>> Given how strongly we were moved by her recordings in the middle of the last decade -- even naming one of her records among the best of 2005 -- we have a hell of a time keeping up with Colleen , the project of one-time (and perhaps current, we've really lost the thread here) French school teacher Cécile Schott. But by a stroke of good fortune we saw Colleen 's name dropped in a Facebook status posted today by UK electronic music heroes Isan , along with a link to Fact's [...]
ARTIST: The SWAG Report 128 with freebie mp3s by artists including Good Riddance, Tijuana Panthers, The Bronx, Mike Watt + The Secondmissing Men, Fidlar, Death By Stereo, Authority Zero and more! so much more! DATE: 01-31-13 WRITER: Don Loder Hey there, hi there, ho there Junky, I hafta get outta this habit o' soundin' so damned happy ta see ya, don't I? It's not at all fittin' wit' my nature, that's fer shoore. But hey, what can I say, I'm havin' a good [...]
As previously reported , FILTER magazine has curated a Descendents covers album in honor of frontman Milo Aukerman's 50th birthday. We've already heard FIDLAR's take on "Suburban Home" , and now the rest of the 13-track effort is available for free download . Other contributors include Mike Watt ("Kabuiki Girl"), The Henry Clay People ("Clean Sheets"), Band of Horses’ Ben Bridwell ("Hope"), and YACHT ("All"). FILTER Presents: Songs of The Descendents Tracklist: 01. FIDLAR (featuring Brian Rodriguez) - "Suburban [...]
Photos and words by Leslie Kalohi It’s been little over a month since Social Distortion started a SoCal domination of small concert venues, and Social D shows no indication of tiring out. Offering fans the chance to see the band in an intimate setting, the OC group played yet another sold out night at the House of Blues Anaheim on Sunday night. War’s “Lowrider” and a waft of incense introduced the members of beloved band, who immediately launched into what would eventually be a 90 minute set. “Saturday night is for amateurs! I [...]
2012 was an odd year for me musically, and I largely blame Spotify. The only physical musical media I buy these days is the LP, and I really only do that to help touring bands that I like and to buy reissues of my favorite albums. I still buy a lot of digital-only releases too, but when it comes to actually listening to music, I tend to rely mainly on Spotify. (Or a few specific radio shows .) Especially at work. And that's a problem, at least in terms [...]
Dear 2012, don't let the door hit you in the ass. Dear friends, please be safe tonight: ► The key here will be to dress as well as the band: R&B revivalists Vintage Trouble , already huge just about everywhere but their hometown, bring their retro rock to the Roxy Theatre, where Sy Smith and DJ Dayle will spin some old-school goodness. ► Gonna get loud at the Alexandria Hotel downtown, where "Ballroom Blitz" brings Redd Kross and the Melvins to the stage. ► The Henry [...]
Don't forget: The Henry Clay People will cap off month-long residency at Los Angeles’ The Satellite with a special New Year's Eve bash. Ten bucks gets you free champagne and an all-covers set post-midnight that strongly encourages audience participation. Bottom line: It'll be a raucous, bratty, and sweat-drenched night. Grab your tickets here . Or be the first two people to email us and win a pair for free. The performance will be captured for live album, which will raise funds for the Songs For Children Foundation . Below, stream the band's [...]
In celebration of Descendents frontman Milo Aukerman's 50th birthday on January 1st, FILTER Magazine has curated an all-star tribute covers album. FILTER Presents: Songs of The Descendents includes contributions from Mike Watt, The Henry Clay People, The Babies, Milo Greene, Band of Horses’ Ben Bridwell, YACHT, and more. Los Angeles skate-punk band FIDLAR also appear on the album, offering a version of "Suburban Home" that's far louder and more sonically disheveled than the original. Download it below. FIDLAR feat. Brian Rodriguez - "Suburban Home" [...]
There were albums I loved, albums I liked, albums I appreciated and albums I avoided in 2012. Because of my regional focus, I spent an inordinate amount of time with music from Los Angeles artists . And strangely for me, a lot of the hyped bands failed to resonate; stuck in traffic, I'd rather have played that Killers album or one of the Green Day discs than Alt-J. I'm sure it was just a phase. For what it's worth, my favorite 20 albums of the year: [...]
What a year. More than 140 Los Angeles-sired albums passed through the Buzz Bands LA headphones this year, not counting EPs, mixtapes and singles. Judging from the detritus at my desk — handwritten lists, stacks of CDs, press releases — and my unopened emails, there were a lot more out there. It came in all flavors. 2012 was a robust year for folkies and faux-folkies, hard rock and harder rock, for electro and popgazers, for scads of seemingly interchangeable garage-rockers, for radio bands and scruffy DIYers, for electronic dance music and electronic dumb music, for R&B and glitch&B [...]
Photos and words by Samantha Saturday December has been on fire with residencies and The Henry Clay People are no exception, knowing all the right ways to hype up a crowd. As always Joey and Andy Siara brought their brotherly connection to the stage - at times touching foreheads and sweetly sharing the mic. If you missed out on the residency and the world really doesn’t end this week, ring in the New Year with THCP. They say they are taking a break after this. The crowd was looking a little [...]
I've got my best albums of 2012 ready for Friday, but I have to be honest that I always enjoy putting together my best songs lists. You might not sit down and listen to your ten or twenty favorite albums at once, but you can relieve the year through single songs in a couple of hours. My best of ____ mixes (and those throwback one's made by Dan ) are some of my favorite mixes of all time. If you're not already making best of ____ mixes, you need to start. Today. The only rules? One song [...]
Monday madness: ► U.K. quartet Peace [ see our intro last week ] makes its U.S. debut at It's a School Night at Bardot , where they are joined by a trio of local luminaries — the Mowgli's, Torches and Davis Fetter. ► The Henry Clay People's residency at the Satellite — where they are recording a live album this month — gets a little comedic relief tonight. Incan Abraham and the Monolators support, and there will be short comedy sets from the Sklar Brothers, Matt Braunger, Jonah Ray and [...]
If you've stuck around this long you might as well pay attention until it's over, right? This is the third part of my five-part list detailing my favorite albums of 2012. If you missed the first two parts of the list, you can check them out right here . Also, I saw three of these bands live at Fest 11 and they were all pretty great. Enough about that, check out the list. Enjoy. 30. Julie Doiron - So Many Days (Aporia) On So Many [...]
Your Monday menu: ► Their new EP "Villains and Crooks" just out last week, Handshakes [pictured] continue their residency at the Silverlake Lounge. Buzz Bands LA hosts this installment, which also features performances from Wires in the Walls , Future Dancing , Bedcake and Orange Umbrella. [Recently post on Handshakes and Future Dancing .] ► The Bixby Knolls celebrate the long-awaited release of their album "Near & Undear" with performance at the Echo as part of the Dead Ships' residency. Eastern Conference Champions [...]
If you're seeing the Biebs or Aerosmith tonight, you could be on the wrong blog: ► Montreal's Islands are doing a Hurricane Sandy benefit (proceeds to the World Cares Center and the Rockaway Action Center, $20 at the door) at the Virgil. Comedy guests include Tim Heidecker, Rob Delaney and more. ► The Henry Clay People's residency — which benefits the Songs for Kids Foundation — will be recorded live all month. Helping them kick it off tonight are So Many Wizards , Steelwells and Future Ghost [...]
In 2008, indie-rock agitators the Henry Clay People released a great album titled "For Cheap or for Free," which embodied the economic times of the moment. (And probably the moments that ensued, but that's another discussion.) Next month, the Henry Clays will perform for cheap, for free and for charity . They've scheduled a residency called "The Henry Clay People Occupy the Satellite" ( full lineup here ) during which the quartet will record a live album to benefit the Songs for Kids Foundation , an organization that brings musicians into hospitals and special-needs facilities to [...]
This Thursday schedule is so good it oughta be a Saturday: ► If you have never seen El Ten Eleven , tonight would be a very good opportunity. No, really. There's no duo like Kristian Dunn and Tim Fogarty, and there's no instrumental rock band like them. They bring their mesmerizing live show to the Echo tonight behind their new album "Transitions." The incredible video for "Yellow Bridges," above, is the work of U.K. animator Cyriak . ► The final installment of Gary Clark Jr.'s three-night stay at the [...]
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Photos and words by Scott Sheff If you had any pent up energy that needed to be unleashed in a “safe” environment this past Thursday, The El Rey was the place to be for a night of punk rock music and mosh pit thrashing. Headlining the night was New Jersey’s indie/hardcore punk band Titus Andronicus, named after what is often described as William Shakespeare’s most bloody and violent piece of work. Quite fitting considering the same might be said if you were caught in the middle of the mosh pit when this band hit the stage. [...]
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