Indoors and outdoors, your Saturday: ‣ Buzzing 21-year-old rapper Azealia Banks brings her “Mermaid Ball” to the Fonda Theatre. ‣ L.A. quartet Saint Motel celebrates the release of its debut full-length “Voyeur” at the El Rey Theatre, supported by Princeton and Chasing Kings. ‣ Moby does an acoustic set and then DJs in the outdoor […]
Too much of a good thing on this Friday the 13th: ‣ Aesop Rock headlines the El Rey Theatre behind his new album “Skelethon” (that’s the video for “Zero Dark Thirty,” above), with Rob Sonic and DJ Big Wiz supporting. ‣ L.A.’s Sea Wolf, San Francisco’s Geographer and all manner of games and fun are […]
Incoming: Family of the Year, Of Verona, P.O.D., Eleni Mandell, Oak & Gorski, Sea Wolf, Mustard Pimp, Andy Clockwise, Marina & the Diamonds, Robert DeLong, the Bouncing Souls, X, Thao With the Get Down Stay Down, Sonny & the Sunsets, Aesop Rock, Azealia Banks and more. Above: Azealia Banks’ video for “Liquorice.” The 21-year-old, with […]
The rain will stop, the shows won’t: ‣ Nineties faves Buffalo Tom headline the Troubadour behind their new album, “Skins,” and the Heavenly States open. ‣ Thao Nguyen, who recently collaborated with Mirah on an album, brings her band Thao With the Get Down Stay Down to UCLA’s Royce Hall. Morning Teleportation opens. ‣ The […]
Who: Thao with The Get Down Stay Down at the Outdoor Theatre In 3 or Fewer Words: Please get up. I’ll Remember This Until: The next underwhelming mid-day folk rock set. Whipping hair and quivering thighs do not a great frontwoman make. There’s no doubt Thao Nguyen is a creative soul with great talent, but […]
[Why, it’s Prince’s birthday. Apparently they celebrated in his hometown over the weekend …] Top 5 ways to start the week that doesn’t involve wearing my Cardinals red to Dodger Stadium tonight: ‣ Thao and Mirah With the Most of All – the teaming of indie-rock songstresses Thao Nguyen and Mirah for tour on which […]
[We wave deliriously to birthday gal Sheryl Crow as we dive into tonight’s deep, deep list of show options:] No matter what you think of Editors’ stylistic left turn – the U.K. quartet [pictured] set aside the rapturous post-punk dance music of its first two albums for gloomy synth-pop on its new record, “In This […]
“Sigh No More,” the debut album from London quartet Mumford & Sons that gets its U.S. release on Tuesday, is worth every bit of its substantial buzz. Theirs is folk music for rambunctious folks, with a spine that runs from clattering indie rock to dark, tender twang. Their show tonight at the Troubadour has long […]
I have only to glance at Stereogum’s post on the most anticipated albums of 2010 to be assured that next year will be better than 2009, when my most-visited album was the Stone Roses’ reissue. [Heartfelt thanks again to the person who gifted me that; you know who you are.] That said, ’09 had some […]
[This weekend’s concert calendar is more crowded than the 405 on a Friday afternoon. Superstars, stars, shoulda-been-stars, rising stars, fading stars – this weekend has it all. And it’s topped off by Sunday’s performance at the Greek by modern-day supergroup Monsters of Folks … see below for the word on the street about that. Here’s […]
