Black Rebel Motorcycle Club drummer Leah Shapiro has been diagnosed with a brain ailment that will require surgery. The band has been forced to cancel its appearance at Saturday’s Moon Block Party at the Pomona Fairplex. The news came in a note from Shapiro on BRMC’s Facebook page, which explained that recently she had been […]
Set times have been announced for Saturday’s Moon Block Party – the one-day blast of psychedelic rock topped by a spoonful of Spoon. The all-ages festival kicks off at noon at the Pomona Fairplex and features the likes of Black Rebel Motorcycle Club, the Black Angels, Band of Skulls, Black Lips, Tinariwen, Unknown Mortal Orchestra, […]
Recap and photos by Michelle Shiers The stars – and the crowd – came out for Sunday night’s “George Fest: A Night to Celebrate the Music of George Harrison,” a benefit for the Sweet Relief Musicians Fund originally scheduled for the El Rey Theatre but moved to the bigger Fonda Theatre because of ticket demand. And […]
Review and photos by Michelle Shiers For a band that constantly sings about pulling oneself out of personal darkness, Black Rebel Motorcycle Club certainly like to adorn themselves in it. Since 2001, BRMC have been shuffling their feet in smoke and shadows to their own brand of dirty psychedelic blues, prevailing over a lineup change, […]
The Moon Block Party is growing up to be big and strong. Launched three years ago in the Pomona Arts Colony, the festival this year is moving the Pomona Fairplex, where Black Rebel Motorcycle Club, the Black Angels and Band of Skulls will headline on Oct. 18. The deep lineup for the all-ages event, which […]
Tuesday’s show offerings: ‣ Brooklyn synth-pop outfit Mother [see “Victim”] headlines the Bootleg HiFi, with Kaneholler opening. ‣ Beatboxer/producer/live looper Dan Foreman, the Londoner who goes by Beardyman, visits the Roxy Theatre, supported by Evan Voytas. Check out the beardless Beardyman above. ‣ Veteran psychedelic blues-rockers Black Rebel Motorcycle Club rock the Observatory in O.C., […]
Incoming: The Interrupters, the Futures League, Mauldin Strangers, Smoke Season, Tete, Liam Bailey, Mother, Black Rebel Motorcycle Club, Beardyman, Figs Cision, Wild Cub, Herbie Hancock, Christopher Owens, Spoon, Deer Tick, Clap Your Hands Say Yeah, the Coathangers, Deep Purple, Haim, Arctic Monkeys, the Haden Triplets, Eminem, Michael McDonald, Jagwar Ma, the Temper Trap, the Good […]
Far from trying to curate anything, or even connecting the present to the neighborhood’s rock ’n’ roll legacy, the Sunset Strip Music Festival last Saturday merely offered something for everybody. Fans responded with their pocketbooks and feet: The festival appeared more crowded that 2012’s Motley Crue-headlined party, although promoters put the attendance at the same […]
Set times have been announced for Saturday’s finale of the Sunset Strip Music Festival, which features three outdoor stages, indoor sets at the Roxy and the Whisky and more, culminating in a 9:30 p.m. headlining set by Linkin Park. Sunset Boulevard will be closed to traffic between Doheny Drive and San Vicente Boulevard. The festival […]
Black Rebel Motorcycle Club, AWOLNATION, Slick Rick, Doug E. Fresh, Wale and Logic will join previously announced headliners Linkin Park on the outdoor stages of the three-day Sunset Strip Music Festival on Aug. 3. Street Drum Corps, Asher Roth and Finch were among the other lineup additions announced for the two stages on Sunset Boulevard […]
