Your Tuesday things: ‣ The Silent Comedy bring their foot-stomping blues-Americana to the Roxy for a headlining show that features rockers Taylor Locke & the Roughs, who are working on the follow-up to the two albums they released in 2010, and Races, the indie-rockers whose debut album “Year of the Witch” is out March 27 […]
Your massive Monday menu for MLK Jr. Day: ‣ Sisters Allison Pierce and Catherine Pierce, aka The Pierces, headline It’s A School Night at Bardot. [That’s their video for “Kissing You Goodbye” above from last year’s record “You and I.”] NO and Zane Carney (of Carney) open. Jennifer Teft from Super Soul Sundays also DJs. […]
Some Sunday selections: ‣ “Occupy Skid Row” will be taking place according to the promoter Chuck D despite concerns of acquiring correct permits. The concert benefiting the homeless on Gladys Avenue between Fifth and Sixth streets will start at 1 P.M. with Public Enemy playing at 2 P.M. Other acts scheduled to play include Freestyle […]
Your Saturday spread: ‣ Electronic and producing duo the Knocks headline the Satellite with DWNTWN and Y Luv opening. [That’s their video for “Make It Better” above.] ‣ Singer-songwriter Naomi Greenwald heads a hefty bill at Bootleg Theater, which also features All Spots to Black, Neon Hymns, Mariana Bell and Fierce Creatures. ‣ Anna Nalick […]
If tonight’s show list were any longer, it’d be a Phish song: ‣ New York’s Penguin Prison brings his dancey electro-pop to the Echo, supported by American Royalty. That’s Penguin Prison’s Occupy Wall Street-inspired video for “Don’t F*ck With My Money,” above. ‣ M83 and Big Black Delta do a second sold-out night at Club […]
Thursday things: ‣ M83, thunderously good at the Music Box in November, returns to L.A. for a sold-out two-date stand beginning tonight at Club Nokia. ‣ Robert Schwartzman is joined by Sleeping Bags and Emily Greene at the Satellite in part of the free “Satellite Nights” series. ‣ The Milk Carton Kids – the acoustic […]
Tonight’s touts: ‣ Andrew McMahon brings Jack’s Mannequin to the Viper Room for a sold-out show behind the October release of his third album, “People and Things.” Don’t stay out too late, though (or set your DVR), the band also appears tonight on “The Tonight Show With Jay Leno.” Jack’s Mannequin kicks off a nationwide […]
So many good shows tonight – in the interest of self-promotion, we’ll start with our own: ‣ Buzz Bands LA’s SecondTuesday, our monthly songwriter night, brings Correatown, Imperial Mammoth, College Kids and Will Courtney to Lot 1 Cafe in Echo Park for a night of acoustic or semi-acoustic sets. The music starts at 9:15. ‣ […]
Happy Monday, and it is indeed a happy Monday: ‣ Funk, R&B and psych-rock mixologist Van Hunt, whose new album “What Were You Hoping For?” came out last fall, does the RSVP-only It’s a School Night at Bardot. Tycho and Jacuzzi Boys also play. ‣ Electro genre-masher Robert DeLong kicks off a residency at Los […]
Raise a glass for Elvis: ‣ The Annual Elvis Presley Birthday Bash – the King would have turned 77 years old today – goes off startinga t 4 p.m. at the Echoplex. The long-running event, staged by Art Fein and now more than 25 years old itself, brings a host of musicians and celebrities to the […]
