Stolen Lyric #29
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[Here’s our weekly Stolen Lyric:] ||| Source: Edward Sharpe & the Magnetic Zeros, “Home” ||| Live: Edward Sharpe & the Magnetic Zeros perform Tuesday at the El Rey Theatre.
New bits: Abbot Kinney Festival, CACS, Lobsterfest
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The Abbot Kinney Festival is suddenly serious about offering good music. The just-announced lineup for the Sept. 27 neighborhood fair features the likes of Juliette Commagere, Haim and Kenneth Pattengale on one stage, and Edward Sharpe & the Magnetic Zeros, Chief [pictured], Eskimohunter, Dios, the Parson Red Heads, the Damselles and Matt Ellis on another. […]
Edward Sharpe raises the Hammer
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By Mara Schwartz Anyone who still thinks ’70s-vibed indie collective Edward Sharpe & the Magnetic Zeros are a relatively unknown local band – not unreasonable, considering they were a few months ago – might have casually sauntered over to Thursday’s free Hammer Museum show a bit after doors opened. What would have greeted them wasn’t […]
Tonight in L.A.: Edward Sharpe, Robert Francis
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[Birthday cheers to Fran Healy of Travis. And speaking of cheers, it’s hard to go wrong if you go out tonight:] The free “Also I Like to Rock” series winds up its run at the Hammer Museum with Edward Sharpe & the Magnetic Zeros playing from their recently released album of ’60s-styled anthems, “Up From […]
New bits: Tefft benefit, Robert Francis, Sunset Jctn.
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The Honorary Title has filled the last open slot in the “Kick Out the Clots: A Benefit for Jennifer Tefft” show at the Echo and Echoplex on Thursday night. I’ve updated the original post with the new set times. ‣ Done, gone: Now that his long-in-the-works deal with Atlantic Records is officially done, Robert Francis […]
Videos: Edward Sharpe, the Polyamorous Affair
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Leave it to Edward Sharpe & the Magnetic Zeros to have big ambitions for the visual accompaniment to their forthcoming album, “Up From Below” (due July 14). This video for the L.A. ensemble’s “Desert Song,” directed by Benjamin Kutsko and Cory Marrero, is billed the first of 12 parts of a “feature-length movie musical.” That […]
Tonight in L.A.: St. Vincent, Ben Harper, Passion Pit
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[Kylie Minogue celebrates a birthday today, and on a more modest scale I submit to you a celebratory list of fine shows tonight …] St. Vincent, the nom de tune of Annie Clark, returns to L.A. for a show at the El Rey Theatre behind her new album, “Actor.” Should be good: The Times spent […]
Amazing Baby, Band of Skulls to play Hammer series
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There’s no terrestrial radio station to tout it – and somebody get to work on that, will ya? – but the Hammer Museum’s summertime music series, “Also I Like to Rock,” returns to the Westwood Village institution in July with a lively slate of indie-rock bands. The series, promoted in past years by rock station […]
Tonight in L.A.: Afternoons, Edward Sharpe, Murs
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[A heaping helping of birthday wishes to David Byrne, and now to capsulize a busy night in the city:] Even if you steer clear of the boldfaced names playing the bigger rooms – Mos Def at the House of Blues, Murs and Tech N9ne at the Key Club, the Indigo Girls at the El Rey […]
Tonight in L.A.: Van Morrison, the Silent Years, Mae
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The Silent Years are one fun band. The Detroit five-piece makes kaleidoscopic pop songs with intricate arrangements and a sense of wonder, and last month the band hooked up with L.A.-based SideCho Records to release its new EP, “Let Go.” [Download: “Madame Shocking.”] Singer Josh Epstein and his mates hit Spaceland tonight, supported by L.A.’s […]
