The Sunset Strip Music Festival loves rock ’n’ roll. You don’t even have to put another dime in the jukebox, baby. The festival this year will honor the woman who made that love her calling card, Joan Jett, it was announced today. The iconic rock frontwoman who launched her career at age 15 with the […]
Happy Monday: ‣ Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers play six shows in L.A. this week and they kick it all off at the Fonda Theatre. ‣ Pete Yorn and J.D. King are the Olms and they headline the Troubadour in support of a debut album together. We are the West open. That’s the Olms’ video for […]
Incoming: Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers, the Olms, Lenka, Crystal Fighters, Willy Moon, Big Black Delta, KING, Bjork, Jewel, Parquet Courts, Mihael Paskalev, Ron Sexsmith, Capital Cities, Meg Myers, Ceremony, Alice Cooper, Marilyn Manson, the Black Lips, Trash Talk, the Virgins, Generationals, the Boxer Rebellion, Iggy & the Stooges, Rocket From the Crypt, the Drums, […]
The first of L.A.’s summertime flings, Make Music Pasadena, is in the books, and tonight the L.A. Buzz Bands Show moves on to preview a couple of other big events on the horizon this month. Tune in to KCSN (88.5 FM, streaming at KCSN.org) at 7 tonight to hear songs from a handful of artists […]
Foster the People are doing a surprise show tonight at the Troubadour. Tickets ($10) go on sale at the box office at noon, with a two-ticket maximum per person. Conditions: The ticket buyer and additional ticket-holder must arrive together with identification or entry will be denied. Any scalped tickets will not be honored, the venue […]
Your Sunday shows: ‣ It’s a big day at San Manual Amphitheater, where Mumford & Sons play their Gentlemen of the Road festival event that kicks off at 3 p.m.. The headliners go on at sunset, preceded by Eels, Michael Kiwanuka and Mystery Jets. ‣Â Bjork does the first of three L.A. shows tonight, headlining the […]
Happy June: ‣ Make Music Pasadena, the annual one-day festival of free concerts, goes off at multiple venues throughout Pasadena, with YACHT, We Are Scientists, Robert DeLong, Tanlines, Taken by Trees, Superhumanoids, Las Cafeteras, Hunter Hunted, the Peach Kings, the New Limb, Radar Bros., Torreblanca, High Places, Letting Up Despite Great Faults, the Dustbowl Revival, […]
So many bands, so little time. That’s the conundrum at Make Music Pasadena, Saturday’s orgy of free music throughout the City of Roses. The lineup is heavy with strong L.A. bands – and some good out-of-towners as well – and we could recommend any of about 35 acts. Here are our top picks … some […]
Things are not always in black and white, but there are meanings within the shadows, and Trixie Whitley has been one to sing every emotion treading space between light and darkness. Her stunning debut “Fourth Corner” (out now on Strong Blood records) appropriately touches on every every facet of blues, soul and rock, proving the […]
Big weekend ahead, so I’ve got a big Buzz Bands LA Show today for you. Tune into Moheak Radio at 11 a.m. for your weekly dose of new faces – Sister Rogers, Grizfolk, FMLYBND, Northern American and Figures grace today’s playlist – along with a batch of tunes from artists playing Saturday’s Make Music Pasadena. […]