Tonight in L.A.: Jessie Ware, Ride, Tame Impala, Earl Sweatshirt, the Preatures, Lieutenant, Ariana Grande, Drive Like Jehu, LIFE, Nik Freitas, Shamir
A little midweek madness for you: â–º Jessie Ware headlines the Wiltern behind her widely acclaimed sophomore album “Tough Love,” which came out in October. â–º Reunited British shoegazer Ride warm up for Coachella with a date at the Roxy Theatre, supported by Eagulls. â–º Reunions, Part 2: Drive Like Jehu, back after 20 years […]
Priced out of Coachella? Or are you just desert-averse? Fear not: There are local festivals each of the next three weekends, including the April 18 return of Brokechella for its fifth and most ambitious year. Mounted by DIY promoters cARTel, Brownies and Lemonade, Shifty Rhythms and Department 4, Brokechella returns for a second year to […]
Fantastic Tuesday in store — choose carefully: â–º South Africa-bred, Nashville-based quartet Civil Twilight [pictured] visit the Troubadour behind their forthcoming third album “Story of an Immigrant.” Knox Hamilton opens. â–º Coachella-bound Andrew McMahon in the Wilderness headline the Roxy, supported by Haerts. â–º Sibling duo the Fontaines kick off a Tuesday residency at Harvard […]
Tonight in L.A.: System of a Down, Odessa, Dorothy, Winter, Francisco the Man, Magma, Barrows, Hellgoats, Santoros, Maroon 5, Liam Horne
First Monday in April, and it’s a good one: â–º System of a Down [pictured] kicks off their “Wake Up the Souls” tour (advocating for the recognition of and reparations for the Armenian Genocide) with a show at the Forum â–º Odessa [see “I Will Be There”] kicks off a run of free Mondays, leading […]
Incoming: Coachella, System of a Down, Maroon 5, Odessa, Francisco the Man, Dorothy, Winter, Magna, Civil Twilight, Andrew McMahon, Jenny Lewis, the Fontaines, Jim Lauderdale, Great Caesar, the Used, Dutch Party, Jessie Ware, Ride, Tame Impala, Earl Sweatshirt, the Preatures, Lieutenant, Ariana Grande, Drive Like Jehu, Kimbra, Benjamin Booker, Caribou, the Warlocks, the Underachievers, Odesza, […]
Tonight in L.A.: TV on the Radio, Maroon 5, Kitten, Andy Grammer, Nikka Costa, Kitty Daisy & Lewis, Mercies, Kera & the Lesbians, Nacosta, Maxim Ludwig, the Main Squeeze, the Movielife, Carmada
Friday’s highlighted shows, and there are many, and all the rest: â–º TV on the Radio visits the Hollywood Palladium behind their acclaimed album “Seeds,” their first in more than three years. â–º It’s Maroon 5 at the Forum. â–º Kitten does the first of two nights at the Troubadour, supported on this one by […]
Thursday is a many-splendored thing: â–º London duo Public Service Broadcasting — who go by the names J. Willgoose, Esq., and Wrigglesworth — bring their unique live show to the Roxy Theatre behind their new album “The Race for Space,” which focuses on the U.S.-Soviet Union space race from 1957 to ’72. The duo’s sample-filled electronic […]
Wednesday, April 1: Updated, 11:55 a.m. â–º Ibeyi, the French-Cuban twins that made Bronson’s 10 Coolest Things at SXSW play a sold out Masonic Lodge at Hollywood Forever Cemetery. ** â–º From Flaming Lips to Sky Ferreira, Duran Duran to Jim James and Karen O, the Music of David Lynch will be a congregation of […]
Tuesday, it’s three days from Friday: â–º Seth Avett and Jessica Lea Mayfield sing Elliot Smith at the Wilshire Ebell Theatre. â–º The catalog of Brazilian master-musician Rodrigo Amarante (video above) is epic. See him live with Big Search and Noah Georgeson at the Bootleg HiFi. â–º The Echo hosts Shannon & the Clams and […]
March’s final Monday night options: â–º Alas, it is the final night of the Conway residency at the Satellite. Zak Waters, Khari Mateen and Maceo Paisley support the finale. â–º Tim Gray & the Delusions at the Wayfarer will serve as a soothing alt-country kick-off to the week. â–º Rap-rockers Hollywood Undead are joined by […]