‣ Should be a magical night at Hollywood Forever Cemetery – Brooklyn’s Grizzly Bear visits to play on the Fairbanks Lawn. ‣ At the Hollywood Bowl, it’s Willie Nelson and Lyle Lovett & His Large Band. ‣ Superhumanoids celebrate the release of their debut full-length “Exhibitionists” with a show at the Troubadour, supported by Vanaprasta and […]
Hi, good morning, nice to be back, great to see you, and we are still resolving some of our website issues but here are tonight’s fantastic shows: ‣ New Zealand pop sensation Lorde, on her first proper North American tour, plays to a sold-out Echoplex. The 16-year-old’s debut album is on the way Sept. 30, […]
Savoir Adore, the Brooklyn electro-pop quintet fronted by Deidre Muro and Paul Hammer, have been dubbed the fantasy pop band with good reason. Their latest album “Our Nature” bursts with electrifying summer jams such as “Dreamers” and “Beating Hearts,” and their new music video for “Regalia” follows suit with a geometrically glacial setting. The stark […]
Tuesday’s things: ‣ London’s Palma Violets, one of hour highlights at SXSW, visit the Echoplex behind their album “180,” with Twin Peaks opening. ‣ Madi Diaz and Carousel kick off a co-residency at the Bootleg Bar, with Z Berg opening. ‣ Light FM, Moons of Mars and El Elle at Los Globos ‣ Washing Machines, […]
New month, new residencies and all that: ‣ British electro sensations Rudimental, whose appearance at this past weekend’s HARD Summer coincided with the U.S. release of their album “Home,” play It’s a School Night at Bardot, along with Mother Falcon and the Melodic. ‣ Art-rock quintet Kiev, finishing up their debut full-length “Falling Bough Wisdom […]
Incoming: Phish, Rudimental, Palma Violets, Cimorelli, Mac Miller, Action Bronson, Savoir Adore, One Direction, the Preservation Hall Jazz Band, James McCartney, Hanni El Khatib, the Heavy, Sierra Leone’s Refugee All-Stars, the Veils, Lorde, P.O.D., Hall & Oates, Grizzly Bear, Willie Nelson, Lyle Lovett, Superhumanoids, Foals, the Living Sisters, Mia Doi Todd, the Standells, Train, Emeli […]
‣ HARD Summer Festival continues over at the Los Angeles State Historic Park with Justice (DJ set), Empire of the Sun [that’s their video for “Alive” above], Flosstradamus, Azealia Banks, Crystal Castles, Bassnectar, Dillon Francis, Baauer, Claude Vonstroke, Busy P and many more. ‣ Edward Sharpe & the Magnetic Zeros headlines the Hollywood Bowl where […]
Setting aside your obsession with rock-star divorces, here are tonight’s shows: ‣ Big day on the Sunset Strip: The street fair portion of the Sunset Strip Music Festival brings Linkin Park, Black Rebel Motorcycle Club, Wale, AWOLNATION, Slick Rick & Doug E. Fresh, Logic, Asher Roth, Street Drum Corps, Finch, Warren G., Orgy, Andy Clockwise, […]
‣ The Icarus Line celebrates the release of its new album “Slave Vows” at the Roxy Theatre, supported by Lido Beach, Retox, Gateway Drugs, Wake Up Lucid, Cherri Bomb and Badflower. ‣ The Presets are joined by Tanlines, Robert DeLong and FMLYBND for an X Games-related show at Club Nokia. ‣ Kitten rocks a sold-out […]
Just scratching the surface, really, of Thursday’s highlights: ‣ The Sunset Strip Music Festival kicks off at the House of Blues with a Tribute to Joan Jett, who joins past honorees Ozzy Osbourne, Slash, Motley Crue and the Doors as the recipient of the Elmer Valentine Award. Joan Jett & the Blackhearts will perform as […]
