Two weeks ago I reported that local indie rockers Division Day caught a nice break -- they were the first signing to upstart label Mercy Records, which planned to re-release their fine 2006 DIY album "Beartrap Island" in March. Turns out that Mercy never got off the ground because of funding problems. So that puts the quartet back to square one. "As of now touring will still be going on," guitarist Ryan Wilson said before the band launched a West Coast jaunt this week. Upcoming: next month's Monday residency at Spaceland. Not tired of [...]
Much respect to Perry Farrell. But more often than not Wednesday night at Spaceland during the not-so-secret show by his new band, Satellite Party , you got the feeling the needle was on "E." The 47-year-old rocker, playing a warmup for a scheduled big splash today at the ESPN Winter X Games in Aspen, Colo., felt more warmed-over than hot during his band's hourlong set, even allowing for the fact he was far out of his element, playing an Eastside club known for its patrons' practiced, detached cool (read: [...]
Spaceland's calendar for tonight's Club NME promotion lists the always-entertaining Gram Rabbit along with "the Solutionists" and some special guests. Turns out the guests are special. Perry Farrell's new project Satellite Party is expected to appear. The ex-Jane's Addiction mastermind and Lollapalooza founder has recorded an album, "Ultra Payloaded" (featuring guests such as Red Hot Chili Peppers' Flea and John Frusciante, Joy Division's Peter Hook and U.K. beatmakers Hybrid, among others), that is due May 15 on Columbia Records. Satellite Party's live band, featuring Farrell, guitarist Nuno Bettencourt, drummer Kevin Figueiredo, [...]
Indie pop sensations the Shins will join Lily Allen, Rodrigo y Gabriela, Bitter:Sweet and Cold War Kids as headliners at the sixth edition of KCRW-FM' s A Sounds Eclectic Evening. Official announcement was expected later today. The show is Saturday, April 14, at the Gibson Amphitheatre. Tickets go on sale to the general public on Feb. 27, but are available earlier for members. The annual show, which this year features an after-party with electronic act the Pinker Tones, has hosted the likes of Beck, Coldplay and Norah Jones over the years. [...]
Coachella, don't stand so close to me: Let's just arrest that talk about the Police playing this year's festival. The massive gathering in Indio may be unofficially subtitled the Great Reunion in the Desert (with Rage Against the Machine, the Jesus and Mary Chain, Crowded House and the Happy Mondays taking bows together again), but don't believe the hype that Sting, Andy Summers and Stewart Copeland are back in synchronicity for a stop at the Empire Polo Field. The whispers gained traction this weekend when a presale of tickets for repeat customers presented the cryptic password "Roxanne." [...]
Welcome to the first Super Tuesday of 2007, when a tsunami of new releases floods record stores everywhere. In the first installment of Tuesday Bazaar, I'll weigh in on one record, recommend some others that have found their way into the Buzz Bands player and invite an outside expert -- a record-store employee (bloggers notwithstanding, they remain some of our favorite people) -- for a pick of the week: Top shelf Kristin Hersh, "Learn to Sing [...]
Apparently the Coachella Valley Music & Arts Festival poster was up on the Web for a heartbeat or two this morning, so it's not much of a secret that the Jesus and Mary Chain has been added to the bill. The brothers Reid officially disbanded in 1999, although the September 1998 show at the House of Blues revealed a huge rift in the band. Rage Against the Machine, the Red Hot Chili Peppers and Bjork were announced this morning as headliners for the three-day shindig, April 27 to 29 at the Empire Polo Field in Indio. [...]
[First in an occasional series of ruminations on some of the unsigned bands that populate our fair city, how you can find their music and where you might see them perform:] Mere Mortals sound as if they're angling for a spot in the Britpop pantheon, nurturing a jangly, neo-psychedelic sound that brings to mind early Primal Scream, Supergrass or maybe Oasis as fronted by a man who smiles at the world rather than sneers. The merry band of do-it yourselfers self-released the all-wheat, no-chaff "Rebel Radio" [...]
Rage Against the Machine, the Red Hot Chili Peppers and Bjork top the bill for the Coachella Valley Music & Arts Festival, the three-day festival April 27 to 29 at the Empire Polo Field in Indio. Here are the other announced acts, straight from the this morning's press release: The preliminary lineup, subject to changes and additions: Tiesto, the Arcade Fire, Interpol, Manu Chao, Willie Nelson, Air, Happy Mondays, Decemberists, Faithless, Gotan Project, the Good, the Bad and the Queen, Paul Van Dyk, Arctic Monkeys, Roots, Jarvis [...]
The reunion of Zack de la Rocha and his bandmates after a seven-year hitaus might be all the Rage, but pop fans will be just as excited by the news that Crowded House is re-forming and will play the Coachella Valley Music & Arts Festival. Front man Neil Finn and bassist Nick Seymour are beginning the search for a drummer to replace Paul Hester, who committed suicide two years ago. Crowded House has not performed since its farewell show in November, 1996. In a story running in the Times on Monday , my colleague [...]
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