Your fantastic Friday: ‣ The Lonely Wild celebrates the release of their new album “The Sun As It Comes” (out April 2 via Ursa Major) at the Satellite tonight and they’ve got the Janks and the Wild Reeds to join in the fun. ‣ Intellectual electro-heads Fol Chen also celebrate the release of a new album. They’ll headline […]
Incoming: The Mavericks, Busdriver, Thalia, Heartless Bastards, Spirit Animal, Mika, Flux Pavilion, Inc., Anthrax, Billy Bragg, Ghostface Killah, Jamie Lidell, the Lonely Wild, Fol Chen, Foxygen, Daedelus, Veronica Falls, Poolside, Lalah Hathaway, Living Colour Above: That’s the video for “You Naked,” from Jamie Lidell. The British singer-songwriter’s latest album, “Jamie Lidell,” came out in February, […]
Another mucho Monday: ‣ Jean-Philip Grobler – the Johannesberg, South Africa-born, Brooklyn-based electro-pop artist known as St. Lucia – heads up the lineup at the RSVP-only It’s a School Night at Bardot, where Sonnymoon and Pony Boy also perform and promoters promise some “secret headliners” to make it all real special. Above, St. Lucia’s video […]
Your shows for Wednesday: ‣ Singer, songwriter, provacateur and online sensation Amanda Palmer, her new album “Theater Is Evil” due Sept. 11, swings through L.A. for two events this week. Tonight, Amanda Palmer & the Grand Theft Orchestra play to a sold-out Roxy Theatre, and on Thursday she’ll appear at the Pop Tart Gallery, where […]
Fare for your fantastic Friday: ‣ Lucinda Williams returns for a show at UCLA’s Royce Hall behind her acclaimed release “Blessed.” Blake Mills opens. ‣ Cambodian psych-rockers Dengue Fever join Secret Chiefs 3 for a concert at the El Rey Theatre. ‣ It’s one more local show for Wilco, this one at the Los Angeles […]
Tonight’s touts: ‣ Andrew McMahon brings Jack’s Mannequin to the Viper Room for a sold-out show behind the October release of his third album, “People and Things.” Don’t stay out too late, though (or set your DVR), the band also appears tonight on “The Tonight Show With Jay Leno.” Jack’s Mannequin kicks off a nationwide […]
Tonight’s fare our for fair city: ‣ The monthly Rumble show hits the Echo tonight, with a couple of rising L.A. bands, White Arrows and Milo Greene, joined by Seattle duo My Goodness. It’s free with an RSVP. [The latest on White Arrows here; introducing Milo Greene here.] ‣ Australian duo An Horse – a […]
Of legends and locals: ‣ Robert Plant and the Band of Joy, joined by North Mississippi Allstars, play the Greek Theatre. ‣ Prince does another night at the Forum. ‣ The Big Four – Metallica, Slayer, Megadeath and Anthrax – take over the Coachella stages at the Empire Polo Club for a collision of heavy […]
Who: Daedelus in the Gobi Tent In 3 or Fewer Words: You kidding me? I’ll Remember This Until: The next time I’m transported to an alternate reality. The music of beat-scene forefather Daedelus has a way of flashing you something familiar and then sucking you into a vortex programming gimmicks. The maestro of the Monome […]
[The second installment of our Los Angeles-goes-to-SXSW preview:] DAEDELUS If you like: Alfred Darlington. And who the hell doesn’t? What’s up with him: Daedelus emerged from the Dublab crew to become one of the most innovative and eclectic producers around, sporting his dandy look and playing gadgets we won’t pretend to understand. His new album […]
