Back in 2010, Best Coast somewhat begrudgingly became the de facto face of chillwave, thanks in part to the band’s impressive debut album Crazy for You . The record combined hazy lo-fi psych rock, with a healthy dose of 1960′s girl-groups and surf-pop, and made for the perfect beach album. With the unofficial start to summer this weekend, it seemed only appropriate that  Bethany Cosentino & Co. are back with their sophomore release The Only Place . This time around the Los Angeles-based band got some high profile help from Jon Brion (Fiona Apple, Punch Brothers, Kanye West), who produced the ...

Spectrum Road , a quartet featuring John Medeski (organ), Cindy Blackman-Santana (drums & vocals), Vernon Reid (guitar) and Jack Bruce (bass & vocals) will be on the road in North America and Europe throughout June and July. North American dates: 06/09 Bonnaroo Music & Arts Festival, Manchester, TN 06/16 San Francisco Jazz Festival, Herbst Theatre SF, CA 06/17 Playboy Festival, Hollywood Bowl, CA 06/19 Aladdin Theater, Portland, OR 06/21-24 Jazz Alley, Seattle, WA 06/25 Vancouver Jazz Festival, Vancouver, Canada 06/27 Toronto Jazz Festival, Toronto, Canada 06/28 Montreal Jazz Festival, Montreal, Canada 06/29 B.B. King ...

It's 1972, and Greg Freeman's friends don't rate this curious young singer. In fact, he's as bad as Bob Dylan My mates were as dismissive of David Bowie as they were of Bob Dylan. This was 1972, before he was quite as chameleonic as he would soon become. Maybe it was to do with Bowie sometimes wearing dresses, or simulating fellatio on his lead guitarist's instrument. Whatever their reason, their hostility was reason enough for me to turn to his music as I sought to rethink my own persona, and searched for a new hero ...

Photo by Eirik Lande Dan Bejar has added new dates to the tour in support of last year's excellent Destroyer album Kaputt . He'll route through various U.S. and Canadian cities through July, with Sandro Perri opening, and then visit Europe and the UK in November. After the dates, watch the video for Destroyer's "Savage Night at the Opera".  Destroyer: 06-03 Seattle, WA - The Showbox * 06-04 Portland, OR - Aladdin Theatre * 06-05 San Francisco, CA - The Fillmore * 06-06 Los Angeles, CA - El Rey Theatre * 06-07 Phoenix, AZ - The Crescent Ballroom * 06-08 Albuquerque, NM - Launchpad * 06-09 Denver, CO - The ...

Best Coast’s new album, The Only Place, can be streamed in full here . Check out the band’s upcoming tour dates below by clicking “Read More.”[[MORE]] May 18 – Los Angeles, Calif. @ Wiltern # 19 – Oakland, Calif. @ Fox # 21 – Portland, Ore. @ Aladdin # 22 – Seattle, Wash. @ Nepture # 23 – Vancouver, BC @ Commodore # 25 – Aspen, Colo. @ Belly Up # 26 – Boulder, Colo. @ Fox Theater # 27 – Lawrence, Kan. @ Granada # 29 – Omaha, Neb. @ Slowdown # 30 – St. Louis, Miss. @ Firebird # June 1 – Dallas, Texas @ Granada Theater # 2 – Houston, Texas @ Free Press Fest 3 – Austin, Texas @ Chaos in Tejas 24 – Atlantic City, N.J. @ Metallica’s Orion Festival ...

Turnover, Citizen and Light Years have announced they will be heading out on tour together this summer. June 22nd Columbus, OH @ The Purple Grape June 23rd Altoona, PA @ Masonic Temple June 24th Washington, PA @ Washington County Common Ground Teen Center June 25th Wilkes Barre, PA @ Redwood Art Space June 26th New York, NY @ The Acheron June 27th West Babylon, NY @ Backyard Show June 28th Brewer, ME @ The Time Out Center June 29th Boston, MA @ The Democracy Center June 30th Berlin, CT @ Shitty Greg's July 1st Philadelphia, PA @ The Barbary July 2nd Norfolk, VA @ The Jewish Mother July 3rd Richmond ...

Best Coast will be heading out on a full North American tour this May, June, and July in support of their new album, The Only Place . Check out the band’s full tour routing below by clicking “Read More.”[[MORE]] May 18 – Los Angeles, Calif. @ Wiltern # 19 – Oakland, Calif. @ Fox # 21 – Portland, Ore. @ Aladdin # 22 – Seattle, Wash. @ Nepture # 23 – Vancouver, BC @ Commodore # 25 – Aspen, Colo. @ Belly Up # 26 – Boulder, Colo. @ Fox Theater # 27 – Lawrence, Kan. @ Granada # 29 – Omaha, Neb. @ Slowdown # 30 – St. Louis, Miss. @ Firebird # June 1 – Dallas, Texas @ Granada Theater # 2 – Houston, Texas @ Free Press Fest 3 – Austin, Texas ...

When people call Bowie a master of reinvention, they're usually referring to a moment in his 1970's purple patch when he flitted between literate singer/songwriter, multiple alter egos (Ziggy, Aladdin Sane) and musical styles (blue eyed soul, electronic pioneer). They don't normally use the term to indicate the time when, after more than a decade of being in the public eye, he released one of his biggest singles ever, 'Let's Dance', and leapt into the mainstream like never before (it hit number one on this day, April 23, 1983). [...] Read more!

Los Angeles death metal band Mouth of the Serpent is streaming its new six-song EP "Manifest" over on Bandcamp. "Manifest" was recently released by Swimming With Sharks Records. Mouth of the Serpent will be playing at Malone&aposs; Bar and Grill in Santa Ana on April 21st and at the Aladdin Jr. in Pomona on April 28th. The band has shared the stage with... Read More/Discuss on Metal Underground.com

mp3: Gene And Eunice - Move It Over, Baby Gene and Eunice were the Los Angeles version of New Orleans' Sweethearts of the Blues. They're even referred to in places as the Sweethearts of Rhythm & Blues and their records were released on the same label as Shirley and Lee, Aladdin. There is a few differences though, Gene and Eunice were actual sweethearts and I think it's fair to say they were also technically better singers (hey, you KNOW I dig the off-key sounds of such winners as Let The Good Times Roll and Feel So Good). Today's selection, Move It Over Baby is a great shuffler with a fine sax solo. The singing duo are ably backed up by Johnny Otis' band, credited as Johnny's Combo. It was the b-side to This Is My Story, which reached #8 on the R&B; charts in 1955. And now for some housekeeping. I should let you know that for the next four weeks I will be travelling, so the post frequency might dip a little (or a lot, depending on how much free time I scrounge). But don't despair, I'll be back mid-May with loads more posts. In the meantime, you can get your Diddy Wah fix ...

Marina and the Diamonds will tour, tour, tour this summer. Some dates are with Coldplay. Others are not. Dates are below. Tour Dates: *indicates with Coldplay JULY 10 Los Angeles, CA The Fonda Theatre 11 San Francisco, CA The Fillmore 13 Portland, OR Aladdin Theatre 14 Seattle, WA The Showbox @ The

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And now for a guest post from a couple of DJs who I've recently had the pleasure of meeting and hearing play. The duo go by the handle Double Agent 7 and they've got two London gigs coming up this very week -- Wednesday at The Globe, Notting Hill and Saturday at The Brown Derby, Oval -- plus many more in the pipeline. DJs Double Agent 7 have got taste! Not only is their selection on the Aladdin label, but it features Earl Palmer on the skins. Please make them feel very welcome. Big "T" Tyler - King Kong King Kong ...

Catch ‘em at: 7.10 Los Angeles, CA The Fonda Theatre 7.11 San Francisco, CA The Fillmore 7.13 Portland, OR Aladdin Theatre 7.14 Seattle, WA The Showbox 7.15 Vancouver, BC Commodore Ballroom 7.18 Denver, CO The Summit Music Hall 7.21 Chicago, IL Park West 8.14 Washington, DC 9:30 Club 8.16 New York, NY Webster Hall 8.17 [...]

Horse Feathers , led by singer-songwriter Justin Ringle and longtime collaborator, violinist Nathan Crockett, broadens their sonic palette on Cynic’s New Year to include 11 musicians playing instruments including drums, French horn, piano, bells, upright bass and banjo. The album was recorded at Portland’s Miracle Lake Studios with producer Skyler Norwood (Blind Pilot, Talkdemonic) as well as at Ringle’s own Hawthorne Park studio. Praised by NYLON for their “delicately wrought and rustic tales of promise and woe,” the group’s three previous releases have garnered critical acclaim with The Onion noting that Ringle adds “both pathos and mystery ...