[A quick happy 70th birthday to Judy Collins, and a happy May Day to you. Other responsibilities are going to force me to be very brief with this update – see Duke for a bigger rundown.] Tonight: If I’m still standing by this evening, it will be Wolfmother and the Ruby Sons at First Fridays […]
[We bid April adieu with fond birthday wishes for Willie Nelson …] Quite a night in the city, starting with the sold-out Pablove Foundation benefit at the Echoplex, which will be emceed by Shirley Manson and features Silversun Pickups and Eulogies. … Upstairs at the Echo, it’s a special occasion for two local bands – […]
[Serving up birthday greetings today to Master P. Now for a busy night on the club circuit …] She won me as a fan as South by Southwest, and now Thao Nguyen – that’s Thao With the Get Down Stay Down to the uninitiated – hits the Hotel Cafe for a big show with Samantha […]
[Happy birthday to Kim Gordon. And happy Tuesday to you …] Tinted Windows, the seemingly unlikely conflagration of Taylor Hanson (Hanson), Adam Schlesinger (Fountains of Wayne), James Iha (Smashing Pumpkins) and Bun E. Carlos (Cheap Track), hits town for a sold-out show at the Troubadour tonight. Tinted Windows’ debut album, out last week, doesn’t exactly […]
Castledoor’s first album is titled “Shouting at Mountains,” but members of the Los Angeles sextet had to feel as if they were climbing them the past three years. After they arrived on the scene with a winsome tune and a smile, Castledoor’s career has proceeded by fits and starts, with two EPs (“‘Til We Sink” […]
[Twenty-seven years after the Grammys anointed her best new artist, Sheena Easton celebrates a milestone birthday today. Cheers to her as we rocket into the final week of the month …] Yes, the Henry Clay People’s residency at Spaceland this month has been raging, but they are not all the rage. Two other Monday night […]
[Jane’s Addiction’s Eric Avery blows out birthday candles on Saturday; cheers to him as we rock into the weekend …] Tonight: Seems to be lighter than your average Friday, but in addition to the I Am Treasure benefit at the Roxy (featuring Pigeon John and Rootbeer), you have some other options. She Wants Revenge, paired […]
[Happy birthday to Lee Majors – the Six Million Dollar Man turns 70 today, and if you think there’s no musical connection you’ve obvously never heard his 1981 tune “The Unknown Stuntman.”] In an earlier version of this post, I had Edward Sharpe playing at the Regent Theater. I was wrong, wrong, wrong. that residency […]
[Glen Campbell blows out birthday candles today …] Big night for adventurous elecro-pop duo Hecuba [pictured] – Danny and Tiffany Preston celebrate the release of their new album, “Paradise” (Manimal Vinyl), with a show at the Echo, where they will be accompanied by members of L.A. Fog on flute and saxophone. And Rainbow Arabia is […]
[We salute Iggy Pop on his birthday, and then consider these options …] Electro-funk crazy man James Pants [pictured] represents for the Stones Throw crew at the Echoplex, while upstairs at the Echo, the War on Drugs hold forth. … The Whip was confounded by laptop problems during its set Monday night at Spaceland (even […]
