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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Xiu Xiu The lineup for the evening made for a cool mix of very different styles and emotions. Noveller opened with loud loops of sounds from a bow pulled over guitar strings, twisted knobs and plucking. The noises were intense and lovely, like an iceberg melting. She worked with the delicacy of an embalmer, producing [...]

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How many times have you been at a concert thinking, “You know what this show could use? Some SCIENCE!” Well the Natural History Museum and Spaceland Productions just confirmed the 2010 season of First Fridays, featuring guided tours, scientific discussions, and live music. January and February are scheduled like so: January 8, 2010: “Spiders” with [...]

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Tune-Yards played at the Echo Park Time Travel Mart for Dublab’s Vision Version series. Directed by Eli Stonberg. …and the location was suggested by some Olivia Newton John look-a-like from Argentina…

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tUnE-YaRdS is an unassuming DIY  music goddess. Looping funny little vocal noises, drum beats, and ukulele ditties, she produces a whole show from just her own barefooted body. This year in L.A. she’s opened for Micachu and the Shapes and Sunset Rubdowns. Click above to check out this 5-song set on 4AD Sessions. Real Live [...]

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Micachu and the Shapes began with Mica Levi, a girl in her early twenties who doubles as a composer, triples as a grime producer and quadruples as a pop experimentalist. Along with Raisa Khan and Marc Pell, her band has risen in the U.K.’s indie scene with this year’s debut Jewellery but is already so post-vacuum cleaner. This interview by Daiana Feuer.

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