Happy Labor Day:Â ‣ There are BBQs and then there are shindigs like the Summer Send-Off at the Bootleg Theater featuring performance by the Decoders, Mystery Skulls, Harriet, Moses Sumney, Francisco the Man, Froth, the Cerny Brothers, Grizfolk, Robert Raimon Roy, Kera & the Lesbians, Bad Suns, Moonchild, Trevor Menear, Yonas Michael, Channel One, Douglas […]
Sunday things:Â ‣ Lisa Marie Presley stops in town to play the El Rey Theatre in support of her latest album “Storm & Grace.” The Deadlies support. ‣ R&B singer of the Gap Band fame, Charlie Wilson, headlines the Los Angeles County Fair. ‣ Sister Rogers, Bobby London and Los Cratrs all team up at […]
Here’s the steamy schedule for tonight: ‣ Austin punk rockers Riverboat Gamblers roar into the Satellite behind their most recent album “The Wolf You Feed …” Blacklist Royals and Moral Crux support. That’s Riverboat Gamblers’ video for “Blue Ghosts,” above. ‣ The Shakers headline the Troubadour to celebrate their new album “Rescue Team,” which comes […]
Plenty to do on this Friday: ‣ Jenny O. headlines the Skirball Center’s “Into the Night” series, with In the Valley Below and Body Parts opening. KCRW DJ Travis Holcombe will also spin on a night that also features crafts, zoo animals and, of course, the Skirball’s exhibitions. ‣ The Regeneration Tour brings Erasure’s Andy […]
Some superb shows on tap for your Thursday: ‣ Some personnel and some mailing addresses have changes, but rock quintet Everest remains a huge force. Now split between Nashville and L.A. and with guitarist Aaron Lee Tasjan and Dan Bailey joining Russell Pollard, El Thomson and Joel Graves, the band visits the Satellite tonight, supported […]
Wednesday’s options: ‣ Chicago five-piece JC Brooks & the Uptown Sound,n whose third album “Howl” is just out, bring their amped-up soul to the Roxy Theatre. Lisa Loeb supports. ‣ It’s a second night of Alt-J at the Hollywood Palladium. ‣ Canadian duo Purity Ring and U.K. producer Jon Hopkins are back for a second […]
Tuesday’s things: ‣ Canadian duo Purity Ring and U.K. producer Jon Hopkins – more than just tourmates, they have been collaborators – team up for the first of two nights at the Fonda Theatre. Stream this Hopkins song that features Purity Ring’s vocals, “Breathe This Air,” yeah? ‣ British indie-rockers and Mercury Prize winners Alt-J, […]
‣ Roots rocker Mike Stinson, who built quite a local legend before departing L.A. for Texas three years ago, does the second of two SoCal shows behind his new album “Hell and Half of Georgia.” He headlines the Viper Room, supported by Tony Gilkyson and JD Bender. ‣ Courtney Love plays to a sold-out Troubadour. […]
Incoming: Mike Stinson, Courtney Love, Sonny & the Sunsets, Purity Ring, Alt-J, Icona Pop, Wayne Shorter, Dave Mason, Evan Voytas, Shwayze, JC Brooks & the Uptown Sound, Cee Lo Green, Trombone Shorty, Moderat, Dende & Band, Everest, Black Sabbath, YACHT, Jenny O., Café Tacvba, War, Joe Satriani, Riverboat Gamblers, the Dickies Above:Â The video for the […]
