Tonight in L.A.: Spoon, Gardens & Villa, the Kooks, Haim, Eminem/Rihanna, Gladys Knight, Dot Hacker, Flume, Ceci Bastida, Drenge, Paolo Nutini, RX Bandits, New Madrid, Lemaitre
Here’s what promises to be a fantastic Friday: ‣ How about that Spoon album, right? “They Want My Soul” came out this week, and Britt Daniel and crew perform tonight on the Fairbanks Lawn at Hollywood Forever Cemetery. Speaking of souls. ‣ Gardens & Villa and White Hinterland team up for a free night of […]
The Moon Block Party is growing up to be big and strong. Launched three years ago in the Pomona Arts Colony, the festival this year is moving the Pomona Fairplex, where Black Rebel Motorcycle Club, the Black Angels and Band of Skulls will headline on Oct. 18. The deep lineup for the all-ages event, which […]
Tonight in L.A.: The Haden Triplets, Haim, Jagwar Ma, Eminem, Arctic Monkeys, Deer Tick, Clap Your Hands Say Yeah, the Temper Trap, the Good Life, Air Traffic Controller, Truth & Salvage Co., Echocell
Not one of those “I-think-I’ll-stay-at-home” evenings: ‣ A special night for one of L.A.’s first families of music: The Haden Triplets – Tanya, Rachel and Petra, daughters of the late Charlie Haden – perform a free show at the Sunset Concerts at the Skirball Center. The trio’s debut album came out earlier this year on Third […]
Wow, what a Wednesday: ‣ Nashville indie-pop quintet Wild Cub return to L.A. (they packed the Bootleg back in January) for a headlining show at the El Rey Theatre, with Grizfolk supporting. Above, their video for “Thunder Clatter.” ‣ Punk-rock trio the Coathangers head up an audacious night at the Echo – the Bots (see them […]
Tuesday’s show offerings: ‣ Brooklyn synth-pop outfit Mother [see “Victim”] headlines the Bootleg HiFi, with Kaneholler opening. ‣ Beatboxer/producer/live looper Dan Foreman, the Londoner who goes by Beardyman, visits the Roxy Theatre, supported by Evan Voytas. Check out the beardless Beardyman above. ‣ Veteran psychedelic blues-rockers Black Rebel Motorcycle Club rock the Observatory in O.C., […]
‣ Ska-punk is apparently still going strong. L.A.-based quartet the Interrupters celebrate this week’s release of their Tim Armstrong-produced album with a show at the Roxy Theatre, supported by L.A. stalwarts Left Alone. Oceanside Sound System and HB Surround Sound also perform. Above, the Interrupters’ video for “A Friend Like Me.” ‣ Freedom Fry [see […]
Incoming: The Interrupters, the Futures League, Mauldin Strangers, Smoke Season, Tete, Liam Bailey, Mother, Black Rebel Motorcycle Club, Beardyman, Figs Cision, Wild Cub, Herbie Hancock, Christopher Owens, Spoon, Deer Tick, Clap Your Hands Say Yeah, the Coathangers, Deep Purple, Haim, Arctic Monkeys, the Haden Triplets, Eminem, Michael McDonald, Jagwar Ma, the Temper Trap, the Good […]
Sounds for a sticky Sunday: ‣ Tiësto, Disclosure, Nero, Dillon Francis and Rudimental highlight the second day of HARD Summer at Whittier Narrows Recreation Area. ‣ Beyoncé and Jay Z do a second night at the Rose Bowl. ‣ Fresh off her performance at Country in the City at the Annenberg on Saturday, Nikki Lane […]
Tonight in L.A.: Burger A Go-Go (Best Coast, Dum Dum Girls, Bleached), HARD Summer (Jack U, A$AP Mob, Flosstradamus), Summer on Seventh (Peanut Butter Wolf, YACHT, De Lux), Beyoncé/Jay Z, Arcade Fire/Dan Deacon, more
Another super Saturday: ‣ Burger A Go-Go happens at the Observatory with Best Coast, Dum Dum Girls, Bleached, the Coathangers, Shannon & the Clams, the Muffs, Peach Kelli Pop, Summer Twins, Colleen Green, the Aquadolls, SISU, Slow Paradise, Massenger, Death Valley Girls, the Fly Traps, LA Witch, Raw Geronimo, Meow Twins, Cheryll, Tashaki Miyaki and Teenage Burritos. […]
Keyboard-driven rock trio Crash Kings, already at work on a follow-up to last year’s album “Dark of the Daylight,” will headline the 76th Annual Chinatown Mid-Autumn Moon Festival on Saturday, Sept. 13. The band – brothers Tony and Mike Beliveau and Tommy Rose – will be joined by fast-rising rock quartet Dorothy, dance-music phenoms Beat Club, SD3 […]
