We’ve still got Sunday’s Coachella coverage coming your way. In the meantime, check out all the festival artists playing L.A. tonight: ‣ Rodriguez, the star of Oscar-winning documentary “Searching for Sugar Man” plays a show at the Orpheum Theatre before he has to head back to Coachella for weekend 2. Giant Sand plays as support. […]
Incoming: OMD, Ghost B.C., the Faint, the Postal Service, Rodriguez, Foals, Franz Ferdinand, Smith Westerns, James McCartney, Gary Clark Jr., Polica, Aesop Rock, Modest Mouse, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Dropkick Murphys, Youth Lagoon, A Day to Remember, Palma Violets, Public Enemy, Alt-J, Jello Biafra, Green Day, Purity Ring, La Roux, Bad Religion, Action Bronson, Dinosaur Jr., […]
What’s happening in SoCal this lovely Friday:Â ‣ Coachella Day 1 with the Stone Roses, Blur, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Modest Mouse and more. Set times here. ‣ Father Tiger celebrates the release of their EP “Vernal Equinox” tonight at the Virgil. That’s their video for “Head Hung Low” above. ‣ And over at Hotel Café, […]
Set times for 2013’s Coachella Valley Music and Arts Annual Festival have been announced, and if you’re like us at BBLA HQ, you’re already mapping out a game plan for whom you want to see. The thing is, every year always presents some conflicts leaving you no choice but to choose one band over another. […]
If you’re sitting this Coachella out, well … you don’t really have to sit this Coachella out. At least, not all of it. The festival’s YouTube Channel will stream more than 60 artists playing Indio, including headliners Phoenix and Red Hot Chili Peppers along with the likes of Local Natives [pictured at the Satellite in […]
Dear Coachella: This post could be about 38 bands long, but I’m just afraid of getting RSI. I know it’s become fashionable to take potshots at your lineup – I have no idea what warped sense of entitlement that comes from. You have a nice product, and the excellence in the 2013 lineup runs deep. […]
T’was the Thursday before Coachella and all through the city … ‣ U.K. quartet Savages quickened our pulse at SXSW; now the band has an album titled “Silence Yourself” coming May 7 on Matador records, and the quartet brings its primal post-punk to the Echo tonight. No Bra opens. ‣ Passion Pit and Tanlines [the […]
Wow, Pomona, aren’t you the center of the universe … ‣ How to Destroy Angels, Trent Reznor’s new project with Atticus Ross, Rob Sheridan and Mariqueen Reznor, alights at the Fox Theater in Pomona for a Coachella warm-up show that features extravagant visuals by Sheridan. That’s the video for “How Long?,” above, from HTDA’s debut […]
Totally Tuesday things: ‣ Red Hot Chili Peppers stop by the Fonda Theatre before they headline two weekends at Coachella. ‣ Pop star Rihanna plays the Staples Center. ‣ Broadheds – the new band from Eulogies’ former frontman (and Dangerbird’s co-founder) – headlines the Bootleg with solid support from fellow L.A. bands Eastern Conference Champions […]
Start your week off right: ‣ Indie-rock provocateurs Thao & the Get Down Stay Down headline the Troubadour behind their great new album “We the Common” – and, by the way, the band’s recent webisode series is recommended too. Portland’s Sallie Ford & the Sound Outside supports. ‣ Chicago folkie Angel Olsen, newly signed to […]
