An incredible line-up is happening tonight at The Echo that best of all, is FREE! The amazing songwriting of ROBERT FRANCIS will be highlighted, and congrats to him for signing a deal with Atlantic Records recently, as well as former FS favorites MAGIC BULLETS from San Francisco, and the incredible PETER & THE WOLF . I've yet to see ANNI ROSSI live, but I'm told it's something not to miss. I spent quite a bit of [...]
[Birthday greetings today go out to Lucinda Williams ...] Pop Levi performs tonight at the Echoplex to benefit the very fine 826LA as part of Tiny Vaudeville, a night of music, comedy, short films, novelty acts, lectures and slide shows. The night promises an appearance by "an actor so famous we can't mention the name" too. Hmm. ... January's Monday night residencies finish in very strong fashion — around the Eastside venues: Anni Rossi [pictured], whose debut album "Rockwell" is due in early March on [...]
Avi Buffalo (Long Beach, CA) Its been a interesting weekend. I spent Saturday night at Spaceland with the ever-amazing Rademacher and yesterday I ventured down to Long Beach to check out Avi Buffalo and Wet Cassette - The new project from The Rolling Blackouts which also features The Voyeurs' Sean Johnson and Jonathan Hylander. Thanks for introducing me to Winter Solstice gents. Avi Buffalo
[Birthday greetings go out to Dolly Parton on this holiday Monday ...] Shapes up as a rather light night, concert-wise, unless you like your music free. The three Eastside resident bands are still going strong, and they have some fine guests too. L.A. alt-folk quintet the Amateurs [that's their newish video for "Omaha Nights" above] join the fray at the Echo, where Robert Francis has been doing Mondays and Avi Buffalo and Lex Land also perform. ... Correatown is one of the [...]
The Good : Neko Case - "People Got A Lot of Nerve" ; At the moment I'm only mildly excited for the new Neko Case album. As is the case with the AC Newman solo release, I would much rather see these musicians (and Dan Bejar) focusing on The New Pornographers but obviously that's not gonna happen. Instead we get a mildly solid track that is not offending, but it doesn't drive me the way some Porno songs can. Anyway, they are donating $5 to a charity because I posted this so [...]
The Raveonettes (New York, NY/Los Angeles, CA) Heinsenflei from The Pity Party will be sitting in on drums with The Raveonettes for 5 shows this month. The tour will stop in Los Angeles at The Henry Fonda Theater on Jan 24th. [READ BLOG POST] The Raveonettes Tour Dates Jan 15 BOSTON, Paradise Rock Club, Boston, Massachusetts Jan 16 NEW YORK, Webster Hall, New York City, New York Jan 17
The Walkmen (New York, NY) Welcome back from the break office drones. I know you're all glued to your desks responding a to a billion e-mails and generally freaking out about the workload you've stepped back in to. It just goes to prove my theory that without the internet the world will surely crumble. What a horrible world that would be indeed. I'm up to my eyeballs in schtuff so enjoy this
Robert Francis (Los Angeles, CA) Robert Francis will be playing at Spaceland this Friday with Dawes (Formerly Simon Dawes) and Romany Rye. Feel like saving a few bucks? Enter to win a pair tickets to the show right here! Send your full name to jax@rockinsider.com subject line: ROBERT FRANCIS TICKETS to enter. Winner will be chosen by Friday AM. Friday nights at Spaceland are usually pretty
I'm having some viewer problems and she's getting into my nerves. Really. Enough said people let me show you what I'm good at. I know mainstream have been such on a dynamic flux for a couple of days and me as well have been guiltily posting those stuff. Not that it's not rubbish, maybe I'm just too obsessed with my "deviant" persona. This will be a mash-up repertoire of music genres so as not to let the mainstream and indie get into you. You see, music is best felt by the listener on a personal basis. [...]
The album has been out for a year and some but who's counting? With the millions of songs entered into the copyright database each year and the barrage or artists sent to my inbox and work place, diamonds will continue to slip through the cracks. Luckily, through great blogs, commercials, music supervisors and hard work by the artist, the cream eventually rises to the top. Robert Francis came to my ears through a great advertising blog, Everything's Better With Brentter . The blog showcased an adorable (yes, I used that [...]
singer-songwriter // folk // americana One By One , the debut album from L.A. native Robert Francis is deceptively simple and sparse - unexpected considering his contributions to the record were not limited to guitar and vocals, but also included percussion, piano, banjo, glockenspiel and bass. Despite this multi-instrumentation, the album never overwhelms, but provides space for his often heartbreaking lyrics to breathe. Through his gravelly voice and artful songwriting, Francis presents us with songs of loss, heartache and nostalgia with an authenticity that is startling for his young age. [...]
Synthesis & 101110 Records present the TROUBCAST! A bi-weekly podcast that features the upcoming artists for the next two weeks at the World Famous Troubadour in West Hollywood—hosted by Angele, your faithful Troubchick. If you're looking for something to do in the next couple weeks, but you don't know what? Check out the podcast, sample the upcoming artists and find something you like! This week's podcast features: Fri 6.27//Porcelain - Back On You Fri 6.27//Mandi Perkins - Why Pretend (c/o Universal Motown) Tues 7.1 // James Hunter - Don't Do Me No Favors (c/o Sony [...]
Robert Francis has just released a new video for his song "Little Girl." This delightful folk-pop song comes from his debut album One By One . It is great to listen to whenever you need some soothing vocals to get you to your happy place. The video is shot chronologically backwards, a la Memento . Francis is currently working on his sophomore release. In the meantime, enjoy the mp3 for "All Of My Trains." [...]
The stuff from HearYa this past week: The Sword - Fire Lances Of The Ancient Hyperzephyrians Langhorne Slim - Rebel Side of Heaven Exclusive: Justin Townes Earle - Lone Pine Hill Exclusive: Justin Townes Earle - Who Am I To Say Exclusive: Justin Townes Earle - Your Biscuits Are Big Enough For Me Exclusive: Justin Townes Earle - Turn Out My Lights [...]
I'm a total sucker for epic (7+ minute) album closers. Actually, you might even say I'm a sucker for epic songs in general. Not, however, extended "stoner" jam sessions where every instrument under the sun gets its own two-minute solo. You know what I'm talking about. There's definitely a ...
PODCAST! Direct Link RSS Feed SHOWNOTES: Theme Music! Dust Rhinos, "Victoria" Website Myspace Amy Rigby, "Like Rasputin" (I got the song from Podsafe Music, and it doesn't seem like they want me to post the .mp3). Website Myspace The Whigs, "Right Hand On My Heart" Website Myspace Amazonair, "Amazing" (I guess they thought the band name wasn't right either--according to their website
robert francis little girl 2007 hobotalk how it is 2007 (française version) Sur le coup de deux heures du mat', pris d'insomnie, le hasard nocturne a fait se succéder ces deux chansons dans le lecteur. A cette heure là, il m'est apparu comme une évidence que l'écossais Marc Pilley [...]
Tras las vacaciones navideñas y una gripe de regalo de reyes magos que me impidió realizar el programa esta semana, aquí estoy de vuelta. Con un post con varias cosas interesantes para escuchar. Primero un precioso tema que da título al álbum de debut de Robert Francis , músico de Los Angeles de tan solo 19 años. También vive en Los Angeles la cantante japonesa Caroline Lufkin , de la que puedes escuchar una pieza de su reciente disco de remixes. Seguimos con una nueva canción del primer disco de Hello, Blue Roses , el dúo formado [...]
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Tuesday 11/13/07: The Whigs / Wild Sweet Orange / Le Switch @ Spaceland – The Aquarium Drunkard presents this show. The Whigs were named one of Rolling Stone's 10 bands to watch in 2006. They've got a new album coming out on ATO early next year. Wild Sweet Orange have a new EP that came out last Tuesday. Download Wild Sweet Orange's " Wrestle with God " [...]
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