Incoming: Lolipalooza, Jaded Incorporated, St. Paul & the Broken Bones, Steve Winwood, the Moth & the Flame, Spanish Gold, Delta Rose, Movement, Isaiah Rashad, Ty Dolla $ign, Quantic, the Wallburds, Sly & Robbie, Taylor Locke Band, Ian McLagan, Fuck Button, Somekindawonderful, Pure X, Tigers Jaw, David Poe, the Thermals, Kurupt, Very Be Careful, Colin Hay, […]
Long Beach’s free “Summer and Music” (SAM) series kicks off June 28 with a free, all-ages show featuring Allah-Las, California Lions and Greater California. The event, titled “Dancin’ in the Streets,” will be held in the Promenade between Broadway and 3rd streets. SAM’s other shows will be “Twisted at the Pike” at Rainbow Harbor on […]
Another super Saturday: ‣ Still have a hard time leaving the desert? Then the one-day festival Desert Daze (Sunset Ranch Oasis near Mecca) may be your answer with a stellar lineup featuring Blonde Redhead, Liars, the Raveonettes, Autolux, Unknown Mortal Orchestra, DIIV, Allah-Las and more. Set times and details here. ‣ And if you’re a big country fan, […]
Sunday things: ‣ Burger Records continues the second day of its festival Burgerama III at the Observatory. Tonight’s lineup features FIDLAR, Sleep, Mac DeMarco, Allah-Las, Together Pangea, the Garden, Cosmonauts, Kool Keith, Gap Dream, Tomorrows Tulips, Mystic Braves, Summer Twins, the Abigails, White Fang, Froth, Meatbodies, Hindu Pirates, Sam Flax, Dune Rats, Mr. Elevator & Brain […]
Those $30 early-bird tickets that were on sale before Christmas are looking even more like a bargain now. Blonde Redhead and the Raveonettes will join the previously announced Liars and Autolux at the top of the bill for the one-day Desert Daze festival on April 26 at Sunset Ranch Oasis near Mecca, 25 miles southeast […]
Saturday things: ‣ The Echoplex hosts “We All Join Hands,” a benefit concert for Richard Gowen with some remarkable guests. Proceeds from the show will go to held defray recent medical expenses incurred by Gowen, who’s drummed for Jonathan Wilson, Robert Francis and many more. The lineup features Dawes [pictured], Nick Waterhouse, Allah-Las, Pink Mountaintops, […]
L.A. favorites FIDLAR, Allah-Las, Bleached, Together Pangea, Tijuana Panthers and Gap Dream will join the previously announced Black Lips as some of the more than 50 bands playing Burger Records’ Burgerama 3 on March 22-23 at the Observatory in Orange County. The Black Lips will headline the first day, which also features Death, Nobunny, the […]
Here’s what’s up for your Wednesday: ‣ Moby’s new album “Innocents” came out this week, and tonight he starts a run of shows at the Fonda Theatre. The less said about the video for “The Perfect Life” the better, but there it is, for you to ponder with your morning bagel. ‣ Depeche Mode returns […]
Incoming: Wolfmother, the Postal Service, Savages, Bastille, Davis Fetter, Futurebirds, PAPA, the Happy Hollows, NO, Candlebox, the 1975, Big Freedia, Hockey, Saint Motel, the Belle Brigade, Modest Mouse, Skylar Grey, No Age, Night Terrors of 1927, Glassjaw, Dan Wilson, Twin Shadow, Bauhaus, Rancid, Viva Pomona, International Pop Overthrow, the Cult, Courtney Love, Frightened Rabbit, Fitz […]
L.A. quartet Allah-Las wrapped up the first month of the inaugural FIGat7th Downtown Festival with a set of their signature retro-jangly jams on a night that also featured the disco-schtick of silly New Agers Prince Rama and the taut indie-rock of Gothic Tropic. Future Friday night performances will be feature Akron/Family, Red Baraat and (on […]
