Here are your most excellent Wednesday show options: ‣ Ryan Adams does the first of two night at the Wiltern in support of his new self-titled album. ‣ Meiko returns to the Hotel Café for a show on a night that also features Tyler Lyle, Luke & Laura, Found in the Flood and Caitlin Lucia. […]
Here’s your Tuesday show things: ‣ Buckle up: Smashing Pumpkins play the Fonda Theatre behind their new album “Monuments to an Elegy.” ‣ L.A. quartet Francisco the Man winds up a big year that saw them release their long-awaited full-length, “Loose Ends,” with a show at the Echo, supported by Gothic Tropic and Hot Panda. […]
Have a Monday: ‣ Goo Goo Dolls perform at the Embrace the World Benefit Concert, benefiting the Good Shepherd Shelter, at the Troubadour. Run River North open. ‣ Another benefit at the El Rey Theatre – Lord Huron headlines a show for the David Lynch Foundation, with Escondido opening. ‣ Tijuana Panthers head up the the […]
Incoming: Smashing Pumpkins, Goo Goo Dolls, Lord Huron, Tijuana Panthers, Marie Digby, HIM, Mark de Clive-Lowe, Francisco the Man, Smoke Season, Schoolboy Q, Corners, Ryan Adams, Meiko, Art Alexakis, Scott Kinnebrew, the Power Cords, Weezer, Dustin Kensrue. Matt Pryor, Jonwayne, Intronaut, the Dan Band, Fishbone, Mystic Braves, Royal Machines, Stevie Wonder, Dillon Francis, Infected Mushroom, […]
Sunday in the city: ‣ Night 2 of KROQ’s Almost Acoustic Christmas brings Smashing Pumpkins, Modest Mouse, No Doubt, Tears for Fears, Weezer, Interpol, Imagine Dragons, Vance Joy and Alt-J to the Forum. ‣ Forty years since his last North American tour, the singer-songwriter now going by the name Yusuf/Cat Stevens holds forth at the […]
‣ The annual KROQ Almost Acoustic Christmas returns for its 25th year. Day 1, which is happening at the Forum, features a lineup that includes Linkin Park, Rise Against, Incubus, Bush, System of a Down, Fall Out Boy, Walk the Moon, New Politics and Royal Blood. ‣ The Lonely Wild headlines the Bootleg HiFi in celebration of “Holidays.” […]
Fantastic Thursday of shows – check ’em out: ‣ Ryan Adams [pictured] and Jenny Lewis, each with acclaimed new albums out this year, rock the Fox Theater in Pomona. ‣ L.A. rockers the Icarus Line blast off at the Echoplex, supported by Zig Zags, Zodiac Death Valley, Neo Globs and Death Valley Girls. ‣ Echo […]
Wednesday’s fun things: ‣ Merrill Garbus, aka Tune-Yards, headlines the Wiltern behind her new album “Nikki Nack,” and Cibo Matto opens. ‣ The Ataris [pictured] are back, with their “classic” lineup, and bring their reunion tour – on which they are playing their 2003’s album “So Long, Astroia” from front to back – to the […]
A most bountiful Tuesday: ‣ Art-rockers Kan Wakan close out a big year with a show at the Troubadour behind their album “Moving On.” Singer-pianist Niia opens. ‣ L.A. rockers Dear Boy have a bunch of new songs in their arsenal, and they will unveil some tonight at the Bootleg HiFi, where Nightmare Air and […]
A most excellent Monday for you: ‣ Madi Diaz [pictured] headlines the Troubadour behind her latest album “Phantom,” with Mosco Rosco and KING supporting. ‣ Dave Stewart & Friends hold forth at the Roxy Theatre at a show featuring London teenage phenom Hollie Stephenson. ‣ It’s a School Night at Bardot boasts a lineup of […]
