A quiet but not totally silent night on the club scene: ‣ The Aggrolites bring their dirty reggae to Saint Rocke in Hermosa Beach. The hard-touring quintet this year released its fifth album, “Rugged Road” and are on a week-long mini-swing of SoCal venues that includes a date Thursday at the Key Club opening for […]
A short holiday schedule of shows: ‣ Manhattan Murder Mystery’s residency at the Satellite winds up with a supporting cast including One Trick Pony (pictured), George Glass and Last in Class. ‣ Neverever finishes its residency at the Echo on a bill that includes Sea Lions, Catwalk and more. Also:
A short but diverse schedule as we approach the holiday: ‣ Japan’s magnificent metallurgists Dir En Grey return to SoCal behind their new release “Dum Spiro Spero.” They bring their unique, pummeling rock the to the House of Blues. ‣ Lo-fi indie rockers the Growlers play the Observatory (fka the Galaxy Theatre) in Santa Ana, […]
‣ It’s a night of great folk-rock at the Echo – a double-barreled tour featuring two harmony-heavy bands brings in Vancouver’s Yukon Blonde (behind their new “Fire//Water” EP) and Long Beach’s the Fling (behind their new “What I’ve Seen” EP). That’s Yukon Blonde’s video for “Water,” above. BollWeevil kicks off the night. ‣ Stones Throw […]
Correatown joins Imperial Mammoth, College Kids and Will Courtney on a loaded bill for the Jan. 10 installment of Buzz Bands LA’s SecondTuesday songwriter night at Lot 1 Cafe in Echo Park. Correatown mastermind Angela Correa is already starting to work on material for a follow-up to her 2011 album “Pleiades.” Imperial Mammoth, the duo […]
Two big darned deals: ‣ Guns N’ Roses’ big tour comes to the Forum. Interesting interview with Axl Rose in today’s L.A. Times. ‣ Common headlines the House of Blues behind his released-just-in-time-for-Christmas new album “The Dreamer/The Believer,” which features an original poem by Maya Angelou. Two tasty club shows: ‣ L.A. quartet Flora & […]
Florida-bred, Tucson-based songstress Tracy Shedd has been crafting her sometimes-fuzzy, always-piquant indie-pop for over a decade, releasing four albums (three on Teen Beat Records) and, in 2010, the “EP88” that saw her switch from the guitar to the piano as her weapon of choice. Shedd doesn’t get out much, though – her current U.S. tour […]
A shorter schedule as we wind down toward the holiday: ‣ Rachel Goodrich and the Sister Ruby Band team up for a show at the Bootleg. Goodrich’s self-titled album came out early in the year (that’s the video for the non-album track “Wereman,” above), and Johny Ruby this fall released one of our favorite local […]
’Twas the Monday before Christmas, and all through the scene … ‣ Moby does an acoustic set at Bardot for the weekly RSVP-only It’s a School Night event, and young songstress Lucy Schwartz and Daniel Ahearn & the Jones also perform. ‣ The third installment of Manhattan Murder Mystery’s residency at the Satellite features Judson […]
Your Sunday show menu: ‣ The final night of the GV30 celebration of Goldenvoice’s 30 years and punk-rock legacy in Los Angeles offers blasts from the Descendents, the Vandals and the Dickies. It goes off at the Santa Monica Civic Auditorium. ‣ Tori Amos does a second night at the Orpheum Theatre. ‣ Another big […]
