Incoming: System of a Down, Sunset Strip Music Festival, HARD Summer, Writer, Bad Rabbits, Sebadoh, Franz Ferdinand, We the Kings, Dr. John, Joan Jett, Xavier Rudd, Son Volt, Shye Ben-Tzur, El-P, the Decoders, Ours, Casey Veggies, the Sword, ZZ Top, Tony Bennett, the Presets, Kitten, the Icarus Line, Daughn Gibson, Blackalicious, José James, Ozomatli, Scott […]
Elijah Wood stars in the astonishing video for the Flying Lotus song “Tiny Tortures,” off his latest album “Until the Quiet Comes.” The video is the work of director David Lewandowski and posits Wood as the victim of a ballplayer’s worst nightmare – the loss of an arm. In his room with his possessions, the […]
Friday, fast: ‣ Bob Dylan plays the Hollywood Bowl. ‣ SoCal favorites Tiger Army visit the Fonda Theatre for their annual OctoberFlame concert, supported by Exene and Suedehead. ‣ Flying Lotus headlines Club Nokia, joined by the Gaslamp Killer, Teebs and Jeremiah Jae. Above is Kahlil Joseph’s short film bearing the title of Flying Lotus’ […]
Incoming: Bob Dylan, Kaki King, Mika, Jason Lytle, Shiny Toy Guns, Beth Orton, Toadies, Taking Back Sunday, Joss Stone, Calexico, the Darkness, RZA, Motion City Soundtrack, Two Door Cinema Club, Matt & Kim, Tiger Army, Matthew Dear, Flying Lotus, Z-Trip, Jane’s Addiction, the Presets, Macklemore Above: Northern Irish rock band Two Door Cinema Club play […]
Sunday selections: ‣ It’s an electronic whirlwind tonight as Animal Collective headlines the Hollywood Bowl. Flying Lotus and Huun Huur Tu also join the fun. ‣ Athen’s Reptar teams up with Brooklyn’s Rubblebucket at the Echoplex tonight where they’ll be joined by On an On and Icky Blossoms. ‣ Malaysian singer-songwriter and ukelele player Zee […]
You think this video for the new Flying Lotus song “Putty Boy Strut” is cool? Play around with the teaser on FlyLo’s website. The song is from Flying Lotus’ highly anticipated album “Until the Quiet Comes,” out Oct. 2. The 28-year-old sonic adventurer, born Steven Ellison, is in his full glitchy glory on this “single,” […]
Incoming: Blondfire, the Airborne Toxic Event, Japanther, Gov’t Mule, Band of Skulls, Autolux, Sean Paul, Rusko, Lilys, the Soft Pack, Anthony Hamilton, Azure Ray, Maximo Park, Zee Avi, Sondre Lerche, Lila Downs, Stone Temple Pilots, Deftones, Ruby Friedman Orchestra, Bonnie Raitt, Ben Gibbard, Delta Rae, Animal Collective, Flying Lotus Above: Flying Lotus plays with Animal […]
Fitz & the Tantrums, the L.A. pop-soul outfit who just played the Coachella main stage and whose debut album “Pickin’ Up the Pieces” has now sold north of 126,000 copies, get their turn at the Hollywood Bowl on July 1 when they join a bill that includes SoCal native Ben Harper and Saharan wizard Vieux […]
Picks for a super Saturday: ‣ The 13th annual Eagle Rock Music Festival goes off along Colorado Boulevard, highlighted by the Low End Theory Stage and its group of beat-scene all-stars (Flying Lotus, Gaslamp Killer, Nosaj Thing, Tokimonsta, Nobody and more) but also featuring some great indie artists, including Health, Rooney, Shadow Shadow Shade, Mia […]
The 13th annual Eagle Rock Music Festival has it wired. The daylong neighborhood affair along Colorado Boulevard will feature 11 scions of the L.A. beat scene – the Low End Theory stage boasts performances by Flying Lotus, Nosaj Thing and the Gaslamp Killer, among others – and enough of this city’s top indie music to […]
