Here it is, the mix of songs that helped define my 2014.
This year I hit kind of a big one, birthday-wise. My friends at High Voltage threw me a party at The Mint. The whole evening was quite the thrill (there was ice cream cake), but I was particularly excited about the line-up which included George Stanford. Stanford also released a new album this year, Something Better, which included this song, one of my particular favorites.
~ Kristen
Here it is, the mix of songs that helped define my 2014.
This year Carbon Leaf once again decided to break the mold, by re-making their seminal album, Indian Summer in order to reclaim the songs from the label that owned them. When the band came through LA, I was able to sit down with singer, Barry Privett and talk about the album that basically defined my college years. It was thrilling!
~ Kristen
Well, the one exciting thing I did last week involved an NDA, so not much to report here other than my increasing hatred for the smell of coffee. I’m struggling to find a good place to sit and get work done that doesn’t involve that particular odor which makes me nauseous.
Show pick this week? Well, if you were lucky enough to get tickets, The Milk Carton Kids in the little room at Largo will be a fairly epic event I’m sure. If you’re a bit short on cash, there are also quite a few great free show options this week including a Sunday night show at Lucky Strike bowling alley featuring The Shakers and Forebear.
Here are the rest of my selections:
Monday: Josh Kelley and Zane Carney at The Hotel Cafe (8,9)
ALSO: It’s a School Night at Bardot f. Night Riots (8:30)
ALSO: Wilding FREE at The Satellite (11pm)
ALSO: Sego FREE at Bootleg HiFi w/ Bizzy Kiddo, Eastern Conference Champions, and Francisco the Man (8pm)
ALSO: Monday Monday at Room 5 f. Jesse Thomas, Josiah Lemming, Michael Doman, Joel Eckels, etc. (8pm)
Tuesday: Ivory Deville FREE at The Echo (9pm)
ALSO: Distant Cousins at The Hotel Cafe (9pm)
ALSO: Casey Abrams, The Eckels Brothers at Room 5 (7, 9)
ALSO: Little Dove at The Escondite (10pm)
ALSO: Andrew Bird at Largo (8:30)
Weds: Lauren Shera, Laleh, Kris Angelis, OWLS at The Hotel Cafe (7, 8, 9, 10)
ALSO: The Milk Carton Kids at Largo little room (9:30)
ALSO: Jenni Alpert at Room 5 (9pm)
Thursday: Lotus Crush at Molly Malone’s (8pm)
ALSO: The Milk Carton Kids at Largo little room (9:30)
ALSO: Witucky Derby FREE at O’Brien’s (10pm)
ALSO: WATERS at The Roxy (8:30)
ALSO: Eddie Cohn and the Dark Hearts at The Mint (9:15)
ALSO: Twin Shadow at The Troubadour (10pm)
ALSO: Boots Electric at The Viper Room (11pm)
Friday: Jimmy Gnecco & Friends at The Viper Room (11pm)
ALSO: Bad Wolf at Amplyfi (9:30)
ALSO: Night Terrors of 1927 at The Roxy (9pm)
ALSO: Raquel Rodriguez at The Mint (11:30)
ALSO: FIDLAR at The Regent Theater (8pm)
Saturday: Bad Suns w/ Maudlin Strangers at The El Rey (9pm)
ALSO: Honey County at The Hotel Cafe (8pm)
ALSO: Jamie Cullum at Largo (8pm)
Sunday: The Shakers, Forebear FREE at Lucky Strike Hollywood (10, 11)
ALSO: Aly Tadros & Irvin Dally at The Hotel Cafe (9pm)
ALSO: Go Betty Go and The Dollyrots at The Roxy (7:30)
To Keep in Mind:
January 26th: The Ting Tings at The Troubadour
January 27th: Tony Lucca at The Hotel Cafe
January 29th: Crash Kings and My Goodness at The Satellite
January 29th: Brooke Fraser at The Fonda
January 30th: Sean Watkins at McCabe’s
January 31st: Jukebox The Ghost at The Roxy
Feb. 6th: Hozier at The Fonda
Feb. 6-7th: Blackberry Smoke at The Troubadour
Feb. 9th: Catfish and the Bottlemen at The Troubadour
Feb. 9th: Father John Misty at The Roxy
Feb. 9th: Matthew Perryman Jones at The Hotel Cafe
Feb. 10th: Ben Howard at Shrine Expo Hall
Feb. 14th: Saints of Valory at The Hotel Cafe
Feb. 18th: Over The Rhine and William Fitzsimmons at The Troubadour
Feb. 19th: Milo Greene at The El Rey
Feb. 24th: David Cook at The Troubadour
Feb. 24th: Penny and Sparrow at The Hotel Café
Feb. 26th: Empires at The Echo
March 7th: Joshua Radin at The Fonda
March 7th: The Districts at The Troubadour
March 13th: Sir Sly at The Wiltern
March 19th: Joe Pug at The Echo
March 24th: Neulore at The Mint
March 27th: Echosmith at The Fonda Theatre
April 4th: Ben Sollee at The House of Blues
~ Kristen
http://www.localmusicnation.net/
Here it is, the mix of songs that helped define my 2014.
I’d been hoping to see Emerson Hart and/or his band Tonic for years now. This year, I got to see both! This song was a standout from Emerson’s show at The Hotel Cafe. What’s more is that I got to interview Tonic bassist, Jeff Russo, at Comic Con as part of a panel of film and TV composers where I learned about a different facet of music-making.
~ Kristen
Here it is, the mix of songs that helped define my 2014.
In November, I went to a conference in DC. I couldn’t pass up the opportunity to explore another music scene and while I concluded DC is quite a bit different from Los Angeles, I had a great time at U-Street Music Hall seeing Lewis Watson. This kid has certainly grown since I saw him in LA last year. As the year comes to a close, his album, The Morning, is the one I’m obsessively listening to.
~ Kristen
Here it is, the mix of songs that helped define my 2014.
I first came upon this band from Sweden in my listening for SXSW. This song in particular put them on my “must see” list. Tracking them down proved a bit of a challenge and in my first encounter with the band I might have frightened them with my unbridled enthusiasm. They made their return to the US in October for Culture Collide where I got to see them three times and did a fun interview. The piece I wrote from this interview became one of the most clicked articles on our site all year!
~ Kristen
Here it is, the mix of songs that helped define my 2014.
Here’s another one that I’m happy I got to see at SXSW before he blew up. Sam Smith’s album, In the Lonely Hour, is a bit hit and miss for me, but I still contest that he has the voice of an angel as evidences by the acoustic version of “Latch” off his Nirvana EP.
~ Kristen
You must be logged in to post a comment.