When Edward Sharpe & the Magnetic Zeros convened to celebrate the 10-year anniversary of their debut album on Friday, it felt more like a family reunion. Everyone had stories to tell.
When the Psychedelic Furs/James joint tour wound up its run Wednesday night at the Greek Theatre, there were heaping helpings of nostalgia served up by charismatic frontmen.
Amid flowers and cinematic lights, Lord Huron gave a rousing performances on Sunday night at the Hollywood Bowl.
A stroke victim less than two years ago, the Minus 5’s Scott McCaughey’s rocked long and hard Friday at the Bootleg Theater. The set included an R.E.M. cover (Mike Mills and Peter Buck were in the band, after all) and tunes from the Minus 5’s new album “Stroke Manor.”
Ty Segall and Freedom band blasted the doors off the very sold-out Teragram Ballroom Friday night. They continue their Friday night rein of fuzz Aug. 9.
At Tuesday’s International Pop Overthrow festival show, Piers Morgan and Rodney Bingenheimer spoke, and John Ferriter’s band the Tearaways performed as scheduled, in tribute to the talent agent, TV executive and musician who died last week at age 59.
The Raconteurs rocked the Greek Theatre on a night fans had to commit to memory — it was a cell phone-free concert. And it turned out to be pretty memorable after all.
Forty years after they rumbled out of Britain, the Mekons sipped from the fountain of youth Monday night at the Lodge Room — far from too old to rock, but perhaps past the point they’d brawl.
Scotland’s We Were Promised Jetpacks revisited 2009 on Sunday night — ripping through “These Four Walls” and more — to an adoring crowd at the Teragram Ballroom.
Sofia Bolt and her band celebrated the release of her debut album, “Waves,” at Zebulon on Monday night. Some friends joined along.
