It’s not technically accurate to say the Henry Clay People’s 2nd Annual Rock and Roll Circus “came to town” Friday night, since most of the acts on the bill are from around these parts, but the event was a spectacle nonetheless. The night featured electric sets at the Echoplex by a bunch of HCP friends
“A brief word about so-called modern music: no further research or scientific discoveries are required to know with full, objective certainty that it is not music. The proof lies in the fact that music is the product of periodic vibrations—and, therefore, the introduction of nonperiodic vibrations (such as the sounds of street traffic or of
I first met Turner Cody in 2000 at the famed Balloon Heaven studio in Jersey City, where many an antifolk record was cut. He had a session before me, a cute girl with him, and sunglasses in the late evening. From his first record, Turner’s music was always pure poetry over music, almost like Leonard
I know the ültra-hip are breaking bad on Vampire Weekend because they’ve turned up in so many places, but I take comfort in knowing that they’re wrong to do so because Vampire Weekend is still plenty good. I like stripped down versions of any act, and this version of “White Sky” is especially nice. Too
I remember seeing a Wolfmother video about five years ago and thinking, that’s some kinda guitar tone. I’ll have to look into them. A couple weeks ago I saw that they had a new album out and thought, now I should check out their first album. (I usually like to be about five years behind
For those that haven’t sampled the ’00′s response to the ’80s, tonight is the night for you, because The Dance Party is playing another show at Crazy Girls, which is something of a strip club, but it can hardly be called a strip club since all the girls wear bikinis, so it’s more like a
I’m not sure why this smooth jazz cover of Beck’s Sexx Laws never took off. It seems like a perfectly quiet-storm way to start your day, with a cameo from Jack Black to boot. via Beck.com
Ever since my homie Marcio sampled Carl Sagan on his My Light Year project, I feel like Carl Sagan has grown towards critical mass as a remix icon. This meme intertwines with the auto-tune meme and hits its zenith in this video, which is seriously a hot track if you’re not sooo over the auto-tune
I just discovered YouTube has its own Music Tuesday channel, but I’m more turned on by this rogue acapella Beach Boys channel, which has stripped all the instrumentation away from Pet Sounds and posted each song as an acapella masterpiece. Thanks, Jack!
Thursday night was busy as I caught three shows in three clubs, including Dirty Sweet with co-blogger Leona. But before I made it over to Silverlake, I stopped by Genghis Cohen on Fairfax to see a buddy of mine play drums. He was backing hometown talent Michelle Armstrong, a persuasive singer-songwriter with a big voice.