Metroblogging Los Angeles (Free subscription) | 11/25/2009
For the eleventh straight year, Gobble Gobble Give will be packaging and delivering meals to those in need in and around The Echo on Thanksgiving Day. Yeah, The Echo, that snazzy little joint in Echo Park where a bunch of creepy old white guys recently stared just a little too hard at the three tiny [...]
Phillyist (Free subscription) | 11/20/2009
Photo by Flickr user Helena P. When watching a concert, there are many thoughts that may pop into one's head. "Oh, this is pretty cool, maybe I'll buy their album." Or, "This is putting me to sleep." When I saw Shonen Knife live at Johnny Brenda's on Monday, the thought that immediately popped into my head was, "I wish I could bake this band in to a cake so I could eat them!"...
So Quoted (Free subscription) | 11/13/2009
Wherein searching through my list and skipping the Christmas songs All Her Favorite Fruit, Camper Van Beethoven Autumn Leaves, Edith Piaf Baby Seed, Momma Stud Banana Boat, Edric Connor The Banana Boat Song, George Clinton Banana Boat Song (Day-O) Banana Chips, Shonen Knife Banana Juice, The Mar-Keys Banana Pancakes, Jack Johnson Belleville Jungle, Les Triplettes De Belleville Big Apple, Urban Dance...
Feast of Music (Free subscription) | 11/12/2009
All in all, it was a real hoot this past weekend down in Austin at the fourth annual Fun Fun Fun Fest, where I managed to catch some 30 bands ranging from hardcore, to post rock, to silly dance bands....
Rock and Roll Daily (Free subscription) | 11/06/2009
After 17 years of waiting, Nirvana’s incredible headlining concert at the 1992 Reading Festival was finally (officially) released on CD/DVD as Live at Reading this week. As Rolling Stone previously reported, Kurt Cobain and Co. also played Reading in 1991, performing on the bottom third of the bill on the fest’s first day. A year [...]
LAist (Free subscription) | 11/02/2009
Local Natives will be performing tonight at the El Rey Theatre | Photo by Benjamin Hoste for LAist Our Pick: White Rabbits, Glass Ghost, Local Natives @ El Rey Theatre Tonight NY-bred indie pop outfit Vampire Weekend (LAist Review , #2 , #3 , #4 ) will be performing to a sold-out crowd at yet another unlikely venue, the Art Theater in Long Beach. Japanese all-female pop punk trio Shonen Knife are...
Losanjealous (Free subscription) | 11/02/2009
PICK OF THE WEEK Pixies Doolittle Tour Wed 11/4 w/ No Age Thurs 11/5 w/ Black Gold Fri 11/6 w/ Rain Machine Hollywood Palladium THIS WEEK’S TICKET GIVEAWAYS Bostich + Fussible Nortec Collective Presents Thurs 11/5 Echoplex Info [ENTER TO WIN] Múm w/ Sin Fang Bous & Hildur Gudnadottir Fri 11/6 El Rey Theater Info [ENTER TO WIN] HEADS UP The Books @ Hollywood Forever Masonic Lodge Mon...
Stereogum (Free subscription) | 11/02/2009
Nashville's Jake and Jamin Orrall, aka JEFF The Brotherhood, play a satisfyingly straightforward, minimal style of psychedelic rock 'n' roll that now and again reminds me of a cleaner-cut power-popping Misfits (it's in the vocals cadences). You get some of that in this Brad Holland-directed video for "U Got The Look." They recently did a number of dates with Ted Leo -- he's a fan, which...
LAist (Free subscription) | 11/02/2009
Múm will be performing Friday at the El Rey Theatre | Picture via Múm's Myspace This week legendary Boston-bred alternative rock outfit the Pixies will be taking on a three-night stint at the Hollywood Palladium with local noise-infused rockers No Age (LAist Review , #2 ) and Brooklyn-bred TV on the Radio 's Kyp Malone, who will be performing material from his solo endeavor Rain Machine...
Largehearted Boy (Free subscription) | 10/29/2009
NPR reviews (and excerpts from) Philip Roth's new novel, The Humbling. The official Google blog explains the new Google music search. I posted the list of the online best of the decade (2000-2009) music lists yesterday. Today's additions: Aiming to...
Space 15 Twenty (Free subscription) | 10/28/2009
We're giving away two pairs of tickets for the November 2nd show at The Echoplex. Answer the following question and win a pair of tickets! Shonen Knife: 1. Where and when did Shonen Knife form? Email info@space15twenty with the answers and your full name.
ongoing (Free subscription) | 10/26/2009
It’s been almost two years since I last saw Shonen Knife ; too long. They played Vancouver’s less-than-palatial Biltmore Cabaret ; I got close to the stage with my camera.
Culture Bully (Free subscription) | 10/24/2009
Photo coverage of Shonen Knife & Red Pens at Minneapolis' 7th St. Entry.
3:AM Magazine (Free subscription) | 10/23/2009
There are just a handful of precedents in today’s American music business: Yoko Ono (via John Lennon), Shonen Knife, Puffy AmiYumi. And for eclectic listeners, The Boredoms. Japanese pop music hasn’t survived the flight to the United States well, despite the twin successes of anime and manga. “Today, without anime soundtracks, we’re nothing,” a New York-based Sony promoter...
Seattle Times (Free subscription) | 10/23/2009
Seattle's weekend will be full of music, including Ani DiFranco, Shonen Knife, Visqueen, Ghostface Killah and Blitzen Trapper.
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