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Ex-Dirt Dress frontman Noah Kwid’s solo EP “Transit Music” is the soundtrack to his own transition. As he says: Jagged cityscape replaced with soft amber curves.”
Ex-Dirt Dress frontman Noah Kwid’s solo EP “Transit Music” is the soundtrack to his own transition. As he says: Jagged cityscape replaced with soft amber curves.”
Happy Sunday: â–º Stagecoach winds up with day 3. Today’s lineup features Blake Shelton, the Band Perry, George Thorogood and the Destroyers, the Oakridge Boys, Eric Burdon and the Animals, Outlaws and more at the Empire Polo Field in Indio. [Set times below after the jump.] â–º KXLU Fest II takes off with the Muffs, […]
EPs can be funny little beasts. They often serve as kind of a hi-how-ya-doin’ introduction rather than a broad artist’s statement – a handful of songs, a particular single, maybe a remix or three, a taste of what is to come. They vary so much in breadth they are difficult to review. So the Buzz […]
Happy Sunday: ‣ Brooklyn’s Matthew Houck aka Phosphorescent plays a sold-out show at the Park Plaza Hotel. That’s Phosphorescent’s video for “Ride On / Right On” above. ‣ Ultimate Breaks and Beats happens at the Echoplex where Biz Markie, Peanut Butter Wolf, J.rocc and Break Beat Lou all spin vinyl 45 DJ sets with special […]
Incoming: Deerhoof, Dirty Loops, Dorothy, Wartime Recitals, Brooklyn Pets, Smallpools, Tegan and Sara, Real Estate, Hoodie Allen, Goapele, Sam Outlaw, X Ambassadors, Culture Club, the 1975, Mr. Little Jeans, the Weeks, Bell Gardens, Cold Specks, Rhett Miller, Bastille, Sky Ferreira, Capital Cities, James Vincent McMorrow, Future Islands, Alexz Johnson, Cold War Kids, Gruff Rhys, Death […]
It’s been two years since post-punk agitators Dirt Dress released “Donde La Vida No Vale Nada,” which featured nine quick hits of insurrectionist shout-alongs. The new EP “Revelations” feels like a ray of sunshine by comparison, while still abiding the band’s compulsion to throw sonic curveballs. That’s a skronky sax in the middle of the […]
[Happy Monday. For all you Daft Punk fans, Jason Bentley will be debuting tracks from the “Tron: Legacy” soundtrack at 10 this morning on your friendly neighborhood public radio station …] Top 2 audio/visual spectacles this evening: ‣ Roger Waters performs “The Wall” live at Staples Center. ‣ Sonic experimentalists the Books, joined by Temporary […]
[My vacation is over and it’s back to business. Like wishing Sam Sparro a happy birthday…] Top rock stops if you’re not headed to Night 3 of Florence + the Machine: ‣ Busy boys, those Chasing Kings. They kicked off their Silverlake Lounge residency last week and allowed as how they’re holing up in the […]
Television’s 1977 album “Marquee Moon” is recognized as one of the greatest debut albums of all time. The quartet’s follow-up, “Adventure,” was excellent (if less rough around the edges) in its own right – and now L.A. blogging luminary Aquarium Drunkard has cast a spotlight on it with the release of “L’Aventure,” a digital compilation […]
The new music from SoCal quintet Mississippi Man pulls the heartstrings into the penumbra between giddy folk/blues and vintage pop, and that is A-OK. Actually, “A-OK” is the title of the debut album singer-guitarists Luke Messimer and David Knight and their bandmates plan to release this summer. They’ve been recording since earlier this spring in […]