Thursday’s things: ‣ It’s been over three years since Tony and Mike Beliveau, as Crash Kings, have released an album. The brothers, now with a new drummer and additional keyboardist, will rock some new material tonight at the Troubadour, with Vanaprasta and Dreamers Dose supporting. ‣ Amanda Jo Williams [see our premiere earlier this week] […]
Three years ago, Chris Price fronted a major-label band that recorded an album costing who-knows-how-much with A-list producer Tony Berg. Next week, Price will be featured on iTunes for an album he recorded for $10. The Florida-bred singer-guitarist made all of his solo debut “Homesick” on his iPhone, using a ten-buck application called 4 Tracks. […]
Your jam-packed Tuesday: ‣ It’s that time of the month – BuzzBands LA’s SecondTuesday Songwriter night at Lot 1 Cafe features performances by Taylor Locke & the Roughs (in a special acoustic setup with strings), Davis Fetter, Sarah Winters and the debut of solo material by Michael Goldman of Chasing Kings. ‣ U.K.’s the Wombats […]
Taylor Locke & the Roughs, who are working on a follow-up album to their two 2010 releases, will give a special acoustic performance – with strings – at Buzz Bands LA’s SecondTuesday monthly songwriter night on May 8 at Lot 1 Cafe. Locke will be joined by Davis Fetter, the former Venus Infers frontman who’s […]
It’s March already? Tonight certainly feels like it: ‣ Brooklyn-based dance-punks !!! (Chk Chk Chk) are assembling material for their first album since 2010’s “AM/FM” and doing a run of club shows to try out new songs. They visit the Echoplex tonight supported by Wild Belle. ‣ Veteran psych-rocker Roky Erickson returns for a show […]
Fare for your fantastic Friday: ‣ Lucinda Williams returns for a show at UCLA’s Royce Hall behind her acclaimed release “Blessed.” Blake Mills opens. ‣ Cambodian psych-rockers Dengue Fever join Secret Chiefs 3 for a concert at the El Rey Theatre. ‣ It’s one more local show for Wilco, this one at the Los Angeles […]
On the surface, Taylor Locke does not have it rough. He’s poster-boy handsome, dispenses guitar licks with the best of ’em and has played with Rooney for a decade or so. But Locke does wear his heart on his sleeve, and there lies the source material for the music of Taylor Locke & the Roughs, […]
Your Tuesday things: ‣ The Silent Comedy bring their foot-stomping blues-Americana to the Roxy for a headlining show that features rockers Taylor Locke & the Roughs, who are working on the follow-up to the two albums they released in 2010, and Races, the indie-rockers whose debut album “Year of the Witch” is out March 27 […]
Jennifer and Jenny are two very different names, and pop-rockers Taylor Locke & the Roughs show this in their new video for the latter. In comparison to 2010’s video where the band spends a little time in a dark club with a “Jennifer in high heel shoes,” this year’s clip shot by Nick Williams in […]
‣Best Bang For Your Buck Award goes to: Taylor Locke & the Roughs along with Sabrosa Purr and Miracle Parade at Bootleg Bar. It also gets my vote for the sexiest rock show of the night and, yes, I’m talking about the music and the musicians. ‣Aussie-to-L.A. seems to be a running theme this week. […]