@milogreene @ lollapalooza 2012

[milo greene - @ lollapalooza 2012 - 1957]

♥

@milogreene "1957" video

[milo greene - 1957]

In support of their upcoming album, Milo Greene has released a new beautiful and haunting music video for their single “1957,” one that makes you want to crawl up and live inside of it. (Paste Magazine)

loves forever. july 17th = debut album. be there.

2012 @filtermagazine culture collide music fest

FILTER Magazine’s third annual Culture Collide Festival will return to Los Angeles this October 4-7, bringing four days of incredible music, art, film and more to Echo Park. As one of the most buzzed about festivals of the fall season, Culture Collide will welcome performances by of Montreal (US), Junip (Sweden), School of Seven Bells (US), Clinic (United Kingdom), Penguin Prison (US), Class Actress (US), John Talabot (Spain), Dean Wareham Plays Galaxie 500 (US), Breakestra (US) Tribes (United Kingdom), American Royalty (US), Moss (Netherlands), The Standards (Thailand), The Kavanaghs (Argentina), and Marit Larsen (Norway), with many more to be announced soon.

for more deets: http://culturecollide.com/

there are a limited # of $20 passes; get 'em here while they last! i've been going for the past two years-- always good times, good music, good fun. xoxo

hollywood bowl 2012

hwd bowl season's about to start... so stoked!

tix onsale here. happy picnicking!

June 24 - Glen Campbell: The Goodbye Tour - 7pm 

KCRW's World Festival

Glen Campbell, Dawes (with special guests), Jackson Browne, Kris Kristofferson, Courtney Taylor-Taylor, Lucinda Williams, Ann Litt (Host)

July 1 - Ben Harper • Fitz and the Tantrums • Vieux Farka Touré - 7pm

KCRW's World Festival

Ben Harper, Fitz and the Tantrums, Vieux Farka Touré, Garth Trinidad (Host)

July 15 - Reggae Night – Tuff Gong Worldwide & Ziggy Marley Salute Legends of Reggae - 7:00pm

KCRW's World Festival

Toots and the Maytals, Ziggy Marley, Maxi Priest, Freddie McGregor, Bob Andy, Jeremy Sole (Host)

August 10 - Norah Jones - 8pm

Weekend Spectaculars

Norah Jones

August 22 - Anita Baker • Esperanza Spalding - 8pm

Jazz at the Bowl

Anita Baker, Esperanza Spalding

August 24 & 25 - Diana Krall - 8pm

Weekend Spectaculars

Diana Krall, Los Angeles Philharmonic, Alan Broadbent (conductor)

September 9 - Hot Chip • Passion Pit • Omar Souleyman - 7pm

KCRW's World Festiva

Hot Chip, Passion Pit, Omar Souleyman, Jason Bentley (host)

September 23 - Animal Collective • Flying Lotus • Huun Huur Tu - 7pm

KCRW's World Festival

Animal Collective, Flying Lotus, Huun Huur Tu, Valida Carroll (host)

September 30 - Wilco - 7pm

Special Concerts

Wilco 

long way down to the bottom of the river @deltarae

working on compiling a summertime/free LA shows; in the meantime, some foot-stompin' awesomeness:

[delta rae - bottom of the river music vid]

they're @ the troubadour on tues, 6/19 - deets and tix here.

outside lands (SF)

get yo tickets and join me up in norcal from august 10th through the 12th! i'm excited to see: sigur ros, justice, regina spektor, passion pit, grandaddy, santigold, fun., alabama shakes, tennis... and anyone else i get to catch that weekend.

new(ish) music tuesday @lucyschwartz @sunandthesea

quite the eventful monday-- went straight from work to the bootleg theatre in echo park, where the always delightful lucy schwartz was playing a free show. her new(ish) songs from her EP keep me, released back in nov. 2011, definitely indicate more depth and range. plus, she likes to sing about ghosts... the singer from aqualung also made a special appearance for one of her songs @ the show.

(photo credit: chaotic_flower via instagram)

my only regret is not switching from wedges to flats for the show, as both of my feet feel really smushed right now. meh. #careergirlproblems

and then i get home, check facebook, and WHAT. i am pleasantly surprised to discover that the sun and the sea (three members of an ex-band known as the graduate) just put out a new EP today. enjoy.

so excited for this, y'all. i'm on my fifth round of listens.

why would you live anywhere else?

this song = summer. i'm ready for it.
best coast "the only place" - download it/stream it, et cetera.

@milogreene residency @thesatellitela kicks off 2/13

so, so, so thrilled for this month because milo greene will be at the Satellite (21+) every monday for their residency. who else will i see out there? xox

February 13 Satellite Residency 
Milo Greene (11PM)
Family of the Year
Maniac
Handshakes

February 19 Fingerprints In Store Performance @ 4pm
RSVP Required: http://www.fingerprintsmusic.com/

February 20 Satellite Residency
Milo Greene (11PM)
Hands
Lesands
Haim

February 27 Satellite Residency
Milo Greene (11PM)
JJAMZ
A House For Lions
 Koga

SASS 2012

2011 was full of ups and downs. while i was a dutiful little worker bee for the first six months, i was unexpectedly placed in a rather strangely-opportune state of unemployment. that four month stretch actually gave me quite a bit of time to decompress, gather my wits, reflect, and come back into the work force fully energized.

my resolutions from 2011: overall, i feel i have been mildly successful (with the exception of photo-ing/blogging more, which was an ultimate fail). i also achieved some things which only entered my calendar when i was on the prowl for a job. was given the opportunity to volunteer for a non-profit, to volunteer at the LA Superior Court, and to travel to oberlin, ohio and meet my BFF's baby nora, whom i absolutely adore (if you know me, you will know that i am a BABY STAYS IN THE CORNER-type of person, but this lil one is the exception.). i had committed to taking a japanese proficiency test, so even after i started my new job- i studied. now i know that i can do more to keep learning new things, even while working.

big plans for 2012: after much discussion, i have come up with a catchy acronym which summarizes my goals for this year. it is: Successful Austerity* & Socialization Strategy, better known as "SASS."
*inspired in part by facebook postings by my friend christine c., which juxtaposed descriptive sentences involving "AUSTERITY 2012" with a picture of a $4K pair of shoes. long live shoe sales.

photos from the 2nd Annual DJF Benefit, featuring william beckett (formerly of the academy is...), fun., and jack's mannequin/something corporate, have been posted to their official flickr.

this week is going to get a little nutso for me. shows @ the viper room and then @ the troubadour wed-thurs. hope i make it through!

i’ll be your emmylou, and i’ll be your june @firstaidkitband

[first aid kit - "emmylou" live on KCRW]

love love love love love.

check out their entire live set @ kcrw here & an interview by tavitulle for rookie mag.

playing video games

weird video for an excellent song. creepy rainy day time.
[lana del rey - video games]

all of the ghouls come out to play

[florence + the machine - shake it out]



FLAWLESS.

sorry for being so MIA, internet peoples. i'm back at work and it's been fun adjusting to a normal workweek again. patrick stump (formerly of Fall Out Boy) coming up on monday @ the viper room with elisa. also, can we please talk about halloweekend? it is going to be AMAZE. what are you all dressing up as?

party in the USA

this tokyo police club project has been floating about my internetz radar recently (i almost typed "gloating about," what the what)... finally found them all in one neat little package on soundcloud & discovered that they have an album release date for this "10 Covers, 10 Days, 10 Years" project. it'll be released as a digital album on October 4th, both on iTunes and with special commemorative packaging on their website.

Tokyo Police Club: 10 Days, 10 Covers, 10 Years by TokyoPoliceClub

which is your favorite cover? xx

new @lights video for "toes"

lights has a new album, siberia, dropping on 10/4 (same day as people & things by jack's mannequin; interesting timing, warner). check out her new video below.

[lights - toes (music video)]

in other news, i've been following #nyfw this past week, and recently discovered this: http://www.youtube.com/liverunway! watched the elie tahari (my favorite suits are by him) runway with my mother. loved the flowing sash-like designs. and gold gold gold. one model definitely needed more double-sided tape for her top... awk.

the missoni for target debacle: i'll save that for when i actually get the goods. i am told that a friend's friend was prominently featured in tori spelling's blog-- she kindly gave a baby missoni outfit to the 99 months pregnant (mrs. spelling's words, not mine) mom. celebrities! they're just like us. stay tuned...

i learned to fly on my own

this past sunday, e and i got to catch a very cool performance by lucy schwartz with the heartstrings (string quartet) in a bat!cave. actually, this was @ bronson caves in griffith park, but it was a LEGIT (man-made) cave. she was charming and delightful and all those adjectives; we sat around on chairs (or blankets) and watched a very chill and cozy set.  the performance (five or six songs) was videotaped, and she mentioned we can expect to see it on her site in about a few weeks.  here's the view from the inside:

here's a video from a similar performance she did at bardot.
["Gravity" Lucy Schwartz & The Heartstrings @ Bardot]

and here's me, either lifting off or getting blown off the cliff! i'm a terrible jumper. really, though, does it not look like i'm flying backwards?

culture collide @FILTERmagazine 2011

filter culture collide is back again! last year, i got a free tote and caught some sweet acts @ the satellite (formerly spaceland) and the block party.

the fest is happening in LA on october 6 through 9, 2011, and includes the following acts:

Does It Offend You, Yeah? (UK), Avi Buffalo (USA), The Elected (USA), The Morning After Girls (Australia), The Gift (Portugal), Midnight Surfer (USA), Laura Jansen (the Netherlands), Hands (USA), The Lanskies (France), Carina Round (UK), Cosmic Kids (USA), Sparkadia (Australia), Holger (Brazil) Bixel Boys (USA), You Say France & I Whistle (Sweden), Tropicool (USA), Da Brasilians (France), Hypernova (Iran) and Surf Ambassador Hendo (USA). These artists will be performing alongside the previously announced line-up of CSS, Lindstrøm, Gang Gang Dance, Liam Finn, Datarock, The Asteroids Galaxy Tour, Ximina Sarinana, Isobel Campbell, and many other bands from 23 participating countries.

also, if you must know-- a limited number of festival wristbands, which provide access to all Culture Collide showcases, are available for $20 and can be purchased here.  the whole weekend includes live shows, film screenings, happy hours featuring free food and drink from around the world, and intimate acoustic sets at eight of LA's historic venues including The Echo, Echoplex, Taix, 826LA, Swinghouse Studios, The Church, Reform Academy and Stories Books & Cafe. concluding the festival weekend is the TOYOTA ANTICS block party, a free all-day event in echo park on sunday, october 9.

for more info, please visit the following links:
culturecolide.com
facebook.com/FILTERMagazine
twitter.com/FILTERMagazine

who are you excited to see?

baby fever

i held a baby this weekend, and (after my initial terror) i liked it. video soon.

- meow

show us your bones

last month, i was able to catch milo greene with ampersandblues at a free UCLA Hammer Museum Also, I Like to Rock show, as well as at the last night of the RACES residency at bootleg theater. RACES reminds me of arcade fire, for sure.  super huge crowds and so much excellence at both shows, including a lil band from long beach called pageants at the bootleg gig-- they sounded very low-fi and i was instantly reminded of best coast. no surprise there-- turns out (according to their wiki page) they are recording with bobb bruno of best coast. t/f can someone confirm?

check out further loveliness from milo greene. way to get signed by alex pastavas' label in like, 2.5 seconds. hahah

[milo greene - autumn trees]


this fall, they've got the coveted slot of opening for the civil wars--who recently recorded a daytrotter session on 8/9/11 (best part: the session is totally downloadable).  the LA date is @ the wiltern on 11/19/11, so grab your tickets here before they're gone.

the next week (i think), i followed up with the same KCRW/Hammer Museum series to check out the charming lil three-piece lady danville. i had seen them "open" for jack's mannequin @ the viper room previously (by "open," i mean they played the same night at a less favorable set time-- after the show).  they were super nice and adorable and begged my friend(s) to stay, so that's why i was there. and was immediately won over.

i caught some of their set when they embarked on the jack's mannequin tour earlier this summer, but i missed out on their cover of MGMT's "kids," which, if you know me, is probably my favorite-ist song of all time. so here ya go:

Lady Danville - Kids (MGMT Cover) by CivEZ

dancehall queen

[robyn - call your girlfriend]
 um, will someone please show me how to dance like robyn? loves it.