Tonight in L.A.: Angus & Julia Stone, Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers, Robert Plant, Lorde, Belle & Sebastian, the King Khan & BBQ Show, Bishop Allen, Popheart, Act As If, Bart Davenport, Drowners, Halfbluud, Ought
This Tuesday show roudup is brought to you by [insert beverage sponsor] … ‣ Folk duo Angus & Julia Stone visit the Fonda Theatre behind their new album, the Rick Rubin-produced “Angus & Julia Stone.” Above, the video for “Grizzly Bear.” ‣ Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers play the first of three SoCal dates, this […]
Remember teenage crushes? The scratchy, catchy new single from L.A. pop-rock quartet Act As If sums up those obsessive moments, all in under 2 1/2 minutes of exuberant power-pop. “Uh Huh” is a taste of the new full-length from the L.A. quintet of Peter Verdell, Diego De La Rosa, Sara Lindsay, Derrick Wong and Tristen […]
Tonight in L.A.: Wildcat! Wildcat!, Magic Man, John Butler Trio, We Were Promised Jetpacks, Amos Lee, Criminal Hygiene, the Weeks, Marissa Nadler, Noah Gundersen, Act As If, Marrow, Hot Karate
It’s one crazy Friday: ‣ L.A. indie-pop outfit Wildcat! Wildcat! headlines the Echoplex, with Body Parts and Mt. Ossa supporting. ‣ Upstair at the Echo, it’s more indie-pop. Boston’s Magic Man headlines, supported by L.A. duo Scavenger Hunt and a mystery-identity getting some buzz for its funking synth-pop, Brooklyn’s Mother. Above is Magic Man’s new […]
Chinatown welcomed the Year of the Horse over the weekend with a parade, pageantry and a healthy dose of local rock ’n’ roll – the latter coming via 11 bands performing on the Chinese New Year Festival’s Local Music Stage. On Saturday, the Happy Hollows and Parade of Lights closed out the stage amid showers […]
On this super Sunday, music pregame and music postgame: ‣ Day 2 of the Chinese New year Festival kicks off at noon in Chinatown, with five bands rocking the Live Music Stage – capped by Act As If at 4 p.m. Pretty Little Demons kicks off the free, all-ages affair at noon, followed by (on […]
Incoming: Washed Out, Kan Wakan, Dum Dum Girls, Johnny Flynn, the Strypes, Eryn Wood, Mutual Benefit, Wild Cub, Mac DeMarco, Grizfolk, Pato Banton, Pink, Islands, North Mississippi All-Stars, Lolawolf, Baywood, Reggie & the Full Effect, Emery, the Memorials, Mayer Hawthorne, Futurebirds, Beach Party, Ash, Robert DeLong, the Wood Brothers, Yuck, Chinese New Year Festival, David […]
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 […]
Monday madness: ‣ Since Scottish trio Chvrches last visited L.A. in May, they’ve released their full-length “The Bones of What You Believe” and toured a lot. The indie-pop trio returns tonight for a date at the Wiltern. That’s their video for “The Mother We Share,” above. ‣ Body Parts continue their residency at the Satellite […]
There’s a very short show schedule tonight, highlighted by another night in Social Distortion’s homestand and the opener of Cotillon’s residency [more on Cotillon here] at Harvard & Stone. So I thought I’d share this cover of U2’s “New Year’s Day” that arrived in the mailbox this morning. It’s from L.A. quartet Act As If. […]
‣ The second night of KROQ’s Almost Acoustic Christmas goes off at the Gibson Amphitheatre, featuring the Killers, Jack White, M83, Passion Pit, Neon Trees, Of Monsters and Men, fun., Grouplove, Alex Clare and Imagine Dragons. Set times. That’s the Dori Oskowitz-directed video for Jack White’s “I’m Shakin’,” above. ‣ Metric visits the Fox Theater […]
