Back off Cold Cave’s 2009 album, Love Comes Close, I heard this baby revived on a Verizon phone commercial of all places. Fuzzy background and handclap driven beats, this is a song for the dance floor. Or the advertising books, either one. Cold Cave often find themselves compared to Joy Division, whether it’s the Curtis-like [...]
Not a fan/not a complete hater–for the most part, he just creeps me out. I hate myself a little just for even including “Beiber Fever” anywhere near my blog, but here goes. Saw a friend link/post this online (full credit to you, Dashman) and got hooked. Sounds like the new Sigur Ros album. Oh wait…it’s [...]
FYF Fest is an ALL AGES music festival that takes place at the Los Angeles State Historic Park located in downtown L.A. In its 7th year, the festival has sought to be a mix tape of bands that would never play with one another but go so well together. Tickets to the event are $30. [...]
Sun, Sept 12th / 8:00 PM Doors at 7:00 PM Dead Confederate and Alberta Cross w/ Futurebirds Both in name and in sound, Dead Confederate aims to further the cause of Southern rock. The Georgia band does indeed mix its Neil Young with its Lynyrd Skynyrd, but underneath all those heavy chords is a group [...]
TNT celebrates the new street art exhibition, Viva la Revolucion: A Dialogue with the Urban Landscape, a multifaceted show that features works — both in the Museum’s galleries as well as at public sites throughout downtown San Diego — by 20 international artists, including Shepard Fairey, Banksy, Barry McGee, Dr. Lakra, Invader, Swoon, and more. [...]
Keeping in line with this low-fi wave of awesomeness (perpetuated by summertime, always a good duo), Beach Fossils’ first full length, self-titled 2010 release is a candidate worthy of defining new sounds coming from this genre. Their first big single, “Daydreams,” (doesn’t that just sound…dreamy…) caught the eyes of Pitchfork and their album delivered ten [...]
Although I wasn’t quite sure about the album as a whole–I did find at least one gem off of 60 Watt Kid’s full length release, “We Come Straight From the Bright Side,” released earlier this year. 2012 could have been a rough first-effort from Avey Tare or Panda Bear, with special attention to similarly reverb’ed [...]
Yes, these are extremely delayed…but I had forgotten what a pain disposable cameras are to get developed and such. So here they are, slightly delayed, but eh! Here’s just a little taste. Most of the musician pictures were difficult seeing as how disposable cameras can’t zoom…so a little Coachella surroundings kickback, if you will. Like [...]
