Although she’s the daughter of Alan Menken, the pianist, musical theater and film composer best known for the beloved Disney films such as Beauty and the Beast, Aladdin, The Little Mermaid, The Hunchback of Notre Dame, Pocahontas and others, the […]
Tag: Los Angeles CA
http://bandcamp.com/EmbeddedPlayer/v=2/track=4145835544/size=venti/bgcol=FFFFFF/linkcol=4285BB/ Brooklyn-based band, Miracles of Modern Science have a sound unlike any band I’ve come across in the almost three years that I’ve run this site – based around string instruments, the band manages to […]
With the release of her third solo effort, Back to Now through [PIAS] America Records Morcheeba’s frontwoman Skye will embark on a bit of a mini-tour in February to support the album. The February tour has […]
http://emailunlock.com/luakabop/javelin-nnormal/widget Comprised of cousins George Langford and Tom Van Buskirk are the Brooklyn and Los Angeles-based duo of Javelin. The act developed a reputation for a thrift-store-of-the-future-like sound, and as a result they’ve shared stages […]
Fronted by Tim Foley and Kate Betuel of Los Angeles, CA-based band Cobalt Cranes got quite a bit of attention from LA Weekly, LA Record, and the Fader after the release of their In Media Res EP which […]
Album Reviews
Before I get to the year in review, there are a few more albums that I received last year – it still seems strange to say that – that I wanted to discuss before going […]
Comprised of brothers Brayden and Camron Ward, and high school classmates Tim Hatch and Lauren Curtius, the Los Angeles area-based the Lovely Bad Things once crowdfunded their way to an encore performance at the Primavera […]
Preview: Summerstage Preview Showcase at the Highline Ballroom 1/10/13
Back in 1986 the City Parks Foundation created Summerstage in the spirt of Central Park’s original purpose – to serve as a free, public resource to help culturally enrich the lives of New Yorkers. The […]
Los Angeles-based DJ and producer Alex Fin released a 4 track EP Mull that sounds and feels much like ethereal, fever dream. Tracks seem to come and go in waves … DJ 501 has remixed one of […]
Los Angeles, CA-based band Leftover Cuties have gotten into the holiday spirit with the release of their Christmas-themed EP, Christmas Time Is Here. So to celebrate the release of the EP, and the holiday season, […]
Caught a Ghost is a new project from Los Angeles,CA-based producer and songwriter Jesse Nolan and the project features Motown/Stax-era soul sound with modern production – you’ll come across samples, some light synths and beats. […]
There are two trends in electronic music – a chilly, eerie minimalism preferred by the experimentalists and an expansive, room filling maximalism preferred by more mainstream electronica artists. In the case of Los Angeles-based artist […]
Conquistador is a Los Angeles-based musician, performer, and personality who has developed a reputation for being defiantly, eccentrically individualistic. Interestingly, he was the first Jew and the youngest man ever to win the World Imperial […]
Jack Davey has developed a reputation for being one half of Los Angeles, CA-based neo-soul group J*Davey but after a period of artistic stagnation and the birth of her child, was desperate to express and […]
The Los Angeles Museum of Contemporary Art (MoCA), commissioned filmmaker Aaron Rose to create a video fusing an original track from DJ duo N.A.S.A. (consisting of DJ Ze Gonzales a.k.a. DJ Zegon, and producer Sam […]