Your Monday show roundup: ‣ A co-residency at the Echo sees British dance-rock four-piece Fenech-Soler joining up with local indie-rockers Soft Swells [pictured]. Supporting on opening night is are Strange Babes and Lady Lazarus. ‣ Lou Barlow is doing an acoustic show at Harvard & Stone, where he’s joined by Joel Jerome & Babies On […]
Incoming: Chinatown Moon Festival, Lobsterfest, Fenech-Soler, Soft Swells, Lou Barlow, Linus Young, Fathers & Suns, Gary Calamar, Barcelona, Miles Tackett, Decorator, the Entrance Band, Charlotte OC, YG, Swans, Waters, Wartime Recitals, Boyz II Men, EFG, Sturgill Simpson, Band of Heathens, Lily Kershaw, Marc Anthony, Linkin Park, Earth, Goldroom, Sean Hayes, Slow Magic, Too Short, Katey […]
Sunday Sunday Sunday, as the commercials shout … ‣ Kimbra, the New Zealand-born, L.A.-based singer whose second album “The Golden Echo” came out Aug. 19, kicks off a free Sunday night residency at the Bootleg HiFi. The nights are going by the name “Space Jam” and will feature other musicians and collaborators. On her track […]
Happy Saturday:Â ‣ The Hollywood Bowls hosts a night with Elvis Costello and Ben Folds. ‣ If you’re looking for something else outdoors but a little more low key, Yuna performs at California Plaza as part of the Grand Performances. That’s Yuna’s video for “Come Back” above. ‣ Buzz Bands LA presents She Keeps Bees, […]
Here’s what a fantastic Friday sounds like: ‣ An all-star benefit concert, “Jail Guitar Doors” – former MC5 guitarist Wayne Kramer’s effort to bring music programs into corectional facilties – goes off at the Ford Ampthitheatre, featuring Jackson Browne, White Fence, Ben Harper, Tom Morello, Jill Sobule and more. ‣ The Art of Elysium’s Genesis benefit […]
Your Thursday evening options: ‣ It’s another big Thursday night at the Santa Monica Pier – power-pop quartet and video wizards OK Go and L.A. garage-rockers Allah-Las team up at this week’s free Twilight Concert Series. ‣ Canadian singer-songwriter Dallas Green brings his City & Colour (last spotted in SoCal playing Coachella in April)Â to the […]
Have a wacky Wednesday: ‣ All hail … Stiff Little Fingers? The Irish punk-rock torchbearers (they were on the vanguard back in ’77) play the El Rey Theatre behind “No Going Back,” their first album in 10 years. ‣ English singer-songwriter David Gray visits the Greek Theatre behind his latest album “Mutineers,” his 10th full-length. […]
Tuesday’s show offerings: ‣ Brooklyn’s Bear in Heaven, back with a new album “Time Is Over One Day Old,” headline the Echoplex, supported by Young Magic and Miles Cooper Seaton. Above, Bean in Heaven’s new video for “Time Above.” ‣ My Bloody Valentine acolytes Whirr bring their heavy shoegazing at the Echo, supported by ACxDC […]
Happy first of the month: ‣ George Clinton & Parliament Funkadelic and Karl Denson’s Tiny Universe highlight the lineup at the Long Beach Funk Fest, going off at the Queen Mary. There’s plenty more, including Katdelic, the Meters Experience, Delta Nove, Music Man Miles Tackett, Subsuelo and Dam-Funk (DJ set). ‣ Jesse McCartney visits the […]
Incoming:Â Long Beach Funk Fest (George Clinton, Karl Denson), Jesse McCartney, KChung Fest, Bear in Heaven, Whirr, James David, Glen Martin, Stiff Little Fingers, David Gray, Leslie Stevens, Strand of Oaks, Zachariah & the Lobos Riders, Shiny Toy Guns, OK Go, City & Colour, Neon Trees, WAZ, Mother Falcon, Kins, Brian Wright, Senses Fail, Dwight Yoakam, […]
