all photos by debi del grande The walls at the restaurant next door to the Troubadour must have been shaking because the place was rocking Tuesday night with 98.7 and Bronson Island presenting Dead Sara who has recently been on tour with Bush. What a breath of fresh air vocalist Emily Armstrong is! This girl [...]

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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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Twin Shadow came to the Troubadour in his first appearance in L.A. in about a year. He is slimmer, more handsome, more confident. he is stepping into his destined role as the future Prince. The band is absolutely on fire. He has managed to achieve what was only an attempt before: to raise the songs [...]

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Download: CB Brand x Big Freak Mixtape [Audio clip: view full post to listen] The band CB Brand DJs Big Freak on Monday and will be playing their first Troubadour show with Vetiver and Waters on Wednesday, so they have made this mixtape to get you ready for their classically cracked ’70s country—fans of Townes [...]

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The Blow LA’s own He’s My Brother She’s My Sister started the night off right at The Troubadour with their infectious energy from real-life brother/sister Rachel and Robert Kolar. Lauren Brown is mesmerizing handling tap dancing and percussion at the same time. Headliner The Blow (Khaela Maricich) not only gave us music, but comedy, dance, [...]

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Ishmael Butler is known by many names, most of which we aren’t meant to ever discover. Now he stands at the center of the universe of the mysterious Shabazz Palaces, holding court as Palaceer Lazaro in the first hip-hop group ever signed to Sub Pop. He speaks here about divine inspiration, being in love, and keeping perspective. This interview by Lainna Fader.

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Returning to the first venue they ever played in LA, the powerful Danish duo The Raveonettes came bearing their latest gift “Raven in the Grave” for two consecutive shows.  Sune Rose Wagner (vox, guitar) and Sharin Foo (vox, guitar) are stronger than ever since they began 10 years ago. Their solid, dreamy 50s/60s sounding beats [...]

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British Sea Power took hold of the Troubadour belting out one wave after another of solid indie rock tunes, including a couple from their latest, Valhalla Dancehall. Photos by Debi Del Grande

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There’s no doubt that fans attached to the jangly cyclothemia that characterized a lot of Destroyer’s past efforts, as well as Bejar’s idiosyncratic New Pornographers and Swan Lake songs, will feel alienated by the new sound. But those who jump in, as the Troubadour audience ecstatically did, will find themselves inside one of these movies, instead of in front of the screen, smirking knowingly as Kathleen Turner gets seductively swallowed by an effervescent taco of fog. There’s a reverence here that echoes, more than anything, Lynch’s obsession with Laura Palmer.

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The young lads from London (sans Laura Marling now) were back in L.A. at the mighty Troubadour after quite a hiatus. I met a group of 6 fans that drove from Utah and completely jumped out of their skins when Noah And The Whale played “Blue Skies” and “Rocks and Daggers.”  The talented and multi-instrumental [...]

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