Premiere: Glasz, ‘What You Say’
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Glasz, the new collaboration between Jonathan Haskell (Seven Saturdays) and Jim Evens (Helen Stellar), debuts with the spectacularly cinematic single “What You Say.”
Video: Seven Saturdays, ‘One in 3’
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In a broad view, the music of Seven Saturdays is all about Los Angeles – the emotional and geographical sprawl, the grandeur and the grit, the language the city speaks if you hold still long enough to listen. Native Angeleno and composer Jonathan Haskell embraces it all on “Seven Saturdays” (out next week), a collection […]
Premiere: 2 Hearts and Chemicals, ‘Coming Home’
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There’s no doubt that 2 Hearts and Chemicals share vital organs and musical chemistry. What they don’t share is proximity – the band is a collaboration between Pennsylvania boyhood pals Eli Lhymn (who lives in Los Angeles) and Stephen Biebel (who lives in New York City). Their new EP, “Coming Home,” was made long-distance, in […]
Popular With Me 2010: Buzz Bands LA’s favorite local albums of the year
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The favorite 40 local albums of 2010 as rendered by a listener who tries be open to sounds from every niche in our fair region, who tries not be swayed by hype, and who makes no apologies for liking his meat and potatoes. 1. Local Natives, “Gorilla Manor” (Frenchkiss) This was more of a 2009 […]
This weekend in L.A.: Watson Twins, Helen Stellar, Ariel Pink, Red Cortez, Gangi, French Miami, more
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[Happy birthday to ex-Drop Nineteens frontwoman, former Beantowner and current L.A. songstress Paula Kelley … Now, on to the weekend’s festivities:] Check out LA Weekly’s West Coast Sound for my roundup of weekend outings. Here’s a handful of my favorites in a jam-packed weekend: ‣ The Watson Twins, back from 15 dates last month supporting […]
Tonight in L.A.: Seven Saturdays, Princeton, Ty Segall
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[Happy September. And happy 35th to Omar Rodriguez-Lopez of the Mars Volta.] Top show I will attend tonight if I can remove the headphones long enough to attend a show: ‣ Sometimes when I’m lost in the ambient music made by Jonathan D. Haskell – aka Seven Saturdays – I feel like I’m hearing the […]
Tonight in L.A.: MNDR, Helen Stellar, White Arrows
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[Happy birthday, Julian Casablancas, who, the archives tell me, was born in 1978 on the day Keith Moon died.] Top 4 detours from the Hollywood Bowl traffic jam for the Dave Matthews Band concert there: ‣ MNDR (pronounced Mander), the nom de dance music of Amanda Warner (pictured) and Peter Wade, play the RSVP-only It’s […]
This weekend in L.A.: DeLorean, Helen Stellar, more
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[Birthday greetings to Rivers Cuomo, who hits the big Four-Oh on Sunday …] My top 5 reasons to leave the house this weekend that don’t involve Kustom culture or Bill Cosby: ‣ DeLorean, the hotly tipped synth-wielding kids from the coast of Spain, play the Echo tonight. Have a taste of “Stay Close.” Oh, and […]
Tonight in L.A.: Aqualung, Helen Stellar, more
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[Happy birthday to Duran Duran’s Roger Taylor, who hits the big five-oh today. It’s just a number, y’know …] Aqualung, the nom de tune of British singer-songwriter Matt Hales, last week released its sixth album, “Magnetic North.” It sounds a bit like Beck-as-a-piano-man in places, Chris Martin-as-Beck in others and Mark Everett-as-Chris Martin in others; […]
Tonight in L.A.: The Church, Helen Stellar
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Three decades of music in one night – that’s what the Church has in store for fans tonight at the Roxy Theatre. The Australian veterans are on a 30th anniversary North American tour that will see the band perform one song from each each of their releases in reverse chronological order. Fans who attend the […]
