► The Echo's birthday month — the venue blows out 10 candles in December — swings into high gear with an Aquarium Drunkard-presented bill featuring the Soft Pack , Abe Vigoda , So Many Wizards and Slang Chickens . ► Genre-bending hometown heroes Ozomatli hold forth at Club Nokia. ► Sara Bareilles and Joshua Radin play to a sold-out Palladium. ► Arrica Rose & the ...'s hold forth at the Hotel Cafe, preceded by Jim Hanft. ► And Ocote Soul Sounds — the collective helmed [...]
No matter whether you buy into the Holloys' mythology*, the Los Angeles band's chief mystic and bottle washer Jim Brown has been recalibrating sonic weights and measures for eight years now. (* "Holloys" are intelligent energy frequencies that propel the band's music from a place called Lake Land to a place called Everything, i.e. Earth — which to us seems much more sensible than, say, releasing music on cassette tapes.) Holloys' new album "Suns Lungs" (out today) encases Brown's mind-baking, body-shaking dance-punk in tight polyrhythms and blasts of guitar and trumpet. Over 36 minutes, "Suns Lungs" [...]
► Fishbone at the Bootleg Bar. Fishbone at the Bootleg Bar. The end. And while you're at it, dig further into these OGs who have musically motivated many (No Doubt, Flea, ?uestlove, Les Claypool): narrated by Lawrence Fishburne, the documentary "Everyday Sunshine" fleshes out the storied history of the iconic punk/funk band. ►The New L.A. Folk Fest brings you the Return Of Murder Ballads at the Echoplex; a tribute show to songs about evil-doers and crimes of passion with performances from A/J Jackson ( Saint Motel ), Correatown , Gabriel Hart ( Jail Weddings [...]
Every weekday, MUF offers five (5) daily downloads of free and legal MP3s. We chose these songs for you to discover, download and explore more about the artists behind them. 'Daily Downloads' via Twitter , Facebook or RSS ! (For more information on what our Daily Download is and what they mean to you go here ) Today's Free MP3s: Mei Ohara - Hotspace [Artist] Alligator Indian - Honey Eye Bee [...]
WHITE ARROWS, SUPERHUMANOIDS, STONE DARLING, MODERN TIME MACHINES, VANAPRASTA, HANDS, THE FRANKS, THE HOLLOYS, LIGHT FM, FUTURE GHOST, NIGHTMARE AIR, TWILIGHT SLEEP, SUMMER DARLING, AND GLISS ON FRIDAY DEC. 10TH AT THE GLASS HOUSE, 200 WEST SECOND STREET, POMONA AND ALADDIN JR., 3161 NORTH GAREY AVENUE, POMONA. 6:00PM/ $12/ ALL AGES.
++ Upside-down geetar player Ted Nesseth of The Heavenly States has been playing a few solo shows here and there , to receptive crowds, and with his guitar right side up. ++I was hoping Karen Elson was about to play the Bananarama song Cruel Summer but this ain't bad. ++ Holloys will play Spaceland with [...]
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v =QgCBIo2x-S8 Part of a 24-hour blitz to con you into attending tomorrow night . Memo to aspiring rock bands: list "PEYOTE" among the chief influences on your Myspace and I will probably at least give you a cursory listen. Even better when you can flash the inherent ability to lock into head-nodding hypnotic grooves. In this space, the funk is often the active ingredient, and the LA-based psych-pop quintet The Holloy's bring smoked out, bent-knee bass lines for days. Knock them for being on [...]
The polarization between rappers and rock groups has always bothered me. Granted, one can interpret it as a wise conclusion gleaned from the Durst era, but I suspect otherwise. The last few years have seen arbitrary barriers between genres collapse, with hip-hop producers swiping samples from MGMT, Vampire Weekend, and Radiohead, Dame Dash and The Black Keys conspiring to give Jim Jones creditability among the Soy Ice Cream sandwich set, and even Lil Wayne trying to pretend that Dimebag Darrell isn't just the name of his weed man. Meanwhile, whenever I interview rock groups, I'm often surprised by their appreciation [...]
To be honest, I was sold on the Holloys from the bio alone. It reads: "[i]magine if Phil Collins were the lead singer of Talking Heads, and spent time with psychedelic shamans studying enlightenment. Add dual drummers and you get the holloys." I'll be damned if that doesn't sound both crazy and bad ass. And what is even crazier is that the description is dead on. The Holloys lineup currently consists (based on their Myspace page) of frontman Jim Brown, his brother Bryan Lee Brown, Derek Wood, Alvin DeGuzman, and Mike Elliot. Buoyed [...]
Holloys have released the track "Eyes" from the split 7" they did with Dengue Fever . The limited edition split is one of a three part series of vinyls that will be released by the two groups. The cover art is done by visual artist and Holloys' singer, Jim Brown and when all three of the 72's are owned, one will be able to see the full artwork. Below, you will find the track "Eyes" by The Holloys and two videos from Dengue Fever's session at Luxury Wafers . Buy holloys / Dengue Fever Split [...]
Photo by Amy Sampson The holloys have a new limited edition collectible split 7-inch with Dengue Fever, featuring the song, "Eyes". The first in a series of three split singles on label Slapshot Records. Excellent tracks. MP3: the holloys - Lake Land MP3: the holloys - Eyes Upcoming Shows: February 28th :: The Echo with Scream March 4th :: Amoeba Music (7pm show) [...]
Today's free and legal mp3 downloads: Bigbang : "Call Me" [mp3] from Edendale other Bigbang posts at Largehearted Boy Cast Spells : "Pioneer Scalps" [mp3] from Bright Works and Baton (out May 4th on CD) other Cast Spells posts at Largehearted Boy The Holloys [...]
The Holloys produce sound structures; similar to the way sand and wind, over thousands of years, can hack away at rocks and produce eerie and precise architectures. They are diligent: slowly chipping away at a beat or a riff until it is transformed and made sculptural, an integral part of a landscape.
Origami twittereeterood an announcement for this evening: OrigamiVinyl The Phenomenal Handclap band will be filming a special performance tonight @ Origami Vinyl @ 8pm. Come down and check it out its free! And after that head over to the Echo to catch Phenomal... again with the Holloys, Jogger, and White Arrows.
[Happy Wednesday, and happy birthday Wayne Coyne ...] The Phenomenal Handclap Band are one of those acts you have to suspend your disbelief to like. When I saw them at the El Rey Theatre last year , I couldn't get past their preening hippiedom, let alone dial in to their mish-mosh of disco-folk. Some people seem to be applauding, though — the band toured Europe with Franz Ferdinand. Tonight they play at set at Origami Vinyl in Echo Park before headlining the Echo, topping a bill [...]
Vampire Weekend Album Release Show At Henry Fonda Theatre Tues. Jan. 12th Happy Monday everyone! This first week back after the holidays certainly was a productive one! So many great shows so little time. I did manage to catch 60-Watt Kid and Glasser at Spaceland on Saturday. 60-Watt Kid BLEW MY FREAKIN MIND . Their lush spacey songs are will know doubt draw comparison [...]
Catch Phenomenal Handclap Band Jan 13 at the Echo with the Holloys
Lake Land [mp3] - The Holloys You're My Witness [mp3] - Dignan *McAllen, TX band, Dignan, has made their 7-track album, Cheaters & Thieves (6/09) available for free download HERE . No Good Man [mp3] - Sun Cut Flat *Boston based and brand spanking newbies with a warm and already seasoned sound, Sun Cut Flat offers [...]
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