Incoming: Justin Timberlake, Fleetwood Mac, OFF!, Minus the Bear, Common, Toad the Wet Sprocket, Chris Isaak, A$ap Mob, Jez Dior, Wartime Recitals, Bob Dorough, The Diamond Light, Dorothy, Dreaming Bull, Mirel Wagner, Riff Raff, L.A. Witch, Peter Hook & the Light, Netsky and Kove, Mr. Little Jeans, Erik Hassle, Mr. Gnome, PrincessFrank, Tien, Vandelay, Foxing, […]
Happy Saturday: ‣ Dillon Francis and Anamanaguchi wind up their three-night stint in L.A. and LOUDPVCK returns as the opening act at the Fonda Theatre. ‣ The Game, Ja Rule, Mystikal, E-40 and Too Short all team up for a night of hip hop at the Nokia Theatre L.A. Live. ‣ The Growlers, the Abigails […]
‣ Their new album “Shields” just out, Grizzly Bear visits the Greek Theater, with Lower Dens opening. Above, Grizzly Bear’s video for “Yet Again.” ‣ VUM celebrate the release of their new 7-inch (“Laura Palmer” / “Are You Animal?”) will a headlining show at the Echo, supported by Kissing Cousins and Hepa-Titus. ‣ And A […]
Incoming: The Raveonettes, the Corin Tucker Band, the Wallflowers, Everest, Grimes, Metric, Jeff the Brotherhood, Yelawolf, Grizzly Bear, Circa Survive, Madonna, Bettye LaVette, AWOLNATION, Aon Robin, Gossip, The xx, Patti Smith, Nouvelle Vague, Aimee Mann, David Byrne & St. Vincent, Smashing Pumpkins Above: That’s the Corin Tucker Band’s video for “Neskowin,” a song off the […]
[Moment of silence this morning to mark the passing of Fear founding member Derf Scratch …] International Pop Overthrow surges into the second week of its annual celebration of classic and power-pop – with six to eight bands per night at rotating venues, it’s an impossibly unwieldy festival to get your ears around (especially with […]
You might remember Under the Influence of Giants from their 2006 album and their party-starting shows on the Sunset Strip. Frontman Aaron Bruno has turned the page but maintained the energy with his new please-capitalize-me outfit AWOLNATION. The band’s debut EP “Back From Earth” was released in May, and the first single, “Burn It Down,” […]
[Happy birthday to Duff McKagan, rock star, online columnist and … mountain climber.] My, what a diverse music menu you have tonight, Los Angeles. Let’s start with a couple intriguing small shows, like at the Silverlake Lounge, where Andy Friedman & the Other Failures are in from Brooklyn. Friedman is a New Yorker cartoonist-turned-poet-turned-folk singer […]
