Trashcan Sinatras

Blogs
May 10, 2012
Q & A With Jeremy Fox: Paper or Plastik, Pre-Fabs, His New L.A. Restaurant Life Post-Ubuntu
The last place you'd probably expect to find a chef with a Michelin star under his belt would be West L.A.'s Paper or Plastik, a neighborhood café that has been a favorite of locals for years but was never known as a place to host nationally-acclaimed chefs. But that's exactly where former Ubuntu ... More >>
Music
March 24, 2011
Music Picks: She Wants Revenge, Nilbog, Lady Gaga
Also, Men, Ice Cube, OMD, the Aussie BBQ and others
Blogs
October 27, 2010
Trashcan Sinatras: John Douglas Talks House Gigs, Requests and Tours
Liz OhanesianTrashcan Sinatras backstage at McCabe's It's a familiar situation for those of us who go to see live bands frequently. We get so caught up in the haze of a really good show that the details become blurry. Time passes and we forget songs and maybe bits of banter that we so loved a ... More >>
Blogs
October 22, 2010
This weekend: Sufjan Stevens, Interpol, the Temper Trap, Shakira, Monster Massive, Bobby Brown
Denny RenshawSufjan StevensIf you take in Sufjan Stevens' shows in Los Angeles this weekend expecting some warm-and-fuzzy orchestral pop from a banjo-toting folkie, you've got another thing coming. In fact, dancing shoes may be in order. Stevens' newest album The Age of Adz is full of insist ... More >>
Blogs
June 4, 2010
Live in L.A.: LCD Soundsystem, 50 Cent, Peanut Butter Wolf, Isis, The xx, Local Natives
James Murphy of LCD SoundsystemHope you don't feel slighted, Los Angeles. Two weekends ago on That Other Coast, LCD Soundsystem brought the house -- or, rather, Terminal 5 -- down with an eye-popping, ear-decimating, 2 1/2-hour show that wound up with "New York I Love You" and a cover of Alic ... More >>
Music
June 3, 2010
Music Picks: Buzzcocks, Diana Ross, Isis, the xx
Also, Compton Metal Night, Health, Thao and Mirah
Blogs
July 29, 2009
Tonight at the Troubadour: Veteran Scottish Indie Rockers Trashcan Sinatras
Trashcan Sinatras "Oranges and Apples" Scottish indie rockers Trashcan Sinatras have a strange, but not uncommon, history. Upon their start in the early 1990s, they were hyped to take over where bands like The Smiths left off, creating perfectly pretty guitar rock filled with lilting melodies. But ... More >>
Music
July 23, 2009
Music Picks: Sky Saxon Tribute, Daddy Kev, Grace Jones, The Mekons
Also, Jarvis Cocker, Regina Spektor, Ida Maria, Themselves and others.