Year of the Witch is the debut album from Races out on Frenchkiss. Therefore, it called for a celebration at The Echo.  Joining the party were Living Things and Incan Abraham.  Photos by Debi Del Grande.

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feedtime are a criminally underrated post-punk band from the late 70s and 80s Sydney punk scene who caught the bug after seeing local bands like (Australian) X and Rose Tattoo. Sub Pop have re-issued much of the band’s discography as The Aberrant Years and they play this Saturday at the Echo. We caught up with Rick and Tom over a scratchy international call on speakerphone. This interview by Justin Maurer and Dimitri Coats.

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It was one of those nights where you knew you were listening to something genuine, something special.  The North Carolina band Lost In The Trees barely fit on the stage at The Echo with all its various instruments that were played so well.  The band’s second album, A Church That Fits Our Needs on ANTI- [...]

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It was one hot birthday bash for vocalist/guitarist and beautiful Aimee Nash of The Black Ryder.  The Aussies brought its dreamy psych rock back to The Echo where I saw them last.  Nash’s better half, Scott Von Ryper (vocals/guitar), shared vocal duties as he went in and out of the hazy lights, black hair swaying. [...]

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UK sisters, shoegazing and swaying at The Echo.  Photos by Debi Del Grande.

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With VISA issues out of the way, Scottish band The Twilight Sad finally made it to The Echo.  Opener Micah P. Hinson was a pleasant surprise. He thought no one was there to hear his Americana sound.  He was indeed wrong. The Texan artist tried to hurry off the stage when his time was up, [...]

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Every member of HMBSMS brings a distinctive, essential quality to the table—or rather, stage. Sister/singer Rachel Kolar kicked off her shoes and sang the blues with her brother Robert , who complimented her sultry bends and trills with gritty soul in between a bowler hat, glittery guitar and red and black stripped bellbottoms.

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Fresh off the release of her heavily-buzzed third album, Visions, the Montreal-based electronic-pop gazer Grimes (real name Claire Boucher) played a sold-out crowd at mainstay venue The Echo last Friday. A perfect weekend-starting set, Boucher performed solo alongside a pair of keyboards, other boxes and some heavily hyped-out folks that stood near the back, on [...]

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It was the MBV night at Part TIme Punks, and as Weekend breezed through a set of mostly new tunes they slipped in a pretty good version of Only Shallow for the faithful. Photos by Ward Robinson

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Here at L.A. RECORD we like to wake up on groggy mornings with a big bowl of FUZZ, and that’s exactly what Danny Holloway specializes in. He’s one of the toppest DJs in L.A., and one of the residents at the occasional FUZZ night, in which you will listen as the other toppest DJs in [...]

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