First up, for October (or, where did my September go, I seem to have misplaced it?): ‣ A year ago last week, the Lumineers did a date at the Hotel Cafe. Twelve months and a load of album sales later, the Denver-based folkies are doing a two-night stand at the Fonda Theatre, with both shows […]
For your sunny Sunday: ‣ Wilco returns to SoCal and teams up with the lovely Joanna Newsom at the Hollywood Bowl. ‣ Singer-songwriter Priscilla Ahn [pictured above] headlines the Bootleg Bar where she’ll be joined by the Parlour Suite and Communist Daughter. ‣ Mister Loveless comes to the Satellite. The Cigarette Bums and A Girl […]
Happy Mid-Autumn Moon: ‣ Returning for another highly anticipated LA date, Britain’s Alt-J will have fans piling into the Bootleg Bar. Wildcat! Wildcat! and Cayucas also round out the bill for a solid night. ‣ In tour in support of their “Forward/Return” EP, the Album Leaf headlines the Satellite. [Check out “Descent.”] Drew Andrews supports. […]
A fantastic Friday: ‣ Earlimart celebrates the release of its new album “System Preferences,” its seventh and first in four years, with a headlining date at the Satellite, supported by Blake Hazard (of the Submarines) and Blonde Summer. ‣ Rodriguez – the rediscovered singer-songwriter who is the subject of the documentary “Searching for Sugar Man” […]
On Tuesday, we reported that Saturday’s 74th Annual Mid-Autumn Moon Festival in Chinatown had added a Live Music Stage, featuring five local bands, to this year’s festivities. For those who plan on coming out to Chinatown’s Central Plaza to get their moon cake on, there has been a slight change in the set times. The […]
Culture Collide, Filter magazine’s four-day tour de Echo Park, has announced set times. The third annual festival brings 60-plus artists representing 25 countries to stages big and small in the Eastside neighborhood, capped by a free block party in and around Taix French restaurant on Sunday featuring Of Montreal, the Wombats, School of Seven Bells […]
‣ Band of Horses visits the Troubadour behind its new album “Mirage Rock.” That’s the Jason Eberhardt-directed video for “Knock Knock,” above. ‣ Having wrapped up his dates with Desaparecidos, Conor Oberst does a solo show at UCLA’s Royce Hall. ‣ Portland dinde-rockers Menomena bust in to the El Rey Theatre bheind its new album […]
Wednesday’s embarrassment of riches: ‣ The Killers visit the Fonda Theatre behind their new album “Battle Born.” The video for their great big rock anthem “Runaways,” above, has only been viewed 4 1/2 million times, so what’s a few more? ‣ Scotland-bred quartet Django Django headlines the Echo, supported by Vinyl Williams. ‣ The Features […]
The 74th Annual Mid-Autumn Moon Festival – a free, all-ages cultural event whose roots date back more than 3,000 years – has added a live music stage for this year’s festivities, which go off from 5 to 11 p.m. this Saturday in Chinatown. In addition to the fest’s traditional activities, five local bands will perform at […]
‣ Spirit Animal, the NYC-based purveyors of electro punk ’n’ funk who have a new EP, “This Is a Test” on the way in November, visit the Satellite, supported by Jutty Ranx and Busy Living. Spirit Animal’s new song “Love Crime” is featured today on RollingStone.com. That’s Jutty Ranx’s video for “I See You,” above. […]
