Radio is dead. MTV, as you have no doubt heard by now, doesn't play music videos anymore.
The best bet for bands these days is to get their song played on a TV show or commercial, as crass as that might sound—just ask Sia, whose "Breathe Me" became a hit after appearing in the series finale of "Six Feet Under," or any number of artists (Caesars, Feist, The Ting Tings) anointed with the career bump that comes from appearing in an iPod commercial. Doug Wallen recently wrote in the Weekly about
Britney Spears, an American popular music singer you may be passingly familiar with, is going back on tour--"The Circus Starring Britney Spears"--with a stop at the Honda Center in Anaheim on April 19. It's her first arena tour in five years, her press release kindly informs us.The tour is named after her new album, Circus, in stores (a non-iTunes, physical place where they sell CDs...weird, right?) today. Also today? Britney's 27th birthday! Have a good one, Brit. I'm sure there's many years of
It's not every day that my love for serialized teen dramas intersects with my sworn duty to cover our local music scene, but a wonderful thing occurred during tonight's Gossip Girl on The CW: Blair's fateful late-episode meeting regarding her Yale application was scored by "Mexican Dogs," a song from the latest Cold War Kids release, Loyalty to Loyalty. The show always does well its musical cues, and that song really added some extra emotional punch (honestly!) to the climactic scene, as well as
It's a surprisingly busy Monday, which is most definitely a good thing. After finishing up watching No Doubt's guest appearance on Gossip Girl tonight--they're playing a band in an '80s flashback and will do their cover of "Stand and Deliver," fun--mayhaps head over to the Continental Room in Fullerton, where the Living Suns (from Fullerton, so an easy trip for them) and Anaheim's Thee Makeout Party!, two bands that we're fans of, will be playing a free show. LA's Dirt Dress are also on the bill
Well, hopefully someone will post a better video of this, but here's No Doubt's appearance on Gossip Girl last night. They played an '80s parallel universe version of themselves (called "Snowed Out," ahahahahaha, so clever) in a mostly flashback episode meant to test the waters for a possible spinoff starring Brittany Snow at a young Lily Rhodes (what we call in the business a "backdoor pilot"). They performed their cover of "Stand and Deliver" by Adam and the Ants, the same tune they played dur
Photo by Andrew YoussefLast Night: Travis, Republic Tigers at the House of Blues, Anaheim; April 9, 2009.Better Than: Seeing Travis Barker or Randy Travis (I've only seen the former, but I'm making an educated guess).Least Appealing Snack Offer: "Delicious Parmesan potato chips basket for $2.00," which was just store-bought potato chips scooped from a bowl. Very eight-grade dance, but sort of odd for a big-budget operation like the HOB.In an parallel universe somewhere, Travis is the biggest ban
