Tuesday things: ‣ John Fogerty of Creedence Clearwater Revival headlines a solo night at the El Rey Theatre. ‣ Legendary rock band Fleetwood Mac continues their tour over at the Honda Center in Anaheim. ‣ Lissie stops by the Masonic Lodge at Hollywood Forever Cemetery for an intimate show featuring new songs off her forthcoming […]
The third day at the 2013 Sasquatch! Music Festival got a little wild and woolly – and wonderful too, thanks to Elvis Costello’s value-added but under-attended set that included a cameo from Wild Belle. (There was also an impromptu cover of “The Ghost of Tom Joad” backstage, courtesy of Costello and Mumford and Sons, but […]
Happy Memorial Day, y’all… ‣ UCLA Jazz Reggae Festival continues today with Ziggy Marley, Barrington Levy, Mr. Vegas, Marcia Griffiths, Kes the Band and more at UCLA Intramural Field. ‣ This week’s It’s a School Night installment at Bardot features Mystery Skulls, Mars Argo, Gothic Tropic and Emika. ‣ And your local residencies on this […]
Incoming: Make Music Pasadena, Lissie, John Fogerty, Cary Brothers, DIIV, Rainbow Jackson, Trixie Whitley, Fleetwood Mac, Junip, Imagine Dragons, Scott Weiland, Bilal, Stone Temple Pilots, Fear, United Ghosts, Suuns, John Talabot, Tame Impala, Chvrches, Tijuana Panthers, Peace, the Aggrolites, the Psychedelic Furs, !!!, Black Rebel Motorcycle Club, the Tenors, Flying Lotus, Bjork, Mumford & Sons […]
From the massive theater provided by Sigur Ros and Empire of the Sun to the sweet sounds of Michael Kiwanuka and Devendra Banhart, the second day of this year’s Sasquatch! Music Festival at the Gorge Amphitheatre had plenty of highlights. Photographer Carl Pocket, who found time to check out the acoustic sets from Black Rebel […]
Doing some grillin’ and chillin’ today? As your holiday weekend party winds down, tune into KCSN (88.5 FM, streaming at KCSN.org) for this week’s L.A. Buzz Bands Show. Starting at 7 p.m., I’ll have new music from Tijuana Panthers, Rainbow Jackson, the Hallucinations, White Dove, Seven Saturdays, Kisses, Ten Brutes and Hobart W. Fink – […]
Elena Tonra is so soft-spoken, the few words she uttered between songs at the Troubadour on Wednesday night were barely audible. Once accompanied by a melody, though, the singer-songwriter and mastermind of London folk-rock trio Daughter was anything but bashful, her voice ringing loud and true. ||| Photos by Carl Pocket Returning to L.A. for […]
Great things for the middle day of your holiday weekend: ‣ It’s “Jam Day” at the UCLA Jazz Reggae Festival with Santigold [pictured], Common, the Grouch & Eligh, Jhene Aiko, Ryan McDermoot, the UCLA Gluck Jazz Ensemble (directed by Kenny Burrell) and the Street Hearts. It goes off starting at noon at UCLA Intramural Field. […]
The 12th annual Sasquatch! Music Festival kicked off Friday at the Gorge Amphitheatre in Washington state, highlighted by rip-roaring performances by main stagers Macklemore & Ryan Lewis and Arctic Monkeys; shoulder-to-shoulder throngs flipping out to Vampire Weekend and Youth Lagoon; strong showings by Northwest favorites Built to Spill and Telekinesis, some shredding from Red Fang […]
Quite a Saturday we have for you: ‣ Say you love ’em? Fleetwood Mac play to a sold-out Hollywood Bowl. ‣ Norwegian punk outfit Turbonegro rock the El Rey Theatre, supported by Tweak Bird. ‣ Bay Area indie-pop quartet Imperial Teen returns to the Satellite – their great 2012 album “Feel the Sound” is coming […]