Final Monday of the month, here goes: ‣ Tapes ’n Tapes, the Minneapolis quartet who early this year released their third and best album, “Outside,” visit the Satellite to do a makeup show for the scotched Sunset Junction. It’s also the final night of Stone Darling residency, and while the show isn’t free (it’s a […]
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.
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):
‣ Sunset Junction’s website teased a music lineup announcement today, but there’s no word yet. There are plenty of great names floating around on the rumor mill for the Aug. 27-28 street fair. How would you feel about another blast from the Melvins (who did a Silver Lake residency in January)? Yeah, that’d be nice. […]
[Happy birthday Pete Doherty, wherever you are …] Top show picks for a scrumptious Saturday: ‣ Denver quartet DeVotchKa headlines the Music box behind its new album “100 Lovers,” and supporting will be two very good L.A. acts, Mariachi El Bronx and Hands. ‣ French pop trio Revolver [see “Parallel Lives” and “Get Around Town”] […]
Wild Light’s reach might have exceeded its grasp on Saturday night at the El Rey Theatre, but the New Hampshire quartet still displayed a keen sense of songcraft that marks them as future contenders. The foursome writes big anthems that remind you of Arcade Fire, the Killers and U2, and while the material isn’t exactly […]
