Ethan Goodman Over the past few years, festivals have grown in popularity, with new ones popping up left and right, each one pushing the end of festival season with hopes to make the summer last until October. Each new festival brings it’s own vibe, mission statement and lineup, ranging from little indie gatherings with twelve bands all
After four years, an EP and a number of singles, Irish noise-punks Girl Band have finally graced us with their full length debut, and holy s**t, it was worth the wait. Featuring nine tracks, Holding Hands With Jamie captures the collective energy of a madhouse, oddly brilliant, violently beautiful and utterly terrifying musical experience. Born out of
Alt-Country gurus Lambchop have rebranded themselves for HeCTA, a fresh and enjoyable mix of electronic grooves and solid songwriting. The Diet pays respects to the more interesting sides of electronic music, past and present through Detroit, Berlin, the UK and beyond, touching on a number of sub-genres, from glitchy techno to ambient IDM, downtempo grooves,
As they’re prone to every ten years or so, Yo La Tengo have released yet another record made up of mostly covers. Something Like That There features fourteen songs, nine of which are covers, three of which are remakes of old songs with the remaining two being fresh offerings from the group. The overall sound
After two albums and a stint scoring the soundtrack to Rockstar’s hit game Max Payne 3, LA based noisemakers HEALTH have returned with DEATH MAGIC, their first record in six years. In that gap, a lot has changed in music and, for HEALTH, the time off is immediately apparent. Gone are the pummeling, lo-fi drums
In the late 60’s and early 70’s, German musician’s looked for new sounds and a new style, abandoning the traditional structures of British Rock and American Blues in favor of repetitive drones, experimental textures and psychedelic jams. Catching on to these new sounds, the English speaking press dubbed the movement Krautrock. Unfortunately, the people that
Arriving at the historic Orpheum theater in Downtown LA on a breezy Wednesday, I’m escorted through the back and across the stage to meet with the band behind Heart of Storm, a new experimental show that pairs top-notch rock musicians with a talented Russian ballet troupe. I’m a little skeptical at first, but it becomes
Yesterday, I had the awesome opportunity to check out a dress rehearsal for “Heart of Storm,” a brand new entertainment experience that is part live rock show and part Russian ballet. The band is a tight line up of classic rockers including Derek Sherinian (Dream Theater) on keys, Gregg Bissonette (Ringo Starr, ELO) on drums,
Five years since the interesting but-inconsistent LP4, Ratatat are back and are as strong, if not stronger than ever. Their time off shows–the duo have grown up, matured and refined themselves. That doesn’t mean that they’ve gone soft, esoteric or lost their sense of fun–in fact, the record is probably sharper and more engaging because
Last night (July 1, 2015), the LA based electronic act LEX put on an incredible showcase at the Los Angeles Theatre Center (LATC). A fully realized performance, it included a thematic arc with lights, costumes and super tight musicianship. Rather than just running through songs at random, the set-list was impeccably designed to draw you