Tonight in L.A.: Austra, Hanni El Khatib, Sting
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Also on Thursday: Adam Ant, Joan of Arc, Mr. Elevator, Michael Nau/Valley Queen, Ramonda Hammer, the Brevet, Devildriver, Willie Watson, the Molochs
This Week’s Shows: Feb. 6-12
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Incoming: Smoke Season, Dashboard Confessional, the Revivalists, Alicia Keys, Sting, Tiger Army, StarRo, Adam Ant, Austra, Hanni El Khatib, Tove Lo, Murder City Devils, TOKiMONSTA, Beck, Mating Ritual, Fishbone, the Griswolds, the Chainsmokers, Metallica
Video: Austra, ‘Hulluu’
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Toronto’s Austra returns with a new EP titled “Habitat,” a collection of four songs that continue to combine the ethereal with the haunting in electronic music. However, there is a good chunk of music in there without Katie Stelmanis’ operatic vocals this time around. There isn’t even a peep from Stelmanis until a little before […]
Gallery: Austra mesmerizes at the Echoplex
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What Canadian synth-pop sextet Austra doesn’t convey in sound, they certainly project in their appearance. At their show Monday at the Echoplex – which followed a sold-out date in June at the Troubadour – they arrived in full persona, two men clad in plastic neon green rompers standing as pillars to four women on stage, […]
Tonight in L.A.: Pixies/Meg Myers, Austra, Tobacco, the Zombies, Dear Boy/the Cereonies, Together Pangea, Ariana Grande, Zak Waters, Facts on File
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Your Monday menu: ‣ Pixies begin their four-night stint in L.A. with the first of three nights at the El Rey Theatre, with Meg Myers as support. ‣ Austra stop by the Echoplex in support of their latest album “Olympia.” Diana and Telepathe open. ‣ And downstairs, Tobacco headlines the Echo. Zackey Force Funk also […]
The Week Ahead: Sept. 9-15
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Incoming: Pixies, Meg Myers, Together Pangea, Austra, Ariana Grande, OneRepublic, Minus the Bear, MGMT, Julia Holter, the Mission UK, AFI, Boz Scaggs, ON AN ON, Meiko, St. Lucia, the Zombies, Jonathan Rice, Jimmy Cliff, Dave Stewart, Godspeed You! Black Emperor, Body/Head, Titus Andronicus, AlunaGeorge, the Jacksons, Local Natives, Jose James, Morgan Page, Matt Wertz, Alice in […]
Tonight in L.A.: Emmylou Harris and Rodney Crowell, Iron & Wine, Austra, Johnette Napolitano, Barnaked Ladies, Olin & the Moon, Treetop Flyers, Iggy Azalea, Vans Warped Tour, Tilly & the Wall
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‣ Big night at the Hollywood Bowl, where duets rule the day. Emmylou Harris and Rodney Crowell perform behind their recent release “Old Yellow Moon,” and She & Him – the pairing of M. Ward and Zoey Deschanel – play songs from their new album “Volume 3.” ‣ Iron & Wine visits the First Unitarian Church. […]
Stream: Austra, ‘Hurt Me Now’
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It’s been three years since Austra released their highly regarded debut “Feel It Break.” Fans of the Toronto-based band fronted by Katie Stelmanis won’t be let down by their sophomore release “Olympia.” Opting to ditch the programming and loops, Austra recorded live in the studio to reference everything from Trax Records classic cuts to Yazoo’s “Upstairs at […]
The Week Ahead: June 17-23
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Incoming: Camera Obscura, John Grant, Alice Smith, 3OH!3, Peter Tork, Pitbull, Mount Kimbie, Eleanor Friedberger, Kinks’ Tribute, Ida Maria, Kisses, Warships, Joseph Arthur, Vans Warped Tour, Steve Miller Band, Holy Folk, the Dig, Tilly & the Wall, Sea Wolf, La Santa Cecilia, Wildcat! Wildcat!, Ariel Pink’s Haunted Graffiti, Jonathan Wilson, Bleu, the Game, Iris DeMent, […]
Tonight in L.A.: The Walkmen, Austra, Lobsterfest (Dum Dum Girls, JJAMZ, Youngblood Hawke), Abandoned Pools, AVICII, Pretty Lights, The Bolts
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Today’s going to be a scorcher, but there are plenty of shows to keep you cool: ‣ The Walkmen and Milo Greene do a second SoCal show together this week. This time they’re at the Observatory in Orange County. ‣ Canadian electronic band Austra [pictured above] brings their “dark wave” to the El Rey Theatre. […]
