After being sidelined twice by the pandemic, Barcelona’s renowned Primavera Sound festival announces it will arrive in Los Angeles Sept. 16-18 with the Arctic Monkeys, Lorde and Nine Inch Nails headlining.
Erykah Badu, Nas, The Roots, Miguel and Jhené Aiko will headline a packed lineup at the upcoming Smokin Grooves Festival set for March 19 at LA State Historic State Park.
Incoming: South on Sunset, X, BTS, JPEGMAFIA, Lindsey Buckingham, Bone Thugs-N-Harmony, Three 6 Mafia, Reverend Horton Heat, Matisyahu, Dustbowl Revival, She & Him, LANCO, CloZee, José James, Berlin, Los Lobos, A Flock of Seagulls, Damien Jurado and Will Sheff (Okkervil River), Gavin Turek, Lauren Jauregui, Laura Marling, Whitmer Thomas, Kid Congo & The Pink Monkey Birds, the Tracks, Me First and the Gimme Gimmes, Father of the Bride Band, Prettiest Eyes, Trixie Mattel, Mayer Hawthorne, Baby Keem, Lady Blackbird, Andrew McMahon, Gabriels, Intervals, Jared Mattson (Mattson 2), John Carroll Kirby, Jack Symes, Ada Lea, Big Sandy & His Fly-Rite Boys, Metalachi, Necromantix, Film School, DRAAG, Mo Dotti, Sloppy Jane, Your Angel, Skullcrusher, Rett Madison, Clinton Kane, Andy Clockwise, Gold Star, Grady Strange, Grace McKagan, Billy Z Duke, Jagged Baptist Club
Incoming: Brownies & Lemonade, Substance LA, Rhondavous, Salon Saturno, Pre-Thanksgiving Fest, The Fifth Annual West Coast Feast, Pie, Deep House Brunch, Boxfest, Love You Down Underground, BTS, Bad Religion, Air Supply, Alkaline Trio, Aimee Mann, NHC (Navarro, Hawkins, Chaney), Thundercat, Lagwagon, GWAR, Courtney Barnett, Dawes, Judith Hill, Kalan.FrFr, Beabadoobee, Tobe Nwigwe, the Record Company, Murs, Art Feynman, Tonstartssbandht, the Regrettes, the Greyboy Allstars, the Midnight, Happy Fits, Bedouine, Sonoda, Citizen, Cold Hart, Soul Syndicate Live, Datamaps, Object of Affection, Deb Never, Boy Scouts, Hot Mulligan, Donzii, The Tracks, Grady Strange, Moonfuzz, Grace McKagan, Ryan Pollie, Gold Star
Incoming: Dreamstate, “Set It Off!” Fest, American Music Awards, Culture Jam Festival, Pershing Square All Dayer, L.A. WOMAN All Femme Revue, Chad’s Home Fest, #20DollarsFest Picolandia, Armin Van Buuren, Aurora, the Crystal Method, Foster the People, Everclear, Dirty Bird, Ricky Martin, Harry Styles, Julieta Venegas, Aimee Mann, Enrique Iglesias, San Holo, 100 Gecs, Jenny Lewis, Jim Lauderdale, Yung Bae, GWAR, Clan of Xymox, Japanese Breakfast, X Ambassadors, Beach Fossils, Buscabulla, Hunny, WAVVES, Lovelytheband, Anjunadeep, Lukas Nelson & Promise of the Real, Fred Armisen, Sasami, Scarypoolparty, St. Panther, Cuffed Up, Jesika Von Rabbit, Tim Heidecker, the Mystic Braves, Sean Nicholas Savage, All Things Blue, Gavin Turek, Bona Vega, Mehro, Wrabel, Squid, 99 Neighbors, Lucero, Jensen McRae, Asi Fui, Club Oro, Cold Hart, Trousdale, Grady Strange, Moonfuzz, Grace McKagan, Ryan Pollie
Incoming: Desert Daze, Adult Swim Festival, Making Memories Festival, Mount Westmore, Nothing Fest III, Post Present Medium 20-Year Fest, SOS Music: Live in Mojave Desert, RÜFÜS DU SOL, Will Smith, Chicano Batman, Lany, The Monkees, Todd Rundgren, Aimee Mann, Midge Ure, Taylor Swift, Lukas Nelson & Promise of the Real, Yves Tumor, Kristin Hersh Electric Trio, Foy Vance, All Time Low, George Clanton, Letters to Cleo, Marcy Playground, Band of Horses, Best Coast, Evanescence, Ry X, Bobby Oroza, Brainstory, Luna Luna, Katie Pruitt, Toosii, Spellling, Honey Child, Jett Kwong, Jagged Baptist Club, Remo Drive, Winnetka Bowling League, Greensky Bluegrass, Rival Sons, The Bots, Cuffed Up, Parker Ainsworth, Jessie Payo, Party Nails, Role Model, Mating Ritual, Crack Cloud, All Time Low, Brett Dennen, Kid Lightning, Dry Cleaning, Noga Erez, Alpine Decline, Deserta, Miss Not Ma’am, Little Miss, Liz Cooper, Pearl Charles, Audrey Nuna, Leeann Skoda, Austin McCutchen with the Western Stars, Teyana Taylor, OHTIS, Grace McKagan, Grady Strange, Moonfuzz, Magdalena Bay, La Luz, Tropa Magica, Agent Orange, Beta Wave
Incoming: Punk in the Park Weekend, 50th Anniversary Celebration of “A Love Supreme,” From Iceland With Love, Knotfest, Head in the Clouds, Live Arts Exchange (LAX) Fest, We Are Lost Fest, Roots & Blues, ComplexCon, El Velorio Día de los Muertos, Wild Horses Festival, New Order, The Go-Go’s, Damon Albarn, My Bloody Valentine, the War on Drugs, Stewart Copeland, T.S.O.L., Ween, Khruangbin, Jeff Tweedy, Grant Lee Phillips, GZA, Raekwon & Ghostface Killah, Julieta Venegas, Snarky Puppy, Tame Impala, Julien Baker, Delta Spirit, Alina Baraz, DRAMA, Laufey, Cuco, Madison Cunningham, Laura Stevenson, Sonoda, Sweeney, Idles, Moonfuzz, Summer Salt, Covey, Dehd, Illuminati Hotties, Heartless Bastards, Blackpaw, Dave Harrington, No Joy, Night Shop, Snotty Nose Rez Kids, Amanda Shires, Blond:ISH, Angels & Airwaves, Bad Suns, Tokyo Police Club, Mega Bog, Daisy, Molly Jenson, $uicideboy$, Leann Skoka, Jessie Payo, Parker Ainsworth, Gin Wigmore, Eyelids, Margaret Cho, Glass Beach, Yves Tumor
Escape Halloween, Dia/Noche De Los Muertos, Honky Tonk Halloween, Dia de los Muertos Punk Rock Celebracion, Fields of Funk, Rituals Fest, Grave Affair, Nightmare on Glam Street, Tim Burton’s “The Nightmare Before Christmas” with Danny Elfman, “Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde” (film + music), “Get Out” with DC6 Singers & the LA Opera Orchestra, Danzig Sings Elvis, Dead Band Party Mosh, Sex Cells, The Rocky Horror Picture Show, Fright Night, James Taylor, Jackson Browne, John Sebastian (Lovin’ Spoonful), Carlos Santana, Blondie, Stewart Copeland, the Go-Go’s, Phish, The Strokes, Björk, Oingo Boingo Former Members, Wilco, Soft Cell, Jonas Brothers, Leon Bridges, FINNEAS, Kaytranada, Lucy Dacus, Nick Rhodes (Duran Duran), Marc Anthony, Greta Van Fleet, Ed Sheeran, the Lox, Caloncho, Cryogeyser, the Gooms, Trishes, Your Angel, DRAAG, Brendan Eder, Hamilton Leithauser, Kevin Morby, Bat for Lashes, Allah-Las, Weird Al Yankovic, Circuit des Yeux, Gothic Tropic, Wolf Alice, Dead and Company, The Hu, Idles, Osees, Wam Dingis, Nation of Language, Glass Animals, Hand Habits, Flat Worms, Amyl & the Sniffers, Ravi Shankar, Jungle, Soccer Mommy, Rituals of Mine, Spare Parts for Broken Hearts, Shigeto, Lydia Loveless, Dream Phases, Mon Laferte, Margaret Cho, Liily, Milly, Brandy Clark, Martha Davis & the Motels, My Morning Jacket, Moses Sumney, DRAMA, Starcrawler, BOAN, Almost Monday, Glass Spells, Cola Boyy, Delta Spirit, Twin Temple, BONAVEGA, Nothing, Paint
Just in time for Halloween, singer-songwriters Parker Ainsworth and Jessie Payo explore the darkness of the desert in their debut EP together, “Black Smoke,” released today.
Bedouine serenely leads listeners through a journey of emotions and relationships on her third album, “Waysides,” released on Friday. The new video for lead track “The Solitude” is an amusing vintage glimpse into the singer-songwriter’s craft for making beauty out of inner turmoil.
