Live Review: Sigur Ros at The Greek Theatre (Review 2)

October 2, 2008 Week Of Shows, Episode Six Do you believe in faeries? Sprites, pixies, nymphs, woodland spirits, angels? Perhaps you should. Because to experience Iceland’s Sigur Ros live is to witness an event so elemental and pure as to be otherworldly in its divinity – cascading, sonorous epics and simple hymns proposed with love and reverence for all […] […]

Live Review: Supergrass at the Avalon, July 12, 2008

Photo by the author Despite overseas success in their native U.K., Supergrass seemed like the punchline to a joke when they were first heard stateside in the mid-90s. With a flip album title, seemingly novelty single, cheeky facial hair and a derivative sound (insert Kinks, The Who, Faces and T. Rex references here), they were by […] […]

Live Review: The Gutter Twins at The Roxy, July 10, 2008

(Photo by Sam Holden) If only one thing could be said about former Afghan Whigs’ front man/current Twilight Singers’ front man/current Gutter Twins’ co-front man Greg Dulli, it’s that he’s consistently inconsistent. Dulli – who’s made a career out of mining the darker side of the heart’s needs in the tiny hours — ranges from brilliant songwriter […] […]

Eskimo Hunter plays last LA show before returning to the studio

A note from one of the band members: “This Thursday will see the return of Eskimohunter to the stage for the first time in several months. We’re…debuting material from our upcoming long-player. In all liklihood, we will go “dark” again after this show until the record is done… ” The Official Line: Thursday, March 20th ESKIMOHUNTER at THE […] […]