Tonight in L.A.: Stiff Little Fingers, New Mystics, Verité
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Also on Thursday: Doyle Bramhall II, Tim Kasher, Fruit Bats, Chris Cohen, Kosha Dillz, Wizkid, See Through Dresses, Broken Field Runner, the Slants, Decapitated
Also on Thursday: Doyle Bramhall II, Tim Kasher, Fruit Bats, Chris Cohen, Kosha Dillz, Wizkid, See Through Dresses, Broken Field Runner, the Slants, Decapitated
Incoming: Day N Night Festival, High & Low Festival, Ohana Fest, Sunstock Solar Fest, Kirin J Callinan, Jake Miller, Carbon Leaf, Minus the Bear, Stiff Little Fingers, New Mystics, Chris Cohen, M.C. Hammer, Wovenhand, Eagle Rock Gospel Singers, KOLARS, Las Cafeteras, Quicksand and more
Also on Wednesday: James McCartney/Anna Rose, Sorority Noise, Lael Neale, Kiefer Sutherland, Bird Concerns
Incoming: Haim, Son Volt, Laura Marling, Ozomatli, Andrew McMahon, Tim Kasher, Robyn Hitchcock, Sondre Lerche, Diet Cig, Avec Sans, Feist, Old Crow Medicine Show, Brandi Carlile, Dweezil Zappa, Lewis Watson, Tijuana Panthers, A Perfect Circle
Your fab Friday night: ‣ U.K. rockers Placebo play the Wiltern behind “Loud Like Love,” its first album in four years. The Bret Easton Ellis-narrated video for “Too Many Friends,” above, will test your powers of observation. ‣ Noise-pop duo Sleigh Bells, whose third album “Bitter Rivals” came out this month, visits the El Rey […]
Incoming: Frank Turner, Wavves, the Dodos, Marky Ramone’s Blitzkrieg, Sleigh Bells, Simple Minds, Free the Robots, Disclosure, Atoms for Peace, Haim, Clannad, Langhorne Slim, Reuben & the Dark, Devildriver, Edward Sharpe & the Magnetic Zeros, City & Colour, Kaskade, Little Dragon, MS MR, Braids, Hindu Pirates, Adult, Typhoon, Michael Franti & Spearhead, Gwar, Tim Kasher, […]
[Birthday greetings go out today to L.A. roots legend Dave Alvin …] Tonight’s top picks on a night making top picks is damned hard: ‣ The Soft Pack (that’s their Gia Coppola/Sam Freilich-directed video for “More or Less,” above) return to their home based for a show at the Echoplex with Kurt Vile & the […]
[Birthday greetings to the Meat Puppets’ Cris Kirkwood, who hits the big 5-0 today. Take it from an old blogger, ain’t nothing but a number.] Top 3 big darn deals this weekend if you aren’t into Shakira: ‣ Black-dressed post-punkers Interpol visit the Greek Theatre on Saturday. Maybe they can change weather patterns. ‣ Monster […]
Remember the movie “The War of the Roses?” In terms of true love gone south, it has a lot in common with the video for Tim Kasher’s “Cold Love.” The Cursive frontman’s new album “The Game of Monogamy” came out this week, and the video, starring Kasher and Molly Parker (“Deadwood”), is at once dark, […]
On the night after London buzz kids Mumford & Sons packed the Troubadour, another ballyhooed British band, Wild Beasts, takes on the U.S. by playing the West Hollywood venue. The Leeds four-piece [that’s the video for “We Still Got the Taste Dancin’ on Our Tongues,” above], whose sophomore album “Two Dancers” showcases intensely dramatic pop […]