Given the maturity and insight of White Fence's previous releases and his collaborations with it-boy Ty Segall, it shouldn't shock anyone that the act's newest record, Cyclops Reap, is quite brilliant. Still, Tim Presley's one-man band reaps a whole host of casual garage-rock casuistry from the laz ... More >>
Friday, March 29 Fol Chen BOOTLEG THEATER Fol Chen is one of the most creative bands in the local electro-pop underground, conjuring unusual sounds that flutter, mutate, shimmer and trail sparks just as colorfully as the flying fish and luminous butterflies in Oz the Great and Powerful. While the m ... More >>
Also, New Multitudes, Cool Moms, Alpha & Omega, Cloud Nothings and others
[Editor's note: Weekly scribe Jeff Weiss's column, "Bizarre Ride," appears on West Coast Sound every Wednesday. His archives are available here.] See also: Top 5 L.A. Garage Rock Bands Not everything needs to sound like the future. Not everyone wants to dwell in the present. In fact, some aim to a ... More >>
After forty-odd years of revivals and re-imaginings, garage rock isn't much of a clear-cut genre. Here in L.A., though, where garage is a persistent fixture in the venues and living rooms, you start to find a more consistent sound. It's usually something like surf rock with a rough exterior -- a raw ... More >>
Also, Savage Republic, Tanya Morgan, the Church, the Fling and others
Also, Aloe Blacc, Maren Parusel, the Greenhornes and others
above: the median point between today's two streams Two streams for you to gnaw on today! First: Tis please not the season already--didn't we just have Veteran's Day?--but Target has just released for streaming (and later potential download) a custom holiday comp full of exclusive tracks including ... More >>
As reported by Buzzbands L.A., Long Beach-based band The Fling became the newest signee with Silver Lake's Dangerbird Records this week, just as they were leaving town for a multi-state tour with (sudden labelmates) Darker My Love and Delta Spirit. Their self-released When The Madhouses App ... More >>
Lina Lecaro [For more exclusive images, see Colin Young-Wolff's slideshow "Eagle Rock Music Festival 2010"] We're surely not the only LA native who wistfully recalled Sunset Junction Street Fairs of yore while stomping along Colorado Blvd. at the Eagle Rock Music Fest Saturday evening. Like ... More >>
Yoko OnoJohn Lennon would have turned 70 next week, and among the events celebrating the legendary Beatle are two shows this weekend featuring a reconstituted Plastic Ono Band, the loose collective of musicians Lennon assembled 40 years ago. His widow Yoko Ono and son Sean Lennon (the musica ... More >>
Rx BanditsFew would have thought that the Orange County ska-punk kids who a decade ago started playing as the Pharmaceutical Bandits would grow up to be a Coachella band. But the quartet now known Rx Bandits has, their party in the desert last spring certifying Matt Embree and crew as musica ... More >>
Also, Kris Kristofferson, the Black Keys, Bettye Lavette and others
Sandra Vahtel Under the warm glow from the lights of the Bootleg Theater, Darker My Love proudly debuted their brand new album to an adoring hometown crowd last night. Dressed neatly a buttoned down shirt, lead singer Tim Presley looked very serious as he announced to the crowd, "Hello, we're ... More >>
Lucy HamblinBrandon FlowersWhile the Killers have decided to give their engines a rest after seven years of making hits and touring behind them, frontman Brandon Flowers is keeping his motor running. He's struck out on his own, making a solo album Flamingo from songs he wrote while the Kille ... More >>
Also, Natalie Merchant, Earthless, Seu Jorge & Almaz and others
Drive-By TruckersYou may not have noticed if you don't live in a neighborhood where "y'all" is the prevalent pronoun -- and no, that's not pejorative -- but the Drive-By Truckers have a new album out. "The Big To-Do" is just that, out-sized riffs, growling vocals and sweat-stained rhythms sup ... More >>
Also, David Scott Stone, Slow Club, Little Boots and others
In the strange wake of music's digital rebirth, vinyl has experienced a modest boom in popularity, seen by many as a replacement for the awkward middleman that is the compact disc. INCHES reviews the output of L.A.'s healthy vinyl community (artists and labels, indie or other), believing that good m ... More >>
Also, Ghostface Killah, Pi, Brother Ali and others
Videothing Releases Trailer for FYF Fest
Lightning Bolt at WFMU It's been a crazy past few months for F Yeah Fest principals Sean Carlson, Keith Morris and Phil Hoelting. The annual summer music festival, which changed its name from the Fuck Yeah Fest two years ago for obvious reasons, has been the sturdy little engine of the punk/ ... More >>
Echo Park producer and mastering engineer Dave Cooley, who owns Elysian Masters, has worked with a lot of LA bands you know. He's produced Silversun Pickups, Darker My Love and Mickey Avalon, among others. But it's as a mastering engineer that Cooley really seems to thrive. He's been the final ear ... More >>
Name-dropped in this article: Mike Kelley, Foreign Born, Blue Man Group, Tauba Auerbach, Human Sexual Response
Pickups new LP, Swoon, hits the streets soon
Over the weekend, if you were one of the few Angelenos not stricken down with the flu, not partaking in last-minute shopping insanity and not rearranging the contents of your apartment to make room for relatives, then you had your pick of hot shows to go to. From Prince to Darker My Love to Tune in ... More >>
By Paul Rogers If an Eastside indie show was portrayed in a mainstream movie it might look like Friday night at Echoplex. Bearded 'n' baseball-capped Brite Spot brunchers politely gathered in the Echo's low-slung basement to witness a psychedelic pop band deftly meld shoegazer staples Jesus and ... More >>
No Age, Chapin Sisters, Mia Doi Todd, the Knux, Flying Lotus, Madlib and more
Also, Darker My Love, X, Legal Weapon, and others
Also, Henry Butler, Deerhoof, Eagle Rock Music Festival, Global Drum Project
Also, We the People Festival, Temple Bar farewell, Mad Juana and more
Also, Hawthorne Heights, the Starlite Desperation
Also, Flosstradamus, Bigelf, The Crystelles
Also, Carrie Rodriguez, Dolly Parton, Buddy Guy, and more
Also, Wolf Parade, Pierced Arrows, Summer Darling
Also, shows by Listing Ship, Detroit Cobras and more
And other May 29-June 5 shows
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For the week of July 26 – August 2
For the week of Jan 12 – 18
For the week of Jan 12 – 18
From old-school heads to prepubescent punks, Silver Lake is where L.A.s indie rock heart still beats
The Magic Kingdom has Tomorrowland; weve got Spaceland. Plus, more magical local bands, man.
The Magic Kingdom has Tomorrowland; weve got Spaceland. Plus, more magical local bands, man.
For the week of June 8 - 15
For the week of June 8 - 15
WOLFMOTHER at Cinespace, February 14.
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