‣ Dawes plays a big hometown show at the Wiltern – the quartet’s latest album “Stories Don’t End” came out in April, and they recently collaborated with the Killers on the holiday single “Christmas in L.A.” That’s Owen Wilson in the video for the song, the proceeds from which benefit the Global Fund to fight […]
Your show options for 12-12-13: ‣ Washington, D.C., indie veterans the Dismemberment Plan – back with the new album “Uncanny Valley,” their first in 12 years – play the Fonda Theatre. Telekinesis opens. ‣ Long-running funk explorers the Greyboy Allstars do the first of two nights at the Mint; their first studio album in six years, […]
Happy Wednesday: ‣ Banks brings her sensual R&B to the a sold-out Masonic Lodge at Hollywood Forever in support of her “London” EP. That’s her video for “This Is What It Feels Like” above. ‣ The Fonda has a night of pop-rock with the Maine, Anberlin, Lydia and From Indian Lakes. ‣ The Mowgli’s, Hunter Hunted […]
Tuesday’s concert options: ‣ The Head and the Heart, who played a sold-out show at the Wiltern last week, return to the venue for another date tonight behind their new album “Let’s Be Still.” ‣ Dam-Funk and Snoopzilla celebrate their album release at Exchange LA. ‣ San Diego folk-rockers the Silent Comedy headline the Troubadour, supported […]
It’s one heck of a Monday: ‣ Jay-Z brings his “Magna Carta World Tour” to Staples Center. ‣ Glam-rock violinist-cum-actress-cum-fashion adventurer Emilie Autumn [pictured] visits the Troubadour behind her latest release “Fight Like a Girl.” ‣ Zappa Plays Zappa celebrates Frank’s 1974 album “Roxy & Elsewhere” at the Roxy Theatre. ‣ Lissie headlines the Fonda […]
Incoming: Alt 98.7 Rooftop Party, Holychild, Lissie, Freedy Johnston, Jay Z, Emilie Autumn, Brian Posehn, Brand New, Tapioca & the Flea, the Head and the Heart, the Blind Boys of Alabama, Climbers, the Silent Comedy, Samantha Pearl, the Olms, the Maine, the Mowgli’s, Merle Haggard, Banks, Basia Bulat, Realities, the Visitors, Ari Hest, Third Eye […]
‣ KROQ Almost Acoustic Christmas weekend continues with Arcade Fire [that’s their video above for “Afterlife”], Phoenix, the Neighbourhood, Capital Cities, Lorde, Portugal. The Man, Fitz & the Tantrums, Atlas Genius and Bastille, at the Shrine Auditorium ‣ Pehrspace hosts Gurrilla Fest, which has a lineup featuring HOTT MT, Clear Plastic, Dark Furs, Kat Kong, L.A. […]
Happy Saturday: ‣ Night 1 of the 24th annual KROQ Almost Acoustic Christmas goes off at the Shrine Auditorium, with Kings of Leon, Vampire Weekend, Queens of the Stone Age, AFI, Arctic Monkeys, Cage the Elephant, Grouplove, Foals and New Politics. ‣ Seattle folk-rockers the Head and the Heart headline the Wiltern behind their new […]
It’s a full-on Friday night: ‣ Four bands associated with the 1980s movement known as the Paisley Underground – the Bangles, the Three O’Clock [pictured at Coachella in April], the Dream Syndicate and Rain Parade – team up at the Fonda Theatre for a show benefiting music education programs in L.A. ‣ The Skirball Cultural […]
How to take the chill off your Thursday: ‣ Texas soul guy Black Joe Lewis hold forth at the El Rey Theatre behind their new album “Electric Slave,” out on Vagrant. Radkey supports. ‣ Bass maestro Thundercat rocks the Echo, supported by Moses Sumney and Jonwayne. ‣ With his new solo album “You Gots 2 […]
