Beth Orton (a contributor on the album) will front Mercury Rev when they perform “The Delta Sweete Revisited,” their remake of the 1968 Bobbie Gentry album, on tour this fall. There’s an L.A. date in October.
The Paranoyds, SWIMM, Cosmonauts, SadGirl, Sister Mantos, Hana Vu, Black Nile and Goon are among the first wave of performers announced for Echo Park Rising, Aug. 15-18. Still to come: The Liberty Stage headliners and the full lineup for the massive neighborhood bash.
In late September, Canadian duo Tegan and Sara will publish a memoir, “High School,” and release a new (related) album, “Hey, I’m Just Like You.” The following week, they play L.A.’s Orpheum Theatre.
Happy Sundays brings two free events to Long Beach — this Sunday’s open-air concert and, on Aug. 25, a multi-venue festival featuring Prettiest Eyes, Tropa Magica, Sunny War, White Woods, Billy Changer and a headliner to be announced.
Neil Young, Norah Jones and Father John Misty highlight a daytime benefit concert on Sept. 14, with Lisa Loeb doing a campfire performance for overnight sponsors.
In advance of their appearance this weekend at the Pitchfork Festival in Chicago, Haim have scheduled a hometown show on Wednesday. Tickets for the Teragram Ballroom concert go on sale Tuesday.
The Hermosa Beach Summer Series has announced two weekends of music, comedy, film, craft beers and food. The headliners are Atlas Genius, the White Buffalo, Mariachi El Bronx and a reunited Iglu & Hartly.
Gary Numan will headline the first night of Substance, a new event on Nov. 1-2 in downtown L.A. heavy on electronic, post-punk and darkwave music. Presale tickets are available now.
Sheila E., the Record Company, REO Speedwagon and Blues Traveler highlight the lineup at this year’s free Pershing Square Saturday Night Concerts series, which kicks off this week.
The On the Water Festival debuts Oct. 12-13 at Huntington State Beach, with Slightly Stoopid, Dirty Heads and 311 atop the lineup.
