Dancers make music with feet at Bovard
Tony Award-winning tap dancer Savion Glover brought show 'Bare Soundz' to USC.
Songwriting and vocal versatility from Guillemots front man
The scruffy Fyfe Dangerfield is best known in England as the multitasking singer-songwriter-instrumentalist frontman of British avant-garde pop band Guillemots. But even after two full-length albums and three EPs, his Mercury-Prize nominated group is still obscure listening in the United States. The band is known for its orchestral approach to pop music and songs that […]
Trio’s most recent independent release blends old and new
Alkaline Trio is a punk band. Punk music, by definition, is and has always been an anti-establishment form of expression that aims to blatantly defy and oppose mainstream culture. The Hills is not punk. It came as somewhat of a surprise, then, when the nearly 14-year-old Chicago band Alkaline Trio appeared on MTV’s reality show […]
On-campus venue keeps Bird from taking flight
Multi-instrumentalist Andrew Bird performed at Bovard Auditorium on Saturday.
The Album Leaf and Sea Wolf at The El Rey
Shortly after the release of its first album to include live band members in the recording process, The Album Leaf plays an organic-feeling show at the El Rey Theatre.
Album poises locals for breakout success
Local Natives is an energetic five-piece whose fame train seems to have gained enough steam to carry these Los Angeles locals into a much larger eminence. The band recently made an appearance on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon, secured a spot on the top of festival bills with My Morning Jacket and even found itself […]
Experimental efforts and pop sounds don’t fuse on band’s new album
Apparently, the sophomore slump does not affect all young upstart bands in today’s evolving music industry. Yeasayer, the talented trio from Brooklyn, has crafted a follow-up to its successful 2007 debut — All Hour Cymbals — that is impossibly fun and brilliantly executed. The band exudes all the irresistible charms that indie groups offer but […]
American Idols bring Purple to L.A.
La Toya London and Fantasia Barrino star in the musical version of Alice Walker’s Pulitzer Prize-winning novel The Color Purple.
Anti-cancer benefit captures DIY spirit
Vivian Girls, No Age, Best Coast and others play Sunday’s event held at The Strange.
Thornton grad’s new band roars to life
After more than a year on the road as Michael Bublé’s touring guitarist, Brian Green starts The Whisper in the Roar with friends.