I recently watched Shut Up and Play The Hits , which brought back all the waves of emotion from LCD Soundsystem 's final concert just over two years ago. In honor of that seminal moment in modern indie rock history, here's 10 covers of LCD's greatest tune (and best song of the 2000s) "All My Friends" in various formats, plus LCD's momentous live version from Madison Square Garden. 01. Franz Ferdinand MP3 02. John Cale [...]
Hey, it's Friday: ► Garage rockers King Tuff bring the fun stuff to the Center for the Arts in Eagle Rock. Get your 3D glasses on to check out their video for "Keep On Movin'." ► Devotchka performs with a chamber orchestra at the Masonic Lodge at Hollywood Forever. The Denver gypsy folk band just released the album "Live With the Colorado Symphony." ► The Root Down celebrates 15 years with a mini-festival at Arena. Aloe Blacc is the special guest, and the rest of the jam-packed lineup [...]
Beach Party make soulful, gritty 60's garage rock that is so appealing to the pop sensibilities that it would make Joe Meek proud. In between the abrasive gang vocal shouts of "C'mon, C'mon, let's have some fun!" are the catchy guitar riffs that keep you coming back for more. It's their ability to embrace the energy and excitement of old school surf/garage rock, while still managing to keep their sound fresh and firmly grounded in the present that proves this band is one to watch. If you're jonesing for some modern references, they are at times touching on [...]
Incoming: Social Distortion, Graham Parker, John Cale, Atlas Genius, Chris Isaak, the Game, the Sword, Alt-J, the Tragically Hip, the Growlers, JMSN, Public Enemy, the Doobie Brothers, Jessie Ware, Cass McCombs, King Tuff, NOFX, Dead Sara, Vaud & the Villains, Agent Orange, The Weeknd, the Aquabats, DeVotchKa, Vanaprasta, Aloe Blacc, Harry Shearer and Judith Owen, Bleached, Stevie Wonder, Anthony Green, Ozomatli, Ty Segall, Mayer Hawthorne, People Under the Stairs, Dave Koz and Kenny Loggins Above: The Weeknd plays the Orpheum on Saturday in [...]
Sunday's shows: ► Day 2 of the Playboy Jazz Festival at the Hollywood Bowl features the Preservation Hall Jazz Band, Robin Thicke, Keb Mo, the Ramsey Lewis Electric Band, Terri Lyne Carrington's Mosaic Project and much more. Also: Jonny Polonsky, the Family Bone, John Carpenter and more at the Satellite J Boog & Fiji at the Observatory Vanaprasta at the Constellation Room Airships, The Bicycats at the Bootleg Bar Røsenkøpf, Bestial Mouths and Vex Ruffin [...]
Selections for your sunny Saturday: ► Making it their second show of the weekend, Dum Dum Girls kick off this summer's free Saturdays Off the 405 series at the Getty Museum. Neil Schield of Origami Vinyl will be spinning tunes beforehand. More info here . ► Clap Your Hands Say Yeah headline the El Rey Theatre in support of their latest album "Hysterical." [That's their video for the title track.] Toronto's the Darcys open. ► Montreal indie rockers Plants and Animals swing [...]
This list simply goes to show you that there is no such thing as a slow week in the bay area for shows.... We have two legendary punk bands playing in SF, plus a slew of other odds and ends that insure that nobody's musical taste will go unaccounted for. So, do yourself a favor [...]
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At first you wonder what an angry, frustrated old man is doing in a video for Vanaprasta 's feel-good pop-rock tune "Self-Indulgent Feeling," but when 1:11 mark hits (nice timing considering this band's obsession with numbers) the dour protagonist takes a jolly turn — certainly not the last mood change in the story. Directors Scott Beck & Bryan Woods of Bluebox Films take the plot to wild and dark places, and what follows is carnage right out of a Tarantino film. Which only concludes us to warn: Beware of your super fans. (And watch out for grandpas.) Vanaprasta's "Healthy [...]
Vanaprasta knows where rock music has been, and the Los Angeles quintet knows where it wants to take it. “Someplace mystical,” singer Steven Wilkin says, “where there's arena-sized sound.” We at KKS were lucky to have the fellas swing by our SXSW "In Session" series for a stripped down acoustic performance of the band's song "Nine Equals Nine." Check out below the video and soundcloud download, below! You may also enjoy...: [...]
VOXHAUL BROADCAST RESIDENCY WITH INFANTREE, VANAPRASTA, AND RAINBOW JACKSON ON MONDAY MAR. 26TH AT THE SATELLITE, 1717 SILVER LAKE BOULEVARD, LOS ANGELES. 8:30PM/ FREE/ 21+
The stage at Opal Divine's Freehouse in Austin is like a treehouse stationed at the end of a picnic area. For almost seven hours Wednesday at Buzz Bands LA's "Dear Austin, Love L.A." day party, nine Los Angeles bands used it as their plaything, dispensing crisp sets as if they were all on a family outing to South by Southwest. Rock quartet Dead Sara did its best to steal the show, with frontwoman Emily Armstrong (top photo) clambering to the top of the speaker to belt out the hit single "Weatherman" as guitarist [...]
BUZZBANDS.LA , brings nine of the southern California’s best emerging bands to Austin today for “DEAR AUSTIN: LOVE, L.A.” — a kickoff party concurrent with the first day of the 2012 SXSW Music Festival. The free showcase runs from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. at Opal Divine’s Freehouse , 700 W. 6 th Street, Austin. No RSVP is necessary. Here are the sets times: Chasing Kings (11:15 a.m.) Hands (noon) Harriet (12:45 p.m.) Dead Sara (1:30 [...]
We can't believe that we are ONE day away from our AWESOME PARTY IN AUSTIN TOMORROW!! Have you RSVP'd yet? We figure that there's a lot that you want to see during the festival so here are the set times for our party. Please keep in mind that we'll have music playing in both rooms so once a band finishes on one stage, music starts on the other! 12:00 Elliot & The Ghost 12:30 Nightlife 1:00 American Royalty 1:30 Stepdad [...]
Before the road trip to SXSW, Vanaprasta got things shaking at The Bootleg Theatre. Photos by Tamea Agle. [View with PicLens]
Based in LA, Prince Vince is a young producer/remixer who has been pumping out heavy, club-friendly tracks for a while now, slowly building a solid following amongst clubgoers. His most highly circulated remix to date is probably his feverish bass-heavy mix of Sia 's "Clap Your Hands". Stream below... Sia - Clap Your Hands (Prince Vince Remix) Prince Vince has also produced remixes for The Asteroids Galaxy Tour, Marla, Van Go Lion or Róisín Murphy and his latest production is a reworking of LA rising indie rock band [...]
Have a fabulous 3/9/12: ► Guns N' Roses , or a reasonable facsimile thereof, play the Palladium. (And it's not sold out?) ► Vanaprasta (pictured) plays its first local gig in a few months when they bring their electric live show to the Bootleg Bar, where they are joined by Caught a Ghost and TS & the Past Haunts . ► Denmark's Choir of Young Believers bring their orchestral pop to the Echo, supported by AU and Big Search. ( "Nye Nummer Et" is gorgeous.) [...]
In April, Los Angeles indie rockers Vanaprasta will return with Effie House Sessions , a new five-track EP featuring reimagined, semi-acoustic versions of tracks from their 2011 debut, Healthy Geometry . The EP was recorded in December at the eponymous studio in LA's Silverlake district with producer Dave Schiffman. Among the cuts that made the final tracklist is the once anthemic "Come On". The new version features a slow, methodical pacing, laid out in part thanks to a heavy, somber piano line and punctuated with sorrowful horns. Perpetuating that air of forlorn, singer Steven Wilkin delivers [...]
If you witnessed any of the searing live performances of Vanaprasta late last year, you got the feeling the L.A. quintet was an arena-rock band lacking only an arena. The blood-pumping (and mind-bending) music on its November debut "Healthy Geometry" is perfect for big spaces and bright lights — but, as it turns out, those songs can be illuminated in other ways. Today Vanaprasta releases its "Effie House Sessions" EP — it's exclusively on Spotify for a month before hitting digital retailers — that offers stripped-down, more contemplative takes on five songs from "Healthy Geometry." Andrea [...]
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