Incoming: Alt-J, Pentatonix, Wildcat! Wildcat!, Metronomy, White Denim, Banks, Dry the River, Hanni El Khatib, Olin & the Moon, Hobart W Fink, TV on the Radio, Nas, Eastern Conference Champions, Fever the Ghost, the Acid, Matt Ellis, the Brave Ones, Ceci Bastida, Matisyahu, Jessie Ware, the Melvins, Le Butcherettes, Kimbra, Sloan, Tom Vek, Movement, Colin […]
Here’s what promises to be a fantastic Friday: ‣ How about that Spoon album, right? “They Want My Soul” came out this week, and Britt Daniel and crew perform tonight on the Fairbanks Lawn at Hollywood Forever Cemetery. Speaking of souls. ‣ Gardens & Villa and White Hinterland team up for a free night of […]
Incoming: The Interrupters, the Futures League, Mauldin Strangers, Smoke Season, Tete, Liam Bailey, Mother, Black Rebel Motorcycle Club, Beardyman, Figs Cision, Wild Cub, Herbie Hancock, Christopher Owens, Spoon, Deer Tick, Clap Your Hands Say Yeah, the Coathangers, Deep Purple, Haim, Arctic Monkeys, the Haden Triplets, Eminem, Michael McDonald, Jagwar Ma, the Temper Trap, the Good […]
No shortage of variety on this Thursday: ‣ Portland punk-rockers the Thermals touch down at the Troubadour for a sponsored show (only 3$ with RSVP) that features L.A. bands Beach Party and Gothic Tropic. ‣ Somekindawonderful celebrate the release of their self-titled debut album with a sold-out show at the Bootleg. Ceci Bastida also fetes […]
Genre-mashing L.A. favorites Ozomatli will kick off the three months of free concerts in the Levitt Pavilions’ Summer Music Series on June 8 – the first of almost 100 shows at two outdoor locations. Ozomatli will be visiting Levitt Pavilion MacArthur Park, which will host the likes of Richard Thompson, Loudon Wainwright III, Young Dubliners, […]
A busy first Monday of a new month: ‣ Battles bring the indie prog-rock to the Echoplex, with Holloys supporting. ‣ Australian singer-songwrtier Xavier Rudd (pictured) brings his guitar-didgeridoo-percussion juggling act (and songs off last year’s “Koonyum Sun”) to the El Rey Theatre as part of a 21-date tour on which L.A.’s HoneyHoney opens. ‣ […]
Ceci Bastida and the Fresh & Onlys rock the monthly First Fridays show at the Natural History Museum tonight, and courtesy of Pop-Aut, you can watch it here. The webcast begins about 8 p.m.
[No pranks today, it’s Susan Boyle’s 50th birthday, after all. And a busy night in L.A.:] Top show picks on the first day of a new month: ‣ It’s time for the monthly meeting of mammals – First Fridays at the Natural History Museum goes off tonight with San Francisco’s the Fresh & Onlys (that’s […]
[Happy birthday, Zack de la Rocha. Now on tonight’s menu:] Top charitable outing of the night: ‣ Fishbone bassist Norwood Fisher (along with the charitable group AngelCare) hosts “All the Angels,” a benefit for children in Haiti, at the Central SAPC in Santa Monica. Besides guest speakers, a silent auction, a raffle and live art, […]
Attention holiday shoppers: We know that your favorite price tag reads “free,” so at the risk of whoring ourselves out to a major retailer, we’re going to tell you about “The Christmas Gig,” a digital compilation of holiday tunes. It’s free. It’s original music. It’s good, in places really good. And it includes a lot […]
