Oh, Sunset Strip, you conflict me so. On one hand you are an interactive museum of rock clichés, Madame Tussauds with a pulse and a Flying V, a vast portion of your denizens seeking to inhabit the tattooed skin of GnR/Jane's/Van Halen. On the other you inspire a certain sense of wonderment, because the fabric of Los Angeles needs your leather, lace and spandex, and maybe even Steel Panther just for laughs, no matter what they say east of Fairfax. And because your clubs sound great. Now we arrive at this year's annual chest-thumping party, the Sunset Strip Music [...]
[So it's "Mötley Crüe Day" in West Hollywood today as the Sunset Strip Music Festival begins in earnest tonight with a tribute to the hard rockers at the House of Blues. Don't know whether to bring an autograph book to the red carpet or a taser.] It's a too-many-damn-shows Thursday. Top recommendations: ► L.A. roots-rock legend Dave Alvin has a new album out — it's called "Eleven Eleven," and the 55-year-old shredder brings his band Dave Alvin & the Guilty Ones [...]
[Birthday greetings to Ross Flournoy of L.A.'s own Apex Manor. And tonight ...] Top picks for your Wednesday: ► Liverpool pop whippersnappers the Wombats hit the Troubadour behind their latest album "This Modern Glitch" (remember the fun video we posted in January?). Wild Party and Pop Noir open. ► Super Furry Animals main man Gruff Rhys [see February's post ] headlines the Echo. ► Eels [...]
The sounds from across the pond land in the capable hands of East L.A.'s, The Tender Box.
Our SXSW 2011 hangover continues with several great songs from artists that start with the letter's R-T. First let's start off with a funny alternative hip-hop song by Rob Cantrell. I don't know much about this
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Another year, another SXSW Music survived. It's crazy, it's five days of no sleep and eating on the run. But then you see that new band that knocks your socks off, or start chatting with that established musician whose music you've always loved on the street as you race from one venue to another, and no matter how tired you are, you know you're coming back next year. Carrie Brownstein of Wild Flag @ NPR ' Day Party @ The Parish [...]
[Final installment of our L.A.-centric SXSW preview ... Hello, Austin:] THE TENDER BOX If you like: Britpop, sharp-dressed lads from South Gate, Indie 103.12s "The Red Zone" (R.I.P.) What's up with them: The south L.A. quartet looked like surefire winners four years ago, when they self-released "The Score" and found their single "Mister Sister" getting airplay on the late, great [...]
The Tender Box perform "Beautiful Sin" live on Fearless Music in HD. To see other videos, head over to http://www.fearlessmusic.com
The Tender Box / Deadbeat Darling West Coast Tour Spring 2010 Tremendous, incandescent British rock music is probably the last thing that comes to mind when you think of South Gate, Los Angeles, but, four Mexican-American childhood friends were born and bred in the hood where the only other well known band to come out of it has been Cypress Hill . So it's a breathtaking revelation when you hear the chiming guitars and swooning vocals of The Tender Box who will release EP 2, [...]
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Craft beer meets locally crafted indie rock on Saturday at the first Hollywood Brew Fest — and it's a good day to forget you ever took that big swig of PBR. The Brew Fest, which runs from 3 to 11 p.m. at the Fonda Theatre and the adjacent Blue Palms Brewhouse, offers unlimited tastings from more than 35 craft brewers. The $45 ticket price (VIP entry is $60 and gets you all kinds of special treatment) also gets you a day of beers, burgers and bands, with a formidable lineup of local rockers topped by L.A. [...]
This Saturday night in Hollywood, we're presenting a beer festival at the gorgeous MUSIC BOX @ FONDA where for the $45 ticket price, you can drink unlimited tastings of over 35 breweries while watching bands on two stages and dancing to DJ's on the rooftop. You've been to some beer festivals, you know what I'm talking about, the kind where people have their hat backwards, in some field with white tents, and if they happen to have music playing, it isn't the kind you wanna hear. We're looking to flip that [...]
The first ever HOLLYWOOD BREWFEST @ The Music Box @ Fonda is now on November 14th . Prepare yourselves for an entire day of music, food and most importantly, BEER. With over 35 breweries showing up we're going to put them everywhere, on the Fonda rooftop, in a beer garden outside, and on every level on the venue itself and in the Blue Palms Brewhouse. The line up has been confirmed and GREAT NORTHERN [...]
West coast indie rockers 'The Tender Box' have more than just an album under their belts. Released this year the group has put together an EP entitled EP1. The rather uninspiring album title does not affect the music and after seeing them live last Monday , it felt necessary to look into some of their most recent work. EP1 has a pop rock feel with a melancholic emphasis in themes and imagery. There are some decent moments which make the compilation a good preview for their next album. The introductory track 'Another Lover' has a very pop [...]
It was a timid Monday evening when I first arrived at the Phoenix Concert Theatre. It was a rare sight for me to see it so behaved, normally it can get pretty swamped, but then again, it was Monday. Starting off the night was L.A.'s own The Tender Box and they opened with style. The indie quartet began the evening with a strong set cornering songs from their album The Score . The Phoenix has always had a great sound setup, but this evening it was additionally well complimented with lead singer Joey Medina's room [...]
Set times have been announced for this weekend's Sunset Strip Music Festival , a three-day affair highlighted by Saturday's party on Sunset Boulevard. The street will be closed on Saturday between Doheny Drive and San Vicente Boulevard to accommodate two outdoors stages — with music going on inside the Roxy and the Key Club, there will be plenty to justify the $39.50 ticket price. The festival also announced that L.A. City and County firefighters get in free. [Pictured: L.A.'s Shiny Toy Guns , performing on the East Stage at 5 p.m.] After the jump, the set [...]
Clean Air Clear Stars – 3rd Annual Global Cooling Benefit Music Festival – 3 Days 3 Stages 1 Festival. September 18th 19th and 20th, 2009. This year CACS is FREE TO ENTER! Once again this year we will be offering camping at the event. Camping vouchers will be available at the entry points of [...]
The Black Lips , Lucero , No Age [pictured], Lightning Bolt and the Thermal s will be among the acts playing Sean Carlson's FYF Fest (formerly known as the F Yeah Fest), scheduled for Saturday, Sept. 5, at Los Angeles Historic State Park in downtown. The lineup, announced today, includes locals such as Darker My Love , Dios , Avi Buffalo , Har Mar Superstar , Crystal Antlers, Peanut Butter Wolf and Mika Miko . Tickets ($20) go on sale Tuesday through Ticketweb. [...]
1. The Horse's Ha - "Asleep in a Waterfall"2. Greg Koons and the Misbegotten - "LA Looks Prettier on TV"3. Spiral Beach - "Domino"4. DJ Food - "The Illectrik Hoax ft. Natural Self"5. The Tender Box - "Beautiful Sin"
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