Ballerina Black’s new EP “Light Sensitive” finds the L.A. gloom-pop trio emerging from quarantine in full glisten, with synths gleaming and bass lines bouncing. Get lost in the swirl of “Holograms.”
Also on Thursday: Oyster Kids, Alicia Witt, Yung Gleesh, Ballerina Black, Gangus, Emily Davis & the Murder Police, the Rare Occasions
Also on Wednesday: Giant Sand, Ballerina Black, Smoke Season, Lee Bains III & the Glory Fire, Javier Dunn
Incoming: Bob Dylan, Sunstock Solar Festival, Chinatown Summer Nights, Yukon Blonde, Tokyo Police Club, Globelamp, Rita Wilson, Rogue Wave, Toots & the Maytals, Earl Sweatshirt, Moses Sumney, Beth Orton and more.
Also on Friday night: Together Pangea, Feels, 1st Vows, Luis the Child, Bestfriends, Jimmy Gnecco, Ballerina Black, Frenship, Nightgown, Sextile
Incoming: Imagine Dragons, Beach Party, Sonny Boy Thorn, Soul Asylum, Big Talk, Basecamp, Andra Day, Sleep State, Barenaked Ladies, more
Incoming: Smokey Robinson, Fort Minor, the Ceremonies, Crash Kings, Tennis System, Pac Div, Jacco Gardner, Paper Pilots, Luke James, the Griswolds, Helmet, Ballerina Black, Elle King, Honeyhoney, LEX, Laudlin Strangers, Scott Bartenhagen, Western Lows, Otep, Wale, Blue Blazer, Aaron Gillespie, Infected Mushroom, Smokey Robinson, Television, Toe, David Serby, Buyepongo, King Chip, Slander, Blackstreet, Radio Moscow, […]
In city never hesitant about giving its bleeding hearts to the U.K.’s crown princes of mopery, there’s always room for Ballerina Black, the Los Angeles trio who continue to produce some of the sleekest pre-millenial alt-rock around. The new EP “Whails” is their first substantial release since the 2012-13 “Injureless” EP trilogy (they teased with […]
Have a fantastic Friday: ‣ Yann Tiersen headlines the Fonda Theatre behind his new album “∞ (Infinity),” with L.A. sextet NO opening. ‣ They’re calling it “Soulshine” – Michael Franti & Spearhead just launched a tour that combines music and yoga. Following afternoon yoga sessions, Franti headlines the Greek Theatre, supported by reggae septet SOJA and […]
It’s a monstrous Thursday: ‣ It’s a big Burgerama warmup show at the Observatory – the Orwells, Twin Peaks, Corners, Thee Rain Cats, Bronch,  L.A. Witch, Criminal Hygiene and more rock the O.C. venue in preparation for the Saturday/Sunday festival there. That’s the Orwells’ video for “The Righteous One,” above. ‣ Kraftwerk continue their tour de catalog, playing “Computer […]
