Echo Park Rising returned Saturday for the first time since 2019, and from the stages of the Echo and Echoplex to the pop-up shows all over the neighborhood, the streets were alive with the sound of music.
High energy and wide variety ruled the day as the annual Happy Sundays festival took over six venues along Anaheim Street in Long Beach, with L.A. Witch, the Paranoyds and the Shivas drawing big crowds.
The Flaming Lips celebrated their 2002 album “Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots” — and more from their long history — in typically colorful fashion on Friday night at the YouTube Theater.
Tegan and Sara visited the Bellwether as part of their “Crybaby” tour, celebrating their 10th album released last fall.
With a new album on the way and their children in tow, husband-wife duo the Dollyrots showed why they are longtime L.A. favorites by delivering an energetic show at Knitting Factory NoHo.
Sparks and They Might Be Giants — two long-running bands with their own, inimitable styles — teamed up for a night at the Hollywood Bowl. As the Sparks song says, “Gee, That Was Fun.”
Le Tigre, on their first North American tour in 18 years, returned to Southern California for an energetic night at the Greek Theatre.
Johanna Samuels celebrated the release of her sophomore album, “Bystander,” on Saturday night — and her birthday. All the bystanders at Zebulon signaled their approval.
Ringo Starr and His All Starr Band convened at the Greek Theatre for a night of all-star covers.
Memories of their buggy 2015 show at the Greek still nagging, Garbage returned to the Griffith Park venue for a triumphant night as part of co-headlining tour with Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds.
