Day 2 of the lightly attended Adult Swim Festival offered the fun, funny, weird, heavy and sublime, with the likes of Run the Jewels, Neko Case, Big Freedia, Power Trip, Code Orange and comedians galore.
Members of Nirvana, with John McCauley and then Joan Jett standing in for Kurt Cobain, reunited for a six-song set at Cal Jam, capping a day highlighted by Iggy Pop, Garbage and the hosts and headliners, Foo Fighters.
Courtney Barnett dazzled the crowd at the Greek Theatre on Friday, touring in support of her album “Tell Me How You Really Feel.”
Most everybody knew every song — Interpol’s 75-minute set Thursday night made the expansive Hollywood Bowl feel intimate.
Mumford & Sons, with Eddie Vedder joining in on the finale, closed out Ohana Fest on a Sunday that saw exuberant sets from SoCal artists Beck, Young the Giant and Andrew McMahon in the Wilderness.
Janelle Monae stole the show Sunday at the third annual Music Tastes Good, which offered a balanced diet of rock (The Church, The Black Angels), hip-hop (Lizzo) and more (Hollie Cook, The Blow).
The Vaccines made a long-awaited return to Los Angeles for two nights at Teragram Ballroom in support of their new album “Combat Sports.”
Beck shared his love for Los Angeles at Friday night’s stellar Hollywood Bowl show.
The crowd at Day 1 of Music Tastes Good got quality and diversity — including New Order’s headlining set, Broken Social Scene’s album performance, Santigold’s wild party and Princess Nokia’s consciousness-raising.
Even Eddie Vedder wishes he could be Karen O. Day 2 of Ohana Fest was capped by main-stage performances from Yeah Yeah Yeahs and Vedder on Saturday.
