Incoming: Young Dubliners, Jeff Tweedy, Icona Pop, Kill Hannah, NOFX, Judy Collins, Pere Ubu, Juliette Commagere, King Krule, That Noise, El-P, Chance the Rapper, Andrew Bird, Yuna, Iggy Azalea, Holograms, Canvases, Camp Freddy, Suicidal Tendencies, Baby Alpaca, the Vandals, Stevie Wonder, Cults, We Are Scientists, HOTTÂ MT, the Muffs, Kate Earl, the Muffs, Youth Brigade […]
Here’s your fare for Tuesday: ‣ Scottish rockers the Fratellis, back with their first album in five years, “We Need Medicine,” play a sold-out show at the Fonda Theatre, supported by the Ceremonies and Conway. A throat infection forced cancellation of the trio’s show Saturday in Seattle, but as of now, everything is a go […]
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 […]
When I last caught up with Richie Follin, he was still playing in Cults (his sister Madeline is a member) while slowly working on his new project Guards. The Orange County native, now ensconced on the other coast, engaged in some those-were-the-days niceties about his old band the Willowz (last spotted in 2009) and looked […]
Your fun-filled Friday show picks: ‣ Some sonic explorers from the L.A. beat scene convene at the Echoplex, where a Friends of Friends showcase brings in Shlohmo (aka producer Henry Laufer) to head up a hometown show that features Salva, LOL Boys and Groundislava (new album “Feel Me” out next week). That’s the video for […]
Incoming: Everest, Poliça, Neil Diamond, Two Gallants, Anita Baker, Esperanza Spalding, Civil Twilight, Cults, Diana Krall, AM & Shawn Lee, Echo Park Rising and more. Above: Fresh off her remarkable performances supporting Sigur Ros, Julia Holter brings the emotive sound collages on her album “Tragedy” (based on the Greek play “Hippolytus”) to the Echo on […]
Lord Huron, the local indie-rock band fronted by Michigan native Ben Schneider, has signed to L.A.-based IAMSOUND Records. Lord Huron’s debut album “Lonesome Dreams” will be out Oct. 9. No music is available yet, but the record figures to surprise (in a very good way) fans of the band’s first two EPs. Along with that […]
Photographer Scott Dudelson did some stage-hopping at Saturday’s Make Music Pasadena – not an easy proposition, considering the crowds and the distance between stages. Here are some of the artists he caught, starting with Dengue Fever, top photo.
Canadian electro songstress Grimes will join indie-pop and folk luminaries Grouplove, Milo Greene, Cults and Soko on the bill for this year’s Make Music Pasadena, the free daylong festival that draws more than 30,000 to the City of Roses. The diverse bill also features electro-funk guru Dam-Funk, Cambodian psych-rockers Dengue Fever, French chanteuse Jessica Fichot […]
