If you were on the mailing list of the Pixies, you were kindly rewarded with a link to buy tickets (sans service charge) of an intimate “La La Love You” to be held at The Music Box. Of course, it sold out in minutes. The day of the gig, the band asked for requests via [...]

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It’s not every night you get three solid bands in one gig.  The long-awaited return of We Were Promised Jetpacks with openers Royal Bangs and Bear Hands at The Music Box proved that it can happen. The last time the Scottish lads of WWPJ performed in L.A. was at The Troubadour two years ago.  You [...]

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The synopsis: After a 30 year separation, father and son reconnect for a grueling 500-mile bike tour. In a confrontation of the past, these two men struggle to find a future. Can they see beyond their polar opposite views? Beyond This Place is a complex and emotionally dense film about family, forgiveness, and the arduous [...]

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Wild Flag may be a fairly new band (self-titled album just came out), but members Carrie Brownstein, Mary Timony, Rebecca Cole and Janet Weiss have been rocking in other solid bands, including Sleater-Kinney, Autoclave, and Helium. Drummer Weiss has also contributed to Stephen Malkmus and The Jicks and Bright Eyes’ albums. Put these four punk [...]

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Tune-Yards It only made sense for Cut Chemist to open for Merrill Garbus aka tUnE-yArDs at The Music Box since Garbus will be on his upcoming album.  The love was returned when it came time for tUnE-yArDs to perform “Gangsta” off  2011′s W H O K I L L. Cut Chemist came out and threw [...]

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Deer Tick Indie folk band Deer Tick gave some samplings at the Echoplex of its brand new album, Divine Providence.  It all started when John J. McCauley III said he really didn’t feel like playing and wanted to just drink some more and talk with the crowd.  I think most wouldn’t have minded as McCauley [...]

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Amanda Palmer There was no denying the unique Amanda Palmer would sell out El Rey Theater the Saturday before Halloween. Performing from her latest, Goes Down Under , as well as some beloved Dresden Doll tunes, the versatile punker dressed in cabaret attire shared the stage with her friends, including Jason Webley, The Jane Austen [...]

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You really never know what you will get when Evan Dando plays a show with his band The Lemonheads! The only original member came to El Rey performing It’s a Shame About Ray in its entirety (sans “Mrs. Robinson” which was added to the album later).  Although it would have been a nice surprise to [...]

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Maria Taylor Alabama native & once upon a time Los Angeles resident Maria Taylor was back in support of her latest release, Overlook, which came out on Omaha based label Saddle Creek earlier this year. Touring with her is Dead Fingers, a duo composed of Kate Taylor & Taylor Hollingsworth, & another Saddle Creek duo, [...]

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The first time Zola Jesus performed in Los Angeles, it was just Nika Rosa and some backing tracks. She crawled across the floor between people’s legs and though she was as small and delicate as a cat, she filled the room with her voice like a big shadow or a ghost. Finding a welcoming audience here, Rosa moved to Los Angeles and wrote her second album, Conatus. This interview by Daiana Feuer.

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