Monday, kinda like a weekend: ‣ We can’t seem to get enough savagery. U.K. post-punk femmes Savages return to L.A. for the third time this year (four, if you count Coachella) when they play the Fonda Theatre, with Duke Garwood opening. Here’s what it looked like in July when Savages rocked the El Rey. Above, […]
Your Monday menu:Â ‣ It’s a night of pop with Cher Lloyd, Fifth Harmony, Jackson Guthy and Zara Larsson all tackling Club Nokia. ‣ Electro-pop artists Little Boots and MNDR team up at the Troubadour. That’s Little Boots’ video for “Satellite” above. ‣ It’s a School Night presents Susanne Sundfor, Octopus Project, Mypet and Nervous […]
Your Monday outlook: ‣ The Weeknd, aka Abel Tesfaye brings his Kiss Land Tour to the Greek Theatre for the first of two nights that feature L.A. songstress Banks and Australian DJ Anna Lunoe ‣ Philly rockers Free Energy kick off a residency at the Echo, where they are joined by the Ten Thousand, Cillie […]
Incoming: The Weeknd, Banks, HIM, Dear Boy, Free Energy, Zak Waters, Laura Mvula, KING, Lee Dewyze, Grouplove, Valient Thorr, Bastille, Butch Walker, Parachute, King Krule, Body Language, Meiko, Cold War Kids, The Julie Ruin, Stars, the Orb, Midlake, FIDLAR, Gold Panda, Thievery Corporation, Lynard Skynard, Valerie June, Dirty Beaches, Cold Cave, Telepathe, Diana Krall, Juliette […]
So much Friday fun: ‣ Jubilee Music & Arts Festival, the 2-day with street festival between Santa Fe Ave. and 6th St. in downtown L.A., kicks off today with acts such as the Black Lips, Trash Talk, Bleached, Free Energy, Kitten and many more.  Check out the complete set times here. ‣ Capital Cities, Gold Fields and DWNTWN all return […]
The Jubilee Music & Arts Festival made it official tonight: The Drums, Black Lips, Free Energy and Kitten top the bill for the two-day event June 7-8. Promoters have extended the availability of pre-sale weekend passes, at $35, until Thursday. Formerly known as the Silver Lake Jubilee, the festival this year has moved from the […]
In one of the more unusual stunts in the annals of festival promotion, the newly relocated and newly re-christened Jubilee Music & Arts Festival today leaked a flyer for its two-day event. Local blog The Scenestar published the big reveal, and you don’t need an advanced degree in the Daily Jumble to figure it out: […]
Your fantastic 1st of March: ‣ Hey, Jimmy Kimmel, you and Matt Damon are on the list: Morrissey and Patti Smith hold forth at Staples Center, winding up a week of anticipation and public relations adventures. ‣ Surfer Blood previews music off its forthcoming album “Pythons” (coming out this summer) at the Echo, with Grand […]
[Blues shredder Jonny Lang turns 30 on Saturday. In other celebrations:] Top picks for a frenzied Friday: ‣ Daniel Lanois’ Black Dub and Rocco DeLuca play tonight the El Rey Theatre. ‣ El Ten Eleven and Superhumanoids team up to rock the Central SAPC in Santa Monica ‣ Tonight in the final installment of the […]
[Birthday greetings go out today to Owen Pallett …] Tonight’s top 3 hangs: ‣ Funeral Party – the young East L.A. rockers who recently made NME’s list of the year’s top new bands – kick off a residency at the Bootleg Theater. They’re signed to RCA, which has pushed back the release of their debut […]
