Joachim Cooder’s EP “Fuchsia Machu Picchu” is out next week. The drummer-songwriter-composer sings on it — a first for him — and the lush collection features the talents of his father Ry, wife Juliette Commagere and brother-in-law Robert Francis.
Fun things for your Wednesday: ‣ L.A. singer-songwriter Juliette Commagere [see her video for “Big Star”] celebrates the release of her album “Human” at the Bootleg Bar, supported by Tyler Lyle and Alec Benjamin. ‣ Pere Ubu visits the Echo behind their first album in three years, “Lady From Shanghai.” ‣ King Krule, aka London […]
Incoming: Young Dubliners, Jeff Tweedy, Icona Pop, Kill Hannah, NOFX, Judy Collins, Pere Ubu, Juliette Commagere, King Krule, That Noise, El-P, Chance the Rapper, Andrew Bird, Yuna, Iggy Azalea, Holograms, Canvases, Camp Freddy, Suicidal Tendencies, Baby Alpaca, the Vandals, Stevie Wonder, Cults, We Are Scientists, HOTTÂ MT, the Muffs, Kate Earl, the Muffs, Youth Brigade […]
The star of the video for “Big Star” – the soaring single off Juliette Commagere’s dreamy third album “Human” – is the singer-songwriter’s niece, Hana Commagere-Hagen. It was filmed in part at Laguna Beach, and, Commagere says, “I made all the costumes, my father shot it, and it was edited by my dear friend Max Goldblatt.” […]
L.A. singer-songwriter Juliette Commagere, who a couple of weeks ago released her third album “Human,” has been forced to postpone her show Saturday night at the Bootleg Bar because of illness. The show will go on with a lineup of Charlie Clark, Among Savages, Max Goldblatt and Ian Ball.
Incoming: The Weeknd, Banks, HIM, Dear Boy, Free Energy, Zak Waters, Laura Mvula, KING, Lee Dewyze, Grouplove, Valient Thorr, Bastille, Butch Walker, Parachute, King Krule, Body Language, Meiko, Cold War Kids, The Julie Ruin, Stars, the Orb, Midlake, FIDLAR, Gold Panda, Thievery Corporation, Lynard Skynard, Valerie June, Dirty Beaches, Cold Cave, Telepathe, Diana Krall, Juliette […]
When we saw Carly Ritter in May at the Satellite, the L.A.-based singer-songwriter exhibited the grace and humility of someone enjoying unexpected good fortune. She never thought she’d be doing this, she explained, which sounded as implausible as her songs sounded transcendent. Ritter is the granddaughter of country music legend Tex Ritter (and daughter of […]
Juliette Commagere tells Interview magazine that her new single “Big Star” was inspired by the children’s book “Morgan and Yew,” a morality tale about the value of love vs. material things. It’s typical of the themes explored on the L.A. singer-songwriter’s third album, “Human” (due Sept. 17 via Aeronaut Records). The once-upon-a-time keytar-wielding frontwoman of […]
Happy Memorial Day, y’all… ‣ UCLA Jazz Reggae Festival continues today with Ziggy Marley, Barrington Levy, Mr. Vegas, Marcia Griffiths, Kes the Band and more at UCLA Intramural Field. ‣ This week’s It’s a School Night installment at Bardot features Mystery Skulls, Mars Argo, Gothic Tropic and Emika. ‣ And your local residencies on this […]
Juliette Commagere, the former front woman of Hello Stranger, sister to singer-songwriter Robert Francis and the wife of drummer-songwriter-producer Joachim Cooder, has been largely under the radar since touring behind her second solo album, 2010’s “The Procession.” Embarking on writing new material, Commagere holed up in the Arizona mining-town-turned-artist’s-colony of Jerome, almost mile high in […]
