Call this “Say Yes,” Take 3. When resurgent L.A. sextet Afternoons finally release their full-length, “Say Yes,” on Oct. 21, it will be a milestone for band, four of whom (Brian Canning, Steven Scott, Brent Turner and Aaron Burrows) comprised the pop quartet Irving back in the early ’00s. The band, which grew to include […]
Canadian electro songstress Grimes will join indie-pop and folk luminaries Grouplove, Milo Greene, Cults and Soko on the bill for this year’s Make Music Pasadena, the free daylong festival that draws more than 30,000 to the City of Roses. The diverse bill also features electro-funk guru Dam-Funk, Cambodian psych-rockers Dengue Fever, French chanteuse Jessica Fichot […]
The epic pop jam of Shadow Shadow Shade turns to jelly a little bit in the latest song from the Los Angeles sextet, “Maybe I Could Love.” The band’s 2010 debut album was described in turns as cinematic and “poperatic” – a rousing indie cocktail of Queen, Arcade Fire, Pink Floyd and the Mamas and […]
There’s not much to the video except a lot of slow-mo detonations, but the news is that Shadow Shadow Shade, with little fanfare, unveiled a new song this morning. “Tell Me Who You Are” is a languid ballad featuring a Brian Canning/Claire McKeown duet. The song will be part of a three-track release the Los […]
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. This just in (3:30 p.m.): Robotanists, Shadow Shadow Shade and Two Guns will not be performing. A note […]
Picks for a super Saturday: ‣ The 13th annual Eagle Rock Music Festival goes off along Colorado Boulevard, highlighted by the Low End Theory Stage and its group of beat-scene all-stars (Flying Lotus, Gaslamp Killer, Nosaj Thing, Tokimonsta, Nobody and more) but also featuring some great indie artists, including Health, Rooney, Shadow Shadow Shade, Mia […]
The 13th annual Eagle Rock Music Festival has it wired. The daylong neighborhood affair along Colorado Boulevard will feature 11 scions of the L.A. beat scene – the Low End Theory stage boasts performances by Flying Lotus, Nosaj Thing and the Gaslamp Killer, among others – and enough of this city’s top indie music to […]
Because we’re optimistic, we’re going to assume that the embattled Sunset Junction Street Fair is actually going to happen. And on today’s Buzz Bands LA show on Moheak Radio, we’ll preview the festival – and chat with Brian Canning and Claire McKeown of Shadow Shadow Shade (playing 5:15 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 27 on the Edgecliffe […]
Talk about heavy messages. Shadow Shadow Shade’s life-affirming anthem “Say Yes” has been paired up with mini-documentary by O’Shea Read on an immigrant worker named Alonso Alejo Lopez. Flowers. ||| Live: Shadow Shadow Shade plays Saturday, Aug. 27, at Sunset Junction, and Saturday, Sept. 17, at Lobsterfest.
The summer concert fun is never over until you’ve wiped the butter from your chin. Which is to say that the Port of Los Angeles Lobster Festival is approaching – the three day event is Sept. 16, 17 and 18, and the lineup, again curated by ex-Indie 103.1 music director Mark Sovel, offers some of […]
