Last Monday of the month: ‣ Jonathan Bates’ Big Black Delta celebrates the release of its debut album by headlining It’s a School Night at Bardot. Shy Girls, Emma Ejwerts and the Last Internationale also play. Here’s BBD’s video for the single “Side of the Road,” and an update on how the album came to […]
Incoming: The Rolling Stones, the Killers, Metallica, Los Lobos, Paramore, HIM, Built to Spill, Metz, Alice Russell, Robyn Hitchcock, Marnie Stern, Killing Joke, Chad Valley, Big Black Delta, Clinic, Vietnam, Keaton Simons, Adam Green & Binki Shapiro, Javelin, Maps & Atlases, Little Boots, Pyyramids, Os Mutantes, Lisa Germano, Armin Van Buuren, Helmet, K’s Choice, Saint Motel, […]
The spring pledge drive winds down this weekend on KCSN, and on tonight’s L.A. Buzz Bands Show, I will again be asking that you become a contributing member. If you’ve had your ear to the ground (and the airwaves) the past two years, you know that KCSN has become a player in L.A. radio, thanks […]
Post-Stones Sunday things: ‣ Derde Verde celebrates the release of their “Let Me Be A Light” EP at the Bootleg. [Check out “Secret.”] Simone White and the Brian Walsh Set Trio join in on the fun. ‣ This week’s Grand Ole Echo lineup features the Eagle Rock Gospel Singers, Ronnie Fauss, RT N’ the 44’s and Andrew […]
Rock and Roll Hall of Famers the Rolling Stones will play a surprise show at tonight at the Echoplex. The gig, a warm-up for the band’s “50 And Counting Tour” that kicks off May 3 at Staples Center, was announced today via the GRRRegory Twitter feed, which the band’s official Twitter account retweeted. Tickets go […]
Don’t you love these surprise show things? Here’s the line (as of 10 a.m.) at the El Rey Theatre to buy tickets for tonight’s surprise Rolling Stones show at the Echoplex. Official details have not been announced, but people in line are being told that tickets are $20, limit one per person. An announcement is […]
The Rolling Stones, whose “50 And Counting” Tour kicks off May 3 at Staples Center, will play a surprise show tonight at the Echoplex, according sources and various information on Twitter. New Build, the U.K. electronic band originally scheduled to play the Echoplex tonight as part of Brit Week, tweeted (from @newbuildband) early this morning: […]
As they say, you should watch this space for further developments. There’s The Granddaddy of All Surprise Shows in the works and we’re trying to get details: ‣ Brit Week, which kicked off Friday night at the Echo, continues tonight at the First Unitarian Church (the show originally was scheduled for the Echoplex) with New […]
The Central Social Aid & Pleasure Club, a beacon for live music west of the 405, will be closing in June, and the new ownership of the Santa Monica nightspot is expected to remodel the room and make it a lounge, multiple sources say. At the location of the former 14 Below, the Central SAPC […]
Particularly loving California today? Then you’ll have to make sure you crank up the Blank Tapes‘ latest single “Holy Roller.” Matt Adams, the brainchild behind the psychedelic trio (which includes Pearl Charles and D.A. Humphrey) continues to dispense sunny ’60s vibes, and this track suggests the days of touring the country in VW vans with peace […]
