Also on Saturday: Demi Lovato, Chance the Rapper, Butch Walker, CRX, Gavin Turek, Katie Burden, Bedrocktoberfest, Love Ghost, the Tyde, Tedeschi Trucks Band, Boogaloo Assassins
Incoming: Chinatown Summer Nights, Long Beach Folk Revival Festival, Joseph Arthur, Wilco, Jake Bugg, Joseph, , Beyonce, Prophets of Rage, Cass McCombs, Local Natives, Dawes, Saint Motel, the Monkees, the Greyboy Allstars, PAPA, Eden, Butch Walker, Flying Lotus, Chance the Rapper, CRX, Kraftwerk
Friday’s big fun: ► The Vans Warped Tour kicks off at the Fairplex in Pomona, bring a wide variety of punk, metal, alt-rock, hip-hop, pop and spoken-word artists. A live webcast begins at 11 a.m. here. ► EDM sensations Big Gigantic — the duo of saxophonist-producer Dominic Lalli and drummer Jeremy Salken — bring their live […]
Top of the Tuesday to ya: ► Brooklyn trio the Lone Bellow, whose last album “Then Came the Morning” came out in January, hold forth at the El Rey Theatre. Arrive early to see Odessa. ► James McMurtry visits the Troubadour behind his latest album, “Complicated Game,: with Max Gomez supporting. ► Butch Walker’s new […]
Incoming: Warped Tour, New Beat Fund, Jedi Mind Tricks, Tennis System, Hunny, Crash Kings, Lenka, Action Bronson, J Mascis, The Lone Bellow, James McMurtry, Butch Walker, No Joy, Conway, The Mispers, Robert Glasper, Jaga Jazzist, Karma Killers, The Life & Times, Johnnyswim, Goldlink, Bob Schneider, Rhye, Avid Dancer, Robin Trower, Steve Earle, Mana, Little Big […]
Imagine that, witnessing bloody violence in a Butch Walker video. But that’s the striking piece of cinema for the new Walker single “Bed on Fire,” directed by Magdalena Wosinska and Snake and filmed in the dusty environs of Joshua Tree. The torch song-turned-murder ballad has all the requisite B’s – bikers, babes and Butch’s band, as […]
Thankfully, there’s Butch Walker. The 44-year-old singer-songwriter, who counts six albums, a Grammy nomination and a host of production credits on his resumé, has seduced with his keen sense of melody, deft lyrcism and everyman charisma dating back to his days in Marvelous 3. Last week he announced that his seventh solo full-length, “Afraid of […]
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 […]
Happy Wednesday: ‣ Macklemore and Ryan Lewis headline the Staples Center in support of their ever-popular album “The Heist.” That’s the video for their latest single “White Walls” above. Supporting acts include Talib Kweli, Big K.R.I.T. tonight. ‣ Things get intimate with Kaki King inside the Masonic Lodge at Hollywood Forever Cemetery. She’ll continue to […]
‣ Big day for Grouplove: The L.A. quintet’s sophomore album “Spreading Rumours” comes out today, and they headline a sold-out show at the Troubadour tonight. In addition, a pop-up gallery featuring the art of Grouplove’s Hannah Hooper opens at 4414 W. 2nd St. (Get details on the exhibition, “I’m With You,” here.) The video for […]
