With Eyedress, Magdalena Bay and Cowgirl Clue turning in energetic performances — and Scarypoolparty being added to the COVID-thinned lineup — Viva! Pomona wound up its two-day festival with some thrills.
Vex Ruffin’s new album “LiteAce Frequency” arrives Aug. 21 via Stones Throw Records. Like the vehicle it’s named for, it’s a wild ride, though a pretty smooth one.
Also on Wednersday: Steven Adler, Face to Face
Incoming: Seahaven, Vex Ruffin, Face to Face, Erykah Badu, X, Lydia, Poolside, Tropa Magica, the Nervous Return, Gin Blossoms, Yasiin Bey, Puddles Pity Party, the Claypool Lennon Delirium, Together Pangea, Ludacris, Smokey Robinson, John Legend, Osesza, Laura Veirs
Also on Saturday: Franz Ferdinand, Sales, Bedouine, James Blake, Ozomatli, Us the Duo, The-Dream, Vex Ruffin, Mike Cooley, Richard Lewis, Anuhea, Connie Han, Tim Barry, the Zeros, the Bronx, Slow Magic
Incoming: KROQ Almost Acoustic Christmas, Franz Ferdinand, The Used, Angus & Julia Stone, Hanson, Tank, Tune-Yards, Syd, the Shrine, Jane’s Addiction, the Wild Reeds, James Blake, Laura Jean Anderson, Chris Isaak, Chris Robinson Brotherhood, Tijuana Panthers, Bedouine, Sales, Stevie Wonder, Slow Magic
Chino Hills’ Vex Ruffin is set to release his self-titled full-length on Nov. 12 via Stones Throw, who signed him after getting an unsolicited demo in the mail (the only artist the label has acquired that way). Combining a variety of influences including primitive electronica, hip-hop, psychedelia and new wave, Ruffin creates understated, beat-driven music […]
Incoming: Arcade Fire, HARD Day of the Dead, Rob Zombie’s Great American Nightmare, Ronnie Spector, Tori Kelly, Demi Lovato, Slayer, Kanye West, Kendrick Lamar, Bonobo, Danny Elfman, Megadeth, CocoRosie, the Flaming Lips, Tame Impala, Iron & Wine, the Cartel, Andy Clockwise, Geronimo Getty, the Neighbourhood, Gov’t Mule, Lewis Watson, Hiatus Kaiyote, Kirin J. Callinan, Falling in […]
Totally Tuesday things: ‣ After two Coachella weekends, Bat For Lashes aka Natasha Khan [pictured] stops by the Fonda Theatre in support of her latest album “The Haunted Man.” Local lo-fi R&B songstress Ramona Gonzalez aka Nite Jewel supports. ‣ The El Rey Theatre hosts The Revival Tour, an acoustic collaborative showcase of today’s folk, Americana […]
Your Sunday show menu: ‣ The final night of the GV30 celebration of Goldenvoice’s 30 years and punk-rock legacy in Los Angeles offers blasts from the Descendents, the Vandals and the Dickies. It goes off at the Santa Monica Civic Auditorium. ‣ Tori Amos does a second night at the Orpheum Theatre. ‣ Another big […]
