The neon curves spelling “Brill Bruisers” illuminated blue and red on the stage as The New Pornographers opened with a bang during its show at the Wiltern Friday. The bold chorus of the title track of its new album, released in August, immediately set the energy high. After the Pains of Being Pure at Heart […]
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Q&A: The New Pornographers frontman talks latest album ‘Brill Bruisers’
More than four years since the release of its critically acclaimed album “Together,” Canadian indie rock pop band the New Pornographers has re-emerged in the pop scene with its latest record, “Brill Bruisers.” Having made a more conscious effort to unite the album musically and lyrically, the arpeggio- and synthesizer-heavy “Brill Bruisers” has brought a […]
Concert Review: Gerard Way
A year since he last took the stage with his former band, My Chemical Romance, Gerard Way seemed relieved to be performing again as he claimed the mic at The Fonda Theatre Tuesday night. His time off had taught him a thing or too about life and the music industry, and he didn’t hesitate to […]
Throwback Thursday: ‘The Ed Sullivan Show’
It was the 1950s; a newer phenomenon called rock ‘n’ roll was sweeping the country, and television was starting to take its throne. It was inevitable: Video did indeed kill the radio star, and one show drove the dagger. Originally titled “Toast of the Town,” “The Ed Sullivan Show,” hosted by entertainment journalist Ed Sullivan, […]
Mixed-genre band Atomic Walrus to release first EP ‘Slug Life’
When the band members of Atomic Walrus first sat down to pick out a band name, they wanted to encapsulate their style. The band took two names and blended them, mixing the song “Atomic Dog” by the P-Funk and the Beatles’ “I Am The Walrus.” The band’s resulting name, Atomic Walrus, embodies the band’s blended […]
Duo’s Fowler Out Loud concert to draw on Haitian Vodou influences
In Thursday’s musical performance at the UCLA Fowler Museum, the only instruments that Winter Schneider and Yves Figaro will use are a set of Haitian drums. The Fowler Museum’s concert series Fowler Out Loud will begin its performance season for the new academic year with a mix of song, dance, narration and drumming performed by […]
Q&A: Duo BROODS speaks on whirlwind success, working with Lorde’s producer
A few years ago, brother and sister Caleb and Georgia Nott, of the New Zealand alternative band BROODS, were living in a town of less than 50,000 people. And now, according to SoundCloud, more than 40 times that many people have listened to their single “Bridges.” BROODS began gaining a lot of buzz in the […]