Pretty cool Tuesday ahead: ‣ Tyler Bryant & the Shakedown, the Nashville quartet fronted by the 21-year-old guitar prodigy, bring their vintage blues rock to the Viper Room in celebration of their first album, “Wild Child,” out today. L.A.’s own young shredder extraordinaire, Jared James Nichols, opens. That’s Bryant’s video for “Last One Leaving,” above, […]
Happy MLK Jr. Day: ‣Â Lady Gaga headlines her second Staples Center show this week. ‣Â This week’s installment of It’s a School Night at Bardot features Robert DeLong, Sean Bones, Gemini Club and Best Friends. DJ sets provided by Goodnight Keaton and Dezlin. (Free with RSVP.) ‣Â PAPA continues their residency over at the Bootleg. This week’s […]
Incoming: Lady Gaga, Robert DeLong, Jessie Ware, Quicksand, Ferraby Lionheart, Tyler Bryant & the Shakedown, Muse, the Airborne Toxic Event, Dada, Bad Religion, Pentatonix, Wayne Kramer, Pageants, Wovenhand, El Ten Eleven, Ken Stringfellow, Ben Folds Five, Al Stewart, Smokey Robinson Above: Pentatonix, the Texas-bred a cappella group of Scott Hoying, Kirstie Maldonado, Mitch Grassi, Avi […]
Sunday things:Â ‣Â Lady Gaga entertains her little monsters at Staples Center. ‣Â The Budos Band and Jungle Fire get down at the Echoplex. ‣Â Social Distortion plays their second show at the House of Blues Hollywood this weekend. ‣Â And funk-jazz keyboardist and composer Bernie Worrell (pictured to the left; known for his work with Parliament-Funkadelic and Talking […]
Tunes for your sunny Saturday: ‣Â Punk icons Pennywise continue celebrating 25 years with their second sold-out show at the Palladium this weekend. ‣Â Social Distortion plays another House of Blues show. This time, they’re in Hollywood. ‣Â He’s My Brother She’s My Sister [pictured above] celebrates the release of their forthcoming album “Nobody Dances in This Town” […]
It’s pretty much a Friday frenzy: ‣ South Bay punk icons Pennywise are celebrating 25 years – and celebrating having singer Jim Lindberg back in the fold – so the first of two sold-out shows tonight at the Palladium ought to be wall-shakers. Lagwagon opens. ‣Â Femi Kuti & the Positive Force bring the good vibes […]
Thursday’s things: ‣ Pinback is touring behind its latest great album “Information Received” (the music video for “Proceed to Memory,” above, is a time-lapse depiction of the creation of their new mural in Brooklyn) and hits the El Rey Theatre, supported by Judgement Day. ‣ South Africa’s the Parlotones return to L.A. for a date […]
‣ Teen phenom Jake Bugg, the pride of Nottingham, brings his classic rock touch (and the monstrous buzz it’s created) to the Troubadour for a sold-out show. Valerie June opens. That’s Bugg’s “Lightning Bolt,” above. ‣ Great pairing at the El Rey Theatre, where Calexico plays a makeup date for the show that was postponed […]
Tuesday’s touts for live tunes: ‣ Grammy Museum’s spotlight tonight features Ryan Raddon aka pioneer DJ Kaskade. Guests will hear tracks from his latest album “Fire and Ice,” and will also get some behind-the-scene takes on a few of the tracks. ‣ Punk-dance outfit Professor Possessor headlines the Bootleg Bar. Brett (formerly the Dance Party) […]
Your massive Monday: ‣ Maximum Hedrum, the new project from Sam Spiegel of N.A.S.A. and Sepultura vocalist Derrick Green, plays its first show at Los Globos. See our December post. ‣ Globetrotting songstress Yael Meyer swings back through L.A. to performa t the Hunnypot Radio night at the Central SAPC along with Matt Jaffe & […]
