Never a group to be pigeonholed, Lotus brings many musical weapons to the stage. From festival stages such as Rothbury, Wakarusa and Red Rocks to theaters across the country the band has left grinning crowds dripping with sweat. Equal parts dance and rock, Lotus has been crafting a unique brand of instrumental rock for the
Let me preface this review with this: I know little about electronic music. I’m working with basically Daft Punk, a little bit of Justice and Deadmau5, Air, and Hot Chip as my main references/points of comparison. However, I look at this as a good thing because, with electronic music, I either love it and dance
Who: Nenna Yvonne Where: The Roxy, Los Angeles When: Tuesday, March 29 at 9:30 pm Price: $12.00 Age Restrictions: 18+ If you find yourself in need of entertainment on Tuesday, March 29th, be sure to pencil in Nenna Yvonne at The Roxy on Sunset. This singer-songwriter is no acoustic-guitar-playing, eyelash-batting, photo-with-my-cat-Mr.-Fluffles-taking kind of girl; the
BestNewBands.com Warning: this is not Sigur Ros. If you refer to Ólafur Arnalds as such, he will probably be offended. Fresh off his one night engagement at the Echoplex in Los Angeles (read the review here), I got to talk with Arnalds about his music and background. Also, I attempted to capture this mind-blowing show
Genre: Electronic/Rock Sounds like: part Of Montreal, a bit of Franz Ferdinand maybe, and a whole lot of originality I enter Moving Units’ new EP, Tension War, with a somewhat tabula rasa mindset. I know nothing of Moving Units outside of seeing them on the Coachella 2011 line-up (they play Friday, April 15th. Add that
On Friday night, I headed down to the Echoplex in Los Angeles to check out Ólafur Arnalds, an Icelandic musician. I only got lost about 12 times this time and drove in about 15 circles before I found it (an all-time low for me) before I headed into to the darkly lit venue, which reminded me
Next Wednesday (February 9), Friendly Fires will be burning down The Roxy with their scorching poppy-disco-influenced-dance-your-face-off music. This will be this Brit-pop’s first show in LA since their sold out set with the xx last year at The Music Box, and with the band as the headliner, it’s sure to be a freaking blast. All
BestNewBands.com I have a really big crush on Minneapolis right now. I get butterflies in my stomach thinking of Twin Cities acts such as Atmosphere, The Goondas (check them out on bestnewbands.com), Zoo Animal, and, now, up-and-comers Phantom Tails. Phantom Tails’ influences cover basically the entire spectrum of music and then some—from Chopin to