Also on Friday: KAABOO Fest, Ty Segall, Mac DeMarco, Young Jesus, Gruff Rhys, Greg Laswell, Dancing Tongues, Marc Anthony, Phony Ppl, Quantic, Generacion Suicida, Caleb Hawley, Pop Will Eat Itself, SadGirl, CeeLo Green
Incoming: KAABOO Fest, Heart, Richard Marx, Elton John, Buddy, Torche, Sheryl Crow, Ben Harper, Mac DeMarco, Carrie Underwood, Allah Las, Xavier Rudd, Prophets of Rage, Brian Wilson, Explosions in the Sky, Nick Waterhouse, His Name Is Alive, John Mayer, Ex Hex, Lil Keed, Ty Segall, Quantic, CRX, Dancing Tongues, Jay Som, Gruff Rhys, Greg Laswell, Cake, Maren Morris, Adrian Belew, Millencolin, Morgxn, Café Tacvba, SUNN O))) and more
Also on Wednesday: Jessie Reyez, Brian Fallon, Mad Caddies, Tamia, Cleopatrick, Machineheart, A.I. Jones, Billy Strings, the Purrs, Eli Keszler, Jay Rock, Deap Vally, Cristina Black
Incoming: KT Tunstall, Miya Folick, Motopony, Victoria Williams, Jessie Reyez, Bruno Mars, Zhu, Edie Brickell, Carl Broemel, Saintseneca, Luke Top, Welshly Arms, BØRNS, Simple Minds, Gruff Rhys, Years & Years, Cypress Hill, Lisa Stansfield, Kitten, Tauk, the Alarm, Thomas Rhett, LANY, Christina Aguilera, Black Moth Super Rainbow, KCRW Masquerade, Mellowdrone, Surf City Blitz, Seu Jorge, Christine & the Queens, the Red Pears, Dreamers, Phil Collins, Y La Bamba, the Ocean Blue
Super Furry Animals frontman Gruff Rhys released the video for “Frontier Man,” the first single off his fifth solo album, “Babelsberg,” a whimsical orchestral masterpiece.
For two decades and nine albums, Gruff Rhys had captained the good ship Super Furry Animals, the whimsical Welsh provocateurs, as well as engaged in sonic explorations (pun intended) of his own. His new project, “American Interiors,” began with his discovery that he is a descendent of Welsh explorer John Evans, who in the 1790s […]
A super-sized Thursday night of shows: ‣ Cold War Kids play a hometown show at the Regent Theater behind their new album “Hold My Home,” with Avid Dancer supporting. ‣ Future Islands returns to L.A. one more time this year, playing a sold-out show at the Wiltern with Rose Quartz and Speak. ‣ U.K. pop […]
Incoming: Deerhoof, Dirty Loops, Dorothy, Wartime Recitals, Brooklyn Pets, Smallpools, Tegan and Sara, Real Estate, Hoodie Allen, Goapele, Sam Outlaw, X Ambassadors, Culture Club, the 1975, Mr. Little Jeans, the Weeks, Bell Gardens, Cold Specks, Rhett Miller, Bastille, Sky Ferreira, Capital Cities, James Vincent McMorrow, Future Islands, Alexz Johnson, Cold War Kids, Gruff Rhys, Death […]
[Birthday greetings to Ross Flournoy of L.A.’s own Apex Manor. And tonight …] Top picks for your Wednesday: ‣ Liverpool pop whippersnappers the Wombats hit the Troubadour behind their latest album “This Modern Glitch” (remember the fun video we posted in January?). Wild Party and Pop Noir open. ‣ Super Furry Animals main man Gruff […]
By Keith Shackleton Gruff Rhys is prolific. An electro-pop dalliance with Boom Bip (as Neon Neon), the jaw-dropping “Terror Of Cosmic Loneliness” collaboration with unorthodox Brazilian artist Tony Da Gatorra and a guest spot on Gorillaz’ Superfast Jellyfish (with De La Soul) all come from left field. The Super Furry Animals man’s new release “Hotel […]
