Including: Taylor Swift, NOFX, Carly Rae Jepsen, Kid Cadaver, Jenny Lewis, Death Grips, Trombone Shorty, Savages, Fool’s Gold, Jefferson Starship, Diana Krall, Incubus, Chicano Batman, MSTRKRFT, Fool’s Gold Day Off, Nick Waterhouse and more.
Your very busy and very steamy Friday night: ‣ Milo Greene returns to L.A. for a sold-out hometown show at the Masonic Lodge at Hollywood Forever Cemetery. ‣ It’s a free night of music downtown at the FIGat7th Downtown Festival, with Allah Las, Brooklyn’s Prince Rama and Gothic Tropic. ‣ Baths headline the El Rey […]
Incoming: Justin Bieber, Booker T, Patty Griffin, Rachael Yamagata, Bosnian Rainbows, Com Truise, Robert Plant, Mavis Staples, David Ford, Ozomatli, Colin Stetson, the Soft Pack, Baths, Allah Las, Mike Epps, Erykah Badu, Wanda Jackson, Everclear, Beyoncé, Paper Route, Donavon Frankenreiter, Twin Shadow, Eric Burdon & the Animals, Snoop Dogg, Bob Log III, R. Kelly, Damian […]
Here’s your show menu for the last Saturday of 2012: ‣ Father John Misty (pictured above), who made several year-end lists (including this one) with his album “Fear Fun,” headlines the El Rey Theatre. Fellow L.A band Icy Demons supports. ‣ Queen of Rockabilly Wanda Jackson shows fans she’s still got it with a show […]
Incoming: Reverend Horton Heat, Social Distortion, Jane Monheit, Jeffertitti’s Nile, GRMLN, Donavon Frankenreiter, the Growlers, Fishbone, Erykah Badu, Father John Misty, Wanda Jackson, Peter Murphy, FMLY Fest, the Aggrolites, Wolfgang Gartner, Ludacris, the Fixx Above: So Many Wizards [see of tops-in-L.A. albums list] are one of about 50 artists playing this weekend’s FMLY Fest at […]
Thursday things: ‣ Jonathan Wilson [see our interview with him Wednesday] plays the Troubadour behind his 2011 release “Gentle Spirit.” ‣ The Kooks are back for a second night at the Music Box. ‣ Buzzing NYC quintet Caveman make their first visit to L.A. behind their first release “CoCo Beware.” the five-piece plays the Echo, […]
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 […]
If I were to review Sunday’s concert at the Greek Theatre the way Erykah Badu played it, I’d disappoint my loyal readers by waiting two weeks to publish it, I’d start it agonizingly slow, I’d forget some of the important parts and I’d pepper it with non sequiturs. (Commenters, feel free to have a field […]
[Sources say that Stephen Chen of the Airborne Toxic Event celebrates a birthday today. Meanwhile, Buzz Bands stumbles toward a busy weekend, completely in the mood for this DIY video from Sea of Bees’ Julie Baenziger for her songs “Gnomes”:] Top 5 reasons to solstice your summer a bit early this weekend: ‣ It’s a […]
