After spending three days at Montreal's Hotel2Tango studio recording her debut album, Oh, My Darling, Basia Bulat temporarily lost her voice, thanks to nod...
KROQ’s Almost Acoustic Christmas Gibson Amphitheatre, December 8 Get this: People still love Linkin Park. Sure, the band’s latest album, Minutes to Midnight, debuted at number one back in May. And, yeah, their Projekt Revolution tour did brisk business this summer. But speaking as someone who admires much about Minutes......
Generally speaking, Brad Laner does not consider himself a fascist. Yet when it comes to protecting the architectural integrity of his Granada Hills neighborhoo...
Heather Mansfield of the Brunettes says that one reason she and Jonathan Bree share vocal duties in their New Zealand–based indie-pop band is because it allows ...
THE BIRD AND THE BEE The Troubadour, January 23 You know who totally digs the Bird and the Bee, singer Inara George and keyboard whiz Greg Kurstin’s groovy new L.A. art-pop act? You guessed it, Mandy Moore. The one-time teen-pop chick told me so herself last month when I met......
Deerhoof are the most creative band in indie rock today, but drummer Greg Saunier is crushing — brutal! — in assessing the group’s work. I ask him if the Bay Area band — which formed in 1994, releasing a stream of albums ever since — retool for every record. He......
Show up early for Deerhoof at the El Rey and you’ll catch an opening set by esteemed Los Angeles MC Busdriver, who’s no stranger to the world of indie rock: In 2005, Busdriver formed Th’ Corn Gangg with members of the Canadian psych-pop outfit Unicorns, and last year, he appeared......
WILLIE NELSON | Songbird | Lost Highway It’s hardly a shock that the Louisiana State Police who pulled over Willie Nelson’s tour bus in September discovered a big-ass bag of weed onboard. But it is surprising that Nelson had such a sizable stash left after recording the mostly-covers Songbird in......
Here’s a theory: The closer a boy band flies to the sun, the more weathered its members will sound on future solo albums. Consider Justified, the 2002 debut by ’N Sync’s Justin Timberlake, on which Britney’s ex–boy toy came off like a cool, confident 20-something itching to remove your pants......
I defy you to come up with one thing that’s more useless than white indie dudes parodying R&B music on their PowerBooks. Britain’s Hot Chip fly close to the danger zone, but they respect the power in swearing sweetly over a gentle Hall & Oates bounce. “Give up, all you......
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