Your Saturday night shows: ‣ R. Kelly does at show at the Saban Theatre, with Chrisette Michele supporting. ‣ It’s “X-Murs” with Murs, Mayday, King Fantastic and Pterodactyl Jones at the Roxy Theatre. Above, King Fantastic’s new video for “Rad Racer,” off the album “The Great Man Theory.” ‣ The Aggrolites bring their dirty reggae […]
Thursday’s highlights: ‣ Homecoming for two bands who originally hail from southern California: Indie-rockers Delta Spirit headline the El Rey Theatre behind their new album “Into the Wide.” And Deep Sea Diver opens. ‣ The Airborne Toxic Event visits the Greek Theatre ‣ Citizen Cope is celelbrating the 10th anniversary of “The Clarence Greenwood Recordings” […]
L.A.-based trio Distant Cousins have been making bank placing their songs in film, TV shows and advertisements, which is not bad for an effort that began as a side project featuring three songwriters who’d done pretty well in their own right, Ami Kozak, Dov Rosenblatt and Duvid Swirsky. They came on the radar a year […]
Tuesday’s happenings: ‣ KISS and Def Leppard rock you back at the Forum. ‣ Cleveland rockers Cloud Nothings play the Roxy theatre behind their new album “Here and Nowhere Else” (that’s their new video for “Psychic Trauma,” above), with Metz opening. ‣ The Mowgli’s start a two-night stand at the Troubadour. Get there early tonight […]
Happy Wednesday, here are tonight’s shows: ‣ Nashville quintet the Wild Feathers visit the Troubadour, with Saints of Valory and Jamestown Revival opening. ‣ Skinny Puppy winds up a long tour, playing the Mayan, celebrating the 10-year reissue of “The Greater Wrong of the Right.” BAAL opens. ‣ HOTT MT celebrates the release of its […]
Chinatown welcomed the Year of the Horse over the weekend with a parade, pageantry and a healthy dose of local rock ’n’ roll – the latter coming via 11 bands performing on the Chinese New Year Festival’s Local Music Stage. On Saturday, the Happy Hollows and Parade of Lights closed out the stage amid showers […]
On this super Sunday, music pregame and music postgame: ‣ Day 2 of the Chinese New year Festival kicks off at noon in Chinatown, with five bands rocking the Live Music Stage – capped by Act As If at 4 p.m. Pretty Little Demons kicks off the free, all-ages affair at noon, followed by (on […]
Hello there, Wednesday, you’re looking all right: ‣ It’s another night of the Eagles’ run at the Forum. ‣ Australia-bred, U.K.-based psych-rockers Cloud Control visit the Satellite behind their latest album “Dream Cave, with L.A.’s Body Parts and Monogem supporting. Above, Cloud Control’s video for “Dojo Rising.” ‣ Twenty-two-year-old Grammy nominee Sarah Jarosz, whose third […]
The Happy Hollows, Parade of Lights and Act As If head up a huge lineup of local bands playing the LA Weekly Live Music Stage during the two-day Chinese New Year Festival in Chinatown on Saturday and Sunday, Feb. 1 and 2. The festivities welcoming the Year of the Horse include the 115th Golden Dragon […]
What happens when three pedigreed songwriters/producers get together on a whim? Fun, apparently. Distant Cousins are the collision of Ami Kozak, Dov Rosenblatt and Duvid Swirsky, who’ve announced their presence with the release of their first single, the bluesy stomp “Raise It Up.” Kozak, a composer for advertising and TV, and Rosenblatt (formerly of the […]
