Incoming: Dua Lipa, Erykah Badu, Car Seat Headrest, Joywave, Nick Waterhouse, Kimbra, M. Ward, Cuco, Johnnyswim, the Frights, Dave Davies, Vista Kicks, Dorothy, Beth Hart, Joey Dosik, Mike Gordon, Diet Cig, Touché Amoré, Jeff Rosenstock, Queens of the Stone Age, Dan Auerbach, Veruca Salt, Chuck Ragan, Mumiy Troll, Dent May, Clap Your Hands Say Yeah
Also on Monday: Pompeya, Sea Ghouls, Third Vision, the Absolute, Shannon & the Clams, Helloween, Black Pussy
Incoming: Mumiy Troll, Animal Collective, High Highs, Eliot Sumner, Natalie Merchant, DZ Deathrays, Carah Faye, Pennywise, St. Lucia, Eleanor Friedberger, Miner, Dreamers, Together Pangea, Jack Garratt, José González, Lightning Bolt, Slowdive, Crystal Castles
Happy Sunday: ‣ Brooklyn’s Matthew Houck aka Phosphorescent plays a sold-out show at the Park Plaza Hotel. That’s Phosphorescent’s video for “Ride On / Right On” above. ‣ Ultimate Breaks and Beats happens at the Echoplex where Biz Markie, Peanut Butter Wolf, J.rocc and Break Beat Lou all spin vinyl 45 DJ sets with special […]
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 […]
Random encounters of the festival kind at the first night of Filter magazine’s Culture Collide, as reported by Kevin Bronson, Seraphina Lotkhamnga and Andrew Veeder: Highlight of the night Fans of the British indie movement/dream-pop/shoegaze have the rare chance to see one of the originals this weekend at Culture Collide, but the witching-hour set by […]
In the thick of it on a Thursday: ‣ Detroit indie-pop band Dale Earnhardt Jr. Jr. plays the El Rey Theatre behind its new EP “Patterns” [that’s the new video for “Dark Water,” above], with and Bad Suns opening. ‣ His new album “Mala” having come out in March, Devendra Banhart headlines the Fonda Theatre. […]
Great Saturday ahead: ‣ Here’s a show that comes with all the fixings – the Burger Records mini-festival Burgerama goes off at the Observatory in Santa Ana, featuring OFF! (pictured at Coachella last year), Wavves, Ty Segall, the Strange Boys, FIDLAR, White Fence, King Tuff, the Lovely Bad Things, Dirt Dress, Audacity, Pangea, Feeding People, Tomorrow’s […]
Top 3 hangs this holiday weekend: ‣ The FYF Fest goes off downtown at Los Angeles State Historic Park, featuring this week’s Weezer, Wavves [that’s video for “Post-Acid,” above], along with the likes of the Rapture, Panda Bear, School of Seven Bells, Best Coast, the Soft Pack, AA Bondy and about 30 others. More on […]
[Happy birthday and many more, Stevie Wonder …] What does rock ‘n’ roll, Russian style, sound like? Two parts simmering classic rock, one part fractured pop and … pretty cool, actually. Mumiy Troll, originally scheduled to visit L.A. in March as part of the Russian Winter Festival, plays tonight at the Roxy; it’s a makeup […]
