Happy 1st of May … ‣ Paramore visits the Wiltern behind its wildly popular new self-titled album. Fans are “Still Into You,” as the video suggests. ‣ The Killers do the first of two SoCal dates, this one at Honda Center. ‣ U.K. provocateurs (and masked men) Clinic, doing their first U.S. tour since 2010, […]
Totally tubular Tuesday things: ‣ Robyn Hitchcock & the Venus 3 roll through town and stop at the Troubadour in support of Hitchock’s latest album “Love From London.” Peter Buck supports. ‣ New York’s favorite tapping guitarist Marnie Stern headlines the Satellite in support of her latest album “The Chronicles of Marnia.” [That’s her video […]
Last Monday of the month: ‣ Jonathan Bates’ Big Black Delta celebrates the release of its debut album by headlining It’s a School Night at Bardot. Shy Girls, Emma Ejwerts and the Last Internationale also play. Here’s BBD’s video for the single “Side of the Road,” and an update on how the album came to […]
Incoming: The Rolling Stones, the Killers, Metallica, Los Lobos, Paramore, HIM, Built to Spill, Metz, Alice Russell, Robyn Hitchcock, Marnie Stern, Killing Joke, Chad Valley, Big Black Delta, Clinic, Vietnam, Keaton Simons, Adam Green & Binki Shapiro, Javelin, Maps & Atlases, Little Boots, Pyyramids, Os Mutantes, Lisa Germano, Armin Van Buuren, Helmet, K’s Choice, Saint Motel, […]
Post-Stones Sunday things: ‣ Derde Verde celebrates the release of their “Let Me Be A Light” EP at the Bootleg. [Check out “Secret.”] Simone White and the Brian Walsh Set Trio join in on the fun. ‣ This week’s Grand Ole Echo lineup features the Eagle Rock Gospel Singers, Ronnie Fauss, RT N’ the 44’s and Andrew […]
As they say, you should watch this space for further developments. There’s The Granddaddy of All Surprise Shows in the works and we’re trying to get details: ‣ Brit Week, which kicked off Friday night at the Echo, continues tonight at the First Unitarian Church (the show originally was scheduled for the Echoplex) with New […]
Friday, for the people who didn’t get tickets from KROQ for Depeche Mode at the Troubadour: ‣ London rockers the Veils visit the Echo in support of their new album “Time Stays, We Go,” supported by Andy Burrows, Pop Noir and Deluka. We like what the Veils do. ‣ With a summer tour supporting Depeche […]
Big, big schedule for Thursday: ‣ Wavves play a Red Bull Sound Select tonight at the Echoplex, joined by Hands, Incan Abraham and HOTT MT. That’s the video for the title track of Wavves’ latest album “Afraid of Heights,” above. ‣ Upstairs at the Echo, Telekinesis rock the tunes from its latest album “Dormarion,” supported […]
‣Â Paisley Underground stalwarts the Three O’Clock, who were so impressive in a reunion show at Coachella, [that’s singer-bassist Michael Quercio, above) do it one more time, headlining the Troubadour supported by The 88. ‣ Ziggy Marley visits the Roxy Theatre to do a show that you can watch online right here. ‣ Bass Drum of […]
Totally Tuesday things: ‣ After two Coachella weekends, Bat For Lashes aka Natasha Khan [pictured] stops by the Fonda Theatre in support of her latest album “The Haunted Man.” Local lo-fi R&B songstress Ramona Gonzalez aka Nite Jewel supports. ‣ The El Rey Theatre hosts The Revival Tour, an acoustic collaborative showcase of today’s folk, Americana […]
