Great things for the middle day of your holiday weekend: ‣ It’s “Jam Day” at the UCLA Jazz Reggae Festival with Santigold [pictured], Common, the Grouch & Eligh, Jhene Aiko, Ryan McDermoot, the UCLA Gluck Jazz Ensemble (directed by Kenny Burrell) and the Street Hearts. It goes off starting at noon at UCLA Intramural Field. […]
Quite a Saturday we have for you: ‣ Say you love ’em? Fleetwood Mac play to a sold-out Hollywood Bowl. ‣ Norwegian punk outfit Turbonegro rock the El Rey Theatre, supported by Tweak Bird. ‣ Bay Area indie-pop quartet Imperial Teen returns to the Satellite – their great 2012 album “Feel the Sound” is coming […]
It’s a heavy-duty Friday: ‣ Cold War Kids [that’s Nathan Willett from their February show at the Bootleg Theater, above] headline the Fonda Theatre behind their new album “Dear Miss Lonelyhearts,” with Superhumanoids opening. ‣ Shout Out Louds and Haerts do a second night the El Rey Theatre ‣ Indie-pop trio Sir Sly – just […]
Soulful indie-rockers Nightmare & the Cat, the Los Angeles-based quintet masterminded by British brothers Django and Sam Stewart, will headline the LA Weekly Local Music Stage at the kickoff to 2013’s Chinatown Summer Nights on Saturday, June 15. The evening’s festivities will celebrate Chinatown’s 75th Anniversary – and, in a special nod to the area’s […]
Here’s your Thursday options: ‣ Queens of the Stone Age headline a sold-out show at the Wiltern in a show that will be webcast by NPR. ‣ L.A. indie-pop octet the Mowgli’s [pictured] whose major-label debut “Waiting for the Dawn” will be released June 18 on Photo Finish/Island Records, headline the Roxy Theatre, where they’ll […]
It’s Moz’s birthday … What would he do? ‣ Electro-rockers Youngblood Hawke headlines the Avalon behind their debut album “Wake Up,” which came out in April. ‣ It’s Morrissey’s Unhappy 54th Birthday Celebration with the Sweet & Tender Hooligans at the Fonda Theatre. ‣ Daughter is back for a second sold-out night at the Troubadour, […]
Jubilee Music & Arts Festival – formerly known as Silver Lake Jubilee – reveals its set times for Friday, June 7 and Saturday, June 8. As previously announced, the Drums, the Black Lips, Free Energy are among its headliners; local acts such as Bleached, Cayucas, Trash Talk, Pangea, the Dead Ships and more were added to the […]
It’s a packed Tuesday, y’all… ‣ The Black Angels roar through Los Angeles and headline the Mayan Theatre. Expect to hear some songs off of their new record “Indigo Meadow.” L.A.’s very own garage doo-wopper Hanni El Khatib supports alongside Parisian psych-rock trio Wall of Death. ‣ Australian electro duo the Presets play the Avalon in […]
Your Monday evening fare: ‣ One more time: The Rolling Stones’ “50 and Counting Tour” visits Staples Center. ‣ Brooklyn synth-pop Holy Ghost! teams up with L.A.’s Classixx for a sold-out show at the Troubadour. That’s Holy Ghost!’s new video for “Dumb Disco Ideas,” above. ‣ The Little Ones headline It’s a School Night at […]
Incoming: The Rolling Stones, Holy Ghost!, Laura Marling, Dillinger Escape Plan, Atlas Genius, the Black Angels, the Presets, the Postelles, Kate Nash, Daughter, Youngblood Hawke, Carla Morrison, Sweet & Tender Hooligans, Shout Out Louds, Breathe Carolina, Turbonegro, Cold War Kids, Mikal Cronin, Opeth, Amanda Jo Williams, Sir Sly, Fleetwood Mac, War, Imperial Teen, Juanes, Black […]
