Imaad Wasif Recommended Los Angeles Shows - February 2nd – February 7th Tuesday, February 2nd Tenacious D / Frank Black / Patton Oswalt / Russell Brand / Bob Odenkirk @ The Wiltern The Living Sisters @ Bootleg Mia Doi Todd @ Spaceland Wednesday, February 3rd Prefuse 73 with The Gaslamp Killer @ Troubadour Thursday, February 4th [...]
Best Coast Play Several Shows with Vivian Girls This Week Monday February 1, 2010 [Pick of the Night] Princeton / 60 Watt Kid / Active Child / TS and the Past Haunts @ Spaceland (Free) – Princeton kick off their Monday night residency. They've gotten some pretty good attention from their Kanine debut. Active Child recently got an 8/10 from Pitchfork for their track "Wilderness." And it's a good chance to see 60 Watt Kid in a real club. [Recommended] Useless [...]
Lo-fi kingpins Lefse Records have a new and equally amazing outlet called Waaga Records . In the spirit of 2010's Waaga offers us a 15 song free download compilation, that starts with an amazing lazy psychedelic jam MING MING DANCE COMPANY and ends with glitcy IDM scapes by Seams. Impressive. 1. "Crookline" – MING MING DANCE COMPANY 2. "Golden Things" – Treasure 3. "Black Castles" – FUR (ft. Alan Palomo of Neon Indian) 4. "Deal With It" – Florene [...]
Lefse Records have started an offshoot imprint, Waaga Records. To commemorate this event, they are giving away a 15 track comp from artists and friends, available for free download from the link below. download Waaga Compilation tracklisting: 1. Crookline – MING MING DANCE COMPANY 2. Golden Things – Treasure 3. Black Castles – FUR 4. Deal With It – Florene 5. Trails – White Mountains 6. Stones and Crowds – Emily Neveu 7. [...]
Juste quelques mots pour vous souhaiter un Joyeux Noël et de très belles fêtes de fin d'années à toutes et à tous ! Merci d'être toujours plus nombreux à suivre nos escapades musicales ! J'en profite également pour remercier tous les chargés de promotion, labels et maisons de disques avec qui nous collaborons régulièrement et qui nous font confiance. Enfin merci à tous les artistes que nous avons eu l'occasion de rencontrer et d'interviewer cette année ! Je vous laisse avec un peu de musique... [...]
This is usually where I mention the relative strengths of this week's shows, as well as my personal picks for the week. But, err, it's Christmas, and there ain't crap goin' on this week, aside from two Waco Brothers shows at Schubas next weekend (I'm hoping to be back in town for the Sunday show). Aside from those, though... at least there's always internet porn. Monday, December 21 Beat Kitchen: Pat McCurdy (holiday show) Empty Bottle: Netherfriends, A [...]
The Explorer's Club is new and very interesting subscription-based mp3-club made as a collaboration between Eardrums' favourite LOAF recordings (home of great bands like Dark Captain Light Captain , Seeland, Vincent Oliver and others), and Arctic Circle , who arranges concerts in London (Efterklang at the Barbican, Notwist at the Union Chapel, etc). For one year, starting in January, the new club will release new digital singles once a month from 30 artists from all over the world. The singles will include two or three exclusive [...]
The Builders and The Butchers Recently Announced Los Angeles Shows. Bootleg Theater 1/15: Mount Righteous 1/23: Mindy Smith 2/20: The Entrance Band The Echo 1/30: Bowerbirds 2/11: Justin Townes Earle with Joe Pug 3/19: High Places 3/24: Cymbals Eat Guitars with Bear In Heaven The Echoplex 1/28: Fruit Bats with Citay 2/27: Four Tet [...]
I've been asked "what's your favourite album of 20093 several times, and I've even been asked to make my top albums of the decade list, but I really can't do it. It's almost impossible for me to make a list like that, - there is so much good music, and I can't say that one is better than another. What I like about year-end lists is that that I sometimes discover albums I haven't heard , and that's the kind of list I want to make. Here are my recommended [...]
Last year , EAR FARM featured 43 bands in our Band of the Week feature... ranging from relative unknowns (such as The Laughing and Bombadil ) to interviews with indie-rock legends (see The Wedding Present and Silver Jews ) to everything else in between. In 2009 we set out to one-up ourselves, and as it turns out we've done just that. This year EAR FARM featured 45 bands as Band of the Week, again flexing our genre chops across the entire spectrum of what we consider to be the best music being [...]
Tonight at The Melody Inn, our good friend Billy Bob presents The Mandatory Mustache Bash : Make One, Grow One, or Get One At The Door! Join your friends to revel in Indy's collective love and celebration of the hirsute upper lip! Prizes will be awarded for best real and fake mustaches. Photography in the back room by MOKB Photographer Dave Evans! Come see amazing performances by Emily Wells , Mindy Nettifee , Andy D [...]
Last year , EAR FARM featured 43 bands in our Band of the Week feature... ranging from relative unknowns (such as The Laughing and Bombadil ) to interviews with indie-rock legends (see The Wedding Present and Silver Jews ) to everything else in between. In 2009 we set out to one-up ourselves, and as it turns out we've done just that. This year EAR FARM featured 45 bands as Band of the Week, again flexing our genre chops across the entire spectrum of what we consider to be the best music being [...]
Wendy's / MySpace Records Fresh Faces campaign debuts latest episode featuring LA Hip Hop artist IamOMNI Web series to feature 9 episodes from 3 different artists spotlighting a "Day In The Life" of an emerging artist New episodes released every Wednesday; 3-song EP from each artist available for free download at myspace.com/Wendys Wendy's and MySpace Records have teamed up to launch a new Internet series called [...]
All Photos By Victoria Smith For those unfamiliar with Emily Wells (listen to her hear), she is a classically trained violinist whose passion for classical music is equaled with her passion for hip hop. Her songs are built upon layers of loops of kids' toy instruments (tiny pianos, and small xylophones), a violin, vocal effects, a bass, and drums. During her live set she is typically accompanied by her drummer, Sam Halerman and bassist, Joey Reina. Her styles range in comparisons from... Read more at www.SFCritic.com
This weekend was the Siren Nation music festival there in town, which mostly involved staking out the under appreciated Someday Lounge. The line up was through-and-through amazing . My highlights were Emily Wells and Y La Bamba. And everyone else. Emily Wells - Symphony 6: Fair Thee Well & The Requiem Mix Y La Bamba - Fasting in San Francisco
Each year as we move closer to the holiday season, the local concern calendar usually begins to diminish. Like many of us, bands tend this time of year to take a break from touring and playing shows. Lucky for us in Portland, this Saturday is full of awesome local shows despite the upcoming holidays. Starting on november 5th and going until the 8th is the annual Siren Nation Festival which showcases and creates performance and exhibition opportunities for women. Along with arts and crafts exhibits, Siren Nation will be hosting a week of music kicking [...]
Joshua Radin is playing Los Angeles this Wednesday, October 28th at the Henry Fonda Music Box. He will be in town in support of his last album Simple Times. Backing him up is Scenestar favorite Emily Wells which is not...
Snow Patrol plays the Wiltern in advance of the Nov. 10 release of their best of compilation "Up to Now" and the Nov. 3 release of their (wait for it) DJ mix CD, "Late Night Tales". There are several new recordings between these two releases, which means there may just be a few surprises tonight. … Until the Pavement reunion kicks off next year, satiate your addiction with guitarist Scott Kannberg's solo project Spiral Stairs (his moniker on the early Pavement records), playing with Hüsker Dü and Sugar frontman/guitarist Bob Mould tonight at the Troubadour. [...]
Tonic and Emily Wells [pictured] head up the bill for Dylapalooza , a benefit Monday night for Dylan David , a 7-year-old who is battling brain cancer. The event, at the Echoplex and co-presented by MySpace Records, the Hotel Cafe and the Pablove Foundation/Dangerbird Records , will also feature Sonos , Leah Andreone and the Lonely Forest . Admission is $10 and all the proceeds go to Dylan's family. More info here . ☛ Speaking of the Pablove Foundation, Dangerbird Records co-founder Jeff Castelaz [...]
Here are the bands/musicians/groups performing on Late Night TV ( The Late Show with David Letterman , The Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien , Late Night with Jimmy Fallon , The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson , Jimmy Kimmel Live , and Last Call with Carson Daly ) this week. Monday (10/12) Letterman: Tim McGraw Conan: Grizzly Bear Fallon: Love and Theft [...]
Middle Eastern-psych-snap-gospel turned happy, catchy, poppy fun Alan Wilkis style. Great to have this land in my inbox, have been listening to this on repeat since I got [...]More about Yeasayer
Hot Chip’s latest One Life Stand is out TODAY released by the good people at Parlophone. MP3: “We Have Love” by Hot Chip [...]More about Hot Chip
I am back! Bonne année! Happy new years! Hope you all had a great x-mas and new year’s and yada yada yada. And if you [...]More about Massive Attack
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You guys have waited pretty patiently for me to get off my lazy ass and get my best of 2009 lists out to you. I [...]More about Phoenix
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The new Beach House album Teen Dream is out next week via Sub Pop. On top of being a joy to listen to, both the CD and [...]More about Beach House
Kid Cudi took a break from touring with Lady GaGa recently and made a stop in Ann Arbor. I was beside myself when I saw he was [...]More about Kid Cudi
Spoon's new album Transference comes out next week and this is the b-side to the lead single. It's a pudgy little track with broken glasses and sloppy, [...]More about Spoon
AAaah! Finally, the Gorillaz are back with a new ablum “Plastic Beach”. The release of the album is set for March 8th. The first single “Stylo” will [...]More about Gorillaz
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