A very happy Monday to you: ► Resurgent D’Angelo & the Vanguard visit Club Nokia behind their acclaimed 2014 album “Black Messiah.” Meg Mac supports. ► The Sea and Cake’s Sam Prekop, whose latest solo album “The Republic” continues his explorations in modular synths, plays the Hotel Café on a night that also features Panabrite, […]
Incoming: Playboy Jazz Festival, LA Pride Festival, D’Angelo, Tennis System, Hunny, Crash Kings, Sam Prekop, Scavenger Hunt, Sheppard, the Noogies, Making Movies, Dustin Kensrue, the Weepies, Seinabo Sey, Whitesnake, Joseph Arthur, Drenge, Wardell, Broken Arrows, Lupe Fiasco, Yelawolf, Tyler Lyle, the Kooks, A.R. Rahman, Sam Outlaw, Hexes, Holychild, Cosmonauts, In the Whale, Ray Wylie Hubbard, […]
Thursday’s big deals: ► Todd Rundgren does a second night at the Roxy Theatre behind his new album “Global.” ► Canadian singer-songwriter Patrick Watson performs at the Masonic Lodge at Hollywood Forever Cemetery in support of his new album “Love Songs for Robots.” ► His new album “Chrissybaby Forever ” out this week, Christopher Owens […]
Incoming: Make Music Pasadena, Delta Spirit, Northern American, Aurora, Hunny, Tennis System, the Crash Kings, Girlpool, Jack Garratt, Dawes, the Kids in the Hall, Walk off the Earth, Embrace, Starsailor, Robert Plant, Mother Mother, Songhoy Blues, Badflower, Meiko, Nedelle Torrisi, Leikeli47, Ron Sexsmith, U2, Sufjan Stevens, Todd Rundgren, Zella Day, Andy Grammer, No Age, the […]
A big Thursday as we head toward the holidays: ‣ After problems with the P.A. plagued Wednesday night’s show, Ryan Adams returns for a second night at the Wiltern. [Review of Night 1 forthcoming.] ‣ The “Where’s the Band Tour” brings a fivesome of rock frontmen to the Troubadour for solo acoustic performances – Dustin Kensrue […]
Even when he’s not backed by his band Thrice, O.C.’s Dustin Kensrue [pictured] has some pretty formidable songwriting chops, as he displayed on his solo album “Please Come Home,” released two years ago this month. Kensrue gets top billing on a tour called “Where’s the Band?” – which features the frontmen of four rock bands […]