Sunday things: ‣Â Rick Springfield does a storytelling set (with a Q&A session) at the Broad Stage in Santa Monica. ‣Â Puscifer, a Perfect Circle and Failure all return for a second night at the Greek Theatre. ‣Â The week’s Grand Ol Echo’s installment features Ted Russell Kamp, Kyle Neal and James Byous. It’s an earlier show at […]
Your Sunday evening things: ‣ Music, art and social-media provocateur Amanda Palmer headlines a night titled “A Total Disruption” at the Echoplex – it features DJ sets from Shepard Fairey, screenings of short films by Ondi Timoner (“Dig! We Live in Public”), a talk by Reddit’s Alexis Ohanian and more. Palmer recently released a three-disc […]
Incoming: Dave Alvin, Tomahawk, Buke & Gase, French Horn Rebellion, Jake Shimabukuro, El Sportivo & the Blooz, Psychic Friend, Japanther, Marilyn Manson, Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds, Indians, Zola Jesus, Camper Van Beethoven, Dead Meadow, Cold War Kids, Brandy, Coheed & Cambria, the Orwells, the White Buffalo, the Summer Set, Mark Kozelek, Salt Petal, […]
‣ The Vaccines roar into the Fonda Theatre behind their latest album “The Vaccines Come of Age.” San Cisco and Zig Zags support. ‣ Huge night at the Observatory in Santa Ana – Eels play the venue’s big room behind their new album “Wonderful, Glorious,” while in the Constellation Room, it’s Unknown Mortal Orchestra and […]
Incoming: Emeli Sandé, Hunter Hunted, Beak, the Ruby Suns, Michael Bolton, Dear Boy, Ra Ra Riot, Ellie Goulding, Cold War Kids, Leagues, the Vaccines, Eels, Unknown Mortal Orchestra, the Wedding Present, Nous Non Plus, Ne-Yo, Dead Meadow, Soundgarden, Wallpaper, Pink, the Hives, Eastern Conference Champions, Mouse on Mars, Icona Pop, Ed Sheeran, Every Time I […]
Your scorching Saturday: ‣ There’s a whole lotta psych-rock going on at the Echo, Echoplex and Origami Vinyl today. The Echoes West festival brings ’60s stalwarts Strawberry Alarm Clock along with Dead Meadow, Lords of Altamont, Sleep Over, Spindrift, Sterling Roswell, Gram Rabbit, Silver Chords, Electric Flower Group, Strangers Family Band, United Ghosts and more […]
[We’re late with our post, due to the holiday weekend and your humble editor’s FYF Fest hangover …] Incoming: Best Coast, Jillinda Palmer, the Vibrators, Negativland, B.B. King, the Heavy, Crosby, Stills & Nash, Big Black Delta, Dead Meadow, Linkin Park, Mary J. Blige, Hot Chip, Dave Matthews Band, the Fresh & Onlys Above: The […]
[No pranks today, it’s Susan Boyle’s 50th birthday, after all. And a busy night in L.A.:] Top show picks on the first day of a new month: ‣ It’s time for the monthly meeting of mammals – First Fridays at the Natural History Museum goes off tonight with San Francisco’s the Fresh & Onlys (that’s […]
L.A. shoegazers Sky Parade have unveiled the video for “I Should be Coming Up (But I Keep Coming Down,” the track we debuted back in Feburary. It should perk up fans of the Dandy Warhols – the song was produced by Courtney Taylor-Taylor and features Zia McCabe. The foursome’s third album, “Intoxicated,” came out in […]
[Happy birthday, Elton John. Meanwhile, in L.A., my head’s going to explode from the overwhelming selection of good-to-great shows tonight:] First, two indie bands with new albums I highly recommend: The Morning Benders (with Miniature Tigers and We Barbarians supporting, play the Troubadour; and the Deadly Syndrome [Chris Richard, pictured] celebrating the release of “Nolens […]
