Folk / pop singer-songwriter Josh Rouse performs at World Cafe Live tonight. The Nebraska native, who now lives in Spain, is touring behind his recent The Happiness Waltz release. Throughout his career, Rouse has perfected an up-tempo-but-hushed sound that makes his recordings both inviting and intimate. Waltz returns Rouse to his English language roots after 2010′s bi-lingual El Turista effort. Tickets and information for tonight’s show with Eleni Mandell can be found here. Below, watch his new film noir inspired video for “Julie (Come Out of the Rain).”
Les Claypool brings his Duo de Twang to The TLA tonight. Fitting in a handful of dates before he heads out on tour with his main band Primus, Duo de Twang features Claypool and guitarist Marc Haggard in an intimate, unplugged set-up. According to a review of a Duo de Twang show in Los Angeles, the set-list for the evening includes a mix of Primus favorites, original material and some covers as well as a significant amount of banter and story telling. Tickets and information for tonight’s show can be found here. Below, watch the Duo (in this instance Claypool and Chris Robinson) perform “Battle of New Orleans.”
Experimental DJ Flying Lotus headlines Union Transfer tonight. The Los Angeles-based musician / producer (real name Steven Ellison) has an impressive musical pedigree – Alice Coltrane was a great-aunt and Ravi Coltrane counts Ellison as one of his cousins – but he’s forged his own path in the electronica / hip hop world over the course of four studio efforts. Most recently, Ellison released his 2012 Warp Records LP Until the Quiet Comes, on which he showed his ability to cross genres and blend concepts with transcendent results. Tickets and information for the show with Teebs and Thundercat can be found here. Watch Flying Lotus’ short film for “Until the Quiet Comes” below.
XPN welcomes Matt Duke to the Tin Angel. The New Jersey native continues to tour behind his recent Love On a Major Scale EP, which hit #6 on the iTunes singer-songwriter chart last December. Duke has been hitting the stage hard up and down the east coast lately, and this June he’ll be heading down to the Outer Banks for Pat McGee’s Down the Hatch OBX event after getting back into the studio this spring. Tonight’s concert will feature opening sets by Matt Santry and Zach Hurd; tickets and information can be found here. Below, watch Duke perform “The Eyes” at World Cafe Live and download the song for free here.
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