Take a deep breath and get ready for Thursday night: ‣ The Black Keys rock the Forum behind their latest album “Turn Blue,” with Jake Bugg opening. ‣ King Tuff holds forth at the El Rey Theatre behind the new album “Black Moon Spell.” La Sera and Colleen Green open. ‣ Their debut album “Tyranny” […]
Road trip, anyone? Titus Andronicus, Milo Greene, Wild Nothing, Ra Ra Riot, the Features, Caveman and Pictureplane are among the featured performers in conjunction with the sixth annual San Diego Music Thing, a mini-South by Southwest-styled music conference held in the North Park district of San Diego. The festival runs Sept. 13-14, with New Politics […]
Wednesday’s embarrassment of riches: ‣ The Killers visit the Fonda Theatre behind their new album “Battle Born.” The video for their great big rock anthem “Runaways,” above, has only been viewed 4 1/2 million times, so what’s a few more? ‣ Scotland-bred quartet Django Django headlines the Echo, supported by Vinyl Williams. ‣ The Features […]
Incoming: Django Django, Spirit Animal, Amanda Palmer, Beach House, Dragonette, the Killers, the Features, Harlan, Hey Champ, Taken by Trees, Conor Oberst, Menomena, Ryan Bingham, Band of Horses, Earlimart, Dave Stewart, Citizen Cope, Rodriguez, Alt-J, the Go-Go’s, Wilco. Above: Mister Loveless stops by the Satellite on Sunday in support of their latest album “Grow Up.” […]
Ah, the thrills of spur-of-the-moment romance. In the Features‘ video for “Another One” – a track off their excellent album “Wilderness” – a young couple gets a room, only to find they maybe should have gotten a better room. The rodents who have already staked their claim to the motel sure can play indie-rock. But […]
Our cups overfloweth: ‣ His new album “A Wasteland Companion” en route in April, M. Ward plays at Hollywood Forever Cemetery. [That’s his new video for “The First time I Ran Away,” above.] ‣ Gotye, his album “Making Mirrors” out this week, plays the sold-out El Rey Theatre, joined by Kimbra, who’s featured on the […]
Plenty of Friday fun: ‣ Feedback-loving Bay Area post-punk trio Weekend hits the Echo behind their new “Red” EP on Slumberland Records, with Talk Normal and Tan Dollar supporting. ‣ Nashville quartet the Features, sharp and spirited when they visited L.A. in July, make a return visit to the Satellite. ‣ Bright Eyes plays a […]
[Recently crossing our radar …] The Features, “Rambo” – The Nashville quartet’s fist-pumping take on indie blues has been a staple of our playlists for a long time, and its second album for Kings of Leon’s Serpents and Snakes label, “Wilderness” (out next week), does nothing to diminish our enthusiasm. Matt Pelham wails like he […]
[Baggy eyes, blisters, battered limbs, a bruised ego – we wish we could say SXSW has been a romp, but it’s been rough so far. Got a late start on St. Patrick’s Day, so here goes …] Wise Blood (Windish House) – The Pittsburgh hip-popper might have a single called “Loud Mouth,” but his falsetto […]
