Tonight in L.A.: U2, L7, Mae, King Tuff, Big Search, The Dø, Josh Rouse, Little Red Lung, King Washington, William Elliott Whitmore, Bette Midler, Tori Kelly, Niyaz, the Dan Band, Flux Pavilion, Smallpools, Pearl & the Beard, Trapdoor Social
Oh, Thursday, you are being way too good to me: ► L7 [pictured circa 1992], back with a roar and their original lineup intact, rock the Echo ahead of European tour dates in June and two July gigs at the Fonda Theatre. ► U2 plays to a room full of lucky KROQ ticket-winners at the […]
► Neutral Milk Hotel, on its “last tour for the foreseeable future,” plays the Warner Grand Theatre in San Pedro, with the Minders opening. ► U2 returns for the second of five dates at the Forum. ► Will Butler (of Arcade Fire) visits the Troubadour in support of his solo album “Policy,” with Jo Firestone […]
The band in Lieutenant’s new video is not Lieutenant, and that’s the point. Director Daniel Contrero’s “Believe the Squalor” is played out in a chapel amid fire and blood by a metal band — just about the polar opposite of singer-guitarist Nate Mendel and the guys he recruited to stage his solo project Lieutenant. Mendel, […]
A most excellent Tuesday to you: ► U2 does the first of five shows at the Forum (all except next Wednesday’s are sold out). ► Kopecky (fka Kopecky Family Band) visits the Echo behind their new album “Drug for the Modern Age,” with Desert Noises and Armors opening. ► Sweden’s Refused rocks the Roxy Theatre. […]
Incoming: U2, Spoon, The Moth & the Flame, Freedom Fry, Cillie Barnes, Golden Coast, Refused, Kopecky, Two Sheds, Gold Star, Erick Macek, Aaron Watson, Dignitary, Neutral Milk Hotel, Knox Hamilton, Spirit Club, Bones Muhroni, Will Butler, Bonnie Raitt, Bette Midler, Tori Kelly, King Tuff, L7, The Do, Flux Pavilion, Big Search, Little Red Lung, Josh […]
Tonight in L.A.: Ceremony, Grieves, the Dear Hunter, Paramore, War, Neil Diamond, En Vogue, Isaac Rother & the Phantoms, Geronimo Getty, Simi Valley Cajun & Blues Festival, Topanga Days
Big start to the long weekend: ► Bay Area quintet Ceremony was known for making fast-paced hardcore punk rock, but their new album “The L-Shaped Man,” their first in three years, sounds more like rock-solid post-punk. See their double video for “The Separation” and “The Understanding” above. They play the Echoplex tonight along with Negative […]
Tonight in L.A.: Rocky Dawuni, Crocodiles, Roses, Laura Jane Grace, What So Not, Rebirth Brass Band, Gothic Tropic, Juicy J, Big Bad Voodoo Daddy, Charming Liars, the Dear Hunter, Speedy Ortiz
Let the weekend begin: ► L.A.-based Ghanian singer Rocky Dawuni heads up “A Night of Afro Roots Vibrations” at the Regent Theater, where he’s joined by guests Joe Driscoll & Sekou and Kouyate. Presented by Afro Funké & Cumbancha, it’s a free show, and those vibrations will be good. Above is Dawuni’s video for “African […]
L.A. native Marlon Rabenreither returned from art school in London a few years ago with a ravenous appetite for music as well as the visual arts. His Sister Ruby Band released the solid if overlooked “In Cold Blood” in 2011, an album that fans of Black Rebel Motorcycle Club would love, but the his musical […]
Tonight in L.A.: Speedy Ortiz, Wild Nothing, Tove Styrke, Mala Rodriguez, JJ Grey & Mofro, Holly Miranda, Quintron & Miss Pussycat, GBH, Nocona, Thatwasthen, Empty Palace, King Washington
Plenty from which to choose on this Thursday: ► Massachusetts rockers Speedy Ortiz hit the Echo behind their new album “Foil Deer,” with Alex G and Slutever opening. Above, their video for “Raising the Skate.” ► Wild Nothing and Roses team up for a free, she company-sponsored show at the Echoplex. ► Spanish hip-hop star […]
This new collaboration between Franz Ferdinand and Sparks is sounding more enticing with every tease. FFS, as they are calling themselves, will release their self-titled album June 9 via Domino Records. The video for the single “Johnny Delusional” is the work of French directors AB/CD/CD (Royal Blood, Lily Allen, Kasabian and the Postal Service). From […]
