[Salutations to birthday guy Carlos Santana today. Here’s what’s up tonight:] NYC shoegaze/jangle-pop quartet the Pains of Being Pure at Heart [pictured], who played great shows at SXSW and at Spaceland earlier this year, return to L.A. – fresh from the Pitchfork Music Festival – for an engagement at the Echo. … If you like […]
[Birthday greetings go out Saturday to the Super Furry Animals Gruff Rhys; now here are some suggestions for your busy weekend:] Today: Things to do while waiting for some astute businessperson to release the Happy Hollows’ full-length album: 1) Sigh; 2) Go see them at the Echo tonight. … Downstairs at the Echoplex, Three Mile […]
[Getting back into town today after a little road trip. Thanks to my pinch-bloggers the past few days; happy birthday to Stewart Copeland; and here’s a full plate of music goodies from which to sample tonight:] My trip to the heartland yielded a good read or two, including this Riverfront Times interview with Son Volt’s […]
[Marky Ramone celebrates a birthday with his blitzkrieg today.] UPDATED: The Veils finish their West Coast run at Club NME at Spaceland, with Luke Top and Other Girls supporting. … At Pershing Square in downtown, Fol Chen and 60 Watt Kid play an evening show. … Jonneine Zapata [pictured] performs at 3 Clubs along with […]
[Indie pop goddess Tanya Donnelly celebrates a birthday today.] Excellent night to be at Detroit Bar in Costa Mesa, where Foreign Born supports their sophomore album “Person to Person” with The Veils opening. … The Datsuns [pictured] are back with a raucous new album “Headstunts” and are playing at the Echo with locals Spirit Vine. […]
[Check it out now: Norman Cook (aka Fatboy Slim) celebrates a birthday today.] Monday residencies continue tonight with notable support: At Spaceland, Andy Clockwise leads the indie dance party with Natalie Portman’s Shaved Head [pictured]. … Japanese Motors revs up the Echo with Correatown. … And Last American Buffalo brings noir-tinged americana rock to the […]
[Must be brief. No fun to blog from the unsuperhighways of America. Happy birthday, Jessica Simpson. Here are some fun things to do in L.A. this weekend.] Today: Pretty appealing triple bill under the stars at the Greek Theatre where Ra Ra Riot and Heartless Bastards open for Andrew Bird. … There also are nice […]
[Blogging may be light the next couple of days as your faithful scribe embarks on a little road trip. I’m pretty distraught over missing tonight’s battery of shows too, especially on such a special day – the birthday, as it is, shared by Jack White, Courtney Love and John Tesh.] The “Also I Like to […]
[Folks, today is 07/08/09, and maybe a numerologist could explain it to me, but I remember have a distinctly crappy 06/07/08 and 05/06/07. So I might not get out of bed today, even to wish Beck a happy 39th birthday.] The acclaimed Brooklyn avant-pop group Dirty Projectors hit town tonight behind their new release “Bitte […]
[Good morning. I will say one thing about “The Essential Michael Jackson” collection – it’s an excellent way to drown out the drone of the helicopters covering today’s Michael Jackson Memorial.] Kitty, Daisy & Lewis [pictured] are rockabilly throwbacks who play the kind of music I imagine the nursing staff must have been listening to […]
