Lavender Diamond

The Best Concerts to See In L.A. This Week

Monday, March 25 Corima, Upsalon Acrux PEHRSPACE There are, in fact, thriving musical styles that have blessedly little to do with the latest pop trends. Roughly intersecting prog-rock and art-jazz is a thing called Zeuhl Music, a very heavy, propulsive sonic form whose roaring rhythm sections and ... More >>

The Best Concerts in L.A. This Weekend

Friday, January 11 Carolyn Edwards, Adam Marsland TAIX As leader of both Spindle and 3D Picnic and a longtime member of The Negro Problem, Carolyn Edwards is one of the best and brightest musicians in Silver Lake's indie-pop underground, but she reveals the full breadth of her talent through her so ... More >>

The Living Sisters Let Themselves Go, And Their Harmonies Are More Remarkable For It

The Living Sisters serve sweet vermouth, cheesy puff pastries, dark chocolate and red wine at a late-November get-together, which they hold in the cozy living room of founding member Eleni Mandell's Echo Park apartment. Her 2-year-old twins sleep in a nearby bedroom. True to their whimsical musical ... More >>

The Five Best Concerts in L.A. This Week

Monday, September 24 Lavender Diamond THE ECHO Lavender Diamond are back, and they come in peace, as usual, and also with synthesizers, which is a bit more unusual. The heartbroke piano-folk they made on their one-and-a-half beautiful albums about five years ago is still there on the new Incorrupti ... More >>

Cabeza de Vaca Orchestra presents 'Sunrise' - Downtown Independent - 9/21/12

Cabeza de Vaca Orchestra presents Sunrise Downtown Independent 9-20-12 Jimi Cabeza de Vaca (yes, that is his real name) got his start playing keyboards over ten years ago with South Bay indie rockers dios. His ethereal keyboard contributions pushed the band to the brink of stardom, opening for acts ... More >>

Music Picks: Dublab Anniversary, Ladyhawke, Flying Lotus

The Five Best Concerts in L.A. This Weekend

Friday, August 24 Friends of Friends THE ECHOPLEX L.A. lad Shlohmo brings sample-based, song-oriented R&B turntablism to his recent Bad Vibes full-length, sautéeing lo-fi, hip-hop, dubstep and beautifully odd sound design. As for Salva, he's been known to jack bassy, jungly warehouse and ethereal ... More >>

Music Picks: As Blood Runs Black, Kelly Hogan, Regina Spektor

Also, Agalloch, Antibalas, Power of the Riff and others

Music Picks: Hootenanny, The Moonbeams, Kamasi Washington

Also, Eleni Mandell, Endermen, The Lions

Music Picks: Roberta Flack, Summer Twins, John Cage Centenary Festival

Also, Spindrift, Lenny Kravitz, Dorian Wood, Howlin Rain and others

Jonathan Gold Reviews a Beefsteak at Vibiana

Music Picks: Roseanne Cash, Theophilus London, Acid Mothers Temple

Also, George Clinton and Parliament Funkadelic, Raphael Saadiq, Wu Man and others

Music Picks: Sweaters, Jonathan Richman, Hanni El Khatib, Henry Rollins

Also, Aloe Blacc, Maren Parusel, the Greenhornes and others

Tonight: Frank Turner, David Gray, Moses Campbell, Apocalyptica, Modern Time Machines

Frank Turner​In the best tradition of the punk-rock troubadour, Frank Turner doesn't come armed with much more than a guitar and his anger. At 28, the hard-touring Englishman, who spent his early years in the hardcore band Million Dead, sounds every bit the wizened veteran on his past two alb ... More >>

The Living Sisters sign with Vanguard and prepare new album

The Living Sisters sign with Vanguard and prepare new album

Sisters With Voices: The L.A. Ladies Choir

“I walked in and all these wonderful women were singing, and I just went, ‘Whew, I’m at home.’”

This Week in LA Weekly: Jerkin', Sunn 0))), Amanda Blank, LA Ladies Choir, More

This week's hard copy of the LA Weekly is packed with useful music information, news, profiles, and music picks (if we do say so ourselves). Haven't gotten around to grabbing one yet? Here's what you'll see: Star ForemanLA Ladies Choir​ Jeff Weiss has written an in-the-trenches feature on th ... More >>

Last Night: The All Ladies Choir and AsDSSka at Family Bookstore

Sunday night at Family Bookstore on Fairfax found an assorted bunch of artsy types milling around waiting for the The All Ladies Choir and David Scott Stone and Aska to perform. The event was for a screening of Aska's new music video, which was shot by Spike Jonze and Crystal Moselle (which West Coa ... More >>

Rock Picks: Orphics, Roky Erickson, Madonna

Also, Linda Ronstadt, Rise Against and more

David Scott Stone: The Master Modulator Experiments With Old Tones

"I want to make experimental music that affects all the senses"

Live in LA: Rilo Kiley, Greek Theatre, June 18

Rilo Kiley, with Benji Hughes and Lavender Diamond, the Greek Theatre, June 18, 2008 By Chris Martins Photos by Timothy Norris Rilo Kiley can be a touchy band for discerning denizens of this city. The oft-exaggerated Hollywood ties (“a band full of child actors!”), the early jump to a succes ... More >>

Flier of the Week: Becky Stark and Ron Rege as The Mystical Unionists

This should be a cool opening. It features singer Becky Stark and drummer/comic artist Ron Rege (both of Lavender Diamond) as The Mystical Unionists. Here, this is from the press release of the opening at the Hope Gallery, a joint project of the Family bookstore, and the record label Teenage Teard ... More >>

Rock Picks: R.E.M., Von Bondies, Ladytron

And other May 22-29 shows

Greetings from the first annual Marfa Film Festival

I got on a bus in Los Feliz yesterday at about 1 p.m. headed for Marfa, Texas, to attend the first annual Marfa Film Festival. If you've been to the movies, you know Marfa as a smalltown Hollywood, where both There Will Be Blood and No Country for Old Men were filmed recently, and where Giant was fi ... More >>

Greetings from the first annual Marfa Film Festival

I got on a bus in Los Feliz yesterday at about 1 p.m. headed for Marfa, Texas, to attend the first annual Marfa Film Festival. If you've been to the movies, you know Marfa as a smalltown Hollywood, where both There Will Be Blood and No Country for Old Men were filmed recently, and where Giant was fi ... More >>

She & Him, Vista, 4/28

She & Him The Vista Theatre, 4/28/08 By Jonah Flicker At 7pm, there was already a long line winding around the corner outside the Vista Theatre in Los Feliz, eager fans waiting to see She & Him perform. It soon became clear that there was some sort of delay, as 7:30 came and went and the doors rema ... More >>

Rock Picks: Meshell Ndegeocello, the Sex Pistols, Weird Al Yankovic

For the week of Oct. 18 - 25

Rock Picks: Air, Rufus Wainwright, Arctic Monkeys, Bad Brains

For the week of September 20 � 27

Rock Picks: Julieta Venegas, White Stripes, Spectrum

For the week of September 13 � 20

Oh Hells Yes

The Fuck Yeah Fest merges underground music, comedy and art to create a younger, freakier kind of party

Rock Picks: Los Lobos, No Age, Los Abandoned, Slayer

For the week of August 23-30

Rock Picks

For the week of July 12 � 19

Rock Picks: The Police, Sage Francis, Radio Birdman and more

For the week of June 14 - 21

Penny Ante for Your Thoughts

Tour posters, photos of cracked-out Pete Doherty and scrawled lyrics to �Apple Pie and Genocide�

Rock Picks

For the week of May 10 � 17

My New Radio Crushes

Indie 103.1FM is officially on my shitlist. I've had enough of retarded Toyota of Huntington Beach ads and Suicide Girls talking about making out with their girlfriends. And most disturbingly, I discovered that morning host Joe Escalante/Dr. LegalDouche is, apparently, an amateur toreador. Ole! ... More >>

Rock Picks

For the week of Jan 18 � 25

Drunk on that Malibu Breeze

Pleasant princess Castle

L.A. Music '06: Welcome to Indie Land

The Magic Kingdom has Tomorrowland; we’ve got Spaceland. Plus, more magical local bands, man.

Rock Picks

For the week of Nov. 30 � Dec. 7

Benefits of Being Dumped

What the Heck Is That?

Arthur Nights, the festival you never expected

Rock Picks

For Sept. 28 – Oct. 5

Rock Picks

For September 21�28

OK OK OK

Yeah Yeah Yeahs, with Gris Gris & Lavender Diamond at the Troubadour, March 4

Music Picks

For March 3 - 9

Walk-ins Welcome

From Jarvis Cocker to Van Dyke Parks, you never know who�ll drop in on the �Open Mike Andrews�

Arthurfest

Courier of Joy