Robotanists have recently been in the studio prepping for a new album, and have released a sneak peek demo and unofficial video for fans to get a glimpse of what's to come. The track, called "No Loss Really," was created mostly of first takes, and will be re-recorded for the group's next album, Make It Count, due out later this year.
When Radiohead put out King of Limbs two years ago, they gave five days warning, and THEN released it a day early on top of that. Robotanists, a post-rock, trip-hoppy band from LA, covered the entire album within 24 hours of its release. I don't know how I didn't hear about it until yesterday when I saw it on reddit, but nevertheless, it's a must listen. They do a great job of really taking their own way with each song (in context of how much time they had to listen before they attempted covers), especially Give Up The [...]
Bloomfest , the annual one-day arts, music, crafts and food event in the downtown Los Angeles arts district, not only got bigger and better this year, it seemed to grow even more eclectic. Saturday's free street party offered attendees a relaxing afternoon and evening in and around the shops, galleries and restaurants near 3rd and Traction, with three hubs of music — a main stage showcasing some of the city's bright indie bands, an old-school stage highlighted by Mike Watt and the Missingmen and the Gears and dance area catering to the electro and experimental. The main stage was capped [...]
Electro alchemists Superhumanoids , Newbury Park whiz kids the Neighbourhood and prolific Eastside rockers Light FM will be three of the bands playing this year's edition of Bloomfest — the free street fair scheduled for Saturday, July 21, in the downtown L.A. arts district. The neighborhood music, art and food gathering this year also will expand to two stages. Details on that and further additions to the lineup are expected in the coming weeks. Official announcement of the first batch of bands is expected on the Bloomfest website tonight. [...]
Make Music Pasadena accommodated plenty of local favorites on its free Saturday of music — high-flying Grouplove (top photo), for one. There was Ozma as well, although longtime fans pointed out, they played only one song from their album "Pasadena." No worries, they were a big hit, and photographer Carl Pocket shared his photos of them and others.
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The Buzz Bands LA crew is still in Austin due to a late flight out, but the excellent post-SXSW shows in L.A. start tonight: ► The Temper Trap 's first post-SXSW show happens at the El Rey Theatre tonight as they continue to tour in support of their forthcoming self-titled album (out June 5 on Glassnote and Columbia). [ Listen to "Rabbit Hole" here. ] Local band PAPA (who just played our SXSW showcase ) and DJ Izzi Willow support. ► Swedish multi-instrumentalist Emil Svanängen — aka Loney Dear [...]
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Your Sunday variety: ► Robotanists and Shadow Shadow Shade headline a worthy lineup at the Airliner including acts such as Death to Anders, Two Guns, and more to kick off a new weekly series called Traffic Ctrl. ► Captured Tracks synth-pop band Soft Metals [that's their video for "Voices" above"] play Part Time Punks night at the Echo along with Animal Bodies and Feathers . ► Margaret Cho and Grant-Lee Phillips co-emcee A Concert to Benefit School Music Revival at Largo to [...]
► Prince continues to takes over the Forum. ► Shoegaze dream-poppers, Asobi Seksu headline the Satellite tonight with Scattered Trees and Useless Keys opening. ||| Download: Asobi Seksu, “Perfectly Crystal (Beach Fossils/Spirit Animal Remix)” ► Daniel Lanois' Black Dub , featuring drummer extraordinaire Brian Blade and soulful singer Trixie Whitley, plays the Music Box tonight with Rocco Deluca as support. ► London's Allo Darlin' (that's their video for "My Heart is a [...]
Midweek fare that's better than fair: ► Australia-bred Andy Clockwise's long-awaited album "The Socialite," a genre-hopping collection of biting, wry and occasionally hilarious rockers, came out this week. [ You can stream the album here .] His trio headlines the Troubadour tonight, with Robotanists and George Stanford supporting. ► The Airborne Toxic Event plays the third of its five shows this week, tonight at the El Rey Theatre with White Arrows and Ovideo . ► Portland's the Builders and the Butchers [...]
This Friday's mix is stripped down and strung together by some of the latest acoustic tracks out there from artists from all over. Your Vegas ' "It Makes My Heart Break" and some of their other unreleased music has us teeming for an upcoming album, while Nanna Øland Fabricius from Oh Land hypnotizes us once more with her edgy, yet soft, vocals. Metric 's Emily Haines scores big points with the glam-free "Gimme Sympathy", which really shows how acute her voice is even when synthesized beats cover her path. About a [...]
Pointing you to Pomona, and elsewhere, for tonight's touts: ► Bright Eyes and Jenny and Johnny play a sold-out, pre-Coachella show at the Fox Theater in Pomona. ► Sleigh Bells and Rye Rye rock the Glass House in Pomona. ► Distortion-wielding Londoners Yuck , whose debut album came out in Febrary on Fat Possum, play the Echo, with Porcelain Raft opening. That's Yuck's video for its single "Get Away," above. The Presets join Nosaj Thing for a pre-Coachella show at [...]
Robotantists are the pop-infused band from the West Coast consisting of the crowd-drawing Sarah Ellquist DeBlanke (Vocals & Keys), Daniel DeBlanke (Guitar, Keys) and rhythm section Keith Boyarsky (Bass) and Preston Scott Phillips (Drums). Their sounds might be compared to a grungier sound like that of Metric with some unique production backing their already appealing sound, but their video above has no comparison. Perhaps you've seen someone barfing jewels at a most recent rooftop party? We haven't. We haven't seen a grill explosion in some time either and now to think [...]
As another weekend approaches, so does another playlist. This week we've got lots to offer, including quite a few covers and emerging artists who struck us just right. If you missed our 'Mix For The Weekend VIII' you can still check it out here . You'll probably notice first Mumford and Sons (terrible name if you ask me), covers White Lie's "Unfinished Business". Unfortunately the English indie rock band, White Lies's, new album Ritual didn't completely stick to us this time around. So here's a good look back. [...]
Back in February, Los Angeles' group Robotanists released one of the year's more solid pieces by way of their third full length, Plans In Progress . Vocalist / songwriter Sarah Ellquist brings a somewhat pensive mood that fits nicely between Girl Called Eddy and an imagined more indie Pretenders, perhaps with a surplus of buzzes, pulses, and musical switches. In saving further pointless rambles, form your own opinion with a download of "ON/OFF The Ledge" and/or a stream of the entire work . "On/Off [...]
It has been over three months since my last " Six Songs " post. I'd say that we are about overdue for one. Oh look, a six ball. Clever, eh? 1. Mega Ran , "Cry Of The Planet (Japan Edit)" Random, also known as Mega Ran, is a school teacher by day and [...]
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