Incoming: The Strumbellas, Magic Giant, Never Shout Never, Girlpool, Air Traffic Controller, Mother Mother, Fenech-Soler, Bomba Estereo, John Legend, Pantha du Prince, No Parents, JR JR, Brian Wilson,Simi Valley Cajun & Blues Festival, Topanga Days, War, Modest Mouse
Liz Phair joined Best Coast for two songs, and Grouplove delivered an explosive set at the benefit for Planned Parenthood at the El Rey Theatre.
Incoming: Hamilton Leithauser, Bear’s Den, Alina Bea, Mogwai, Migos, DNCE, Gregory Uhlmann, Livingmore, Decorator, De Lux, Talib Kweli, Princess, Dan Layus, Martin Sexton, STS9, Morris Day & the Time, American Wrestlers, the Aggrolites, the Early November, Great Good Fine OK, the Sonics, TV Heads
Also on Saturday: Conor Oberst, Hodgy, Slotface, the Lovely Bad Things, Jackie Greene, the Bangles, Snoop Dogg, Louis the Child, Illenium
Incoming: KROQ Almost Acoustic Christmas, Riot Grill Fest, Miike Snow, Rüfüs du Sol, CRX, Waterstrider, Cold War Kids, the Lumineers, Gaby Moreno, Empire of the Sun, La Luz, the Wild Reeds, the Bangles, Stevie Wonder, Jim James, Louis the Child, Conor Oberst, Pere Ubu, Band of Horses, Anderson .Paak, Snoop Dogg, Maria Taylor and many more
Incoming: Chinatown Summer Nights, Lolipalooza, Until the Ribbons Breaks, Oberhofer, Hunny, Tennis System, the Crash Kings, Tashaki Miyaki, Client Liaison, Prayers, PPL MVR, Little Red Lung, the Vonneguts, the Lonely Wild, Ed Sheeran, Nate Ruess, Bilal, the Very Best, Emily Kinney, the Gears, Bell Biv Devoe, Bad Rabbits, Houndmouth, Vic Mensa, Los Crudos, Algiers, Young […]
Peering through the dense stage fog Friday night at the Troubadour where overhead speakers played Chris de Burgh‘s “Lady in Red,†you could just make out the outlines of siblings Jake and Jamin Orall, along with live members Kunal Prakash and Chet Jameson, that make up JEFF The Brotherhood. ||| Photo by Michelle Shiers The […]
It doesn’t take long for singer Zoe Reign to get down to his skivvies at a No Parents show, and by the third song at the Smell on Thursday night he was sporting nothing but burgundy Doc Martens, black briefs and a “Player” ball cap. After making the crowd giggle to his Taylor Swift lip-syncing […]
The bands were (for the most part) young, and the crowds (for the most part) were younger. Lolipop Records’ first Lolipalooza on Saturday at the Echo and Echoplex went off in a big way – more than 30 bands on three stages (including the cozy patio) doing all manner of pop, psych and garage-rock craziness. […]
Your Sunday selection of shows: ‣ The Stagecoach Country Music Festival winds up at the Empire Polo Club with a lineup that includes Luke Bryan, Florida Georgia Line, John Prine and Asleep at the Wheel. ‣ David J & the Gentlemen Thieves plays Los Globos behind his new album “An Eclipse of Ships” – on […]
