Thursday night’s things: ‣ Mr. Little Jeans – the nom de tune of L.A.-based Norwegian singer Monica Birkenes – headlines the Roxy Theatre behind her new album “Pocketknife.” Opening are Avid Dancer and Breakfast. ‣ Folk singer/raconteur Sean Rowe, who’s finishing up work on the follow-up album to 2012’s acclaimed “The Salesman and the Shark,” […]
Incoming: Stagecoach, Arcade Fire, Fascinator, Lawrence Rothman, Banta, Mystic Braves, Mosco Rosco, Godflesh, AJR, Tove Lo, The Men, DEATH, Elizabeth & the Catapult, Heaps N Heaps, Xiu Xiu, Asher Roth, Guns N’ Roses, Joan Jett & the Blackhearts, Daley, Tom Brosseau, Tommy & the High Pilots, Run Things, Flagship, OFF!, Thou, Moving Units, T. Mills, Plan B, Dean Wareham David […]
[Birthday greetings go out today to Owen Pallett …] Tonight’s top 3 hangs: ‣ Funeral Party – the young East L.A. rockers who recently made NME’s list of the year’s top new bands – kick off a residency at the Bootleg Theater. They’re signed to RCA, which has pushed back the release of their debut […]
[Birthday shout-out to L.A. musician/producer Aaron Embry today. Meanwhile, there is an enormous confluence of concerts for a Monday night — here goes:] The first time I saw U.K. punk-rockers the Cribs play in Los Angeles, frontman Gary Jarman bloodied himself on the microphone, and it was love at first gush. It’s not likely that […]
