Last month, I reviewed the debut album by Brooklyn-based, electronically-rooted but every other genre but country-fused band MEN, which you can read HERE. Talk About Body is a very accomplished debut for a trio of individuals who have an accomplished musical lineage. JD Samson, of celebrated band Le Tigre has created a robsut combination of
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
Sometimes self-produced CDs and shameless self-promotion are two factors that, when used correctly, get you from 0-60 in the music world. Then there are bands that choose the road less travelled, without the aid of GPS mind you, and end up at the top of the world with ease and grace. This elusive tactic tends
At 11 pm on Wednesday night at the Music Box on Hollywood Blvd., San Diego-natives Delta Spirit took to the stage for their largest headlining show to date in the City of Angels. Having recently sold out the El Rey Theatre, this was a big step up for the band in terms of venue size.
Summer is just around the corner, and it looks like a good time to stop and smell the flowers. Or maybe just have a sniff of the electric daisies, because one of the biggest dance music festivals in North America is returning to Los Angeles’ Exposition Park and Memorial Coliseum. The Electric Daisy Carnival
I first heard The XX’s debut album xx playing in Barnes & Noble (where I work). I immediately bought it. The band is fronted by singer-guitarist Romy Madley Croft and singer-bassist Oliver Sim, who sing lust-filled songs of superficial romances and half-hearted promises of love. In the group’s most pop-driven song they sing “We watch