more melodic, and even rips of [...]
In case you haven't been following, FITZ & THE TANTRUMS have been systematically taking over from coast to coast. Listening to KEXP's Morning Show on Monday and hearing Fitz & Co. rip through a set of tunes live made the FS offices proud. Tonight they take control of The Echo and Club Underground with LOVE GRENADES . Buy your tickets HERE alt=rss
Very exciting news! In celebration of the 52nd GRAMMYs, I have put together a very special Superfraiche Pop Night in Los Angeles on Friday, January 29 at Spaceland . After successful Superfraiche Pop Nights in New York City, I'm thrilled to take the event to the West Coast. Tickets are available now on Ticketweb.com . This special GRAMMY-edition of the ArjanWrites.com's Superfraiche Pop Night in Los Angeles will feature a sweet and crunchy blend of exciting new pop artists from both Europe and the U.S. The event will feature U.K. pop fantasia sensation V V [...]
Them Crooked Vultures — nice backgrounder on them in this morning's L.A. Times — have sprung a surprise show on the Sunset Strip, and on the eve of their album release. The trio of Josh Homme, Dave Grohl and John Paul Jones will play the Roxy tonight; tickets at the door only, and there are no lineups before 2 p.m. ... Florida jangle-pop quartet the Drums visit Spaceland (playing a support slot for November residents the Happy Hollows ) behind their winsome "Summertime" EP. [That's the video for their single "Let's Go Surfing," above.] [...]
Love Grenades to Play at Bardot November 14th in Celebration of Their Return from New York Sam Sparro 's protégés the Love Grenades are on a mission to conquer the world with their highly danceable-rock beats. Their most recent conquest is New York who fell in love with singer/auteur Elizabeth Wight . After two successful weeks in New York, Love Grenades will be flying home to Los Angeles. Their performance will be on November 14, 2009 at Bardot, 10:00 [...]
Love Grenades is one of the hottest new things to come from the Hollywood music scene. These Sunset hipsters put out a distinct brand of sultry disco-pop that is at times is reminiscent of classic italo disco and '80s glam. These are some potent ingredients that mix well with Liz Wright's sultry vocals that have been compared to a young Annie Lennox. Their EP "Tigers In The Fire" has been floating around for a couple of years, but if you're curious about the some of their new work, check out a totally guilt-free download of the [...]
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