On the final day, the rains came. The Sasquatch! Music Festival at the Gorge Amphitheatre squished to a soggy finish on Monday, with the skies spitting drizzle and the occasional downpour until early evening. There were complications – Gold Fields and Azelia Banks both didn’t make it to the festival, causing set times to be […]
More, more, more: ‣ Coachella comes to the city again tonight for a bunch of “Localchella” shows, including Youth Lagoon at the El Rey Theatre. That’s Trevor Powers’ new video for “Mute,” above. ‣ Then there are Dropkick Murphys and Skinny Lister, rocking Club Nokia. ‣ Then there are Sparks, doing a second night at […]
Incoming: OMD, Ghost B.C., the Faint, the Postal Service, Rodriguez, Foals, Franz Ferdinand, Smith Westerns, James McCartney, Gary Clark Jr., Polica, Aesop Rock, Modest Mouse, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Dropkick Murphys, Youth Lagoon, A Day to Remember, Palma Violets, Public Enemy, Alt-J, Jello Biafra, Green Day, Purity Ring, La Roux, Bad Religion, Action Bronson, Dinosaur Jr., […]
Who: Palma Violets in the Mojave Tent ”¨In 3 or Fewer Words: In your faces. ”¨Memorable Because: Alt-J are a nice indie band, the bespectacled boys down the block who own all the right albums, hang all the right posters and read lots of books, many of which seem to inform their songs. Palma Violets […]
Shut out of Coachella? Don’t want to deal with the desert? So in love with your favorite artist that you want to tack on another show besides the festival? Goldenvoice has lined up a bunch of luminaries playing the festival (April 12-14 and 19-21 in Indio) to perform at other southern California venues. The dizzying […]
Twelve-twelve-twelve: ‣ Guitar goliaths the Sword visit the El Rey Theatre behind the recent release of their fourth album, “Apocryphon,” with Gypsyhawk and American Sharks opening. Above is the Austinites’ video for “The Veil of at Isis”,” directed by Simon Chan. ‣ Mercury Prize winners Alt-J swing back through L.A. [we were at the Echo […]
Incoming: Social Distortion, Graham Parker, John Cale, Atlas Genius, Chris Isaak, the Game, the Sword, Alt-J, the Tragically Hip, the Growlers, JMSN, Public Enemy, the Doobie Brothers, Jessie Ware, Cass McCombs, King Tuff, NOFX, Dead Sara, Vaud & the Villains, Agent Orange, The Weeknd, the Aquabats, DeVotchKa, Vanaprasta, Aloe Blacc, Harry Shearer and Judith Owen, […]
Alt-J, the recent winner of the Mercury Prize, is riding the wave of success. With rave reviews for the live shows in support of their debut “An Awesome Wave” on both sides of the pond, the U.K. quartet doesn’t seem to be slowing down. They’ve already released another genre-bending single titled “Buffalo” featuring fellow harmonizers […]
Alt-J won the Mercury Prize today for their debut album “An Awesome Wave.” The Leeds quartet, fan favorites to win the annual award for the best album from the U.K. and Ireland, bested a field that included Django Django (my favorite, for what that’s worth), Field Music, Michael Kiwanuka, Ben Howard, Jessie Ware, Lianne La […]
For your sunny Sunday: ‣ Wilco returns to SoCal and teams up with the lovely Joanna Newsom at the Hollywood Bowl. ‣ Singer-songwriter Priscilla Ahn [pictured above] headlines the Bootleg Bar where she’ll be joined by the Parlour Suite and Communist Daughter. ‣ Mister Loveless comes to the Satellite. The Cigarette Bums and A Girl […]
