Tonight in L.A.: A.A. Bondy, Weekend, the Spill Canvas
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Also: A.A. Cowboy Mouth, Good Graeff, Gentleman Junkie, Broods and more
This Week's Shows: Low End Theory Festival, Wilco, Tame Impala, Sheryl Crow
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Other L.A. concerts: Milky Chance, Unknown Mortal Orchestra, Matt & Kim, Fu Manchu, Dwight Yoakam, First Aid Kit, A.A. Bondy, Sky Ferreira, Yuna, more
Tonight in L.A.: Kings of Leon, St. Vincent, Musink, Kraftwerk, Afternoons, the Black Lips, Weekend, Ana Tijoux, the Toadies, Lydia Loveless, Wakey Wakey
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Your fantastic Friday: ‣ Kings of Leon bring their “Mechanical Bull” tour to the Forum. ‣ St. Vincent visit the Wiltern behind her new self-titled album. That’s the video for “Digital Witness,” above. ‣ Kraftwerk winds up its stint at Disney Hall with “The Mix” and “Tour de France.” ‣ Resurgent local sextet Afternoons play […]
SXSW 2014: Raging with Young Fathers, psyched out by Temples and traversing Nikki Lane’s avenues
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[SXSW, where legs go to die …] (@krbronson) on Friday at SXSW: The emcee at the British Music Embassy for Friday night’s all-Scotland lineup at SXSW wasn’t kidding when he trumpeted the region’s diverse musical palette. Earlier in the evening, the club Latitude 30 had hosted indie-folk, electro and post-punk bands – and then, as […]
Tonight in L.A.: Lobsterfest, Freedom Fry, Johann Johannsson, Jason Isbell, Weekend, Agalloch
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Sunday things: ‣Â The English Beat, Suedehead, Torches, Beat Club and Safety Orange all wrap up the last day of Lobster Festival at the Port of Los Angeles in San Pedro. ‣ Freedom Fry, Warships, Oona, GUIDES, the Low and more get together at District La Brea Summer Garage Jam (181 S. La Brea Ave.) ‣ […]
The Week Ahead: Sept. 9-15
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Incoming: Pixies, Meg Myers, Together Pangea, Austra, Ariana Grande, OneRepublic, Minus the Bear, MGMT, Julia Holter, the Mission UK, AFI, Boz Scaggs, ON AN ON, Meiko, St. Lucia, the Zombies, Jonathan Rice, Jimmy Cliff, Dave Stewart, Godspeed You! Black Emperor, Body/Head, Titus Andronicus, AlunaGeorge, the Jacksons, Local Natives, Jose James, Morgan Page, Matt Wertz, Alice in […]
Tonight in L.A.: Justin Timberlake and Jay-Z, Weekend, Geographer, Bruno Mars, Amy Grant, International Pop Overthrow, Cayucas
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‣ Anybody going to see Justin Timberlake and Jay-Z at the Rose Bowl? The “Legends of the Summer” tour date is sold out. The Bay Area show on Friday night was a blast. See the Rose Bowl’s advisory for attendees right here. Wearing a “Suit & Tie?” Probably not recommended. ‣ Brooklyn post-punkers Weekend celebrate […]
The Week Ahead: July 22-28
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Incoming: Wolfmother, the Postal Service, Savages, Bastille, Davis Fetter, Futurebirds, PAPA, the Happy Hollows, NO, Candlebox, the 1975, Big Freedia, Hockey, Saint Motel, the Belle Brigade, Modest Mouse, Skylar Grey, No Age, Night Terrors of 1927, Glassjaw, Dan Wilson, Twin Shadow, Bauhaus, Rancid, Viva Pomona, International Pop Overthrow, the Cult, Courtney Love, Frightened Rabbit, Fitz […]
Gallery: Part Time Punks’ Shoegaze Festival
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Words and photos by Matt Draper For fans of layered, wafting guitars and introspective yet noisy backdrops, the longtime Sunday night weekly Part Time Punks showered said devotees with the stacked 11-act Shoegaze Festival last Sunday at the Echoplex. Dubbed “the world’s first” (I wonder …), the event featured performances from contemporary ’gazers such as […]
Ride rides again (in a fashion): Shoegaze Festival to feature Mark Gardener backed by L.A.’s Sky Parade
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I can’t tell how many times I’ve listened to the Ride album “Going Blank Again,” which came out 20 years ago this spring. The cassette (!) stayed in my car for years after its release, and the work of the Oxford, U.K., quartet remains nonpareil (let’s argue) among bands who melded pop sensibilities with the […]
