Incoming: Coachella, Rihanna, Thao & the Get Down Stay Down, Angel Olsen, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Broadheds, the Bad Things, Heloise & the Savoir Faire, How to Destroy Angels, Sky Ferreira, Local H, Beach House, Passion Pit, Dave Stewart, yeasayer, Merle Haggard, Savages, the Wanted, Crosby, Stills & Nash, Dianna Reeves, Los Tigres del Norte, […]
Sunday things: ‣ The Bootleg Theater hosts the 2nd Annual Los Angeles Psych Fest. This year’s lineup features: Acid Mothers Temple, Lumerians, the Shrine, Jeffertitti’s Nile [pictured above], Dahga Bloom, Sister Calypso, Brainfruit, Ahkiyyini, Strangers Family Band, Midday Veil, Wild Wild Wets, Vinyl Williams and Guy Blakeslee. ‣ Livan Beggars & Believers headline the El Rey Theatre with a […]
Saturday night’s all right: ‣ Paisley Underground torchbearers the Three O’Clock, who have reunited to play Coachella, do a “Localchella” gig at the Glass house in Pomona, with Tijuana Panthers supporting. ‣ Electro alchemist Shlohmo headlines the Fonda Theatre behind his new “laid Out” EP – R&B singer Jeremih will be his special guest, and […]
It’s a fabulous Friday: ‣ We’ll start this Friday on the local tip: L.A. quartet the Hectors celebrate the release of their first album “Her Dark Majesty” [sample the wares here] at the Satellite, supported by Haunted Summer, TS & the Past Haunts and Spaceships. ‣ Partying with the mammals: Dan Deacon and Japanther team […]
A quick look at your Thursday shows: ‣ It’s been a year and a half since Echo Park indie-rockers indie-rockers NO landed with a free, six-song EP (following it with a single last August), and now Bradley Hanan Carter and crew are back with some new songs. They headline the Troubadour tonight, supported by James […]
Happy Wednesday: ‣ Veteran hitmakers the Goo Goo Dolls have a new album on the way, their 10th. “Magnetic” comes out May 7, and the band revs up for the release by playing the Troubadour tonight. The Skatalites at the Echoplex ‣ Vacationer, impressive in October when they opened for Bombay Bicycle Club, returns to […]
Your stellar show selection for Tuesday: ‣Â DWNTWN, the electro-pop duo who won our hearts last year with “See My Eyes” and followed it up with their “Red Room” EP, kicks off a residency at the Central SAPC. Get there early for a new outfit (with at least one familiar face) called the Mercy Beat. Blackbear […]
Tonight’s shows, no fooling: ‣ Rhye, the L.A.-based duo of Canadian Mike Milosh and the Danish Robin Hanniba, plays its highly anticipated show at the Masonic Lodge at Hollywood Forever Cemetery. Their debut album “Woman” came out in March. ‣ Hands kicks off a residency at the Echo – the L.A. quartet’s debut comes out […]
Incoming: Rhye, Hands, Gavin Turek, Chief, 8mm, Low, DWNTWN, A-Trak, Fu Manchu, Dan Deacon, Japanther, Goo Goo Dolls, the Skatalites, Vacationer, Bobby McFerrin, Kopecky Family Band, NO, Phosphorescent, Soul Asylum, the Hectors, the Dan Band, Shlohmo, Big Head Todd & the Monsters, the Three O’Clock Above: That’s Phosphorescent’s video for “Song for Zula,” off the […]
Your Easter Sunday menu: ‣ Seattle’s dark folk artist King Dude headlines the Echo. That’s his video for “I Know You’re Mine” above. Of the Wand & the Moon and A Story of Rats open. ‣ Downstairs at the Echoplex, Oakland’s post-punk band Wax Idols headlines Part-Time Punks’ weekly night with Cold Showers, Dream Boys […]
