Incoming: Gogol Bordello, k.d. lang, SYML, U.S. Girls, Architects, Billie Eilish, Talib Kweli, Albert Hammond Jr., Son Lux, Jawbreaker, Lord Huron, Mt. Joy, Drugdealer, Run River North, Glen Hansard, Steve Aoki, Coin, Porches, Current Joys, Moaning, Ghostface Killah, Eden, Protomartyr, the Wedding Present, New Politics, Antibalas, ZZ Ward
The second single from the new collaboration between Neko Case, k.d. lang and Laura Veirs is an ode to the “best kept secret in Silver Lake.” Who is it?
Sunset Junction is off. The L.A. Board of Public Works on Wednesday unanimously rejected the Sunset Junction Street Fair’s permit for this weekend’s festival, ending a week’s worth of drama that included impassioned arguments for and against the two-day event, initial rejection of the festival’s application and a frantic 36-hour fund-raising effort by organizers to […]
UPDATED, 5:30 p.m.: Sunset Junction organizers have raised the $141,000 in city fees to resubmit their case to the L.A. Board of Public Works on Wednesday morning. The morning post: Organizers of the beleaguered Sunset Junction Street Fair are scrambling to collect donations in an effort to reach the $141,000 they need to induce the […]
The Los Angeles Board of Public Works voted this morning 3-1 to deny a permit for this weekend’s Sunset Junction Street Fair – but the matter may be reconsidered at the commissioners’ next meeting on Wednesday morning. With only Commissioner Valerie Lynn Shaw – who admitted she’d never heard of Sunset Junction until this year’s […]
The fate of next weekend’s Sunset Junction Street Fair will be decided on Monday morning at a meeting of the Los Angeles City Board of Public Works. The meeting, which is open to the public (live audio is available here), is scheduled for 9:30 a.m. in Room 350 at City Hall. At issue are fees […]
This just in from our friendly neighborhood local newspaper: Sunset Junction’s permits may be withheld until festival organizers pay $267,000 the city is owed. Stay tuned.
Tonight’s touts: ‣ Richard Buckner [pictured], his first album in five years, “Our Blood,” out this month, kicks off a co-headlining tour with David Kilgour tonight at the Bootleg Theater. [See our recent post on Kilgour; visit Pitchfork for a download of the Buckner song “Traitor.”] The Buckner/Kilgour bill is an early show; later, locals […]
Sunset Junction is barely more than three weeks away? Time to plan. Here’s how to get tickets, and after the jump, the complete set times (with one “special guest” still to be announced):
Last weekend’s Stagecoach, the country music cousin to Coachella, capped three consecutive weeks of music at the Empire Polo Field in Indio, offering a diverse lineup of veterans, commercial stars and indie artists. Photographer Scott Dudelson sent along this gallery. For a good read, check out Randy Lewis’ review in the Times.
