Last night, the packed crowd at The Bowery Ballroom was in for a treat. The Dig, Grouplove, and The Joy Formidable, three groups of varying notoriety but consistent musicianship, were about to step onstage. As it turned out, the tastiest treat wouldn’t be saved for last. The Dig opened the night, and they played a
My friend Ehren emailed me last week to say he’d be playing a free show with Aqualung tonight, and all I needed to do to get in was to RSVP at http://www.itsaschoolnight.com. I immediately RSVPed, and it turns out that this is a weekly series of free shows available for free to 21+ and for
It has been a busy year for The Henry Clay People. Like the great compromiser, the Los Angeles-based outfit has seen years of hard work pay off in 2010. With the release of its album, Somewhere on the Golden Coast, in addition to touring with Silversun Pickups, Against Me! and Drive-By Truckers, the band is
. This will be the first article in a series of pieces on Lucy Walsh. Bestnewbands.com will be tracking her progress as she records her debut in Los Angeles over the coming month. For the children of famous musicians, following in your parent’s footsteps can be the kiss of death. With endless comparisons, it can
First things first: this band has absolutely nothing to do with awesome stainless steel sports cars from the early ‘80s, nor do they mean to reference Doc Brown’s time trekking contraption from Back to the Future. Although, it would be easy to assume that some time travel was involved in the recording process of the
Wavves, smoking The F***Yeah Fest (FYF) is Los Angeles’ answer to the seemingly large-scale indie festivals like South by South West and Coachella. Held in Los Angeles Historic Park, FYF will feature artists such as Vetiver, The Blow and The Mountain Goats among others prominent to the indie community. FYF itself isn’t until September 4,
Hard has suffered from a few snafus in the past year, including an early cancelation of Hard LA and a mid-show cancellation of last year’s Hard Summer. Hard NYC also had its share of problems, the biggest of which being that MIA walked off stage early, blaming poor sound on the rain and sound technicians.
Not to sound conceited or anything, but Best Coast picked the right side of the country to name their band after. There’s nothing like a hot California summer, and Best Coast’s debut LP Crazy for You harnesses the mood of the sizzling sand and cool blue waves that we love so dearly during these months.
Anyone who was lusting over the lineup for the ill-fated Hard LA knows that there would have been a lot of acts to look forward to. What many of you may not have known, myself included, is why the Hard LA poster had “Die Antwoord” affixed on the list third from the top, just below
The big plans that the folks at Hard had for acts like M.I.A. and Sleigh Bells fell through yesterday when Hard released a statement on their website explaining that the event had been canceled. This is the second Hard event in recent memory that has gone south, after last year’s Hard Summer was shut down