The first concerts since the booking responsibilities changed hands at the Bootleg Theater have been announced — including a Sept. 24 date with Blonde Redhead, a show a show co-promoted by Live Nation. Tickets are $30 and on sale here or here. The venue’s new talent buyer Kyle Wilkerson — who came on board after […]
Happy Saturday: â–º The Observatory presents this year’s Indigo Music Festival with a lineup featuring the Melvins, Deafheaven, Blonde Redhead (pictured), Deerhoof, Moving Units, Mike Watt, Youth Code, Morgan Delt, Fever the Ghost, Talk in Tongues, Kiev, Crystal Skulls, Tashaki Miyaki, Mini Mansions, Dahga Bloom, LA Witch, Drinking Flowers, Thee Rain Cats, the Vivids and […]
Incoming: The Ting Tings, Mates of State, Wolf Alice, Holychild, Wildling, the Fontaines, Hotel Hot Burrito, Ivory Deville, the Vaselines, Mini Mansions, Eric McFadden, Paul Bergmann, the Entrance Band, Blackbird Blackbird, Wale, We Are Scientists, the Hood Internet, Patti Smith, Sam Smith, Body/Head, the Warlocks, Crash Kings, the Haden Triplets, Brooke Fraser, Susanna Hoffs, Magic […]
Incoming: Mac DeMarco, Shakey Graves, Dorothy, Judas Priest, PPL MVR, Jamie Scott, Scott Stapp, Dustin Lovelis, First Aid Kit, Lights, Irontom, Henry Wolfe, the Beta Machines, Dads, TJ Doyle, Twin Peaks, Blonde Redhead, Tame Impala, SoKo, Generationals, Springtime Carnivore, Wovenhand, Relient K, Flying Lotus, Run the Jewels, RAC, Field Report, Hiss Golden Messenger, Nils Frahm, […]
In announcing their new album “Barragán,” long-revered experimental rock trio Blonde Redhead acknowledged they were treading yet another “new sonic path.” Which means if you’re a longtime follower, you just nodded your head knowingly and made a note to go shopping on Sept. 2, when the album, the band’s ninth, will be released. Produced by […]
This year’s Desert Daze was a loose, fun affair full of wild lights and wildly good rock ’n’ roll. There were well-received sets from headliners Liars, the Raveonettes and Blonde Redhead, although some technical issues that cut short Autolux’s set also plagued the latter. L.A. duo Deap Vally were joined by two additional vocalists, and […]
Another super Saturday: ‣ Still have a hard time leaving the desert? Then the one-day festival Desert Daze (Sunset Ranch Oasis near Mecca) may be your answer with a stellar lineup featuring Blonde Redhead, Liars, the Raveonettes, Autolux, Unknown Mortal Orchestra, DIIV, Allah-Las and more. Set times and details here. ‣ And if you’re a big country fan, […]
Dustin Krapes, doing business as Habits, put out one of the better under-the-radar albums of the year back in March. Now he’s taking to studio alchemy, remixing songs from five of the artists playing this Saturday’s Desert Daze festival at Sunset Ranch Oasis near Mecca. Habits does a ghost-in-the-machine number on songs from Deap Vally, […]
Those $30 early-bird tickets that were on sale before Christmas are looking even more like a bargain now. Blonde Redhead and the Raveonettes will join the previously announced Liars and Autolux at the top of the bill for the one-day Desert Daze festival on April 26 at Sunset Ranch Oasis near Mecca, 25 miles southeast […]
Tuesday’s menu: ‣ Nine Inch Nails play a sold-out Troubadour for only raffle-winners in support of their latest album “Hesitation Mark.” That’s their David Lynch-directed video for “Came Back Haunted” above. (Please heed its warning at the beginning.) ‣ Blonde Redhead headlines the El Rey Theatre with the Mast as support. ‣ Black Sabbath take […]
