Here’s what up for your Saturday night: ‣ Stevie Wonder’s 19th Annual House Full of Toys, going off tonight at the Forum, is a gift in two ways – not only is it the legendary artist’s holiday benefit for th We Are You Foundation but he is performing “Songs in the Key of Life” front […]
Andrew McMahon has a long history of crafting unfailingly catchy and unblinkingly earnest pop, first as singer/keyboardist for O.C. rockers Something Corporate and then under the guise Jack’s Mannequin, whose three albums of music were in large part informed by his battle with cancer. This fall he resurfaced as “Andrew McMahon in the Wilderness,” an […]
Born from the collaboration of two Grammy-nominated minds, soul artist Mayer Hawthorne and hip-hop producer Jake One, Tuxedo brings new funk music to the forefront. Much like their moniker, Tuxedo’s music mixes a touch of class to the groove-inducing sounds of funk music. After many years of friendship and collaboration, Tuxedo is ready to share […]
Here are your most excellent Wednesday show options: ‣ Ryan Adams does the first of two night at the Wiltern in support of his new self-titled album. ‣ Meiko returns to the Hotel Café for a show on a night that also features Tyler Lyle, Luke & Laura, Found in the Flood and Caitlin Lucia. […]
Here’s your Tuesday show things: ‣ Buckle up: Smashing Pumpkins play the Fonda Theatre behind their new album “Monuments to an Elegy.” ‣ L.A. quartet Francisco the Man winds up a big year that saw them release their long-awaited full-length, “Loose Ends,” with a show at the Echo, supported by Gothic Tropic and Hot Panda. […]
Imagine that, witnessing bloody violence in a Butch Walker video. But that’s the striking piece of cinema for the new Walker single “Bed on Fire,” directed by Magdalena Wosinska and Snake and filmed in the dusty environs of Joshua Tree. The torch song-turned-murder ballad has all the requisite B’s – bikers, babes and Butch’s band, as […]
Incoming: Smashing Pumpkins, Goo Goo Dolls, Lord Huron, Tijuana Panthers, Marie Digby, HIM, Mark de Clive-Lowe, Francisco the Man, Smoke Season, Schoolboy Q, Corners, Ryan Adams, Meiko, Art Alexakis, Scott Kinnebrew, the Power Cords, Weezer, Dustin Kensrue. Matt Pryor, Jonwayne, Intronaut, the Dan Band, Fishbone, Mystic Braves, Royal Machines, Stevie Wonder, Dillon Francis, Infected Mushroom, […]
Sunday in the city: ‣ Night 2 of KROQ’s Almost Acoustic Christmas brings Smashing Pumpkins, Modest Mouse, No Doubt, Tears for Fears, Weezer, Interpol, Imagine Dragons, Vance Joy and Alt-J to the Forum. ‣ Forty years since his last North American tour, the singer-songwriter now going by the name Yusuf/Cat Stevens holds forth at the […]
If you enjoyed OFF!’s video for “Over Our Heads” last week – and if you didn’t, you should stop reading this and immediately return to watching Congressional hearings on CSPAN – you’ll love Part 2, “Meet Your God.” The saga of frontman Keith Morris’ birthday skydiving escapade continues, co-starring Jack Black. We’re not going to spoil […]
A Place to Bury Strangers announced last week that their fourth full-length, “Transfixiation,” would arrive Feb. 17 via Dead Oceans, and the New York trio sounds as menacing as ever. The single “Straight” boasts the kind of animalistic bass line and caustic distortion you can’t wait to feel live, assuming you remember your high-test earplugs. […]
