The opener of the Jubilee Music & Arts Festival might have been light on the crowds, but there was no shortage of energy from the performers. Kitten [top photo], Trash Talk, the Black Lips and Obliterations peeled what was left of the paint off the the downtown warehouse complex that hosted the venue, and whether […]
Happy local residency night: ‣ The Bootleg continues with its dual residencies, with the earlier show featuring soul trio KING and Moses Sumney (doors at 7:00). ‣ Summer Twins follow at the Bootleg with Naïve Thieves and Thee Rain Cats on the bill this week. ‣ Over at the Echo, Hindu Pirates resume their residency with the […]
Incoming: Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers, Bjork, the 88, Radar Bros., Parson Red Heads, Snowden, Caifanes, Tijuana No, Beth Orton, Fall Out Boy, Cyndi Lauper, Alkaline Trio, Emily Wells, Brent Amaker & the Rodeo, Barry Manilow, the Dandy Warhols, CSS, Cold Cave, Ozma, Nightmare & the Cat, Robert DeLong, Robert Earl Keen, the Bats, Peter […]
Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers’ show Saturday night at the Fonda Theatre – the band’s fourth in a six-concert stand – was shut down by fire marshals with six songs remaining because of apparent capacity problems. The band will give it a go again tonight in the fifth show of the series. The band had […]
[Inadvertently omitted from our show list earlier today:] The Boxer Rebellion, whose Friday night show in Hollywood was postponed because of the shootings in Santa Monica, will make up the concert at Avalon Hollywood tonight. The band had made an appearance early Friday at KCRW, whose studios are located on the campus of Santa Monica […]
Summer fever is raging here at BBLA headquarters, and tonight’s L.A. Buzz Bands Show on KCSN (88.5 FM, streaming at KCSN.org) will reflect that, so to speak. We’ll hear music from the Reflections, in honor of their album-release show tonight, as well as tunes from The 88 and Crash Kings, each of whom have new […]
Sunday, starting off locally: ‣ The Reflections celebrate the release of their debut “Limerence” by rocking the Bootleg Bar. Clear Plastic and Fever the Ghost support. ‣ Brutus Gets the Girl heads up a local show at the Troubadour behind their recent release “La Luna Follows the Sun,” with the New Room, Lady Katherine and […]
For all its promotional heft, the reinvented, relocated Jubilee Music & Arts Festival on Friday felt like Introduction to Concert-Going. That owed mostly to the crowd, which was not only alarmingly sparse but very young. Rosy-cheeked fans moved in gaggles, bouncing to music from peers such as teenaged quartet Cherry Glazerr, moshing to rough-and-tumble rockers […]
Saturday’s big things: ‣ Day 2 of the Jubilee Music & Arts Festival goes off in the Downtown L.A. Arts District, featuring the Drums, Fool’s Gold, Cayucas, NO, Calvin Love, RiFF RAFF, Tapioca & the Flea, Daddy Kev and many more. Single-day admission available; it’s at Santa Fe and Willow streets [above, the 6th Street […]
White Lies will return August 20 with a third studio album titled “Big TV” via Harvest Records, Â but for now, fans of the Brit post-rock band can take in their teaser single “Getting Even.” Whether you still think they’re a young Editors or happily rejoice in the trio’s announcement, the sonic soundscape of the single […]