Friday fun: ‣ The Little Ones celebrate their new album “The Dawn Sang Along,” their first release since 2008, with a show at the Echo, with the Lonely Wild and Saint Sea Hat supporting. ‣ Trombone Shorty brings the rip-raoring sound of New Orleans to the El Rey Theatre, with Orleans Avenue and the Stone […]
Your Thursday possibilities: ‣Â M. Ward gives a concert at the Orpheum Theatre – a makeup date for the October show he was forced to postpone because of illness. Karen Elson and Soul-Junk support. That’s Ward’s video for “The First Time I Ran Away,” above; the song is off his seventh solo albu,, “A Wasteland Companion,” […]
‣ Emeli Sandé, splendid last summer in a turn at the El Rey Theatre, returns to the venue tonight for a show featuring Emily King. ‣ The Pharcyde does a sold-out fan appreciation show at the Key Club. ‣ The co-headlining tour featuring Delta Rae and ZZ Ward lands at the Troubadour for the first […]
Tuesday things: ‣ Dirty Projectors stop by the Troubadour in support of their latest album “Swing Low Magellan.” Nick Kroll supports. ‣ It’s an eclectic night at the Echo where the Lovely Bad Things [pictured above], Wires On Fire, Cosmonauts and Chad & the Meatbodies all get together. ‣ Ontario’s post-hardcore band Silverstein headlines the […]
Cue our Monday mantra – so many residencies, so little time: ‣ L.A. trio Gliss starts a four-week run at Los Globos behind their new album “Langsom Dans” Xu Xu Fang, Lonely Trees and the Pyyramids open, and there will be a familiar face spinning music beetween sets – KROQ’s Rodney Bingenheimer. ‣ There’s a […]
Incoming: Matt Costa, Dirty Projectors, Silverstein, Kris Allen, the Pharcyde, Emeli Sandé, Delta Rae, ZZ Ward, Kan Wakan, Gliss, M. Ward, Solange, OFF!, Trombone Shorty, the Little Ones, Nick Waterhouse, Chelsea Wolfe, the B-52’s, Dr. John, Ed Sheeran, Wayne Shorter, Ellie Goulding, Petra Haden, Big Freedia, Emmylou Harris, Deadmau5 Above: The video for Dirty Projectors’ […]
Happy Superbowl Sunday: ‣Â Â The Reflections kick off their residency over at the Satellite. Tashaki Miyaki [that’s their video for “Tonight” above] and Joel Jerome (of Dios) support. ‣Â Â Bush Tetras return to the stage in Los Angeles for the first time since 1981 as part of Part Time Punks at the Echo. Terry Malts and Swahili […]
A super Saturday for shows: ‣ The legendary Ian Hunter is 73, but the Mott the Hoople main man sounds every bit the impetuous youth on his brawny new album “When I’m President.” Ian Hunter & the Rant Band visit the El Rey Theatre tonight. His live setlists have included new material and catalog gems, […]
Splash. The Little Ones wrestle with waves in the fun new video for “Argonauts,” one of many highlights on the sextet’s first album since 2008. “The Dawn Sang Along” (out Feb. 12) sounds triumphant in about every possible way, from the brotherly harmonies of Ed and Brian Reyes to the sunny guitars and beats from […]
Music in the key of February: ‣ Sonic explorer the Gaslamp Killer , along with Adventure Time (the collaboration between Daedelus and Mark “Frosty” McNeil of Dublab), is the big attraction at the February installment First Fridays at the Natural History Museum. “Seven Years of Bad Luck for Fun” (featuring Dimite), above, will mess with […]
