//bruise cruise festival 2 Remember this? Well I am about to do it again. This time with a slew of new bands , Neil Hamburger, Anna Seregina, Jello Biafra, Kyp Malone and a bunch of others. Here is too hoping I don't fall in the ocean and to many many Cuban cigars. See you in a bit. Download audio file (turn_the_season.mp3) Download audio file (outta_harms_way.mp3) Download audio file (the_dream.mp3) Download audio file (answer_to_yourself.mp3) [...]
The former 90's-rockers spent Friday night looking to the future // Follow Owl and Bear on Facebook and Twitter for contests, MP3s, and links that don't make it onto the blog.
Last Saturday in San Diego, a wonderful thing happened for local music. Three bands who have been around for quite some time got the chance to open up for Nada Surf.
Image edited by Ben Kramer We at Rollo & Grady are excited to announce our 3rd annual feature in which we ask some of our favorite artists to list their top 10 albums of 2011. Be on the lookout tomorrow for our "Top 10 List" featuring selections from music bloggers, music supervisors, journalists, DJs, and other music industry professionals. JOHN DWYER - THEE OH SEES total control - henge [...]
This week, Noise Pop added a few more big names to their list of confirmed performers for the 20th Anniversary Noise Pop Festival : The Soft Pack , Wye Oak , and San Francisco's very own Dodos . Badges and tickets are available to purchase now through Ticketfly . This past Monday, Noise Pop launched the "12 Days of Noise Pop" contest, with 12 sets of tickets to different festival events being given away daily. "Like" Noise Pop on Facebook [...]
► 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 [...]
The Soft Pack lead a bill that includes Abe Vigoda, Slang Chickens, and So Many Wizards at The Echo...
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The Soft Pack We have three pairs of tickets to give away to Rollo & Grady readers for The Soft Pack, Abe Vigoda, and So Many Wizards this Friday at the Echo. To enter the contest, please write an email to rollogrady@gmail.com. Include "echo" in the subject line and your full name & email address in the body of the email. We'll pick the winners Friday morning. For ticket info (click here). The Soft Pack - Answer To Yourself The [...]
Filed under: News , Video , Exclusive Alex Agnant Nearly a year after Black Lips kicked off the inaugural tropical Bruise Cruise , the tales of hijinx on the high seas are still making the rounds. So unless you prefer to experience your rock'n'roll shenanigans second-hand, you might want to sign up for this year's three-day voyage (Feb. 10-13) from Miami to Nassau, Bahamas. Come set sail with a boat-load of [...]
Band: Tinariwen Who Should Go: People with adventurous tastes, world music fans, KCRW subscribers When: Saturday October 29, 2011 Where: Luckman Fine Arts Complex Cost: $25 - $45 (buy HERE ) Saturday's Other Noteworthy Options: Male Bonding @ The Satellite ( watch - Sub Pop band) Tom Petty @ Plaza del Sol in Northridge (Sold Out) Hard Haunted Mansion @ Shrine Auditorium ($75) Sunday's Noteworthy Options: Thee Oh Sees / The Soft Pack @ Ukrainian [...]
The new concert series announces shows with Nada Surf and Mutemath // Follow Owl and Bear on Facebook and Twitter for contests, MP3s, and links that don't make it onto the blog.
As part of The Echo 's ten year anniversary month this December, The Soft Pack will headline their own show. This is fitting since I remember seeing The Soft Pack there about 3 years ago when they started off as The Muslims. Now they will take the stage on Friday, December 9th along with Abe Vigoda , Devon Williams and So Many Wizards . Pretty awesome line up if you ask me. Tickets for this show are [...]
A festival and other festivities: ► Hard to believe there's a better bargain than this year's FYF Fest (especially if you bought your tickets at the screamin'-cheap presale rate). If the involvement this year of über-promoter Goldenvoice eliminates or even alleviates the embarrassing logistical problems of the past two years, FYF 2011 could be a landmark day. It's highlighted by Guided by Voices , Explosions in the Sky , Descendents , Broken Social Scene , Death From Above 1979 and Cold War Kids , any one of [...]
The San Diego punk band plays the Soda Bar tomorrow // Follow Owl and Bear on Facebook and Twitter for contests, MP3s, and links that don't make it onto the blog.
These mixes were posted in January and February 2010, the winter of our discontent. Seriously, the blog was on life support during this time. We're through that storm now. 2010 was such a great year for music, and these early mixes show why. Many of the tracks were available in late 2009, but appeared on 2010 releases. Tracks are from late October through late November 2009 Gapless mix ripped at 256k VBR. Download all tracks in one zip file [...]
The Soft Pack and Hanni El Khatib accentuated the rock in the Also I Like to Rock series on Thursday night, delivering scorched-earth performances to a big crowd in the Hammer Museum courtyard. The Soft Pack previewed a handful of new songs the L.A. quartet has in the works for a new album, and Hanni El Khatib and drummer Nicky Fleming-Yaryan made as much as a two-piece possibly could, previewing material off his forthcoming album "Will the Guns Come Out." ||| Photo galleries by [...]
Three fantastic free shows, and other fabulous ones: ► The first week of this year's Also I Like to Rock at the Hammer Museum was a smash hit — and tonight's second installment of the four-week series promises to be every bit as rockin'. The Soft Pack (pictured), who are working on a follow-up to their 2010 Kemado Records debut, headline. Opening is Hanni El Khatib , who will be performing material off his forthcoming debut "Will the Guns Come Out." The free show in the museum's courtyard kicks [...]
Seun Kuti Plays a Free Show on Friday Sorry my post from last week didn't make it. I was on vacation and scheduled a post, but blogger crapped out on me. There are no excuses this week - great free shows almost every night. Crystal Antlers, The Soft Pack, Seun Kuti, Old Californio... Monday 7/11/11 [Pick of the Night] Crystal Antlers / Cold Showers / Clorox Girls [...]
Graffiti6 and Eastern Conference Champions kicked off the seventh annual Also I Like to Rock series at the Hammer Museum on Thursday night in raucous fashion. Playing to a capacity crowd in the museum's courtyard, ECC unleashed 45 minutes of melodic, fuzz-drenched indie rock to start the night before the U.K.'s Graffiti6, with singer Jamie Scott leading the way, delivered an hour of swoon-worthy folk rock. KCRW DJ Dan Wilcox kept the crowd hopping before and between sets. ||| Photo galleries by Laurie Scavo [...]
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