Join us in LA this Monday night as B3SCI teams up with the Bootleg Bar for this month's artist in residence, Gavin Turek. If you live in LA and haven't caught Gavin perform yet, we gotta ask - why not? She can dance; like dance so much that, by the end of the show, you're exhausted from just watching her perform. Only other artist we saw accomplish this before was Lady Gaga in DC, 2011 (just saying). Plus the tunes are really really good, and also it's Gavin's birthday! So this Monday Night at the Bootleg: Gavin [...]
Here are your Tuesday show options: ► Flume , the nom de tune of Sydney, Australia's Harley Streten, brings his electro constructs to the Echoplex, supported by Para One and Dauwd. That's his video for "Sleepless," above. ► It's an electro night at the Satellite too, with Ghastly — the nom de tune of David Crow — heading up a lineup that includes Draemings and Swan. ► Heartless Bastards bring their bluesy roar to the Troubadour, supported by Nashville's Jonny Fritz at the Troubadour [...]
Totally Tuesday things: ► U.K. folk-soul singer Lianne La Havas follows up her SXSW with two headlining shows at the El Rey Theatre. The first one happens tonight with Jamie N Commons as support. ► Thurston Moore's new band Chelsea Light Moving [that's them pictured above] also swings by L.A. after SXSW. They'll be at the Echoplex with Grass Widow and Waxahatchee. ► Upstairs at the Echo, Ivan & Alyosha , Tall Tales & the Silver Lining and Daniel Ahearn & the Jones all team up for a pretty night [...]
Tuesday's touts: ► Alicia Keys swings by the Staples Center in support of her latest album, "Girl On Fire." ► It's a European indie electro invasion as CHVRCHES , MØ and Isaac Delusion all team up at the Echo. Thats Isaac Delusion's video for "Transistors" above. ► Over at the Satellite, Broken Anchor headlines with support from House of Wolves and Justin Knittel . ► Hotel Café boasts a robust lineup with Robert Francis , Madi Diaz , All [...]
Tuesday things: ► Amanda Palmer headlines the Echoplex in support of her latest album "Theatre is Evil." ► It's an eclectic L.A. lineup upstairs at the Echo with eccentric singer-songwriter Dorian Wood , local music collective Killsonic and live contemporary dance and animation group Wife . Dorian Wood celebrates the release of his new album "Rattle Rattle Release." ► Australia's electro-pop six-piece Alpine plays their second L.A. show at the Bootleg. [ Check out Alpine's "Gasoline." ] Sea Lions support. (9:00 P.M.) ► Later on in [...]
Photos and words by Scott Sheff It’s hard to imagine that anyone in The Mowgli’s is capable of having a bad day. The happy-go-lucky, eight-member band opened its month-long residency at The Satellite with an abundant of positive energy, hugs and upbeat tunes that just might be the answer to world peace. Playing mostly from its latest EP Love’s Not Dead , the band’s optimism shined through in songs like “San Francisco” (I've been in love with love / And the idea of something / Binding us together/ You know that love is strong enough) [...]
For the first week of the new year, The Satellite hosted free shows in partnership with Moheak Radio, Grimy Goods, and Downtown Lobby. A great way to lure fans in on cold nights usually spent recovering from overeating and the doldrums of returning to the nine-to-five grind. I ventured out on Tuesday to check out Midwest transplants, Line & Circle , whose anthemic indie rock is drenched in nostalgia. They played an impressive set that proved that while they may be new to LA, they came prepared. Lead singer, Brian Cohen's vocals harken back to an era before whining [...]
Tuesday's totes: ► It's a night of local power pop at the Bootleg Bar. Thorcraft Cobra [check out "Count Me Out" and "Another Day" ] headlines. Boys School and the Donnies the Amys support. ► The Satellite continues its week-long free show series with another solid local lineup featuring the Ross Sea Party , Line & Circle and Blonde Summer . ► Cotillon 's residency resumes over at Harvard & Stone. This time they're toting Criminal Hygiene and the Feature Leagues as [...]
► The first night of KROQ's Almost Acoustic Christmas goes off at the Gibson Amphitheatre, with Garbage and AWOLNATION reprising their performances at May's Weenie Roast, and Rise Against , Bush , the Lumineers , Walk The Moon , the Gaslight Anthem , Slightly Stoopid , Two Door Cinema Club and Youngblood Hawke also joining in. Set times . ► Live performances by the Gaslamp Killer and Morri$ kick off a night called The Zoo at the Central [...]
The Ross Sea Party has gone and released a really solid indie-rock album, and in an era when good indie-rock seems to have the same cool quotient as driving through Chick-Fil-A in gas-guzzling Oldsmobile. That is, unless you're a band doing the garage thing, or the retro thing, or the folk thing, or the soul-thing, or the whatev-wave thing. The L.A. quintet's "Hotel Pool" doesn't quite fit those; it's rhythmically over-sized and expansively arranged rock with tasty guitars, some persistent glockenspiel and, owing to frontman Brady Erickson's croon, a dose of romanticism. "Hotel Pool's" excess of "whoa-oh-oh" choruses (truly [...]
It's been more than a month since the release of Hotel Pool , the debut album from The Ross Sea Party. The album reeks of charm and sincerity with the kind of melodies that people make memories to. Now the band has decided to give away their second single off the release as a free download to their loyal fans and listeners. "Two Things" is described as a crowd favorite at The Ross Sea Party live shows, and one listen should let you in on the secret of why. Is it possible for a song to be both [...]
I'm a bit late on this, but I wanted to let everyone know that The Ross Sea Party have finally released their debut Hotel Pool and you most definitely need to go out of your way to check it out. I've spent the last couple of days with it and I've been enjoying it, so I wanted to repost what I said about the lead single "Thunder" and some buy links for Hotel Pool . On "Thunder": "Vocals belting, guitars clattering and clanging; The Ross Sea Party re-emerges in 2012 like thunder. Or [...]
You're definitely going to want to check out Los Angeles quintet The Ross Sea Party (@therossseaparty). As their bio suggests, like the little known, yet heroic wing of Ernest Shackleton's 1914 trans-Antarctic expedition (their namesake), they're recognized for their “easy navigation across an ever-changing atmosphere.” With sweeping, spacious instrumentation and storytelling lyrics, "Thunder" is super catchy - our only complaint being that we have to keep hitting play again every two minutes and nine seconds. "Thunder" is the first single from The Ross Sea Party’s upcoming debut full-length album, [...]
Here's your Tuesday show menu: ► Huge night at the Bootleg — Singer-songwriter, author and Throwing Muses co-founder Kristin Hersh [pictured] does an early solo acoustic show in the theater portion of the venue. Later, Josh Haden and Spain headline the Bootleg Bar behind their new album "The Soul of Spain." Mike Watt + the Missingmen open. ► The Britt Daniel-Dan Boeckner-Sam Brown project Divine Fits plays a show at Hollywood Forever Cemetery. Calvin Love supports. ► Electro-rockers Mad Planet play the Satellite behind [...]
Here are some Tuesday touts: ► Minneapolis-based Poliça [see "Dark Star" here ] bring their ambient electrnoic R&B to the Echoplex, supported by Chicago duo Supreme Cuts . and Supreme Cuts at the Echoplex ► The Ross Sea Party's free residency at the Central SAPC charges on, this week featuring sets by the Breakups and Dylan Trees. ► Father Tiger — they of the remarkable Instagram video — heads up a lineup at the Viper Room that includes Bullet & Snowfox, [...]
Your jam-packed Tuesday evening: ► We'll start today's formidable list with our own small show: Buzz Bands LA's SecondTuesday monthly songwriter night brings Fort King , College Kids and Doom & Gloom to Lot 1 Cafe. Doors at 9. ► Twelve musicians and seemingly a thousand rhythms strong, Afrobeat collective Antibalas visits the Echoplex behind its first album in five years, a self-titled affair. That's the band's puppet-filled video for "Dirty Money," above. ► Regina Spektor visits the Greek Theatre behind her new [...]
► Redd Kross celebrates the release of its first album in 15 years, "Researching the Blues" by rocking the Roxy. Tijuana Panthers and Pangea open, and Keith Morris DJs. That Redd Kross' fun new video for "Stay Away From Downtown," above. ► Double your fun at two big shows that pair marquee names — Seal and Macy Gray at the Nokia Theatre, and Buddy Guy and Jonny Lang at the Greek. ► Brooklyn's Bear In Heaven [ see last week's post ] visits the Echoplex, supported [...]
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