For the 5th of May: ‣ Merrill Garbus, aka tUnE-yArDs, plays the Masonic Lodge at Hollywood Forever Cemetery. Her new album “Nikki Nack” comes out tomorrow via 4AD (and she’ll be back to play the Fonda Theatre one month from today). Moses Sumney opens tonight. That’s the video for “Water Fountain,” above, directed by Joel […]
Incoming: Morrissey, Tom Jones, tUnE-yArDs, Air Life, In the Valley Below, the Mercy Beat, Jarell Perry, the Acetates, Rey Pila, Todd Snider, Hamilton Leithauser, Max Collins, the Bad Plus, Ray LaMontagne, Rodrigo y Gabriela, Jenny Lewis, Needtobreathe, Dead Sara, Afternoons, Kina Grannis, O.A.R., Tycho, Ingrid Michaelson, Acid Mothers Temple, the Pains of Being Pure at […]
Happy Sunday: ‣ Monogem kicks off a Sunday night residency at the Bootleg Bar, supported by Alina Cutrono (Body Parts), Smoke Season and Yeo. ‣ A matinee benefit at the Bootleg Theater (starting at 1 p.m.) features hillbilly gospel trio Jacksh*t, the Rick Holmstrom Band and Earthworm Ensemble. Proceeds from the show, organized by trumpeter […]
Happy Saturday: ‣ Tapioca & the Flea, White Dove, Breakfast, Anny Celsi, Tony Gilkyson, Lisa Finnie and many more team up for the South Pasadena Eclectic Music Festival ‣ And if you’re looking for a festival for the kids, Moby, Laura Marling, Dylan Gardner and Roger Ballender will be singing songs for kids at the LA Family […]
Your fabulous Friday: ‣ Electro-poppers Holychild play this month’s First Fridays at the Natural History Museum, supported by Groundislava (featuring Rare Times) at First Fridays at the Natural History Museum. Above: Holychild’s video for “Mindspeak.” ‣ Crash (that’s Edward Sharpe & the Magnetic Zeros’ Christopher Richard) celebrates next week’s release of his solo album “Hardly […]
Happy May Day: ‣ They’ve got game – Tokyo Police Club has a new album, “Forcefield” (their fourth) and a new video game by the same name (do battle with asteroids here). Tonight they visit the Echoplex, supported by Geographer and Said the Whale. Above, the band’s video-game-themed video for “Hot Tonight.” ‣ As part of […]
‣ Japanese quartet Mono bring their transcendent instrumental music to the Troubadour, with Helen Money supporting. Above, the video for “Dream Odyssey,” from Mono’s latest album “For My Parents.” ‣ Philadelphia’s Bleeding Rainbow visits the Church on York behind their new album “Interrupt.” Upset supports. ‣ The music of Eleni Mandell is saluted at Largo […]
Your Tuesday show options: ‣ British indie-rockers Franz Ferdinand play the Wiltern behind their most recent album “Right Thoughts, Right Words, Right Action.” ‣ Boy George visits the Belasco Theater behind his new album “This Is What I Do,” his first collection of new songs in almost 20 years. ‣ At the Bootleg Bar, it’s […]
Your magnificent Monday: ‣ SoCal quartet Augustana, celebrating the release of its fourth album “Life Imitating Life,” does the first of two nights at the Troubadour, supported by Twin Forks and the Tragic Thrills. That’s Augustana’s new video for “Ash and Ember,” above. ‣ DWNTWN had a new EP out tomorrow, and the trio of […]
Incoming: Signals, Justin Nozuka, Hymn de lune, Augustana, Jason Isbell, Franz Ferdinand, Boy George, Howler, Breton, Neil Hamburger, Moon Honey, Heaps n Heaps, Michael Nesmith, Girl on Fire, Eric Hutchinson, Tokyo Police Club, the Horrors, the Wanted, Gavin DeGraw, Skating Polly, The Smoking Flowers, Chris Murray, Brody Stevens, Tommy & the High Pilots, Lower 48s, […]
