[Cheers to Josh Homme on his 37th birthday – maybe his QOTSA bandmate Troy Van Leeuwen will raise a glass to him at Spaceland tonight …] Van Leeuwen’s quartet Sweethead continues its residency at Spaceland, and also on that side of town it’s the second week of the Like’s stint at the Echo (Jail Weddings […]
[Things to do this weekend: Wish David Byrne a happy birthday. Find a way to see one of those Flying Lotus shows. Use this post as a opportunity to remind folks that Patrick Park has a new album out.] As downright pretty as Patrick Park’s third album is, “Come What Will,” like its title, sometimes […]
[Smile, break into song and wish the man born Stevland Hardaway Judkins, whom you know as Stevie Wonder, a happy 60th birthday. As icing on the cake, I offer tonight’s music desserts:] Massive shows, mini shows, tonight has it all – just for grins, I’ll start out small: The lineup of local bands at the […]
Soul revivalists and recent Dangerbird Records signees Fitz & the Tantrums [pictured], new indie-pop supergroup Admiral Radley and emerging L.A. rock bands Saint Motel and Voxhaul Broadcast highlight the lineup for this year’s Also I Like to Rock series at the Hammer Museum in July. The series, presented by the Hammer and KCRW-FM and curated […]
[Tip of the cap to Billy Squier on his 60th birthday. Here’s what’s out there tonight:] Diane Birch, the 27-year-old preacher’s daughter who once did duty as a lounge pianist at the Beverly Hills Hotel, was last spotted in L.A. opening for Nick Jonas early this year at the Wiltern. The pop-soul songstress, whose 2009 […]
[Tipping one back today for birthday boy Greg Dulli. Tip his bartenders. … Now, for tonight:] Kate Nash’s North American tour winds up tonight at the sold-out El Rey Theatre – the 22-year-old U.K. songstress just released her sophomore album, “My Best Friend Is You.” … Bay Area rockers the Hundred Days are the gem […]
[The party was apparently this past weekend in NYC – lost my invitation – but today is officially Bono’s birthday. And his 50th, at that. Those AARP discounts really help, pal. … Meanwhile, in L.A. tonight:] Pop-rock collagists Fang Island [pictured], who’ve been touring with L.A.’s Red Sparowes, check in for a 6 p.m. in-store […]
Red Sparowes’ widescreen instrumental rock demands the participation of your own vivid imagination, and the L.A. quintet’s third album, “The Fear is Excruciating, but Therein Lies the Answer,” is worth the excursion. Using swirling atmospherics, thundering bass and harmonized guitars, Red Sparowes draw the kind of massive soundscapes that make you part of the painting. […]
The new music from SoCal quintet Mississippi Man pulls the heartstrings into the penumbra between giddy folk/blues and vintage pop, and that is A-OK. Actually, “A-OK” is the title of the debut album singer-guitarists Luke Messimer and David Knight and their bandmates plan to release this summer. They’ve been recording since earlier this spring in […]
[Happy Cinco de Mayo. And happy birthday, Adele. Here’s your fare for 5/5/10:] Anticon soundscapist and Andrew Bird collaborator Martin Dosh [that’s his video for “Airlift,” above] hits the Echo tonight behind the April release of his fifth album “Tommy.” Supporting is local boy genius Will Wiesenfeld is his new incarnation as Baths. … The […]
