Here’s a roundup of catchy things that caught our ears, as catchy things sometimes do: New singles from Fitz & the Tantrums, Capital Cities and the Rare Occasions.
Also on Wednesday: Vaud & the Villains, Test, Kid Wave, the Deltaz, Yelawolf, Caked Up
Also on Tuesday: El Perro Del Mar, Ben Folds, the Mystery Lights, the Golden Tongues, Ramonda Hammer, Candlebox, David Kelley, Frankie & the Studs, Maynard James Keenan
Incoming: Warpaint, Lukas Graham,Yelawolf, Capital Cities, AlunaGeorge, El Perro Del Mar, Maynard James Keenan, the Game, Lupe Fiasco, David Gray, Jai Wolf, Seu Jorge, Kool Keith, the Shrine, Matthew Logan Vasquez, Sleeping With Sirens and much more
Capital Cities’ new single “Vowels” is the band’s first new music in more than three years. It’s easier to decipher than an eye chart.
MainFest’s three-block party proved a hassle-free Saturday of fun — and a measure of civic pride for its host, the city of Alhambra.
Also on Friday: The Wood Brothers, Capital Cities, Jandek, People Under the Sairs, the Explorers Club, Mac Sabbath, Greyhounds, Frank Turner, the Wombats, Miranda Lambert, Gun Outfit
Incoming: Radiohead, Adele, Allen Stone, Emily King, Tony Lucca, Gladys Knight, Dear Boy, the Wombats, Natalia Lafourcade, Thalma de Freitas, Vic Mensa, Dilated Peoples, Ryan Adams, Frank Turner, Weezer, Rocky Dawuni, Sufjan Stevens, Brett Dennen, Warped Tour
Capital Cities, Miami Horror and !!! (Chk Chk Chk) headline the one-day festival in downtown Alhambra.
Venice folksters Magic Giant are on their “In The Wind” tour — and recording new material in their solar-powered mobile studio while on the road. They’re blazing happy in their video for “Set On Fire.”
