What’s up for your Tuesday: ‣ Irish singer-songwriter Hozier returns to L.A. for a sold-out show at the Troubadour. ‣ Band of Skulls rock the Observatory behind their new album “Himalayan,” with Deap Vally opening. ‣ Trapdoor Social celebrates today’s release of its new “Science of Love” EP with a show at the Viper Room […]
KCRW’s stamp will be all over the Southern California live music again scene this summer. The fifth annual KCRW Summer Nights series – part of which was announced this morning – is highlighted by the return of live music to the Annenberg Space for Photography, “Made in L.A.” club nights at the Hammer Museum; and […]
Happy Monday, and it is indeed: ‣ Coldplay’s new album “Ghost Stories,” the band’s sixth, comes out today, and the band visits UCLA’s Royce Hall to celebrate, supported by London Grammar. ‣ Lykke Li does a sold-out show at the Theatre at Ace Hotel ‣ James Blunt wraps up a U.S. tour behind his new […]
Incoming: Lykke Li, Coldplay, James Blunt, Phil Beaudreau, Their/They’re/There, Banta, Eliza Rickman, Hozier, King Washington, DevilDriver, Band of Skulls, Nickel Creek, Melpo Mene, Dreamland, Wake Owl, Dead Sara, Gabrielle Aplin, Our Last Summer, Us the Duo, Jenny Lewis, Mr. Elevator & the Brain Hotel, Black Flag, Ledisi and the Robert Glasper Experiment, Gesaffelstein, Ty Dolla […]
To Silver Lake regulars of last decade, there was no coulda-woulda-shoulda rock ’n’ roll story more heartbreaking than the Movies. Blessed with a distinctive post-punk/New Wave sound, deliciously subversive songs and an incendiary live show, the Movies were also cursed with band drama, much of it revolving around enigmatic, volatile frontman Timothy James. They did […]
The Church on York’s bid to become a legit music venue took a hit on Friday when the City of Los Angeles denied the fledgling venue its requests for permits to stage live shows. The Los Angeles Times’ Todd Martens has all the details here, including owner/promoter Graeme Flegenheimer’s vow to fight on. Tonight’s show featuring […]
Sunday’s surprising selections: ‣ Damien Jurado plays the Bootleg behind his latest album “Brothers and Sisters of the Eternal Son,” with Jerome Holloway supporting. That’s the video for “Silver Timothy,” above. ‣ U.K. indie-pop trio London Grammar visits the Wiltern behind their album “If You Wait.” [See our review from September at the Troubadour.] ‣ […]
Saturday things: ‣ Deserted at the Palms continues the string of music festivals out in the sand with a lineup featuring with Thee Oh Sees, Cate Le Bon, Prince Rama, White Fence, Nite Jewel, HOTT MT, Rainbow Arabia and more. [See details here.] ‣Â Piano man Billy Joel headlines a night at the Hollywood Bowl. ‣Â Jonathan […]
For your Friday frame of mind: ‣ Multi-instrumentalist, live looper and pop provocateur Kishi Bashi visits the Fonda Theatre behind his new album “Lighght,” supported by Plume Giant. ‣ It’s Iggy Azalea at the Wiltern. ‣ U.K. rockers Maximo Park headline the Troubadour behind the release in February of their fifth album, “Too Much Information.” […]
Lots to choose from on this Thursday: ‣ Scorching U.K. bass-and-drum duo Royal Blood plays visit the Roxy Theatre, with the Last Internationale opening. As the video suggests, “Come On Over.” ‣ Two Gallants, out of the studio where they are working on a follow-up to 2012’s “The Bloom and the Blight” and on a […]
