Westsiders get an extra dose of free shows starting Sunday when the four-week BLVD on the Pier series kicks off. The matinee pop-up shows (free with RSVP) will be held in the VIP area used for the Twilight Concert Series on Thursday nights this summer, and they will feature the Rachel Fannan-led Only You [pictured], […]
The Jesus and Mary Chain have added two more SoCal shows to their pre-FYF Fest itinerary — back-to-back nights at the Fonda Theatre during which they will play their debut album “Psychocandy” from front to back. The Scottish rockers had previously announced an Aug. 13 show at the Glass House, with Cold Cave opening. A […]
Chinatown Summer Night roars back into action on Saturday, July 25, with seven Los Angeles bands rocking the LA Weekly Live Music Stage, capped by a headlining performance from Andy Clockwise. The lineup of bands, expanded this month, includes SWIMM, Alex Lilly, Corsica Arts Club, Isaac Rother & the Phantoms, Street Joy and The Bad […]
Cat Power and the Julie Ruin will be joined by the likes of Kim Gordon & Alex Knost (dba Glitterbust), Kate Nash, Kimya Dawson and Cherry Glazerr at Burger A-Go-Go 2 on Saturday, Sept. 5 at the Observatory. The annual Burger Records bash begins the night before with a pre-party featuring Cults and Bleached. General […]
The Pershing Square Summer Series has announced its 2015 slate of free shows, highlighted by double-bills featuring Shelby Lynne [pictured] and the Jayhawks on Aug. 1 and Rickie Lee Jones and Joseph Arthur on July 25. The annual summertime fare at the downtown park kicks off with a series of lunchtime concerts on Wednesdays starting […]
The Figat7th Downtown Festival returns starting July 10 with eight consecutive Friday nights of free concerts featuring the likes of Superhumanoids, Adrian Younge & Friends, Buyepongo, Quetzal Guerrero, KING and a Stones Throw Records night boasting Peanut Butter Wolf, Dam-Funk and guests. The music goes off on the upper plaza of the Figat7th retail center […]
Individual tickets for shows as part of UCLA’s Center for the Art of Performance (CAP UCLA) series go on sale Friday, with the 2015-16 season bulging with tasty musical offerings along with its usual slate of theater, dance and spoken word. The season kicks off Aug. 13 with blues legend Buddy Guy [pictured], with L.A. […]
Synth-pop icon Gary Numan will play three of his most highly regarded albums in their entirety over a three-night residency in the Los Angeles beginning Sept. 29. The shows come after Numan wound up a long tour behind 2013’s “Splinter (Songs From A Broken Mind).” The shows, at the new Teragram Ballroom, will feature the […]
The Van Pierszalowski-fronted power-pop quintet Waters [pictured], electro-pop sensations Hundred Waters and Superchunk frontman Mac McCaughan have scheduled shows as part of the free, all-ages Saturdays Off the 405 series at the Getty Museum. Waters will be appearing July 11 in support of their sophomore album “What’s Real.” Playing Aug. 22, Hundred Waters, currently on […]
Rock veterans Nickelback have been forced to cancel more than 40 North American Your dates — including Friday’s show at the Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre in Irvine — after singer Chad Kroeger was diagnosed with a cyst on his voice box. Kroeger will undergo vocal cord surgery in three weeks, the band’s representatives said in a statement. […]