Wow, what a Wednesday: ‣ Nashville indie-pop quintet Wild Cub return to L.A. (they packed the Bootleg back in January) for a headlining show at the El Rey Theatre, with Grizfolk supporting. Above, their video for “Thunder Clatter.” ‣ Punk-rock trio the Coathangers head up an audacious night at the Echo – the Bots (see them […]
Incoming: The Interrupters, the Futures League, Mauldin Strangers, Smoke Season, Tete, Liam Bailey, Mother, Black Rebel Motorcycle Club, Beardyman, Figs Cision, Wild Cub, Herbie Hancock, Christopher Owens, Spoon, Deer Tick, Clap Your Hands Say Yeah, the Coathangers, Deep Purple, Haim, Arctic Monkeys, the Haden Triplets, Eminem, Michael McDonald, Jagwar Ma, the Temper Trap, the Good […]
Here’s where to find your fun tonight: ‣ At Staples Center, it’s the two coolest “K” people outside of Kobe: Kanye West and Kendrick Lamar. What’s the show like? ‣ Dress to kill … y’know? It’s time for the annual KCRW Masquerade, featuring Glasser, Har Mar Superstar, the Lions, Grizfolk, plus DJ sets by Dave […]
Incoming: Animal Collective, Best Coast, Surfer Blood, Laura Marling, Twin Forks, Gossling, Phantogram, AFI, James Blake, STRFKR, Real Estate, Au Revoir Simone, Jenny Lewis, Leagues, Hunx & His Punx, Katy Perry, Tricky, Sanglorians, Spindrift, the Sounds, Mark Knopfler, Crystal Fighters, Karl Denson’s Tiny Universe, Radical Face, J. Cole, NONONO, Streetlight Manifesto, Holly Conlan, Hanni El […]
Sunday things… ‣ Hip hop artist Hoodie Allen headlines the El Rey Theatre wiht Aer and Jared Evan as support. ‣ L.A.’s experimental pop quartet Body Parts teams up with and San Francisco’s chamber pop band Foxtails Brigade at the Satellite. ‣ It’s a also solid lineup over at the Smell with Moses Campbell, the […]
Fun for your Sunday: ‣ Fresh off a show at Hollywood Forever Cemetery, the Weeknd (that’s Abel Tesfaye, pictured at Coachella) plays a sold-out gig at the Fonda Theatre. ‣ Sacramento rockers Middle Class Rut headline the Troubadour, supported by L.A.’s newest purveyors of Zep-styled blues, Beware of Darkness, who will celebrate the release of […]
May 5: ‣ Hard to imagine there is a more Angeleno way to observe today’s “holiday” than with L.A. icons Los Lobos. They headline Cinco de Mayo Festival at the Greek Theatre, joined by Neko Case, Alejandro Escovedo and Flaco Jimenez, with guests X and Mariachi El Bronx opening. Doors open at 3 p.m., with […]
[Happy November. And happy birthday to Eulogies’ Peter Walker …] Tuesday’s touts: ‣ Shonen Knife have been fun for a long time, and on many continents. The Japanese pop-punk standouts are celebrating their 30th anniversary as a band, and they visit the Echoplex on the heels of their latest release “Osaka Ramones,” a tribute to […]
John McCauley is a busy man. After deciding to go forward with Middle Brother, the side project whose members also include the Delta Spirit’s Matt Vasquez and Dawes’ Taylor Goldsmith, McCauley is back at it with his own band, Deer Tick, less than a year later. Their fourth studio album in just five years, “Divine […]
When I talked to Matt Vasquez earlier this year for a story about Delta Spirit, he was pretty aw-shucks about the side project he had in the works with Taylor Goldsmith of Dawes and John McCauley of Deer Tick. “We’re thinking about calling ourselves the Traveling Bill Murrays,” he said at the time. “I’m not […]
