Happy Monday: ‣ With the release of their debut album “Synesthesia” only a week away, L.A. quartet Hands continue their residency at the Echo, with support from Body Parts, Caught a Ghost and DJ Valida. And Buzz Bands LA will be on hand for some between-band DJ sets. ‣ At the Bootleg Bar, it’s resident […]
Incoming: Stagecoach, Wavves, Japandroids, the Revival Tour, Herbie Hancock, Bat for Lashes, Spectrum, AraabMuzik, the Three O’Clock, Ziggy Marley, Viza, Har Mar Superstar, Manchester Orchestra, Telekinesis, Los Amigos Invisibles, Crystal Castles, the Veils, the Cave Singers, the Mother Hips, Shuggie Oits, Paul Van Dyk, Danzig, Ann Magnuson, Medeski Martin & Wood, the Lonely Forest Above: […]
Sunday things:Â ‣ Coachella Music and Arts Festival winds up with day 3 of weekend 2 at the Empire Polo Club. ‣ The Bootleg’s got a solid show featuring Cotillon, Vinyl Williams, Tapioca & the Flea and the Futures League. ‣ And Part-Time Punks present a two-for-one tonight. Upstairs at the Echo: Telescopes, LSD & […]
OK, just to itemize … It’s 4/20. It’s Record Store Day. There’s a festival in the desert. There’s a smaller festival in the desert. And there’s a smaller festival yet downtown. One, two, three … break: ‣ Tinariwen, Warpaint, Chelsea Wolfe and Fool’s Gold highlight the Desert Daze festival near Mecca. Details here. ‣ The […]
If you’re a Weekend 2-goer for Coachella, you can check out what the desert’s got going on for Record Store Day here. But if you’ve decided to stay in the City of Angels this weekend, make sure to head on down to your favorite local spots to grab some exclusively released wax where some of them […]
‣ It’s Weekend 2 of Coachella at the Empire Polo Club in Indio. Here are the set times. Here are our recaps of Weekend 1. ‣ The Antlers [pictured] team up with Chairlift for a show at the Walt Disney Concert Hall, part of the week-long Brooklyn Festival. ‣ Bon Jovi brings his big tour […]
Brokechella, the one-day music and arts event that bills itself as “A Fest for the Rest of Us,” returns to downtown L.A. on Saturday with three stages of music, as well as a potpourri of activities including installations, a photo booth, food trucks and assorted vendors. The music offerings are highlighted by a host of […]
Another bountiful day of shows: ‣ Some must’ve gone and declared it Punk Rock Thursday – Green Day (with Best Coast supporting, which is kind of curious, we admit) rocks the Sports Arena. See our review of Green Day’s March show in Pomona. ‣ And L.A. stalwarts Bad Religion team up with the Bronx to […]
The upstart Desert Daze festival, offering a Mojave-perfect lineup headed up by Tinariwen, Warpaint, Fool’s Gold, Chelsea Wolfe and the Entrance Band, has announced set times for Saturday’s event. The festival, mounted by the same folks behind the psych-rock-friendly Moon Block Party events, is being held at the 160-acre Sunset Ranch Oasis in Mecca, about […]
More, more, more: ‣ Coachella comes to the city again tonight for a bunch of “Localchella” shows, including Youth Lagoon at the El Rey Theatre. That’s Trevor Powers’ new video for “Mute,” above. ‣ Then there are Dropkick Murphys and Skinny Lister, rocking Club Nokia. ‣ Then there are Sparks, doing a second night at […]
