Posts Tagged “Vampire Weekend”
A review of Blk Jks’ May 21, 2009 performance at the Echo in Los Angeles.
Tags: Blk Jks, Brandon Curtis, dub, Echo, ethnomusicology, Graceland, jimi hendrix, Johannesburg, King Tubby, Lakeside, live review, Los Angeles, Martha Stewart, mr bungle, Mystery, Paul Simon, psych-rock, Secret Machines, South Africa, Summertime, TV on the Radio, Vampire Weekend
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With fire in her belly, Lykke Li toured the bulk of her album with refined delivery and interpretation. Gone were the reverb-sauced vocals, and her backing trio of cute indie rock boys, tighter now than newly minted Velcro, provided choir-like vocals and an onslaught of pulsating, dance-insistent beats with minimal electronic manipulation.
Tags: African Anteater Ritual, Amoeba Records, backdrop, Can't Buy Me Love, current release, dance dance dance, Ed Macfarlane, El Rey Theatre, electronic manipulation, Franz Ferdinand, Friendly Fires, goosebumps, Ian Curtis, indie rock, LCD Soundsystem, live review, Los Angeles, lykke, Lykke Li, Mick Jagger, musiczeitgeist.com, New Order, Obama, onslaught, Patrick Dempsey, songstress, Swedish pop, Vampire Weekend, Wendy Rene, Youth Novels
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Did you hear the one about the English folk-pop group and the hip-hop artist that met in a bar?
No punchline here. Just a great night of music at Spaceland Monday night.
Tags: Belle And Sebastian, cinematic experience, Eminem, Girlfriend In A Coma, hip hop artist, Kenan Bell, LA Weekly Detour Festival, live review, Los Angeles, Morrissey, Music Zeitgeist, musiczeitgeist.com, NME, Noah And The Whale, Pigeon John, Spaceland, The Deadly Syndrome, The Night Has Opened My Eyes, The Smiths, Vampire Weekend
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