Meditations on Crime, the sweeping musical collaboration and multimedia project spearheaded by Harper Simon, will release an album and an art book on Sept. 23. The three tracks released so far speak to the wildly imaginative music and the talents of the collective’s boldfaced names.
Oct. 9, Inara George pays tribute to her godfather Jackson Browne with Eleni Mandell, Mandy Moore, Van Dyke Parks, Alex Lilly, Juliette Commagere, Barbara Gruska, Sean Watkins, Harper Simon, and more.
How to get wowed on a Wednesday: ‣ Aloe Blacc [pictured], D’Angelo, Angélique Kidjo and Bettye LaVette are the special guests at the Hollywood Bowl for “Get On Up: A James Brown Celebration,” which features Christian McBride as musical director and a host of people who once played in Brown’s band. ‣When’s that debut album […]
Incoming: Echo Park Rising, Pacific Festival, Flume, Sara Bareilles, Queen Caveat, Panama, Bettye LaVette, Justin Timberlake, Us the Duo, FKA Twigs, Sugar Ray, Dear Boy, Dilated Peoples, NONONO, Mike Stinson, Lykke Li, Casey Veggies, ZZ Top, Harper Simon, Reignwolf, Evan Voytas, Eric McFadden, Death From Above 1979, Imelda May, Foxygen, La Santa Cecilia, Flaco Jiménez, […]
Something about the letter “H” today: ‣ Hot As Sun’s debut album “Night Time Sound Desire” is out this week on Last Gang Records, and tonight the band [pictured] hosts the second of its “Sweaty Disco” nights” at Los Globos, syupported by TV Girl and Mirror Talk. ‣ Hunter Hunted wraps up its residency at […]
Fresh off the plane from Austin and already plotting tonight’s adventures: ‣Â The Thermals, fresh off torching Austin in seven shows at SXSW, head up the Check Yo Ponytail 2 night at the Echoplex. The Portland trio, whose sixth album “Desperate Ground” comes out April 16, will be supported by Joyce Manor, Dunes and Death Hymn […]
Your Monday show options: ‣ MØ – aka Danish electro-soul singer Karen Marie Ørsted – is featured in the lineup at It’s a School Night at Bardot, along with Austin Brown, Hamburg duo BOY and Mikhael Paskalev. That’s MØ’s video for “Glass,” above. ‣ Hunter Hunted vault into Week 2 of their residency at the […]
The opening night of Harper Simon’s free Monday night residency at the Satellite this month lacked nothing for variety and star quality. First, there was the headliner, the son of Paul Simon, doing songs off his forthcoming album “Division Street” (due March 26) and fronting an all-star band that included Rock and Roll Hall of […]
First Monday of March: ‣ Harper Simon is doing the free Mondays in March at the Satellite, and to get things off on the right foot the support lineup on this opening night features Jenny O., the Living Sisters and Stephen Sowan. ‣ Sudan-born, New York-based Sinkane brings his wild funk to the RSVP-only It’s […]
[iframe width=”450″ height=”253″ src=”http://www.youtube.com/embed/PilVAqMMSnc” frameborder=”0″ allowfullscreen>[/iframe] Incoming: Sinkane, Alpine, Harriet, Hunter Hunted, Harper Simon, Marcus Foster, Spain, Maserati, Amanda Palmer, Frank Turner, the View, Black Label Society, Youngblood Hawke, the James Hunter Six, Lavender Diamond, Laidback Luke, Swedish House Mafia, Moe, Johnny Gill, Darwin Deez, Matt & Kim, Flogging Molly, Efterklang, the Men, Buckcherry, Pennywise, […]
