Upcoming L.A. concerts: FYF Fest, Chinatown Summer Nights, Mumford & Sons, Fucked Up, Tinariwen, Ghostface Killah, the Jesus and Mary Chain, Bloc Party, Motorhead, Ariel Pink, Colbie Caillat, Heart and more.
It’s been six years since Dam-Funk, née Damon Riddick, released his debut solo album “Toeachizown,” a nearly 2-hour, 20-minute epic and sprawling odyssey that dabbled in boogie, disco, G-funk and R&B. In the years since, he has collaborated with Snoop, who traded in the Dogg for -zilla on the effort, 2013’s “7 Days of Funk,” […]
It may be Sunday but it’s packed with music: â–º Burger Records’ fourth annual Burgerama Festival continues today with Ty Segall (video above), Black Lips, Ariel Pink, Thee Oh Sees, Bone Thugs-N-Harmony, Witch, King Khan & BBQ Show, Nick Waterhouse, the Garden, Shannon & the Clams, Travis Scott and so many more at the Observatory. […]
Director Grant Singer’s brilliant video for Ariel Pink’s “Dayzed Inn Daydreams” stars eccentric rocker Rick Wilder, once of Hollywood bad boys the Mau Mau’s and the Berlin Brats. Filmed near Bakersfield, it follows a very haggard Wilder, a past-his-expiration-date rocker working at a grocery store, as he encounters Pink, who had played the town the […]
The music community came out in force Monday night in support of Josh Schwartz, the former member of Further and Beachwood Sparks who is undergoing treatment for ALS. The benefit concert at the Echoplex was capped by a set from a reconstituted Beachwood Sparks lineup that demonstrated the lasting beauty of their twangy psychedelic rock, […]
Friends continue to rally in support of singer-guitarist Josh Schwartz, a creative force in the bands Further, Beachwood Sparks and Painted Hills. Schwartz, who was diagnosed with ALS more than three years ago, has sought experimental stem cell therapy not available in the U.S., and an online campaign raised more than $25,000 to pay for […]
Los Angeles, you were mighty good to us in 2014. Albums came from every nook and cranny, from the bedrooms of the DIYers to the scrappy studios that keep the engine running to the hallowed halls of the city’s pervasive Industry. We could have listened to a new local album per day and not run […]
Burgerama, the festival sponsored by Burger Records and the Observatory in the OC, returns March 28-March 29 with a lineup so massive it’s hard to believe 60-plus bands will perform in just two days. From big names like Weezer, Bone Thugs-N-Harmony and J Mascis to Burger Records favorites the Ty Segall, the Black Lips, Ariel Pink and FIDLAR […]
Ariel Pink’s “Pom Pom” ranks as one of the most stylistically adventurous, provocative and out-and-out fun albums of 2014. Precious little of that was on display Friday night as the 36-year-old auteur, born Ariel Rosenberg, gave a muddled performance in front of a full house at downtown’s Regent Theater. ||| Photos by Carl Pocket, courtesy […]
Is it some kind of special Friday, or what? ‣ Reunited Fleetwood Mac does the first of two nights at the Forum. ‣ Ariel Pink headlines the Regent Theater behind his new album “Pom Pom,” with Secret Circuit opening. Above, the Grant Singer-directed video for “Picture Me Gone.” ‣ Canadian indie-rockers Alvvays [see “Archie, Marry […]
