Your Tuesday show lineup: ‣ The Postal Service’s tour celebrating the 10-year anniversary (and deluxe reissue) of “Give Up” comes to the Greek Theatre for two nights. Big Freedia and Baths open. ‣ U.K. post-punk quartet Savages [see their video for “Shut Up”] play the first of two nights at the El Rey Theatre behind […]
Monday’s things: ‣ Wolfmother is back for one more round at the Troubadour. Get there early to see singer-songwriter Kieran Leonard. ‣ So many residencies, so little time. Crashing the Miner residency at the Bootleg Bar tonight is Florida’s Roadkill Ghost Choir, whose indie twang has earned comparisons to Wilco, My Morning Jacket and a […]
Incoming: Wolfmother, the Postal Service, Savages, Bastille, Davis Fetter, Futurebirds, PAPA, the Happy Hollows, NO, Candlebox, the 1975, Big Freedia, Hockey, Saint Motel, the Belle Brigade, Modest Mouse, Skylar Grey, No Age, Night Terrors of 1927, Glassjaw, Dan Wilson, Twin Shadow, Bauhaus, Rancid, Viva Pomona, International Pop Overthrow, the Cult, Courtney Love, Frightened Rabbit, Fitz […]
Sunday things: ‣ Pink Martini [pictured] returns for another night at the Hollywood Bowl. ‣ Nigerian drummer, composer and songwriter Tony Allen headlines the Mayan Theater. ‣ The Grand Ole Echo presents I See Hawks in LA, John Lafayette Ramey, Calico and Jeff Crosby at the Echo earlier in the day, while the evening slot […]
Wow, what a Saturday: ‣ It’s time for another night of free music and fun downtown – 2013’s second installment of Chinatown Summer Nights goes off in an around Chinatown’s Central Plaza tonight. On the Buzz Bands LA-curated LA Weekly Live Music Stage are Magic Wands, Beat Club, the Dead Ships, Dear Boy, Haunted Summer […]
Full speed on a Friday night: ‣ It’s another Friday night of free music at the FIGat7th Downtown Festival, where Brooklyn’s Red Baraat brings the melting-pot music on its latest album “Big Talk” and L.A.’s La Chamba supports. ‣ Passenger, the nom de tune of U.K.-bred folk-pop troubadour Mike Rosenberg, headlines the El Rey Theatre, […]
Your monstrous Thursday show lineup: ‣ The Under the Influence of Music Tour wafts its way to the Verizon Wireless Amphitheater featuring a lineup of Wiz Khalifa, A$AP Rocky, Smoke DZA, Chevy Woods, Joey Bada$$ and Berner. ‣ It’s the second week of the Twilight Concert Series, which brings free live music to the Santa […]
‣ Everybody should know “Boys & Girls” by heart now, right? Alabama Shakes [pictured] comes back through town in the middle of a long tour behind their acclaimed debut album, playing Hollywood Palladium with Fly Golden Eagle and Hurray For the Riff Raff. ‣ Mayer Hawthorne celebrates the release of his third album “Where Does […]
Tops for Tuesday: ‣ Long-running SoCal funk maestros the Greyboy Allstars wind up a tour behind their new album “Inland Emporer,” their fourth release, by headlining the Troubadour. ‣ Australian ensemble the Cat Empire hit the Avalon behind their new album “Steal the Light.” That’s the video for the title track, above. ‣ At the […]
A truly happy Monday: ‣ The Neighbourhood wind up a big tour behind their debut “I Love You” with a sold-out show at the Fonda Theatre, supported by JMSN. ‣ Wolfmother returns for a sold-out show at the Troubadour. ‣ This month’s residencies continue in a big way – Miner at the Bootleg Bar (with […]
