As days off go, Sunday was full-on. Shortly after 6:30 p.m. outside the Shrine Auditorium, the Fool’s Gold Records owner took the stage to a huge applause and said, “My name is A-Trak and I’m going to play some records.” The DJ/producer, who started the label with Nick Catchdubs in 2007, also won the DMC […]
‣ The annual celebration of hip hop and electronic record label Fool’s Gold returns to L.A. with Fool’s Gold Day Off, featuring the label’s owner A-Trak as well as acts Danny Brown, Kill the Noise, Freddie Gibbs, Travi$ Scott, Nick Catchdubs, IAMSU, Anna Lunoe and more at the Shrine Auditorium & Expo Hall. ‣ Athens, […]
Incoming: Desaparecidos, Charli XCX, Deerhoof, Diego Garcia, Geographer, Teen Daze, Cymbals Eat Guitars, the Bolts, the Lonely Forest, Destroyer, Meat Puppets, Switchfoot, Atlas Genius, Blink 182, Selena Gomez, the Parson Red Heads, Blitzen Trapper, Crocodiles, Mazzy Star, the Gaslamp Killer, Those Darlins, Tired Pony, the Reverend Peyton’s Big Damn Band, Jonathan Wilson, GZA, the Lonely […]
Your stellar show selection for Tuesday: ‣Â DWNTWN, the electro-pop duo who won our hearts last year with “See My Eyes” and followed it up with their “Red Room” EP, kicks off a residency at the Central SAPC. Get there early for a new outfit (with at least one familiar face) called the Mercy Beat. Blackbear […]
Incoming: Rhye, Hands, Gavin Turek, Chief, 8mm, Low, DWNTWN, A-Trak, Fu Manchu, Dan Deacon, Japanther, Goo Goo Dolls, the Skatalites, Vacationer, Bobby McFerrin, Kopecky Family Band, NO, Phosphorescent, Soul Asylum, the Hectors, the Dan Band, Shlohmo, Big Head Todd & the Monsters, the Three O’Clock Above: That’s Phosphorescent’s video for “Song for Zula,” off the […]
Plenty of choices for your Saturday: ‣ HARD Summer 2012 continues with Skrillex, NERO, A-Trak, James Murphy, Datsik, Amtrac and more at the Los Angeles Historic State Park. ‣ More than 30 bands perform at the 3rd New L.A. Folk Fest at Zorthian Ranch, including Beachwood Sparks and Sea of Bees. ‣ Raphael Saadiq and […]
Although the last “Three Artists. One Song” collaboration from Converse was something we can’t say we cared much for, the latest free download from the hipster shoe company almost makes up for the previous mess. With rising star Kimbra, Mark Foster (of Foster the People) and DJ/producer/Fool’s Gold label owner A-Trak all teaming up to […]
By Rich Thomas I can’t remember a time when this much quality electronic music was going off in one weekend. Voodoo Experience in New Orleans and Moogfest 2010 in North Carolina are your places to be in the South and the East, but if you’re here in L.A., you need to be at HARD Haunted […]
A lot can happen in a year. About this time last spring, an unsigned band out of Australia, the Temper Trap [pictured], was one of the big buzzes of the South by Southwest Music Festival. Now the London-based band with the big, anthemic sound is riding a wave of support for its debut album “Conditions.” […]
