Friday’s fun things: ‣ Psych-pop five-piece Mystic Braves [pictured] close out a big year with a show at the Echo, joined by Mr. Elevator & the Brain Hotel, Drinking Flowers and Levitation Room. ‣ Fishbone, celebrating 25 years as a band this year, stages its third annual “Crazy Glue XXXmas” show at the Troubadour, supported […]
Incoming: Smashing Pumpkins, Goo Goo Dolls, Lord Huron, Tijuana Panthers, Marie Digby, HIM, Mark de Clive-Lowe, Francisco the Man, Smoke Season, Schoolboy Q, Corners, Ryan Adams, Meiko, Art Alexakis, Scott Kinnebrew, the Power Cords, Weezer, Dustin Kensrue. Matt Pryor, Jonwayne, Intronaut, the Dan Band, Fishbone, Mystic Braves, Royal Machines, Stevie Wonder, Dillon Francis, Infected Mushroom, […]
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 […]
Monday holiday offerings: ‣ L.A. quartet Voxhaul Broadcast (pictured), hard at work on new music following up last year’s album “Timing Is Everything,” heads up a big local lineup at the Viper Room. Also on board: Wildcat! Wildcat!, LA Font and the Mowgli’s. ‣ May’s free residencies take a bow in fine fashion: Baron Von […]
Thursday things: ‣ Part 1 of FMLY Fest – two days of music and communing thrown by the L.A. branch of the eco-conscious collective – goes off at Catnap (1726 N. Spring St. in Chinatown). We posted on the preview mixtape earlier this month. And there’s a very good lineup today, featuring Gangi, Gothic Tropic, […]
‣Fishbone at the Bootleg Bar. Fishbone at the Bootleg Bar. The end. And while you’re at it, dig further into these OGs who have musically motivated many (No Doubt, Flea, ?uestlove, Les Claypool): narrated by Lawrence Fishburne, the documentary “Everyday Sunshine” fleshes out the storied history of the iconic punk/funk band. ‣The New L.A. Folk Fest […]
It feels like Fall has finally arrived in L.A. Good thing we have all of this music to keep us warm. ‣ He goes by Gotye, but this Aussie-by-way-of-Belgium’s moniker should be “sold out” considering that’s the status of so many of his shows on his “Making Mirrors” tour including tonight’s show at the Satellite. Experimentally […]
From Andy Clockwise’s show-stealing afternoon set (top photo) to Ghostland Observatory’s laser-guided dance party at night, the first day of Sunset Junction 2010 was a festive affair. Besides a strong bill on the local stage featuring the likes of Eastern Conference Champions, Everest, Chief and Dawes, Fishbone, Bad Brains and Big Daddy Kane delivered strong […]
Set times have been announced for this weekend’s Sunset Strip Music Festival, a three-day affair highlighted by Saturday’s party on Sunset Boulevard. The street will be closed on Saturday between Doheny Drive and San Vicente Boulevard to accommodate two outdoors stages – with music going on inside the Roxy and the Key Club, there will […]
