Incoming: KROQ Almost Acoustic Christmas, De Lux, Cat Power, Froth, VUM, the Wild Reeds, Xiu Xiu, BLEAUX, Entrance Band, Sam Smith, Howie Day, Tapioca & the Flea, Mikal Cronin, Redd Kross, Pretty Lights, Beyonce, Pusha T, Bright Light Bright Light, LA Font, Conquistador, Every Time I Die, Mirror Days, Problem, Macklemore and Ryan Lewis, the […]
Here’s what’s happening on a fantastic Friday: ‣ Woodkid, the musical appellation of Frenchman Yoanne Lemoine, returns to the Fonda Theatre, where he put on a spectacular show in May. Woodkid’s album “The Golden Age” recently got wider release, and Lemoine, known for making videos for Lana Del Rey, Katy Perry and Taylor Swift, projects […]
By Carl Pocket “Good evening LA and welcome to the celebration,” was the only introduction that Davey Havok needed to snarl at the crowd on Tuesday night. The East Bay horror-core quartet know as A Fire Inside packed the sold out Fonda Theatre with a party for release of their ninth studio album “Burials.” Havok, […]
Tuesday’s touts: ‣ AFI – back this week with “Burials,” its first new album since 2009, headlines the Fonda Theatre, with Touche Amore opening. ‣ Dream-pop trio Au Revoir Simone visits the Echoplex behind its new album “Move in Spectrums” [we shared the video for “Somebody Who,” here”]. Sophia Knapp, CALLmeKAT and My Hawaii support. […]
Incoming: Animal Collective, Best Coast, Surfer Blood, Laura Marling, Twin Forks, Gossling, Phantogram, AFI, James Blake, STRFKR, Real Estate, Au Revoir Simone, Jenny Lewis, Leagues, Hunx & His Punx, Katy Perry, Tricky, Sanglorians, Spindrift, the Sounds, Mark Knopfler, Crystal Fighters, Karl Denson’s Tiny Universe, Radical Face, J. Cole, NONONO, Streetlight Manifesto, Holly Conlan, Hanni El […]
The show lineup for Tuesday: ‣ AFI, with the new album “Burials” due on Oct. 22, warms up for a U.S. tour with a date at the Troubadour (they’ll be back to the play Fonda the day the album is released). Above, the video for “17 Crimes.” ‣ Long-running Seattle indie-rockers Minus the Bear headline […]
Incoming: Pixies, Meg Myers, Together Pangea, Austra, Ariana Grande, OneRepublic, Minus the Bear, MGMT, Julia Holter, the Mission UK, AFI, Boz Scaggs, ON AN ON, Meiko, St. Lucia, the Zombies, Jonathan Rice, Jimmy Cliff, Dave Stewart, Godspeed You! Black Emperor, Body/Head, Titus Andronicus, AlunaGeorge, the Jacksons, Local Natives, Jose James, Morgan Page, Matt Wertz, Alice in […]
Is there any better band to see on three hours’ sleep than the Morning Benders? That’s how my Saturday started. It got better too. Even got the chance to sneak up behind some homies (that’s Dawes, pictured). Highlights: ‣ Not sure that I can capture the magic of Edward Sharpe & the Magnetic Zeros’ set, […]
Florida quartet Surfer Blood, coming off a strong week of shows at SXSW and still riding the buzz they earned with their 2009 album “Astro Coast,” has top billing in Saturday’s Waved Out Music Fest, being presented by Aquarium Drunkard at the Echo and Echoplex. Depending on your tastes, you can go festival-crazy this weekend […]
