Sunday selections: ‣ It’s an electronic whirlwind tonight as Animal Collective headlines the Hollywood Bowl. Flying Lotus and Huun Huur Tu also join the fun. ‣ Athen’s Reptar teams up with Brooklyn’s Rubblebucket at the Echoplex tonight where they’ll be joined by On an On and Icky Blossoms. ‣ Malaysian singer-songwriter and ukelele player Zee […]
Refused, M83 and Beirut will be joined by James Blake, Quicksand, Yeasayer and Sleigh Bells on the bill for the newly expanded FYF Fest – now two days, Sept. 1 and 2 at Los Angeles State Historic Park downtown. Also of special interest: The return of Conor Obert’s Desaparecidos, the debut of the solo project […]
KCRW-sponsored shows featuring Animal Collective and Hot Chip/Passion Pit were among the dates announced today as part of the Hollywood Bowl summer slate, which will feature superstar conductor Gustavo Dudamel’s six-night “Americas and Americans” festival in August, appearances by Ben Harper (July 1), Smokey Robinson (July 20-21) and Norah Jones (Aug. 10), and Anita Baker […]
More than one veteran of multiple Coachella festivals were heard repeating the same theme on Day 2: Saturday’s might have been the best single-day lineup in the event’s history. Capped by cinematic main-stage sets by Animal Collective (pictured), whose intro was something right out of “Close Encounters,” and Arcade Fire, whose unconstrained exuberance exceeded even […]
As much as for its bounty of music, this year’s Coachella Valley Music & Arts Festival promises to be a feast for the eyes. Multiple collaborations between the festival, artists and the Creators Project (a joint venture of Intel and Vice) promise to turn several of this year’s sets into multimedia spectacles. You can even […]
[Birthday shouts to Noel Gallagher of Oasis and Tim Burgess of the Charlatans …] Today: Where to start this evening’s bulging schedule except with Animal Collective? Having hit the Troubadour and the Music Box @ Fonda earlier in the year, the critical darlings now sell out the Wiltern. … The buzziest shows of the night […]
[Quite a weekend we have in store musically, assuming, that is, that you and I aren’t on the invite list for Josh Groban’s birthday party:] Friday: Everest is back; the L.A. quintet brings its vivid Americana to the Echo (with the Parson Redheads and Two Sheds) at the beginning of a West Coast swing that […]
[Belated greetings to John Doe, who celebrated a birthday on Wednesday and lent his voice to the Scott Walker tribute at Bordello. Emcee Michael Des Barres even led the crowd in singing “Happy Birthday.” And kudos to Ann Magnuson for bringing down the house with her rendition of Jacques Brel’s “Au Suivant.”] All seems to […]
Last month’s postponed Animal Collective shows have been rescheduled for Feb. 26 at the Music Box @ Fonda and Feb. 27 at the Troubadour. Both shows (Jan. 23 and 24) were sold out but scotched at the last minute because David Portner’s vocal woes. Tickets for the original shows will be honored on the new […]
