[Happy July. In some parts of the world, today is known as Canada Day. In other parts, it’s Sufjan Stevens’ birthday.] Holiday weekend starts here: ‣ Oklahoma’s Other Lives, whose album “Tamer Animals” should be part of your lives by now, visit the Satellite for the second time in the past six week. This time […]
[Blues shredder Jonny Lang turns 30 on Saturday. In other celebrations:] Top picks for a frenzied Friday: ‣ Daniel Lanois’ Black Dub and Rocco DeLuca play tonight the El Rey Theatre. ‣ El Ten Eleven and Superhumanoids team up to rock the Central SAPC in Santa Monica ‣ Tonight in the final installment of the […]
How was your weekend? Thanks to everybody who tweeted about how cool the Abbot Kinney Festival was – suffice to say it was substantially cooler than the 109-degree temperatures Saturday and Sunday at the Epicenter Festival in Fontana. Or, “Funtana,” as Bad Religion’s Jay Bentley called it. I covered Epicenter for SPIN.com, witnessing a strong […]
I was out of town for the Silversun Pickups’ hometown show Friday night at the Greek, cursing the gods for scheduling it the same weekend as Lollapalooza. I have, however, lived vicariously through the Times’ review, and, even while on vacation, coerced little elves into posting this gallery of Debi Del Grande’s photographs from the […]
This slice of mayhem and merriment comes via the Henry Clay People, who’ve been known to play local shows as the Ronald Reagan People, the Santa Claus People and maybe a few other persons you had too many beers to remember. Uber-fan Fieron Santos shows surprising footspeed as the star of this single from THCP’s […]
Over the past few years, the Henry Clay People have progressed from party animals to scene stars to the rare band capable of making classic rock sound fresh and relevant. Their third album, “Somewhere on the Golden Coast,” comes out Tuesday on TBD Records (home to Radiohead and Autolux, among others), and any Silver Laker […]
Our friendly neighborhood rock radio giant flexes its muscles today by throwing the annual KROQ Weenie Roast at the Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre. If you’re shut out of the sold-out show, or simply don’t want to battle traffic, crowds and the inevitable rowdy dudes stoked to see Stone Temple Pilots, Buzz Bands is hosting the live […]
[Here’s where it starts to get busy, folks …] For my money, there is no better punk-rock outfit doing business the past few years than Florida’s Against Me!, who remain the only band to have slayed me at both Coachella and the Warped Tour. The quintet just finished a new album, “White Crosses,” with producer […]
When Laura Ann Masura’s longtime friend Josiah Mazzaschi heard she had been injured in a motorcycle accident, he didn’t sit on his hands. He got on the phone. Mazzaschi, the frontman of local indie-rock band Light FM, has organized a benefit concert, Jam for Laura Ann, on Sunday at the Echoplex to help Masura, a […]
[Some 200-plus shows later, here are my favorite sets of 2008, counting down from No. 10 to No. 1 . You have a favorite? Tell me about it in the comments …] 10. Black Rebel Motorcycle Club, Jan. 25, Safari Sam’s: Probably my fondest memory of Safari Sam’s, the east Hollywood club whose lowlights exceeded […]
