Top by the detached cool of The Jesus and Mary Chain and highlighted by provocative artists such as Mykki Blanco and Drab Majesty, the first-year festival Cloak & Dagger got off to a delightfully shadowy start.
Also: Del the Funky Homosapien, Six Organs of Admittance, Cold Showers, Tambourines, Pugwash, Diana Krall, Incubus, YACHT, Karla Bonoff, Oak & Gorski, Wages
Including: Taylor Swift, NOFX, Carly Rae Jepsen, Kid Cadaver, Jenny Lewis, Death Grips, Trombone Shorty, Savages, Fool’s Gold, Jefferson Starship, Diana Krall, Incubus, Chicano Batman, MSTRKRFT, Fool’s Gold Day Off, Nick Waterhouse and more.
The third annual Viva! Pomona festival takes place on Saturday and Sunday, July 18-19, at the Glass House. We’ve compiled a hefty 42-track mixtape of bands performing this weekend. From indie rock to punk, garage, rap, DIY, and dream pop, there’s a good variety of sounds to encounter, and Latin American acts peppered in with California […]
Your Easter Sunday menu: ‣ Seattle’s dark folk artist King Dude headlines the Echo. That’s his video for “I Know You’re Mine” above. Of the Wand & the Moon and A Story of Rats open. ‣ Downstairs at the Echoplex, Oakland’s post-punk band Wax Idols headlines Part-Time Punks’ weekly night with Cold Showers, Dream Boys […]
Sunday fun day:Â ‣ Alternative reggae-rockers 311Â (pictured) headline the Roxy Theatre. DJ Unite also spins. ‣Â The Reflections conclude their residency over at the Satellite tonight. The Dead Ships and the Breakups round out the bill for tonight’s finale. ‣Â Matt Embree’s new band, Biceratops, stops by Bootleg Bar tonight. Big Sir (Lisa Papineau and Juan Alderete […]
The pulsing rhythms and wall of sound in the music of Cold Showers conjure up the ghosts of Madchester. What their new single “Violent Cries” lacks in production (which is plenty) it makes up for tension and mystery. The foursome of Jonathan Weinberg, Jessie Clavin, Brian Davila, Renee Adams and Chris King has released a […]
