Tonight in L.A.: The Notwist, Low End Theory Festival (Baths, the Internet, Nosaj Thing, Dntel, Teebs, Jonwayne and more), Playboy Jazz Festival, Moonchild, Barbara Morrison, Shad
Your show slate for Father’s Day: ‣ Long-running German indie band the Notwist visit the Fonda Theatre behind their new album “Close to the Glass,” their first release since 2008. Above, the video for “Kong.” ‣ The Low End Theory Festival continues at the Echo, highlighted by an appearance by DJ crew Invisibl Skratch Piklz […]
Happy Saturday: ‣ Chinatown Summer Nights kicks off with a Buzz Bands LA-curated lineup featuring EFG (Electric Flower Group), Meiko, Kera & the Lesbians, Babes, StaG and RAJ at the Central Plaza, Chinatown. See set times and stream our sampler here. A craft beer garden curated by Eagle Rock Brewery is conveniently located across the live […]
Electro-pop quartet Strangeheart and L.A. rockers Kiven will headline the first two installments of “Roaring Nights,” the annual summer series that brings music and nightlife to the Los Angeles Zoo. The series, which kicks off June 27, features pop-up zookeeper talks and animal encounters, DJ sets, food trucks and full-service bars. Tickets for the events, […]
Tonight in L.A.: Guided By Voices, the Both, Pelican, Ben Watt, Electric Six, Decker, 8mm, Lily & Madeleine, KiT, JD McPherson, the Abigails
We made it to Friday, even if it is the 13th: ‣ Guided By Voices visit the Fonda Theatre behind their latest album “Cool Planet,” with Bobby Bare Jr. supporting. That’s their video, a Simon & Garfunkel parody, for “Bad Love Is Easy to Do,” above. ‣ The Both (the new collaboration between Aimee Mann […]
Go team: ‣ Jack White winds up a string a SoCal tour dates by playing the Fox Theater in Pomona. ‣ Portland rockers Battleme bring their blissful guitar rock to the Echo, supported by Jesus Sons and Isaac Rother & the Phantoms. Battleme’s “Future Runs Magnetic” came out in March and that’s the video for […]
‣ Eels visit the Orpheum Theatre behind their new album “The Cautionary Tales of Mark Oliver Everett,” with Chelsea Wolfe opening. Eels’ tour made some headlines recently when Journey frontman Steve Perry guested with the band. Update: Perry will again join the band onstage tonight. ‣ The Melvins’ Buzz Osborne, aka King Buzzo [pictured], visits […]
Tuesday must be singer-songwriter night in the city: ‣ Jack White’s new album “Lazaretto” comes out today. And the world’s most famous former upholsterer headline the Fonda Theatre tonight, supported by Cold War Kids. ‣ Singer-songwriter Joseph Arthur visits the Troubadour behind his new album “Lou: The Songs of Lou Reed,” his interpretation of a […]
Got plans Saturday night? Chinatown Summer Nights kicks off its monthly series in a big way, bringing six bands to the LA Weekly Live Music Stage and KCRW DJs Travis Holcombe and Mario Cotto to the dance stage in the Central Plaza. The festival’s other attractions include artisan displays, “Big Draw LA” (participatory art), food […]
Incoming: Chinatown Summer Nights, Low End Theory Festival, Klingande, the Darling Buds, Dirty Loops, Jack White, Patrick Park, Gibralter, Jolie Holland, Rocky Votolato, James Bay, Them Howling Bones, Joseph Arthur, Eric Burdon & the Animals, Natural Remedy, T-Pain, Chicano Batman, EELS, Chelsea Wolfe, Kate Brown, King Buzzo, Luciano and Judah Eskender Tfar & the Heartical […]
Here’s what our Sunday looks like: ‣ L.A.’s ultimate genre-mashers Ozomatli kicks off a long summer series of free concerts at Levitt Pavilion MacArthur Park with a 6:30 p.m. show. ‣ James Taylor does a second night at the Hollywood Bowl. ‣ The 11th annual Ink-N-Iron Festival winds up a three-stand stand at the Queen […]
