There may have been 202 local albums released this year (yes, 202), but sometimes you can’t get have a successful finale without putting out a little teaser first. EPs are often overlooked when making year-end lists, but we at BBLA HQ believe the preview is just as important as the finished product. Short releases are […]
Back in January 2012, we introduced Miracle Days, the indie-pop collaboration between Edson Choi and Dre Babinski, both whom played in the now-defunct Dusty Rhodes & the River Band. They had made some recordings the previous fall in Dr. Dog’s Philadelphia studio and an album release seemed imminent. But the recordings needed tweaking and possible […]
Sunday things: ‣Â The English Beat, Suedehead, Torches, Beat Club and Safety Orange all wrap up the last day of Lobster Festival at the Port of Los Angeles in San Pedro. ‣ Freedom Fry, Warships, Oona, GUIDES, the Low and more get together at District La Brea Summer Garage Jam (181 S. La Brea Ave.) ‣ […]
Middle of the week, lots of choices: ‣ Nineties alt-rockers Come – Thalia Zedek, Chris Brokaw, Sean O’Brien and Arthur Johnson – have reunited for the deluxe reissue of their 1993 gem “11:11” (on Matador), and they kick off a U.S. tour at the Bootleg Theater, supported by Tara Jane O’Neil. ‣ Kisses headlines the […]
Weird things may happen if you ignore those “No Trespassing” signs. At least that’s what SoCal quintet Warships learn in their Frederik Boll- and Jon Shoer-directed video for “Heater.” It all starts with a box (everything mystical always starts with mysterious box) and a cloud of smoke. Ladies appear out of thin air and the band […]
Incoming: Camera Obscura, John Grant, Alice Smith, 3OH!3, Peter Tork, Pitbull, Mount Kimbie, Eleanor Friedberger, Kinks’ Tribute, Ida Maria, Kisses, Warships, Joseph Arthur, Vans Warped Tour, Steve Miller Band, Holy Folk, the Dig, Tilly & the Wall, Sea Wolf, La Santa Cecilia, Wildcat! Wildcat!, Ariel Pink’s Haunted Graffiti, Jonathan Wilson, Bleu, the Game, Iris DeMent, […]
Happy Monday: ‣ Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers play six shows in L.A. this week and they kick it all off at the Fonda Theatre. ‣ Pete Yorn and J.D. King are the Olms and they headline the Troubadour in support of a debut album together. We are the West open. That’s the Olms’ video for […]
Last Monday of the month, get ’em while they’re hot: ‣ L.A. trio Gliss winds up its residency at Los Globos, supported by Line & Circle and Robotanists. ‣ It’s the final night Kan Wakan [pictured] at the Echo too – Oh Boy Les Mecs, Yoya and Seasons are on board to support. ‣ Downstairs […]
Incoming: The Residents, Gliss, Kan Wakan, A House for Lions, Warships, Ramona Falls, Goldroom, Com Truise, the Lions, Anberlin, Reckless Kelly, Flosstradamus, Francisco the Man, Willie Nelson, Califone, Surfer Blood, Dada, Happy Hollows, Hustle Roses, Rumours, Jukebox the Ghost, Galactic, the Breakestra, Bomb the Music Industry, the Devil Wears Prada, Gold Fields, Morrissey, Allah-Las, the […]
The first proper EP from Warships’ is so bright and propulsive it’s hard for us to sit still. When the SoCal quintet first brightened our mood last May, they had an album finished and seemingly ready for release, but things apparently take time. “Shadows,” produced by Raymond Richards, came out this week, with Eric Chirco, […]
