Tonight in L.A.: Aesop Rock, Son Lux, Lukas Nelson & the Promise of Real
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Also on Thursday: Motion City Soundtrack, Night Moves, Lights, Mr. Hudson, Chris Pureka, Radio Moscow, Inc.
Also on Thursday: Motion City Soundtrack, Night Moves, Lights, Mr. Hudson, Chris Pureka, Radio Moscow, Inc.
Including: Beyoncé, KROQ Weenie Roast, KIIS-FM’s Wango Tango, Radical Face, Dorothy, the Neighbourhood, Lights, Elliphant, Aesop Rock, Lukas Nelson, John Prine, Bob Mould, Charles Bradley, Macy Gray, FIDLAR, Jackson Browne, Richard Thompson.
The L.A. rapper’s collaborative album with the U.K. producer, “Hella Personal Film Festival,” is out on Friday.
Friday night excitement: â–º Aesop Rock and Rob Sonic bring their “Bestiary Tour” to the El Rey Theatre. â–º Seventy-two-year-old blues institution Swamp Dogg [pictured], whose latest album “The White Man Made Me Do It” dropped last year, is joined by Texas soul man Bobby Patterson and 91-year-old Vera Lee for a night of old-school […]
Incoming: Conway, Sego, The Fontaines, Holychild, Wildling, Cattle Decapitation, Sand Babes, Zane Carney, Maxim Ludwig, Great Interstate, Ivory Deville, Willoughby, The Sloths, Sun Dog, The Dustbowl Revival, Leighton Meester, Willie Nelson, Bad Lands, Jaeger Christian, Stephen Steinbrink, In the Valley Below, Bernhoft, King Tuff, Jr. & Karen Kilgariff, StaG, Jackie Mendez, Monogem, The Playgound, Moot […]
We’ve still got Sunday’s Coachella coverage coming your way. In the meantime, check out all the festival artists playing L.A. tonight: ‣ Rodriguez, the star of Oscar-winning documentary “Searching for Sugar Man” plays a show at the Orpheum Theatre before he has to head back to Coachella for weekend 2. Giant Sand plays as support. […]
Incoming: OMD, Ghost B.C., the Faint, the Postal Service, Rodriguez, Foals, Franz Ferdinand, Smith Westerns, James McCartney, Gary Clark Jr., Polica, Aesop Rock, Modest Mouse, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Dropkick Murphys, Youth Lagoon, A Day to Remember, Palma Violets, Public Enemy, Alt-J, Jello Biafra, Green Day, Purity Ring, La Roux, Bad Religion, Action Bronson, Dinosaur Jr., […]
[Photos and capsule reviews of selected sets from the Hill Street Stage at Sunday’s FYF Fest:] Turbonegro, Liars, Aesop Rock, Father John Misty, Wild Nothing, White Fence, Kishi Bashi ||| Photos by Laurie Scavo After the jump, more photos and capsule reviews:
‣ Day 2 of this year’s FYF Fest shapes up to pack more of a punch than Saturday’s first day, with the Faint, Beirut and Turbonegro joining the likes of Dinosaur Jr., Desaparecidos, Liars, Against Me!, Aesop Rock, Cursive and more. Above, Father John Misty’s video for “Nancy From Now On.” Single-day tickets are available […]
Ballet and hip-hop? Sure. Directors Ben Fee and Pete Lee make it work in the video for Aesop Rock’s “Cycles to Gehenna,” one of the strongest tracks on the rapper’s strong return “Skelethon” (Rhymesayers). Aesop Rock’s sixth album (and first sine 2007) came out in July, and the imagery and emotion in his prosaic flow […]