The new MainFest debuts on Sept. 10 in downtown Alhambra. Three top-line bands have been announced for the festival, but not much else in the way of details. The price seems right.
Your freaky, fabulous Friday: ‣ FKA twigs – so stunning back in August at the El Rey Theatre – does the first of two sold-out nights at the Regent Theater, with Boots supporting. Above, the clip for “Video Girl.” ‣ Seattle folk singer Noah Gundersen [see “Ledges”] visits the El Rey Theatre, with the Wild Reeds and […]
A super-sized Thursday night of shows: ‣ Cold War Kids play a hometown show at the Regent Theater behind their new album “Hold My Home,” with Avid Dancer supporting. ‣ Future Islands returns to L.A. one more time this year, playing a sold-out show at the Wiltern with Rose Quartz and Speak. ‣ U.K. pop […]
Incoming: Deerhoof, Dirty Loops, Dorothy, Wartime Recitals, Brooklyn Pets, Smallpools, Tegan and Sara, Real Estate, Hoodie Allen, Goapele, Sam Outlaw, X Ambassadors, Culture Club, the 1975, Mr. Little Jeans, the Weeks, Bell Gardens, Cold Specks, Rhett Miller, Bastille, Sky Ferreira, Capital Cities, James Vincent McMorrow, Future Islands, Alexz Johnson, Cold War Kids, Gruff Rhys, Death […]
The sun barely shone on San Francisco’s Golden Gate Park during Saturday’s second day of Outside Lands, but there was no gloom in the festival’s big performances. Macklemore & Ryan Lewis packed the Twin Peaks stage, playing opposite main-stage headliners Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers, with Macklemore [top photo] sending a few good-natured jibes that […]
Another super Saturday: ‣ Your first festival choice: KROQ Weenie Roast returns to the Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre with a lineup featuring Fall Out Boy, Fitz & the Tantrums, the Neighbourhood, Capital Cities, Foster the People [check out “Best Friend”], Kongos, Beck, Avicii, Phantogram, Bastille, Bleachers, the 1975 and American Authors. [That’s Phantogram’s video above for “Fall […]
Going to Coachella on Weekend 2? Want to relive the first weekend? Buzz Bands LA covered 53 of the festival’s 184 performances Friday, Saturday and Sunday and published more than 170 photographs. After the jump, we provide quick links to everything:
Who: Capital Cities at the Outdoor Theatre In 3 or Fewer Words: Safe and sound? Memorable Because: While dance band Future Islands were having their own coming-out party in the Gobi Tent, L.A. quintet Capital Cities was affirming its place on a big stage, inspiring a massive crowd to bounce and boogie to its unabashedly […]
Friday night fun: ‣ Lord Huron and Superhumanoids do the first of two sold-out nights at the Fonda Theatre. ‣ Dale Earnhardt Jr. Jr. visit the El Rey Theatre behind their latest album “The Speed of Things.” ‣ Big night at the Hotel Café, where the Record Company jams tunes from its latest EP “Feels […]
Incoming: Cibo Matto, Sleeper Agent, Kaiser Chiefs, Kins, Lucinda Williams, Lemon Sun, the Last Internationale, Charlie Greene, Mark Mulcahy, Sharon Corr, Decoded, Early Winters, Dr. Dog, Lord Huron, Restavrant, Kodaline, AC Slater, Xemia Rubinos, the Wailers, Dale Earnhardt Jr. Jr., the Record Company, Capital Cities, Morgan Page, Toni Braxton, the Haden Triplets, Okapi Sun, Com […]
