Your Saturday menu: ‣ The Wedding Present, whose older repertoire still makes us nostalgically swoon, headlines the Troubadour in support of their new album “Valentina.” [Download “You Jane” here.] Tokyo’s Pinky Piglets support. ‣ USC’s charity concert Derby Days returns with a lineup featuring Theophilus London, Bag Raiders and American Royalty. ‣ RT N’ the […]
Your Friday Fixings: ‣ Races celebrate the release of their debut album “Year of the Witch,” which just dropped this week on Frenchkiss Records, at the Echo. Living Things and Incan Abraham join the party. ‣ Ghostly International’s star and avant-pop artist Matthew Dear headlines tonight’s installment of First Fridays (a week earlier than usual) […]
Thursday’s things: ‣ The Warped Tour Kickoff Party goes off a Club Nokia, with performances from Dead Sara, Falling in Reverse, Matt Toka and two surprise guests (Warped Tour veterans). ‣ NYC-based singer-songwriter Jay Brannan brings the sharp songs on his sophomoe album “Rob Me Blind” (out this week) to the Hotel Cafe. That’s his […]
Your fare for Wednesday: ‣ White Rabbits bring their scorching live show, and the music from their new album “Milk Famous,” to the El Rey Theatre. ‣ Australia dance-pop quintet Gold Fields holds down the party at the Bootleg Bar, supported by Touché and the Neighborhood at the Bootleg Bar ‣ San Diego’s Cuckoo Chaos […]
Here’s your Tuesday: ‣ Canadian songstress Kathleen Edwards visits the El Rey Theatre behind her fourth album (and finest yet), “Voyageur,” which was co-produced by Justin Vernon (Bon Iver). That’s her video for “Change the Sheets,” above. ‣ White Arrows, their new EP “Fireworks of the Sea” out earlier this month, headline the Roxy on […]
Ethan Gold, the San Francisco-bred songwriter whose 2011 album “Songs From a Toxic Apartment” was praised by Pitchfork for its “unfiltered, glaring legibility,” joins soulful trio The Record Company, singer-songwriter Laura Meyer and the Brett Farkas vehicle Boys School at Buzz Bands LA’s monthly songwriter night at Lot 1 Cafe in Echo Park (RSVP at […]
Soaking it up on the final Monday in March: ‣ Twenty-two-year-old electro whiz Nicolas Jaar plays his first official L.A. show at the Echoplex behind his 2011 album “Space Is Only Noise.” ‣ The Henry Clay People rock the Viper Room, supported by TS & the Past Haunts and the Mowgli’s. ‣ NO’s residency at […]
[Our look at the week ahead, starting with Nicolas Jaar, playing Monday, and his video for “Mi Mujer”:] Incoming: Nicolas Jaar, NO, Voxhaul Broadcast, the Henry Clay People, JC Brooks & the Uptown Sound, Harriet, White Arrows, White Rabbits, Matthew Dear, Races, Kathleen Edwards, the Wedding Present and more. Our staff picks of the week: […]
On this Sunday, some of the good stuff starts early: ‣ Philadelphia trio Good Old War visits the Avalon Hollywood behind its new album “Come Back As Rain,” with L.A.’s own the Belle Brigade and Family of the Year opening. ‣ Big doings at the Bootleg Theater, where KXLU’s LA Psych Fest brings the Entrance […]
Great Saturday ahead: ‣ Here’s a show that comes with all the fixings – the Burger Records mini-festival Burgerama goes off at the Observatory in Santa Ana, featuring OFF! (pictured at Coachella last year), Wavves, Ty Segall, the Strange Boys, FIDLAR, White Fence, King Tuff, the Lovely Bad Things, Dirt Dress, Audacity, Pangea, Feeding People, Tomorrow’s […]
