The Puppy Bowl on Sunday was great, but singer-songwriter Cary Brothers’ video for his new song “Lovin’ On You” has serious game. Directed by Lakshmi Sundaram and filmed by Stephen Tringali, it stars a St. Bernard puppy named Leo and follows a familiar storyline: You might lose the girl, but a dog’s love is unconditional. […]
There’s hardly a better way to make new friends and influence people than hitting events like the 76th Annual Chinatown Mid-Autumn Moon Festival. At least, that’s what the six bands who played Saturday night’s Live Music Stage near the Chinatown Central Plaza found. Crash Kings headlined with an energetic set of music from their two […]
Tonight in L.A.: Chinatown Moon Festival (Crash Kings, Dorothy, Mosco Rosco, more), Kan Wakan, Mad Decent Block Party (Diplo, Elliphant, more), Owen Pallett/Avi Buffalo, Passenger, Lobsterfest (Berlin, Tapioca and the Flea, more), Giant Drag/Habits, The Janks, The Rebel Light, more
Another super Saturday: ‣ Chinatown caps its popular Summer Night series with its Mid-Autumn Moon Festival, and it’s another stacked night. The LA Weekly-sponsored live music stage curated by Buzz Bands LA features Crash Kings [pictured], Dorothy, Mosco Rosco, SD3 (featuring Cary Brothers), the Singles and Run Things at Chinatown Central Plaza. Loads of family activities, a stellar […]
Soulful dance-rockers Mosco Rosco – the L.A. quartet formerly known as Harper Blynn – have been added to the lineup for the Live Music Stage at the 76th Annual Chinatown Moon Festival, Saturday’s free, all-ages celebration taking place near the Chinatown’s Central Plaza. Mosco Rosco, sailing through a year of energetic shows including a Satellite residency, […]
Keyboard-driven rock trio Crash Kings, already at work on a follow-up to last year’s album “Dark of the Daylight,” will headline the 76th Annual Chinatown Mid-Autumn Moon Festival on Saturday, Sept. 13. The band – brothers Tony and Mike Beliveau and Tommy Rose – will be joined by fast-rising rock quartet Dorothy, dance-music phenoms Beat Club, SD3 […]
Tuesday things: ‣ John Fogerty of Creedence Clearwater Revival headlines a solo night at the El Rey Theatre. ‣ Legendary rock band Fleetwood Mac continues their tour over at the Honda Center in Anaheim. ‣ Lissie stops by the Masonic Lodge at Hollywood Forever Cemetery for an intimate show featuring new songs off her forthcoming […]
It is with extreme caution that we acknowledge this Hallmark holiday, but if anybody can get us in the Feb Fourteen Feeling, it’s Meiko. An alternate version of her song “Stuck on You” (from last year’s album “The Bright Side”) appears on Paste magazine’s Valentine’s Day sampler, titled “Half and Half.” That’s “half love songs […]
Sunday’s shows: ‣ Big Sunday evening of rock at the Wiltern, where Slash featuring Myles Kennedy, as well as the Conspirators, turn up the volume. The show was originally scheduled for October but was postponed then because vocalist Kennedy was ill. ‣ Rockdrive, a benefit for the victims of Hurricane Sandy, goes off at the […]
Your Friday fun: ‣ Salem and IO Echo do the first of the Play MOCA music/art series at the Geffen Contemporary at MOCA in downtown L.A. ‣ Pop harmonies for lunch? If you work downtown, you can catch Lady Danville at noon as part of the Grand Performances series at California Plaza. ‣ Z-Trip holds […]
’Twas the Monday before Christmas, and all through the scene … ‣ Moby does an acoustic set at Bardot for the weekly RSVP-only It’s a School Night event, and young songstress Lucy Schwartz and Daniel Ahearn & the Jones also perform. ‣ The third installment of Manhattan Murder Mystery’s residency at the Satellite features Judson […]