Blog: Losanjealous

Josh Ritter | joshritter.com GRAMMY Museum | grammymuseum.org

First off, let’s not call it a “surprise” show-surprise shows aren’t announced on broadcast radio a week in advance, followed by several all but conclusive tweets, leading to seven days of online buzz. Maybe call it a short notice or intimate or exclusive show. Or, just call it a “rehearsal” as Thom joked. Turning Fais Do Do into “Club Amok” for the night, complete with postering inside and out with the familiar monochromatic print art by Stanley Donwood and a marquee modestly branding it “A Benefit for All Mankind,” Atoms [...]

At this point, coming up on twenty years into a solo career, more or less having achieved living legend status, nearly peerless as an international multimedia pop artist, fans (tonight, a motley mix—pockets of club kids, stiff artist types, lesbian couples, KROQ lookieloos) understand they’re in for a unique experience with a Bjork show. This one though, the first Biophilia performance in LA, finally, almost two years after that album’s arrival, promises even more than usual right from the get go. Just taking in the preshow room: a round stage set up at the center of [...]

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Glasgow’s Chvrches are pulling off something, quickly carving out a unique voice using familiar sounds in a crowded female-fronted synth pop genre, selling out shows despite only a handful of officially released tracks. The latest of which, “Gun”, was Zane Lowe’s “Hottest Record in the World” last week, if you’re the sort of person that is in to that sort of thing. Fundamentally it’s 80’s-influenced synthpop (warm pads, pulsing basses, canned 808 beats, candied vocals) worked out by two bearded gents (Iain [...]

Now that we've all recovered from Coachella, it's time to look forward to the summer of music festivals ahead. Lightning in a Bottle takes over Lake Skinner in Temecula, July 11-15, with a lineup of electronic, experimental, and folk music, performance art, spiritual workshops, yoga, dance, and, really, all flavors of creativity and consciousness. Purity Ring was recently added to the list of performers that includes Tycho, Paper Diamond, Rusko, Eprom, Miguel Migs, Eskmo, Emancipator, PANTyRAiD, Lee Burridge, KCRW’s Jason Bentley, and The Lucent Dossier Experience. The festival has moved weekends and venues, this year taking place further [...]

Mikal Cronin | Bandcamp

Cold War Kids | coldwarkids.com

Kate Nash | myignorantyouth.com

Arctic Monkeys | arcticmonkeys.com

Laura Marling | lauramarling.com Once I Was An Eagle New LP out now

Exclusive: A Chat With The Doors And A Stroll to Barney's Beanery on Jim Morrison's 65th Birthday Originally Published Dec 10, 2008 @ 10:38 December 8, 2008 would have been Jim Morrison’s 65th birthday, had he lived. To celebrate, KLOS threw a massive party at Barney’s Beanery, one of Jim’s favorite bars in West Hollywood. Prior to this party I found myself sitting at the dining table of the Doors’ suite in the Pali House hotel down the block. Robby Krieger and Ray Manzarek - aka THE DOORS - were sitting on [...]

Marina & The Diamonds | marinaandthediamonds.com

Charli XCX | charlixcxmusic.com

of Montreal | ofmontreal.net