Substitution by Silversun Pickups (Live)
Silversun Pickups make a return visit to KROQ with an amazing performance of Substitution.
Mixing in Iceland
Time-lapse video of TheAlbumLeaf mixing the upcoming album A Chorus Of Storytellers in Mosfellsbær, Iceland.
January Shows
JANUARY
1/1 Mika Miko (Last Show Ever) @ The Smell
1/1 The BLANK Tapes @ Echo Curio
1/2 ColorCromatic, Littlest Viking @ Club Nokia
1/2 High Castle @ The Smell
1/4 Lucy Schwartz @ Room 5
1/5 Woodsman, Bipolar Bear @ L’Keg Gallery
1/5 Pearl Harbour, Woodsman @ The Smell
1/6 Best Coast, Brilliant Colors, Dunes @ Synchronicity Space
1/8 Sonic Youth, Sic Alps [...]
Vic Chesnutt 1964 – 2009
The Constellation Records website has posted an announcement that Vic Chesnutt died this afternoon in Athens, Georgia. “In the few short years that we knew him personally, Vic transformed our sense of what true character, grace and determination are all about. Our grief is inexpressible and Vic’s absence unfathomable,” the announcement said.
Alcoholic Faith Mission
Alcoholic Faith Mission started in Brooklyn, NY in 2006. The apprentices of dejection, Thorben Seierø Jensen and Sune Sølund, were wandering around in the raw wintery-streets, shooting the breeze and brushing on alcoholism when suddenly before them was big neon cross. This was a holy congregation called Apostolic Faith Mission. “It’s just like booze is [...]
SSPU to join Muse on 2010 US tour
Silversun Pickups announced as main support for Muse’s 2010 US tour:
February 27, 2010 @ Gwinnett Center, Atlanta, GA
March 1, 2010 @ Patriot Center, Fairfax, VA
March 5, 2010 @ Madison Square Garden, New York, NY
March 6, 2010 @ TD Banknorth Garden, Boston, MA
March 13, 2010 @ Palace Of Auburn Hills, Detroit, MI
April 5, 2010 @ The [...]
Bon Iver
In the winter of 2006, Justin Vernon, a 25 year old struggling indie musician, retreated to his dad’s remote log cabin in Eau Claire, Wisconsin, to repair his broken heart. While there he wrote nine songs, which became the album ‘For Emma, Forever Ago.’
My Education preview new album Sunrise
For the past ten years My Education has combined screaming feedback-laden guitars, swirling melodic viola and a thundering rhythm section with tinges of bells, strings and horns. The band spent most of 2009 working on the follow-up to their previous LP, Bad Vibrations. Tucked away into the studio, they have captured a calamitous [...]
Upcoming Shows
DECEMBER
12/7 Morrissey @ Fox Theater Pomona
12/7 Pizza!, Signals @ Pehrspace
12/7 Polyamorous Affair @ The Echo
12/7 Mere Mortals @ Spaceland
12/8 Willie Nelson @ Club Nokia
12/8-10 Jonathan Richman @ The Mint
12/8 AM, Sara Lov @ Hotel Café
12/9 The Finches, Foot Ox @ The Smell
12/9 Grandhallway @ Bootleg
12/9 Zaza @ Spaceland
12/10 Skinny Puppy @ Club Nokia
12/10 Morrissey @ [...]
Featured New Releases
Coming Soon
12/15: Animal Collective, Fall Be Kind (Domino)
12/15: Bonnie “Prince” Billy, Funtown Comedown (Sea Note)
1/12: Vampire Weekend, Contra (Interscope)
1/19: Eels, End Times (Vagrant)
1/19: Surfer Blood, Astro Coast (Kanine)
1/26: Beach House, Teen Dream (Sub Pop)
1/26: Charlotte Gainsbourg, IRM (Because Music/Elektra)
1/26: Magnetic Fields, Realism (Nonesuch)
1/26: Spoon, Transference (Merge)
2/2: Los Campesinos!, Romance is Boring (Arts & Crafts)
2/2: The [...]
The Album Leaf: A Chorus of Storytellers
The fifth album from San Diego’s very own multi-instrumentalist Jimmy LaValle.