California-rock mystic Jonathan Wilson brought his band to the year’s first edition of Saturdays Off the 405 at the Getty Center over the weekend, and the expansive music on the singer-songwriter’s 2013 album “Fanfare” could hardly have been a better fit for the postcard-perfect day in the Santa Monica Mountains. The free series continues June […]
Happy Monday, and it is indeed: ‣ Coldplay’s new album “Ghost Stories,” the band’s sixth, comes out today, and the band visits UCLA’s Royce Hall to celebrate, supported by London Grammar. ‣ Lykke Li does a sold-out show at the Theatre at Ace Hotel ‣ James Blunt wraps up a U.S. tour behind his new […]
Incoming: Lykke Li, Coldplay, James Blunt, Phil Beaudreau, Their/They’re/There, Banta, Eliza Rickman, Hozier, King Washington, DevilDriver, Band of Skulls, Nickel Creek, Melpo Mene, Dreamland, Wake Owl, Dead Sara, Gabrielle Aplin, Our Last Summer, Us the Duo, Jenny Lewis, Mr. Elevator & the Brain Hotel, Black Flag, Ledisi and the Robert Glasper Experiment, Gesaffelstein, Ty Dolla […]
Join me at 9 tonight on KCSN (88.5 FM, streaming at KCSN.org) for this week’s L.A. Buzz Bands Show. I’ll have new music from the Cold War Kids/We Barbarians side project French Style Furs, along with tunes from Madi Diaz, Howls, Trapdoor Social, Babes, the Mercy Beat and White Fence. Oh, and since Failure released […]
To Silver Lake regulars of last decade, there was no coulda-woulda-shoulda rock ’n’ roll story more heartbreaking than the Movies. Blessed with a distinctive post-punk/New Wave sound, deliciously subversive songs and an incendiary live show, the Movies were also cursed with band drama, much of it revolving around enigmatic, volatile frontman Timothy James. They did […]
The Church on York’s bid to become a legit music venue took a hit on Friday when the City of Los Angeles denied the fledgling venue its requests for permits to stage live shows. The Los Angeles Times’ Todd Martens has all the details here, including owner/promoter Graeme Flegenheimer’s vow to fight on. Tonight’s show featuring […]
Sunday’s surprising selections: ‣ Damien Jurado plays the Bootleg behind his latest album “Brothers and Sisters of the Eternal Son,” with Jerome Holloway supporting. That’s the video for “Silver Timothy,” above. ‣ U.K. indie-pop trio London Grammar visits the Wiltern behind their album “If You Wait.” [See our review from September at the Troubadour.] ‣ […]
Saturday things: ‣ Deserted at the Palms continues the string of music festivals out in the sand with a lineup featuring with Thee Oh Sees, Cate Le Bon, Prince Rama, White Fence, Nite Jewel, HOTT MT, Rainbow Arabia and more. [See details here.] ‣Â Piano man Billy Joel headlines a night at the Hollywood Bowl. ‣Â Jonathan […]
Liam Gowing – ex-L.A. Times scribe, full-time biker and audacious titler of albums – has this house in West L.A. It’s not palatial, but he likes to entertain. And his occasionally legendary house parties became the theme for the song “Purdizzy (On Saturday),” a weekend-in-the-shade kind of number that appeared on last year’s album “Drunk Sluts […]
Weekend plans up in the air? Having Coachella/desert withdrawals already? Deserted at The Palms – a one-day, two-stage festival being presented by L.A. Record, Dublab and others – brings a formidable lineup of artists to the Palms Restaurant on Saturday. Included: Thee Oh Sees, Cate Le Bon, Nite Jewel, White Fence, Dream Boys and HOTT […]