Big Friday night, near and far: â–º Night Terrors of 1927 celebrate the release of their debut full-length “Everything’s Coming Up Roses” with a show at the Roxy Theatre, supported by FMLYBND. [See NTO1927’s “When You Were Mine”] â–º Punk-rock rabblerousers FIDLAR take a break from working on their second album to headline a show […]
Quick things for your Tuesday: ‣ Cass McCombs [pictured] and Meat Puppets bring their co-headlining tour the Troubadour. ‣ Santa Cruz neo-soul trio Joomanji visits the Bootleg HiFi, supported by Tien [see “This Ain’t Home”], Idesia and Arielle Deem. ‣ And young psych-rockers Gateway Drugs – who’ve been working on new recordings since they impressed […]
Incoming: Alex Clare, Ben Watt, Michael Franti, Kissing Cousins, Girlpool, the Black & the White, the Sunset Drifters, Mereki, Cass McCombs, Gateway Drugs, Joomanji, Dance Gavin Dance, Caught a Ghost, Jamie T, Jonathan Richman, Molotov, Mickey Avalon, Ryan Bingham, Angel Solsen, Say Hi, Act As If, Animal Games, Sarah McLachlan, Christopher Owns, Avi Buffalo, Ryan […]
The War On Drugs returned to Los Angeles on Thursday for another sold-out show at the Fonda Theatre in support of their latest album “Lost in the Dream,†which is out now via Secretly Canadian. (The played the Glass House in Pomona on Wednesday and also performed a sold-out show on Friday.) With Cass McCombs […]
Incoming: Sam Smith, the Orwells, Sir Sly, Royal Blood Teleman, the Picturebooks, Beach Party, Clean Bandit, King Crimson, Wand, Cibo Matto, Martha Davis, Lenka, the Big & Rich, Trigger Hippy, the Felice Brothers, Clairy Browne & the Bangin’ Rockettes, Turbogeist, the War on Drugs, Cass McCombs, Wongchilde, Nick Waterhouse, Joel Jerome, Brother Ali, Ben Kweller, […]
Big things for your Thursday: ‣ Raise a glass: Los Lobos celebrate 40 years as a band – and the release of a new live album “Disconnected in New York” – with a show at the Whisky a Go Go, where East L.A. legends will be joined by the Blasters featuring Dave and Phil Alvin. […]
Incoming: Andrew McMahon, Diane Coffee, Sparks, Of Montreal, Blink-182, M.I.A., the Fratellis, Minor Alps, Alison Moyet, Cults, the Cartel, Strange Markings, Quasi, Mad Professor, Only You, Melt Banana, Lupe Fiasco, Mason Jennings, Cass McCombs, Big Freedia, the Vim Dicta, Jonathan Wilson, Steve Aoki, Iggy Azalea, Waka Flocka Flame, Beats Antique, Mayday Parade, the Record Company, Vienna […]
Sometimes you just want songs. Folk, rock, country, blues … doesn’t matter. It takes a while to sort through the 22 (!) on singer-songwriter Cass McCombs’ new album “Big Wheel and Others,” just out on Domino, but ultimately the double-LP doesn’t wear out its welcome. In fact, you barely notice McCombs’ stylistic shifts once you’re […]
Your Thursday show menu: ‣ Public Enemy – just announced this week as a Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee – visits Club Nokia, performing along with X-Clan, Monie Love, Schoolly D and Leaders of the New School. ‣ Gee, does anybody like Social Distortion? The veteran punk band’s string of sold-out southern California […]
Incoming: Social Distortion, Graham Parker, John Cale, Atlas Genius, Chris Isaak, the Game, the Sword, Alt-J, the Tragically Hip, the Growlers, JMSN, Public Enemy, the Doobie Brothers, Jessie Ware, Cass McCombs, King Tuff, NOFX, Dead Sara, Vaud & the Villains, Agent Orange, The Weeknd, the Aquabats, DeVotchKa, Vanaprasta, Aloe Blacc, Harry Shearer and Judith Owen, […]
