On the occasion of its 50th anniversary, Big Star’s “#1 Record” was the focus of the Wild Honey Foundation’s benefit concert on Saturday. Backed by the Wild Honey Orchestra, the special guests shined.
Big Star’s “#1 Album,” which turned 50 this year, will be celebrated as the Wild Honey Foundation’s benefit concert resumes after the pandemic hiatus. The Nov. 5 show at the Alex Theatre will be co-presented by Jody Stephens, the band’s drummer.
Big Star’s “#1 Album,” which turned 50 this year, will be celebrated as the Wild Honey Foundation’s benefit concert resumes after the pandemic hiatus. The Nov. 5 show at the Alex Theatre will be co-presented by Jody Stephens, the band’s drummer.
With the three surviving members of the Lovin’ Spoonful joining in — their first time onstage together in almost two decades — the Wild Honey Orchestra’s annual benefit concert Saturday was more than a mere celebration of the ’60s greats’ music. The sold-out crowd at the Alex Theatre felt the love.
Graham Coxon, Terry Reid, Dan Wilson, Eliot Easton, Clem Burke, John Easdale, Bill Janovitz, Redd Kross, the Three O’Clock and the Baseball Project joined the L.A. collective to perform the 1968 album “The Kinks Are the Village Green Preservation Society” and and bunch more at the annual benefit for the Autism Think Tank.
Backed by a 16-piece band, Father John Misty played songs from his new album “God’s Favorite Customer” and more at the Hollywood Bowl.
Backed by a 16-piece band, Father John Misty played songs from his new album “God’s Favorite Customer” and more at the Hollywood Bowl.
Pussy Riot’s American debut on Tuesday night at the Lodge Room was a blaring 40 minutes of political theater — performance as a weapon.
Filthy Friends’ “Invitation,” the album from the all-star lineup of Corin Tucker, Peter Buck, Scott McCaughey, Kurt Bloch, Bill Rieflin and Linda Pitmon, is out Friday. They play the Teragram Ballroom on Aug. 30.
The Magnetic Fields’ audacious, adventurous “50 Song Memoir” features one tune for each year of songwriter Stephin Merritt’s life. He’ll perform the album over two nights, Friday and Saturday, at Royce Hall.
The Magnetic Fields’ audacious, adventurous “50 Song Memoir” features one tune for each year of songwriter Stephin Merritt’s life. He’ll perform the album over two nights, Friday and Saturday, at Royce Hall.
Long-running British art-punk band Wire celebrates its 40th anniversary this weekend in L.A. “We liked the idea of spending it playing in a basement club,” Colin Newman says.
In different ways, Bon Iver and Patti Smith found resonance in freedom and love on an overcast, soggy night at the Hollywood Bowl.
