The Happy Hollows, Parade of Lights and Act As If head up a huge lineup of local bands playing the LA Weekly Live Music Stage during the two-day Chinese New Year Festival in Chinatown on Saturday and Sunday, Feb. 1 and 2. The festivities welcoming the Year of the Horse include the 115th Golden Dragon […]
Mondo Monday: ‣ Desaparecidos – that’s the punk band fronted by Conor Oberst, which last released a full-length in 2002 – headlines the Fonda Theatre, with South Bay punk rockers Joyce Manor opening. ‣ Deerhoof brings the noise to the Echoplex, where LXMP and Bogan Via support. ‣ Ex-Elefant frontman Diego Garcia visits the Troubadour […]
Road trip, anyone? Titus Andronicus, Milo Greene, Wild Nothing, Ra Ra Riot, the Features, Caveman and Pictureplane are among the featured performers in conjunction with the sixth annual San Diego Music Thing, a mini-South by Southwest-styled music conference held in the North Park district of San Diego. The festival runs Sept. 13-14, with New Politics […]
‣ Should be a magical night at Hollywood Forever Cemetery – Brooklyn’s Grizzly Bear visits to play on the Fairbanks Lawn. ‣ At the Hollywood Bowl, it’s Willie Nelson and Lyle Lovett & His Large Band. ‣ Superhumanoids celebrate the release of their debut full-length “Exhibitionists” with a show at the Troubadour, supported by Vanaprasta and […]
Last Monday of the month, get ’em while they’re hot: ‣ L.A. trio Gliss winds up its residency at Los Globos, supported by Line & Circle and Robotanists. ‣ It’s the final night Kan Wakan [pictured] at the Echo too – Oh Boy Les Mecs, Yoya and Seasons are on board to support. ‣ Downstairs […]
Incoming: The Residents, Gliss, Kan Wakan, A House for Lions, Warships, Ramona Falls, Goldroom, Com Truise, the Lions, Anberlin, Reckless Kelly, Flosstradamus, Francisco the Man, Willie Nelson, Califone, Surfer Blood, Dada, Happy Hollows, Hustle Roses, Rumours, Jukebox the Ghost, Galactic, the Breakestra, Bomb the Music Industry, the Devil Wears Prada, Gold Fields, Morrissey, Allah-Las, the […]
Let’s keep things presidential, shall we? ‣ L.A. trio Gliss, its latest album “Langdom Dans” deservedly piling up good reviews, continue their residency at Los Globos. The night, hosted by Buzz Bands LA, also features sets from Touché, Baron von Luxxury and Tic Tic Boom! ‣ Kan Wakan’s residency at the Echo features opening sets […]
‣ Caught a Ghost celebrates the release of its EP “Nightworks” with a gig at Bardot as part of It’s a School Night, which also features performances by Starting Six, Chali 2na and Leagues. That’s Caught a Ghost’s video for “Hold Out,” above. ‣ Gliss’ residency in support of its new album “Langsom Dans” roars […]
In some ways, A House for Lions are least cool kids on the L.A. block. They aren’t diving down some wormhole chasing a sound from rock’s dark ages, or turning synths up to 10 to attract face-painters, and in an age when costumes often seem to matter a much as the music, it’s refreshing. What […]
Cue our Monday mantra – so many residencies, so little time: ‣ L.A. trio Gliss starts a four-week run at Los Globos behind their new album “Langsom Dans” Xu Xu Fang, Lonely Trees and the Pyyramids open, and there will be a familiar face spinning music beetween sets – KROQ’s Rodney Bingenheimer. ‣ There’s a […]
