Yeah Yeah Yeahs, MGMT (performing “Oracular Spectacular”), Future Islands, M83, Empire of the Sun, Hot Chip, Caribou and the Walkmen top the lineup for this year’s Just Like Heaven festival, May 13 in Pasadena.
It’s that time of year: Here’s Buzz Bands LA’s annual mix of new seasonal releases, “The Wholly Holiday Music Mix, 2022.” BYO boughs of holly.
Exuberant as ever, Future Islands kicked off their 59-date Calling Out in Space Tour at L.A.’s Greek Theatre on Wednesday night. “Hit the Coast,” indeed.
Incoming: Subsuelo 10-Year Anniversary, Andrew Berkeley Martin’s Rock & Roll Dreamland, Megadeth, Patti Smith with Jack Smith, Bobby McFerrin with Madison McFerrin, Dom Salvador, Marianne Faithfull, Micky Dolenz, Circle Jerks, Jackson Browne, Bob Mould, Green Day, Weezer, Fall Out Boy, A Flock of Seagulls, TLC, Keith Sweat, Caifanes, Hanson, Future Islands, Portugal. The Man, Jodeci, Buddy Guy, Gaby Moreno, Rufus Wainwright, the Milk Carton Kids, Scarypoolparty, Ty Segall, Wet Leg, Twin Shadow, Watkins Family Hour, Warbly Jets, Lindsey Stirling, Jagged Baptist Club, Barrio Fino, Little Simz, Zee Avi, Send Medicine, Leon Knight, Gang of Youths, Phish, Robyn Hitchcock, Olivia O’Brien, Salami Rose Joe Louis, Royal & the Serpent, Meatbodies, Between the Buried and Me, Say Sue Me, Between the Buried and Me, Brett Dennen, Zapp, Lukas Nelson & Promise of the Real, A-Trak, Dead & Company, Umphree’s McGee, Satellite Citi, D.A. Stern, the Delta Bombers, Grant-Lee Phillips, Lucy & La Mer, Sasami
Watch Future Islands; stream Gail Ann Dorsey, Nathaniel Rateliff, Phoebe Bridgers, Nebula and more.
Watch Future Islands; stream Mamalarky, Carina Zachary (Husbandry), Rosehardt, Buddy Miller and more.
Future Islands’ sixth album “As Long As You Are” arrives in October. Frontman Samuel T. Herring strikes a somber note on the second single “Thrill.”
Also on Thursday: Azealia Banks, STRFKR, Slash feat. Myles Kennedy, Smoke Season, MXXWLL, Send Medicine, Okudaxij, Slothrust, Brenda Carsey, Future Islands, Jungle Fire
Incoming: Dave Matthews Band, Katy Perry, Phoenix, the Zombies, Arthur Buck, Leon Bridges. Ohmme, Meiko, Azealia Banks, Eagles, Betty Who, Murder by Death, STRFKR, Slothrust, Korn, Anita Baker, Gold Star, ZHU, Lyrics Born, Slash, Rostam, Glendale Open Arts & Music Festival, Vagabon, GOGGS, Jimmy Eat World, Joan Jett & the Blackhearts, the Distillers, the War on Drugs, Saint Etienne and many more
It was a grand night — for insects and dance music fans alike — when Future Islands hit the Greek Theatre on Tuesday.
