Here’s what’s up on a terrific Tuesday: ‣ Meg Myers celebrates the release of her “Make a Shadow” EP (out today) with a show at the Bootleg Bar. Irontom and Bom Bom support. Above, Myers’ video for “Desire.” ‣ Indie-rock trio Augustines, back with a self-titled second album, rock the Troubadour, supported by My Goodness […]
Quite a Monday night in store for you: ‣ Buzz Bands LA presents Week 2 of the residency by Kera & the Lesbians at the Echo; Kera Armendariz and her band of merry men will be rocking their unique gypsy punk on a bill that includes Only You, the Wild Reeds and Matt Rivers. ‣ […]
Incoming: Spiritualized, Failure, Jessica Childress, Jarell Perry, Augustines, Band of Horses, Meg Myers, St. Lucia, Sylvan Esso, Royal Teeth, Pontiak, Mother Falcon, Greg Laswell, Hospitality, Blackbird Blackbird, Imagine Dragons, Touché Amoré, Breakestra, Biffy Ckyro, the Vivian Girls, Secret Chiefs 3, Peter Bradley Adams, Eagles of Death Metal, Falling in Reverse, Thao & the Get Down […]
Good Sunday to you all: ‣ Walt Disney Concert Hall celebrates its 10-year anniversary with three jazz heavyweights – Herbie Hancock, Christian McBride and Dianne Reeves. ‣ Jack Black and Kyle Gass bring Tenacious D to the Echo for an acoustic set. ‣ Swedish songstress (and recent Zedd collaborator) Miriam Bryant performs at the Bootleg […]
A very eclectic Saturday: ‣ Genre-mashing singer-songwriter-cellist Ben Sollee [pictured] does a night at the Luckman Fine Arts Complex. He recently teamed up with 18-piece orchestra Mother Falcon to cover Daft Punk [download here] and released the free album “The Hollow Sessions,” the follow-up to his fourth full-length “Half-Made Man.” ‣ Singer-songwriter Mary Chapin Carpenter, […]
‣ O.C.-bred quintet Young the Giant, whose sophomore album “Mind Over Matter” came out in January, headlines the Palladium, with Cayucas opening. ‣ Citizen Cope, the singer-guitarist-producer born Clarence Greenwood, does an intimate solo show athte Wiltern, with Alice Smith supporting. ‣ It’s the second in 2014’s First Fridays series at the Natural History Museum, […]
Here’s your Thursday: ‣ Los Lonely Boys visit the Troubadour behind their latest album “Revelation,” with Thom Chacon supporting. ‣ Late last year, Action Bronson released a hilarious new mixtape titled “Blue Chips 2.” Tonight the NYC rapper’s “Blue Chips Tour” visits the Echoplex along with Trash Talk. ‣ Harlem-bred rapper Immortal Technique, his new […]
A many-splendored Wednesday: ‣ Austin orchestral rock collective Mother Falcon – all 18 or so of them – kicks off a Wednesday residency at the Echo. They made a quite a splash last year at SXSW, and in November released their full-length “You Knew.” The Herbert Bail Orchestra opens. ‣ And speaking of strings, the […]
Your Tuesday lineup: ‣ Brooklyn indie quintet Lucius visit the Troubadour for a sold-out show behind their strong debut “Wildewoman.” You Won’t supports. That’s Lucius’ video for “Tempest,” above. ‣ The Belle Brigade, their sophomore album “Just Because” due March 25, kicks off a residency at the Echo, with A House for Lions and Night […]
Welcome to February and its first wicked busy Monday: ‣ Baltimore electro-pop band Future Islands, recently signed to 4AD and with the album “Singles” coming in March, plays a sold-out shows at the Center for the Arts Eagle Rock. That’s the video for “Seasons (Waiting on You),” above. ‣ Moses Sumney heads up a special […]
