The show lineup on a terrific Tuesday: ‣ Liars play the Fonda Theatre behind their new album “Mess,” with and Cherry Glazerr opening. ‣ Panda Bear (Noah Lennox of Animal Collective) previews music from an album coming later this year at his show at the El Rey Theatre. ‣ Australian power trio Wolfmother rocks the […]
Incoming: Panda Bear, Nothing, Yelle, Liars, Wolfmother, Sohn, Chet Faker, Billy Joel, Rich Robinson Band, Powerman 5000, Elbow, First Aid Kit, Willie Watson, Babes, Parquet Courts, Crystal Fighters, Roll the Tanks, Jamestown Revival, The Bolts, Sea Wolf, Throwing Muses, Die Antwoord, Banks, M.I.A., Potty Mouth, Thee Oh Sees, Local H, Backstreet Boys, Avril Lavigne, Luscious […]
This year’s Desert Daze was a loose, fun affair full of wild lights and wildly good rock ’n’ roll. There were well-received sets from headliners Liars, the Raveonettes and Blonde Redhead, although some technical issues that cut short Autolux’s set also plagued the latter. L.A. duo Deap Vally were joined by two additional vocalists, and […]
Another super Saturday: ‣ Still have a hard time leaving the desert? Then the one-day festival Desert Daze (Sunset Ranch Oasis near Mecca) may be your answer with a stellar lineup featuring Blonde Redhead, Liars, the Raveonettes, Autolux, Unknown Mortal Orchestra, DIIV, Allah-Las and more. Set times and details here. ‣ And if you’re a big country fan, […]
Dustin Krapes, doing business as Habits, put out one of the better under-the-radar albums of the year back in March. Now he’s taking to studio alchemy, remixing songs from five of the artists playing this Saturday’s Desert Daze festival at Sunset Ranch Oasis near Mecca. Habits does a ghost-in-the-machine number on songs from Deap Vally, […]
Those $30 early-bird tickets that were on sale before Christmas are looking even more like a bargain now. Blonde Redhead and the Raveonettes will join the previously announced Liars and Autolux at the top of the bill for the one-day Desert Daze festival on April 26 at Sunset Ranch Oasis near Mecca, 25 miles southeast […]
Liars have made a career of being inscrutable. Obstinately resistant to coloring between the lines, the trio’s forays into punk, noise, garage, electronics and art-rock have made them one of the most consistently challenging yet engaging bands on the landscape, and the weight of 2012’s album “WIXIW” seemed next-level for them. Today they announced that […]
Is it too early to think about April in the desert? Never. Desert Daze, the one-day, Coachella-close festival that relocated to an oasis last year, has announced that Liars and Autolux will headline this year’s edition, scheduled for April 26 at Sunset Ranch Oasis near Mecca, 25 miles southeast of Indio. Early-bird tickets are $30 […]
Random encounters of the festival kind on Saturday night at Filter magazine’s Culture Collide, as reported by Kevin Bronson, Seraphina Lotkhamnga, Andrew Veeder and Mo Herms, with photos by Carl Pocket: Highlight of the night The Raveonettes put an exclamation point on this year’s Culture Collide. Closing out the festival in in the loudest, fuzziest […]
Happy Saturday: ‣ Filter Magazine’s annual Culture Collide Festival goes out with a bang tonight with bands such as the Raveonettes, Rhye, Liars, King Khan and the Shrines, Incan Abraham and more. Updated set times at the end of this post, plus one late change: The Pack A.D. have canceled their set at Lot 1 […]
