The edgy power-pop of distaff quartet the Electrets will taste like comfort food for fans of the Ramones, the Go-Go’s and three-minute radio singles from 1981. It’s all done with proper cheekiness, of course. The band’s “Misfit” EP, released in August, draws outside the lines with some wonky keyboards, but mostly the debut from the […]
Twelve albums and two-plus decades into his career, Beck knows how to make a concert a narrative rather than just an assemblage of songs. So it was on Saturday night at the Orpheum, where played for more than two hours – starting with more subdued material from his vast catalog before ratcheting up the energy about […]
The glamorous Karen O wound up her three-night stint at Hollywood Forever Cemetery’s Masonic Lodge on Friday with poise, style and a few special guests. Although the slew of shows started out with a seated audience to maximize an intimate effect, a packed room during a heat wave called for the Lodge to do away […]
Spoon has been added to the lineup for the fourth annual Moon Block Party , which moves to the Pomona Fairplex this year for a one-day festival with three stages of music. Spoon joins an already formidable lineup featuring Black Rebel Motorcycle Club, the Black Angels and Band of Skulls performing on Saturday, Oct. 18. […]
Incoming: Sunset Strip Music Festival, Jane’s Addiction, Failure, Cold War Kids, Empire of the Sun, Mayer Hawthorne, Tarfest, Hunter Hunted, Limp Bizkit, Linkin Park, Mosco Rosco, Fenech-Soler, Soft Swells, Rise Against, Andrew Belle, Daedelus, Karen O, Buzzbocks, Coldplay, Train, De Lux, Magic Mirror, Vulpeck, Augustines, Chuck Ragan, Cheap Trick, Diana Ross, Neutral Milk Hotel, Fatboy Slim, […]
The rest of the weekend is rising right along with Echo Park: ‣ Echo Park Rising, ballooning to three days this year, kicks off with free shows at more that a dozen venues around the neighborhood, with Allah-Las, Woods and Crystal Skulls highlighting the outdoor stage at Taix and a great cast of local bands […]
The Seattle-based experimental hip-hop group Shabazz Palaces, led by Palacer Lazaro, neé Ismael Butler, formerly Butterfly of the jazz-rap Digable Planets, released a pair of seven-track EPs in 2009 before signing to Sub Pop Records. After their 2011 debut album “Black Up,” they’re back with sophomore effort “Lese Majesty,” out next week, and it’s one […]
The Antlers are no strangers to the Troubadour, having headlined there in 2010 with Phantogram opening the night. This time around though, it was for a pair of sold-out shows last weekend in support of their latest album, “Familiars.” Eight years into their career, the Brooklyn ensemble have mastered their dynamic melancholy sound, from lush soundscapes […]
“All I Really Want,” the first single from the forthcoming full-length by the Bots, sounds like the work of some garage-rock legends – taut and dangerous and crackling with moxie earned from years of taking their licks. And, well, in a way, the Glendale-bred brother duo of Anaiah and Mikaiah Lei have already built a […]
Old-timey jazz-pop quarter Leftover Cuties and soulful folk siren Jenny O. [pictured] will play the first two installments of a free music series on Saturday nights in August at One Colorado in Pasadena. The courtyard shows, which will be done in conjunction with pop-up eateries staffed by the retail center’s restaurants, also feature Sun Rai, […]
