Long weekend, part I: ‣ The third annual Silver Lake Jubilee street festival goes off on Santa Monica Boulevard between Sunset and Hoover, with Kinky (pictured) and Autolux headlining the two main stages. Things get going around noon. Full set times after the jump. ‣ Glenn Frey headlines the Wiltern behind his new solo album […]
On this Sunday, some of the good stuff starts early: ‣ Philadelphia trio Good Old War visits the Avalon Hollywood behind its new album “Come Back As Rain,” with L.A.’s own the Belle Brigade and Family of the Year opening. ‣ Big doings at the Bootleg Theater, where KXLU’s LA Psych Fest brings the Entrance […]
Nine SoCal bands are playing Buzz Bands LA’s “Dear Austin: Love, L.A.” day party next Wednesday on the first day of the South by Southwest Music Festival. It seems like 999 SoCal bands are actually headed to Austin. When we started culling music from those artists, our uploader begged for for mercy. So we called […]
Allah-Las sound like four guys who just clambered out of a 1968 Volkswagen van to play in front of your Saturday night campfire at the beach – revelatory if you weren’t around in 1968 but a little samey if like your garage-pop with guts and hooks. Without a doubt, though, Miles Michaud, Pedrum Siadatian, Spencer […]
On the menu tonight: ‣ Big Freedia brings the bounce to the Bootleg Barfor a party with Franki Chan and BLOK. That’s Big Freedia’s video for last year’s single “Y’all Get Back Now,” above. Do not try this at home. ‣ Chelsea Wolfe, already at work on her third album and with a big European […]
‣ Buzz Bands LA’s SecondTuesday songwriter night at Lot Cafe features Radical Face, Cerise, Paulie Pesh and Alanna Lin of Fascinoma. Details here. ‣ Deerhunter visits the Wiltern. ‣ Allah hLas’ residency at the Echo continues with Farmer Dave Scher, the Tyde and Tomorrow’s Tulips supporting. ‣ And Wet & Reckless return to the Satellite. […]
Tuesday’s offerings: ‣ New Zealand quintet the Naked and Famous bring their “Young Blood” to the Music Box, where White Sea – the solo venture of Morgan Kibby of M83, who did this cool remix of the hit – opens. ‣ Mariachi El Bronx, the alter ego of punk-rockers the Bronx, release their second album […]
[Playing a little weekend catch-up …] For a band that hasn’t yet released a full-length album, Red Cortez has a pretty formidable catalog of songs. That much is evident in the sets the L.A. quartet has played the first to weeks of their Satellite residency, and in the free, four-song EPs Harley Prechtel-Cortez (pictured) and […]
