Sydney Wayser

Sydney Wayser is going on tour opening up for The Hush Sound & The Last Royals.

Not familiar (yet) with her music? Check out “Time Frame” and “Wolf Eyes”:

Phantom Planet: Reunion Shows

On June 13th and June 14th, Phantom Planet are reuniting to play two shows at the Troubadour.

Both shows are already sold out, unfortunately. Stay tuned for more news/possible additional shows!

Song of the Day: Ben Lee

Song of the day: “Is This How Love’s Supposed To Feel” by Ben Lee.

Live at the Troubadour:

LA Shows Tonight: 6/22/2011

If you’re in LA, you may want to check out any of the following concerts tonight, Wednesday June 22, 2011.

• Bell XI &  Jarrod Gorbel (of The Honorary Title) @ The Troubadour.  Tickets.

• Early Winters with Carina Round @ The Bootleg.  Tickets.

• My Morning Jacket @ The Pantages Theatre.  Tickets.

Jarrod Gorbel:

“I’ll Do Better”:

“Extraordinary” acoustic:

Eisley at the Troubadour Tomorrow

Eisley is headlining the Troubadour tomorrow night as part of their tour supporting The Valley, their latest album.

LA Weekly has a write-up of the show you can read here.

The Elected + The Chances @ Troubadour

Michael Runion’s band, The Chances, have been added as an opening act for The Elected‘s record release show at the Troubadour on May 17, 2011.

For tickets, click here.

UPDATE: Click here to stream the entire Elected album, Bury Me In My Rings, a week early.

Be sure to listen to Track 3, “Look At Me Now.”

The Elected 2011 tour dates:

6/13 @ Sail Inn – Phoenix, AZ

6/16 @ Club Dada – Dallas, TX

6/17 @ Emos – Austin, TX

6/18 @ Fitzgeralds – Houston, TX

6/22 @ Local 506 – Chapel Hill, NC

6/23 @ Red Palace – Washington, DC

6/24 @ Johnny Brendas – Philadelphia, PA

6/26 @ Maxwell’s – Hoboken, NJ

6/28 @ Brighton Music Hall – Boston, MA

6/30 @ The Drake – Toronto, ONT

7/1 @ Grog Shop – Cleveland, OH

7/2 @ Schubas – Chicago, IL

7/3 @ Triple Rock – Minneapolis, MN

7/8 @ Tractor Tavern – Seattle, WA

7/10 @ Bunk Bar – Portland, OR

7/13 @ Bottom of the Hill – San Francisco, CA

7/17 @ Casbah – San Diego, CA

Troubadour in May

The Troubadour in LA has a plethora of great concerts lined up for the month of May.

Highlights include:

Thao and Mirah with Led to the Sea on 5/1

The Raveonettes on 5/5 and 5/6

Eisley on 5/15

The Elected on 5/17

For the full calendar, click here.

Giant Drag: LA Shows 2010/2011

Giant Drag will play December 29th at The Satellite (formerly Spaceland) and on January 24th at The Troubadour in LA.

To get tickets, click here.

Troubadour Tonight: Laura Veirs

Laura Veirs, Leslie Stevens & the Badgers, and Led to the Sea are playing tonight at the Troubadour in LA.

For more info, click here.

Recent, High Quality Concert Videos

Below are two batches of concert videos: First are some high-quality, professionally-shot videos from The Like’s September 15th show at London’s Institute of Contemporary Art.

The second set are some good-quality (but not professionally-shot) videos from Jenny and Johnny’s October 5th show at LA’s Troubadour.

“He’s Not A Boy”:

“Release Me”:

“Catch Me If You Can”:

“Why When Love Is Gone”:

Jenny and Johnny at the Troubadour:

“The Next Messiah”:

“Carpetbaggers”:

“Committed”:

“Big Wave”:

“Switchblade”: