The show lineup for Tuesday: ‣ AFI, with the new album “Burials” due on Oct. 22, warms up for a U.S. tour with a date at the Troubadour (they’ll be back to the play Fonda the day the album is released). Above, the video for “17 Crimes.” ‣ Long-running Seattle indie-rockers Minus the Bear headline […]
Your Monday menu: ‣ Pixies begin their four-night stint in L.A. with the first of three nights at the El Rey Theatre, with Meg Myers as support. ‣ Austra stop by the Echoplex in support of their latest album “Olympia.” Diana and Telepathe open. ‣ And downstairs, Tobacco headlines the Echo. Zackey Force Funk also […]
Incoming: Pixies, Meg Myers, Together Pangea, Austra, Ariana Grande, OneRepublic, Minus the Bear, MGMT, Julia Holter, the Mission UK, AFI, Boz Scaggs, ON AN ON, Meiko, St. Lucia, the Zombies, Jonathan Rice, Jimmy Cliff, Dave Stewart, Godspeed You! Black Emperor, Body/Head, Titus Andronicus, AlunaGeorge, the Jacksons, Local Natives, Jose James, Morgan Page, Matt Wertz, Alice in […]
Sunday, Sunday, Sunday … ‣ It’ll be another day of all-star hip-hop and holograms – Eazy-E appeared with Bone Thugs-N-Harmony last night, and ODB is going to rise from the dead tonight – at the Rock the Bells at the San Manuel Amphitheater. Wu-Tang Clan, Dilated Peoples, Freddie Gibbs, Deltron 3030, Joey Bada$$ and Action […]
‣ Talib Kweli Kid Culi, KRS-One, A-Trak, Pusha T and Bone Thugs-n-Harmony – along with triple-digit temperatures – await at Rock the Bells at the San Manual Amphitheater. Set times here. Stay cool. ‣ Old-school soul emulators Vintage Trouble, fresh off a Leno appearance, headline the El Rey Theatre. That’s their video for “Pelvis Pusher,” […]
Friday frolics: ‣ ZZ Ward has graduated to headlining tours – she visits the House of Blues behind her album “Til the Casket Drops,” with the Wild Feathers and James Bay supporting. ‣ Big night for Anticon at the Echo and Echoplex; the label celebrates its 15-year anniversary with performances from Baths, Why?, Jel, D33J, Daedelus, […]
Happy heated Thursday: ‣ Hey, Eve is back. The Grammy-winning rapper/actress released “Lip Lock,” her first album in 11 years, in May and is currently on her first North American tour in a decade, which tonight stops at the Roxy Theatre. ‣ Gardens & Villa have been away for a while too – maybe the […]
For several years, Tommy Dietrick of L.A. shoegaze stalwarts Sky Parade staged a weekend benefit at Pappy & Harriet’s called the Clean Air Clear Stars Festival. (Ah, good times.) This year the event has morphed into the Desert Stars Festival, and the news bulletin is that the two-night affair, going off this Friday and Saturday […]
Your show picks for a steamy Wednesday: ‣ Superchunk headlines the El Rey Theatre behind their latest album “I Hate Music.” Colleen Green opens. Jason Narducy fills in for the ailing Laura Ballance on bass for the long-running Chapel Hill, N.C., rockers. ‣ Perfect for your NIN hangover – industrial duo Youth Code rocks the […]
Tuesday’s menu: ‣ Nine Inch Nails play a sold-out Troubadour for only raffle-winners in support of their latest album “Hesitation Mark.” That’s their David Lynch-directed video for “Came Back Haunted” above. (Please heed its warning at the beginning.) ‣ Blonde Redhead headlines the El Rey Theatre with the Mast as support. ‣ Black Sabbath take […]
