Guys, let's be honest here: Taylor's funny! And she wrote her own monologue! She was pretty great in every skit last night, though it'd be nice if Saturday Night Live, y'know, fired all their writers and hired some funny people so poor Kristen Wiig would have something less embarrassing to do. At any rate, can [...]
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Victoria Bergsman’s never had to worry about her instrument. As the singer of the Concretes, the feminine side of Peter Bjorn and John’s “Young Folks,” and now with her solo project, Taken By Trees, the Swedish vocalist could put the phone book to song. On her Taken By Trees debut, Open Season, unfortunately, she kinda [...]
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The Main Drag “Dove Nets” directed by Ben&Julia from Ben&Julia on Vimeo.A jam of a stop-motion video, directed by Ben&Julia for a stand-out from the Main Drag’s Yours As Fast As Mine. Details on the band’s just-completed third album (and fresher tracks) on the way, promise.
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Photo by David GreenwaldFrom the Los Angeles Zoo, October 2009.Chad VanGaalen – “I Miss You Like I Miss You”: mp3Previously: Camera Obscurist
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Rose Melberg sings “Homemade Ship”LA-Underground has captured three wonderful performances from Rose Melberg’s rare L.A. gig at the Echo Curio last week. Two more videos, including Rose’s cover of Fred Brooks’ “I Will Never Marry,” after the jump. “Things That We Do”“I Will Never Marry”More: Live: Rose Melberg at Echo Curio, 10.27.09
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While not quite the Stevens I was expecting from Asthmatic Kitty Records this year (2010, pals), Shannon Stephen’s breathtaking The Breadwinner is just as welcome — and maybe more so, given the decade-long wait following her self-titled debut. Stephens also served as frontwoman for Sufjan’s undersung Marzuki, but The Breadwinner shares more in common with [...]
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I’ll confess I’m often mystified by the songs that top the Billboard charts, but I think I have an explanation for the popularity of Owl City, the band with the current No. 1 song in the country. In a column for the UCLA Daily Bruin in April 2006 (prescience!) I wrote: Being the list-obsessed guy [...]
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Live: Rose Melberg — my hero, Rose Melberg (left; photo by David Greenwald) — played two rare, intimate shows in Los Angeles.News: It was a real Vampire Weekend as the band hit Los Angeles for Halloween; release dates for long-awaited albums from Spoon and Midlake; Pavement is pretty much booked for Coachella.Jams: 10 hits and [...]
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Photo by David Greenwald Vampire Weekend are playing an intimate spot tonight and a bigger one tomorrow afternoon (both free!) in advance of their new album, Contra. Space is limited, so RSVP here on the double. I'll be at Dirty Projectors tonight, but here's to hoping Ezra and Co. dress up as actual vampires.
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Photo by David GreenwaldIf it’s anywhere near the quality of Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga, it’ll be nice to have the best album of 2010 on the early side. No word yet if frontman Britt Daniel’s sessions with Jon Brion (who previously did the band’s “The Underdog”) made the cut — previous single “Got Nuffin,” [...]
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This post — drawn mostly from my Twitter, uh, live-tweeting of my first and hopefully only listen to this album — assumes that you, dear reader, know and love the first two Weezer albums and have watched the band’s baffling career path since with a mixture of hope and nausea. With that in mind, a [...]
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In an interview with Consequence of Sound today, Pavement guitarist Scott “Spiral Stairs” Kannberg (whose new solo album is a jam, by the way) confirms that the reformed band is negotiating for a U.S. festival appearance at “a place in the desert.” In other words: COACHELLA! Might wanna add a trip to Indio, California on [...]
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All photos by David GreenwaldYou always hope your heroes are as you’d imagined them. Mysterious. Charisma to burn. Or, you know, nice. Rose Melberg, one of indie pop’s most talented icons, is the closest thing we’ve got to twee royalty (beyond being, of course, queen of my heart), but she rules with open arms. Watching [...]
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Photo by David GreenwaldPacific Coast Highway, 2005.Jackson C. Frank – “Don’t Look Back”: mp3More Photography: Camera Obscurist | Concert Photos
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As expected, Midlake’s The Courage of Others will get an official release in February 2010, on the 2nd via Bella Union, to be exact. And in equally awesome news, SDDialedIn reports that the band expects to play a show in San Diego in March or April — meaning a Los Angeles show is likely. Crossing [...]
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Intrepid Rawkblog readers will remember the one and only Rose Melberg as my favorite singer still in business. The former frontwoman of Tiger Trap and The Softies (swoon!) comes to Los Angeles tonight for the first time in forever and a day in support of her latest solo release, the lovely Homemade Ship. Given Rose’s [...]
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Holly Miranda / photo by Sebastian MlynarskiShareI wasn’t at New York City’s CMJ 2009, but luckily the Internet was – and, thank God, they have Twitter. With the cool kids’ Tweeted recommendations in mind, I’ve subjected myself to a CMJ marathon right here in sunny Los Angeles via MySpace and Mediafire to bring you the [...]
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Live: The Main Drag (pictured) at CMJ 2009, Grizzly Bear at the Hollywood Palladium. New Music: Ravens & Chimes' "Hearts of Palm," Reverie Sound Revue's "You Don't Exist If I Don't See You," Adam and Darcie's totally wonderful California Trail. News: Elliott Smith, six years gone and Beck's unearthed performance at a Smith tribute concert. Also, Sufjan [...]
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Photo by Alan Wilkis Future kings of indie rock The Main Drag hit the stage at New York City's titanic CMJ 2009 festival around 1 a.m. this morning, where fan Alan Wilkis Tweeted they were "killing it." (Much like every band at CMJ, apparently.) Look for news about The Main Drag's forthcoming third album's release in [...]
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With a title like California Trail, you’d expect more Beach Boys in Adam and Darcie’s sophomore album, but with autumn in full swing in L.A., I’m glad they went in a less sunny direction. The album has the chilly Pacific Northwest charm of my beloved Softies (Darcie’s voice, wonderfully, bears a passing resemblance to Rose [...]
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