Tonight in L.A.: Stagecoach, David J, HOTT MT, Paul Chesne Band/Fairbanks, the Cold & Lovely, King Washington, Ghost, the Present Moment, the Lovely Bad Things, Sleeper Agent, Halocene
Your Sunday selection of shows: ‣ The Stagecoach Country Music Festival winds up at the Empire Polo Club with a lineup that includes Luke Bryan, Florida Georgia Line, John Prine and Asleep at the Wheel. ‣ David J & the Gentlemen Thieves plays Los Globos behind his new album “An Eclipse of Ships” – on […]
Another super Saturday: ‣ Still have a hard time leaving the desert? Then the one-day festival Desert Daze (Sunset Ranch Oasis near Mecca) may be your answer with a stellar lineup featuring Blonde Redhead, Liars, the Raveonettes, Autolux, Unknown Mortal Orchestra, DIIV, Allah-Las and more. Set times and details here. ‣ And if you’re a big country fan, […]
Tonight in L.A.: Stagecoach, the National, Deafheaven, the Dandy Warhols, Hurray for the Riff Raff, Beach Party, Upset, Okapi Sun, Nicky Blitz, Wax Idols, the Record Company, Computer Magic
Here’s what’s up on a fun-filled Friday: ‣ The Stagecoach festival kicks off at the Empire Polo Club, with Eric Church, Brantley Gilbert, Shelby Lynne and Lynyrd Skynyrd among the artist performing on opening night. ‣ Road trip? The National and Portugal. The Man play the Santa Barbara Bowl. ‣ Deafheaven bring their dark metal […]
Dustin Krapes, doing business as Habits, put out one of the better under-the-radar albums of the year back in March. Now he’s taking to studio alchemy, remixing songs from five of the artists playing this Saturday’s Desert Daze festival at Sunset Ranch Oasis near Mecca. Habits does a ghost-in-the-machine number on songs from Deap Vally, […]
Thursday night’s things: ‣ Mr. Little Jeans – the nom de tune of L.A.-based Norwegian singer Monica Birkenes – headlines the Roxy Theatre behind her new album “Pocketknife.” Opening are Avid Dancer and Breakfast. ‣ Folk singer/raconteur Sean Rowe, who’s finishing up work on the follow-up album to 2012’s acclaimed “The Salesman and the Shark,” […]
‣ Punk-rock foursome OFF! headline the Roxy Theatre behind their new album “Wasted Years,” supported by Cerebral Ballzy and NASA Space Universe. That’s OFF!’s new video for “Red White and Black,” above, directed by the Admiral and featuring comedians Dave Foley (“Kids in the Hall”) and Brian Posehn (“Mr. Show”) as fascists who get what […]
Tonight in L.A.: DEATH, Deleted Scenes, the Men, Hauschka, Grouplove, Tove Lo, Asher Roth, AJR, Godflesh, Leopold & His Fiction, Heaps n Heaps
Kind of a terrific Tuesday: ‣ Long-running punk band DEATH visits the Satellite for a special night. “An Evening with DEATH” includes a live performance, a slideshow of rare photographs and a Q&A moderated by Chris Ziegler of LA Record. ‣ Washington, D.C., indie-rockers Deleted Scenes play the Church on York behind their new album […]
‣ Arcade Fire is playing a surprise show at the Roxy. No word yet on whether/how/when any tickets will be on sale; the band was offering 30 pairs in a Facebook promotion. Watch this space. ‣ The Australia-bred, L.A.-based duo Wunder Wunder – that’s Aaron Shanahan and Benjamin Plant (both of Miami Horror) – play […]
Incoming: Stagecoach, Arcade Fire, Fascinator, Lawrence Rothman, Banta, Mystic Braves, Mosco Rosco, Godflesh, AJR, Tove Lo, The Men, DEATH, Elizabeth & the Catapult, Heaps N Heaps, Xiu Xiu, Asher Roth, Guns N’ Roses, Joan Jett & the Blackhearts, Daley, Tom Brosseau, Tommy & the High Pilots, Run Things, Flagship, OFF!, Thou, Moving Units, T. Mills, Plan B, Dean Wareham David […]
It’s Easter, it’s 4/20 and it’s a good day for an anniversary party: ‣ Ten years ago next week, a great little band from Hawthorne played Coachella on the strength of its its debut album. Dios, who were later known as Dios (Malos) after they got some legal flak from Ronnie James Dio over their […]
