Here’s your Sunday fare: ‣ Blues-rock supergroup the Rides [pictured], featuring Stephen Stills, Kenny Wayne Shepherd and Barry Goldberg, make their debut on Sunday at the annual 88.5-FM KCSN/Los Angeles’ Benefit Concert at the Valley Performing Arts Center. Lucinda Williams and LP also perform. Tickets are still available. ‣ The second installment of HARD Day […]
Your Grammy nights shows: ‣ With his new album “The 20/20 Experience” on the way this year, Justin Timberlake holds forth at the Palladium. ‣ Grammy nominee Deadmau5 heads up the lineup for the second annual Post-Grammy Benefit Concert benefiting Children’s Hospital Los Angeles at the House of Blues. The night also features Timbaland & […]
Incoming: Matt Costa, Dirty Projectors, Silverstein, Kris Allen, the Pharcyde, Emeli Sandé, Delta Rae, ZZ Ward, Kan Wakan, Gliss, M. Ward, Solange, OFF!, Trombone Shorty, the Little Ones, Nick Waterhouse, Chelsea Wolfe, the B-52’s, Dr. John, Ed Sheeran, Wayne Shorter, Ellie Goulding, Petra Haden, Big Freedia, Emmylou Harris, Deadmau5 Above: The video for Dirty Projectors’ […]
Your Grammy night selections: ‣ Hard to imagine a more exuberant party than the one the Echoplex has in store tonight: Grammy-nominated New Orleans stalwarts the Rebirth Brass Band (pictured) team up with Eli “Paperboy” Reed for a healthy dose of funk and soul. ‣ Think of this as kind of the anti-Grammy night: The […]
‣ Tori Amos does the first of two nights at the Orpheum Theatre behind her latest release “Night of Hunters.” Her short film for “Star Whisperer” is worth 10 minutes of your time. ‣ Deadmau5 and James Murphy are joined by Proxy and Eye for “HARD x Mouth Taped Shut” at the Hollywood Palladium. ‣ […]
Picks for a super Sunday: ‣ Twenty years after his death, French songwriter/actor/director Serge Gainsbourg remains a huge influence on the pop music of today. Tonight’s Serge Gainsbourg Tribute at the Hollywood Bowl features the Hollywood Bowl Orchestra led by Jean Claude Vannier and Scott Dunn – accompanied by an A-list band including bassist Justin […]
[We approach the Sunset Junction-less weekend with plenty of music options. Meanwhile, if you didn’t catch it, the Times had a story today on the aftermath …] Your Friday fodder: ‣ That Dog reunites for the first of two-sold-out shows at the Troubadour. You’d be surprised (or possibly not) how many “new” co-ed bands around […]
Tonight’s things: ‣ White Arrows, recently off tour with Those Darlins and warming up for a date Saturday with Weezer (and a tour dates with the Naked and Famous), celebrate the release of their new 7-inch “Get Gone” at the Bootleg Theater, with Gangi, Vanaprasta and Electric Guest supporting. ‣ Deadmau5 kicks off a string […]
The Cypress Hill SmokeOut at San Bernardino’s NOS Events Center on Saturday had its share of problems, reports David Hall of the OC Register. The weed-added festival featured Manu Chao (top photo, who have added a date Tuesday at the Troubadour), as well as Incubus, Basement Jaxx, Paul Oakenfold, Deadmau5, Erykah Badu and MGMT. Photographer […]
The Electric Daisy Carnival kicks off a delirious two days of dance music today at Exposition Park and the L.A. Coliseum, and if last year’s event is any indication it’ll be a festival for the books. Last year, EDC’s first as a two-day event, the event drew more than 200,000 revelers combined. This year’s lineup […]
