This Saturday night, February 8, Taleen Kali celebrates the release of new EP, Covered, at The Love Song Bar, right under the Regent Theatre in downtown Los Angeles. Taleen Kali will play an unplugged set with cover songs, rarities and more. Plus, I’ll be DJing throughout the night. Tickets are available now, so click this link to pick up yours as soon as possible. Covered is out on Valentine’s Day and features covers of songs by Smashing Pumpkins, My Bloody Valentine, The Supremes, Garbage and Depeche Mode. You can pre-order a copy of Covered now on Bandcamp.
As for the rest of the week, here’s what’s happening in L.A., including David Lynch movie screenings, Whammy! Analog’s third anniversary, Stuart Murdoch’s Nobody’s Empire book tour and more.
Belle & Sebastian “Legal Man” single, Belle & Sebastian Girls in Peacetime Want to Dance and Nobody’s Empire by Stuart Murdoch
Stuart Murdoch just released his first novel. Called Nobody’s Empire, it’s inspired by the Belle & Sebastian singer’s own experiences. In the novel, a young, Scottish man develops chronic fatigue syndrome, also called myalgic encephalomyelitis (ME), which changes his life and brings him together with a new group of friends and leads him on a path towards songwriting.
Nobody’s Empire is a beautifully written story about finding your people under difficult circumstances. It’s also filled with vivid details about the music and fashion of late 1980s and early 1990s indie/alternative subcultures. Recently, I was able to meet up with Murdoch on Zoom for an interview that is now out in the Books section of Southern California News Group papers. (Here’s a gift link to read the story.) You can catch Murdoch at Barnsdall Gallery Theatre for his L.A. stop on the book tour.
I’ve been a Belle & Sebastian fan for a long time, so I wanted to list my favorite songs from the band here as well. Keep reading to see the picks.