Grand Performances have announced their slate of free summer concerts at California Plaza downtown – including a huge “Stones Throw Picnic” with Peanut Butter Wolf [pictured], Madlib, Dam-Funk and the Lions along with shows by Grammy Award-winning songstress Angélique Kidjo, L.A.-based Malaysian singer Yuna, local folk outfit Miner and Quetzal, the East L.A. legends who […]
Jack U, the alliance of Skrillex and Diplo, along with Tiesto, Disclosure, A$AP Mob, Axwell, Flosstradamus, Dillon Francis and Nero, have been announced as the top-liners for this year’s expanded HARD Summer festival, which moves to Whittier Narrows Recreation Area for a weekend of electronic music and hip-hop Aug. 2 and 3. The full lineup […]
Arcade Fire is playing the Roxy tonight, a day after closing out Coachella in exuberant fashion, according to an announcement on Facebook. The Canadian indie-rockers posted this at about 9 a.m.: We’re playing a small show at The Roxy in Los Angeles tonight and have 30 pairs of tickets to give away. Upload your Reflektor […]
As Arcade Fire is onstage closing out the final night of Coachella 2014, the band announced that its “Reflektor Tour” will return to L.A. for two nights at the Forum. Tickets for the shows, Aug. 1 and 2, have two on-sale dates – local and Facebook pre-sale is from 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. Thursday; […]
Record Store Day is a marketing gimmick, friends, like Valentine’s Day. After all, you shouldn’t wait for just one day per year to tell your local music purveyor that you love him/her/them, right? But it wasn’t that long ago that the death knell was being sounded for all record stores, and now you can’t fling […]
The Haden Triplets [pictured], whose debut album came out in February, are joined by Sub-Saharan dance music wonder Noura Mint Seymali, Cuban “son” group Conjunto ChappottÃn and zydeco marvels Jeffery Broussard & The Creole Cowboys on the schedule for the 18th annual “Sunset Concerts” series at the Skirball Center. The six free shows run weekly, […]
The Pixies, Julian Casablancas and Nicolas Jaar have been added to the lineup for Coachella, which announced set times tonight. Let your planning begin:
This will come as welcome news to anybody who was in the back two-thirds of the Gobi Tent for Rodriguez’s set at last year’s Coachella Valley Music & Arts Festival: Organizers have moved the Do Lab stage and art installations to the Terrace area at the southern edge of the festival. The Do Lab, celebrating […]
Australian rockers the Jezabels, who Tuesday announced the postponement of their U.S. tour, this morning laid out the new agenda for a North American jaunt in support of their sophomore album “The Brink.” The L.A. date is now June 5 at the El Rey Theatre. The rest of their dates are here.
Australian rock quartet the Jezabels, who were about to embark on a U.S. tour behind their sophomore album “the Brink,” have postponed their those dates, including a show that was scheduled for Wednesday night at the El Rey Theatre. An exact reason was not given, but in a post on the band’s Facebook page, they […]
