Precious few bands are doing heavy music with such mesmerizing intensity right now as goth-rockers Dekades, the band fronted by singer-guitarist Arden Fisher who came on the scene with a roar when they released their “1.1” EP in 2013. Their hypnotic grooves, caustic guitars and insurrectionist themes fuse in explosive fashion on the quintet’s new […]
A lot of bands spend a lot of calories lengths to make their music come off as dark, heavy and dangerous. Arden Fisher seems to get the job done by simply plugging in her guitar. Abetted by Josh Benton and Chris Cano, Fisher’s band Dekades has not-so-quietly flown the Goth rock flag proudly the past […]
How to get wowed on a Wednesday: ‣ Aloe Blacc [pictured], D’Angelo, Angélique Kidjo and Bettye LaVette are the special guests at the Hollywood Bowl for “Get On Up: A James Brown Celebration,” which features Christian McBride as musical director and a host of people who once played in Brown’s band. ‣When’s that debut album […]
Sunday things: ‣ Sky Ferreira [pictured above] headlines the El Rey Theatre for a reschedule date from Sept. 29. She’ll be celebrating the long-awaited release of her debut “Night Time, My Time.” [Check out “You’re Not the One.”]  Nightmare and the Cat supports. ‣ It’s a night of thrash metal at the Hollywood Palladium where Slayer headline. […]
Singer-guitarist Arden Fisher cultivates a thrilling sense of foreboding – early songs from her trio Dekades such as “Dark Horse” and “You & Him” had that standing-on-the-edge-of-the-abyss dread common in all the ’80s and ’90s electro-rock you enjoyed while wearing all black. Dekades’ debut EP, “1.1,” came out this week, and the title track is […]
Friday frolics: ‣ ZZ Ward has graduated to headlining tours – she visits the House of Blues behind her album “Til the Casket Drops,” with the Wild Feathers and James Bay supporting. ‣ Big night for Anticon at the Echo and Echoplex; the label celebrates its 15-year anniversary with performances from Baths, Why?, Jel, D33J, Daedelus, […]
The gripping video for the new Dekades song “You & Him” can be interpreted a lot of different ways, but director Aaron Paustian finds a way to unveil some light at the end of the darkness. The clip stars Margot Dayan and Harwood Gordon, with Dekades’ mastermind herself Arden Fisher materializing at the end. The […]
Welcome to the beginning of your week: ‣ If it’s the first Monday of the month, it must be time for new residencies to kick off. Here’s a quick rundown of the highlights: The dancetastic Yellow Alex & the Feelings play the Satellite, with Nightmare & the Cat and Mirror Talk opening. It figures to […]
This Thursday schedule is so good it oughta be a Saturday: ‣ If you have never seen El Ten Eleven, tonight would be a very good opportunity. No, really. There’s no duo like Kristian Dunn and Tim Fogarty, and there’s no instrumental rock band like them. They bring their mesmerizing live show to the Echo […]
Dekades like things dark and delicious. The new band led by guitarist Arden Fisher (who plays in Omniflux) does more to soundtrack the spooky season on its first single “Dark Horse” than all the kitschy Halloween songs we’ve heard in the past week. Layers of guitars, dirty electronics and feverish vocals almost make you feel […]
