Posted DVD Review - The Devil Went Home And Puked to LAist
It might come as a surprise that former Guided By Voices guru, Robert Pollard, has quietly amassed the best post-GBV year of his career. Never one to sacrifice quantity for quality, 2009 saw the 51-year-old put out no less than six proper albums - most of which were quite good. In fact, three of these records are gonna make my year-end Top Ten List. Cementing ’09 as a high-water-mark in a career full of...
Posted Winston Calling - Tonight at the Echo to LAist
The Pixies with Flea on bass instead of Kim Deal?! Followed by The Pixies with Weird Al singing instead of Black Francis? No, it’s not a horrible nightmare followed by the greatest dream ever - It’s two of the “surprises” promised at tonight’s Winston Calling benefit at the Echo. Criminally underpriced at a mere $25 bucks, the show boasts a lineup that includes The 88, Grand Duchy, David J, Michael Penn, Tenacious D, and...
Posted Pixies 'Doolittle' @ The Palladium 11/4/09 to LAist
The Pixies kicked off a three night stand at the Palladium Thursday night with an exhilarating run-through of their classic “Doolittle”, its assorted B-sides, and a smattering of earlier faves. These days they’re riding a wave of nostalgia, rather than a wave of mutilation, but as reunions go, this is one of the more gratifying ones. The evening starts a little rough. The band almost seems rusty as they work their way through four of...
Posted Thom Yorke Announces Two Shows At The Orpheum to LAist
Tickets are on sale NOW.
The shows are next week.
It almost seems like a practical joke (Yorke is even smiling in the photo at Ticketmaster), but on Radiohead's website this morning, Thom Yorke posted the following:
Posted FYF Fest - LA State Historic Park - 9/5/09 - Part 1 to LAist
At the end of Fucked Up’s powerful, frenetic set, frontman Pink Eyes looks out at the crowd and says something along the lines of “You can say we played the Hipster Woodstock. You can say we play punk rock. One thing I know, my hips are in a state of shock.” It’s actually a fitting summary of last Saturday’s FYF festival - whose crowd is a healthy cross-section of young hipsters, and aging punk...
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