Although Korallreven is a recently formed band, making music is nothing new to Daniel Tjäder. Since 2001, the musician has played keys with Swedish dream-pop heroes, The Radio Dept. Nearly a decade later, fellow Swedish music maker, Marcus Joons, had an epiphany during a trip to Samoa, and when he returned home, Korallreven was born.
On Tuesday, March 6, the good people over at Quantum Collective will be hosting a performance from the lovable Los Angeles via New Zealand DJ Daniel Bedingfield at Hollywood’s Hard Rock Café as a kickoff for the group’s 2012 Southwest Invasion. Not only is this going to be one hell of a dance party, but
It’s been a busy year for Portland-based lo-fi outfit, Unknown Mortal Orchestra. Not only has the trio released its self-titled debut, but it has also been touring the world non-stop for well over six months now. I was able to catch the band a few months ago at The Echo, however frontman Ruban Nielson was
Matthew Dear is a man who wears many hats. At once, a DJ, a dance-music producer, an experimental pop artist, and a band leader, the New York-based producer, and co-founder of both Ghostly International and its offshoot Spectral Sound, knows no musical boundaries. This was evident last Wednesday night at Los Angeles’ up-and-coming venue, Center
When you see Elizabeth Harper twisting and twirling on stage, seductively cooing lyrics about sex, love, and fame, and occasionally pounding on a synthesizer, it’s hard to imagine that the chanteuse started as a singer-songwriter. With the amount of energy she exudes during her live performances, it seems unnatural to picture her planted on
I saw my Portland darlings, Parenthetical Girls, open for British sensations Los Campesinos! last Saturday night at Los Angeles’ Echoplex. If you are familiar with the Brit poppers, then you probably know how devoted their fans are, and you also probably know that they are rumored to put on a kick ass live show. These
South by Southwest is just around the corner, and that means the festival’s official showcases are on the brink of locking up and announcing their lineups. But for those musicians/bands that are scrambling to find gigs during the weeklong Austin-based music orgy, fear not! Quantum Collective is looking for you. QC is an innovative formation
The LA-native sexy electro-pop troupe, Class Actress, is returning to Southern California this week to play dates at The Echo and Costa Mesa’s Detroit Bar. Led by the seductive Elizabeth Harper, the trio produces pop gems that gleam with 80s-inspired influences such as early Madonna and Depeche Mode. Beginning her career as a singer/songwriter, Harper
As the legend states, Incan Abraham was born in a garage in upstate New York back in the summer of 2009. Shortly after its inception, the band packed up its gear and moved back west to Los Angeles, the members’ hometown. Since then, the quartet has released three EPs, played two CMJ festivals and shook
Did you know that Dale Earnhardt Jr Jr has played more times in LA than any other city? I didn’t either, but members Joshua Epstein and Daniel Zott shared that fun fact with the overwhelmingly large audience at Los Angeles’ Echoplex Tuesday night. Here’s another fun fact: “Simple Girl,” was the first song the duo