Wednesday. Yes, it’s Wednesday: ‣ Mother Falcon – the multitudinous Austin orchestral-rock collective whose Wednesday residency at the Echo has been going off – will be joined by a special guest for tonight’s installment: former Miracle Legion frontman Mark Mulcahy. Mulcahy was away from music for many years but has returned with the album “Dear Mark J […]
Incoming: Cibo Matto, Sleeper Agent, Kaiser Chiefs, Kins, Lucinda Williams, Lemon Sun, the Last Internationale, Charlie Greene, Mark Mulcahy, Sharon Corr, Decoded, Early Winters, Dr. Dog, Lord Huron, Restavrant, Kodaline, AC Slater, Xemia Rubinos, the Wailers, Dale Earnhardt Jr. Jr., the Record Company, Capital Cities, Morgan Page, Toni Braxton, the Haden Triplets, Okapi Sun, Com […]
Monday, kinda like a weekend: ‣ We can’t seem to get enough savagery. U.K. post-punk femmes Savages return to L.A. for the third time this year (four, if you count Coachella) when they play the Fonda Theatre, with Duke Garwood opening. Here’s what it looked like in July when Savages rocked the El Rey. Above, […]
Incoming: Way Over Yonder festival, Eagle Rock Music Festival, Savages, Arctic Monkeys, Dr. Dog, Yacht, Terraplane Sun, Menomena, Frightened Rabbit, Jake Bugg, Phosphorescent, Laura Veirs, Kitten, Olafur Arnalds, Depeche Mode, Travis, Moby, Allah-Lahs, Noah & the Whale, Simone White, HOTT MT, Filter, the Cold & Lovely, Matt Nathanson, You Me At Six, Youth Lagoon, Foreigner, […]
Your supermassive Saturday: ‣ The everlasting Depeche Mode headlines a big night at the Staples Center  and fellow electro band Crystal Castles supports. ‣ The Lumineers headline their second night in SoCal this week. This time they’re at the Greek Theatre, where Dr. Dog serves as direct support again and Nathaniel Rateliff opens. ‣ Vampire […]
Big night on the town: ‣ First, this: Buzz Bands LA’s 5-Year Anniversary with Army Navy, Dream Boys, Charlie Clark and Beat Club at the Satellite. ‣ Zach Condon and Beirut visit the Fonda Theatre – we’re just about due to get a follow-up to “Rip Tide,” right? ‣ Unknown Mortal Orchestra, who released “II” […]
Our frantic Friday: ‣ Ariel Pink’s Haunted Graffiti headlines the Fonda Theatre behind its new album “Mature Themes” (that’s the video for “Only in My Dreams,” above). Bodyguard and Dam-Funk support. ‣ Filter magazine’s Culture Collide continues at various venues in Echo Park, tonight’s lineup highlighted by the Big Pink, School of Seven Bells, Zola […]
Incoming: The Lumineers, Garbage, Justin Bieber, the Shins, Emmylou Harris, the Jezabels, Deerhoof, Wax Tailor, the Wombats, Conor Oberst, Kimbra, Father John Misty, Nick Lowe, Coheed & Cambria, Dr. Dog, Patrick Wolf, the Offspring, Jason Mraz, Ariel Pink’s Haunted Graffiti, the Black Keys, the Head & the Heart, She Wants Revenge, the Maccabees, Of Montreal […]
Kicking off Grammy weekend … ‣ Dr. Dog plays the Orpheum behind its new album “Be the Void.” That’s the Philadelphia outfit’s video for “That Old Black Hole,” above. ‣ Spindrift brings its spaghetti Western psychedelia to the Satellite, celebrating 10-plus years, four albums, movies scores and more with a night full of special guests. […]
Favorite shows on a huge weekend: ‣ Dr. Dog, Here We Go Magic and Good Old War tonight at the Wiltern ‣ Cold War Kids tonight at the Glass House in Pomona and Saturday at Pappy & Harriet’s in Pioneertown ‣ Small Black and Class Actress tonight at the Echo ‣ Colour Revolt and the […]
