Today, starting with the free stuff: ‣ Chinatown Summer Nights – the free, all-ages festival in and around Chinatown’s Central Plaza – rages on with Incan Abraham (playing at 11 p.m.), Hot As Sun (10), Fever the Ghost (9), Salt Petal (8), Soft Swells (7), the Vim Dicta (6) and Paper Pilots (5). KCRW DJs […]
‣ The kickoff party for Echo Park Rising brings to the Echoplex an eclectic lineup that features Them Jeans, Dirty Dave, HOTT MT and Raw Geronimo. That’s Raw Geronimo’s video for “Magnetic Love,” above. ‣ No Age headlines “Generationalpictomusicapolis,” a night of music and art at the Hammer Museum. ‣ Ocha La Rocha celebrates the […]
‣ The Neighbourhood, their debut album “I Love You” still getting plenty of love, plays the Fonda Theatre, with Big Black Delta supporting. That’s Jesse Rutherford, above, communing with the crowd at Coachella. ‣ Another big Thursday at the Santa Monica Pier – the Twilight Concert Series brings the English Beat, Maxwell Smart and Troup […]
What a wonderful Wednesday: ‣ Up-and-coming blues guy Jamie N Commons, whose music you’ve probably heard on myriad TV shows even if you didn’t know he was up-and-coming, headlines the Troubadour, with and Nightmare & the Cat opening. That’s Commons’ video for “Rumble and Sway,” above. ‣ “An Evening With Natalie Cole” brings the singer […]
Your Tuesday night picks: ‣ Deap Vally, the duo of Lindsay Troy and Julie Edwards whose debut album “Sistrionix” will be out Oct. 8, returns home from their U.K./European exploits to headline the Troubadour. JJUUJJUU opens. ‣ Young Australian indie-poppers San Cisco hit the Echoplex. Get there early for Smallpools and Avid Dancer. ‣ Madi […]
‣ Sunday’s show at the El Rey still has everyone buzzing, so maybe you’d like to catch Yeasayer again? The Brooklyn-based band visits the Observatory in O.C. tonight. ‣ The Peach Kings and Cloud Control team up at It’s a School Night at Bardot ‣ Kiev continues its residency at the Bootleg Bar, where the […]
Incoming: Chinatown Summer Nights, Echo Park Rising, H2O Music Festival, Buskerfest, the Peach Kings, Yeasayer, Deap Vally, San Cisco, Kopecky Family Band, Rick Ross, Natalie Cole, Kopecky Family Band, Jamie N Commons, the Neighbourhood, the English Beat, Mamak Khadem, No Age, Jonas Brothers, Queens of the Stone Age, Lavender Diamond, Daniel Bedingfield, Ulrich Schnauss, Best […]
Super Sunday things: ‣ It’s a been a good week for Medicine fans. The legendary L.A. shoegazers just released a new album titled ” To the Happy Few” – their first full-band record in 20 years – via Captured Tracks, and now they return to the stage at the Echo tonight for Part Time Punks. […]
Your Saturday show options: ‣ The National visits the Greek Theatre behind its acclaimed “Trouble Will Find Me,” the band’s sixth album, released in May. Daughter opens. That’s the video for “Demons,” above. ‣ Emeli Sandé plays Club Nokia behind her debut album “Our Version of Events.” ‣ Chicago indie-rockers Smith Westerns headline the El […]
Thought we were going to end our first night of Echo Park Rising on a nice note? Think again. Buzz Bands LA is happy to announce the Icarus Line as the latest addition to the Taix Champagne Room stage co-presented by White Iris Records. As our closing act for Saturday night, Joe Cardamone and crew will […]
