‣Â Legendary post-punk band Wire plays the Echoplex behind its latest release “Change Becomes Us,” the band’s 13th. Chastity Belt opens. ‣ Austin folk-pop septet Wild Child does an early show at the Echo, with Tommy Santee Klaws supporting. ‣ And L.A. folk quartet Heaps N Heaps celebrates the release of debut EP at the Troubadour […]
Saturday stuff: ‣ Chelsea Wolfe plays UCLA’s Royce Hall behind her latest release “Pain Is Beauty, with Anna Calvi opening. ‣ Montreal space-rockers the Besnard Lakes, their fourth album “Until In Excess, Imperceptible UFO” having been nominated for a Polaris Music Prize, visit the Bootleg Theater, with Elephant Stone and Exploding Flowers supporting. ‣ Singer-songwriter […]
Congrats for making it to Friday: ‣ Jonathan Wilson plays his L.A. makeup show (postponed from last week) for his new album “Fanfare” at the Troubadour. The Blank Tapes open. ‣ Party time at the Shrine Expo Hall when the “Aokify America Tour” brings Steve Aoki, Iggy Azalea, Waka Flocka Flame, Alvin Risk, Keys N […]
Big things for your Thursday: ‣ Raise a glass: Los Lobos celebrate 40 years as a band – and the release of a new live album “Disconnected in New York” – with a show at the Whisky a Go Go, where East L.A. legends will be joined by the Blasters featuring Dave and Phil Alvin. […]
Here’s your Wednesday: ‣ Long-running electro provocateurs Beats Antique play the first of two L.A.-area dates on its “A Thousand Faces” tour, which features an extravagant set and high-tech digital visuals. Tonight, the band visits the Yost Theater in O.C. (On Friday, they’re at the Fonda Theatre.) Above, their animated video for “”Beelzebub feat. Les […]
Here’s your fare for Tuesday: ‣ Scottish rockers the Fratellis, back with their first album in five years, “We Need Medicine,” play a sold-out show at the Fonda Theatre, supported by the Ceremonies and Conway. A throat infection forced cancellation of the trio’s show Saturday in Seattle, but as of now, everything is a go […]
It’s Monday again, already: ‣ Long-running rock provocateurs Sparks hold forth at the Fonda Theatre; the band in August released “Sparks: New Music for Amnesiacs, the Ultimate Collection,” a four-CDs-in-a-coffee-table-book package that spans Sparks’ four-plus-decade career. ‣ The annual Dear Jack Benefit at the El Rey Theatre will feature the first solo performance by with […]
Incoming: Andrew McMahon, Diane Coffee, Sparks, Of Montreal, Blink-182, M.I.A., the Fratellis, Minor Alps, Alison Moyet, Cults, the Cartel, Strange Markings, Quasi, Mad Professor, Only You, Melt Banana, Lupe Fiasco, Mason Jennings, Cass McCombs, Big Freedia, the Vim Dicta, Jonathan Wilson, Steve Aoki, Iggy Azalea, Waka Flocka Flame, Beats Antique, Mayday Parade, the Record Company, Vienna […]
‣ The annual celebration of hip hop and electronic record label Fool’s Gold returns to L.A. with Fool’s Gold Day Off, featuring the label’s owner A-Trak as well as acts Danny Brown, Kill the Noise, Freddie Gibbs, Travi$ Scott, Nick Catchdubs, IAMSU, Anna Lunoe and more at the Shrine Auditorium & Expo Hall. ‣ Athens, […]
A very happy Saturday to you: ‣ Avicii – the nom de tune of Swedish producer Tom Bergling, riding high on the August release of his debut studio album “True” – throws a big party at the Hollywood Bowl along with Sander Van Doorn, Excision, Arty and Cazzette. If you’re counting, that’s a Swede, a […]
