Incoming: Way Over Yonder, Big Star Third, George Fest, Drake, Interpol, Motopony, the Rescues, La Roux, Lykke Li, Tears for Fears, Youth Code, Slash, Denny White, the Raveonettes, A Day to Remember, Jaymes Young, Yellowman, Shyboy, the Eeries, Justin Nozuka, Allen Stone, Temples, the Kooks, Simian Mobile Disco, Rocco DeLuca, Mia Doi Todd, Hank 3, […]
Plenty of shows on tonight’s music menu, big and small: ‣ The Breeders [pictured] hit the El Rey Theatre in support of “LSXX,” the 20th-anniversary reissue of “Last Splash” released by 4AD. Cincinnati’s Tweens support. ‣ Over at the Staples Center, it’s a big night for pop with Taylor Swift and Ed Sheeran. ‣ The Greek […]
Incoming: FYF Fest, Taylor Swift, Ed Sheeran, Best Coast, Strange Talk, Pharaohs, the Polyphonic Spree, Buddy Guy, Quadron, Heart, Nick Waterhouse, Ty Segall, Maria Muldaur, the Breeders, Andrew Belle, Beth Hart, Kristin Chenoweth, Toad the Wet Sprocket, Deafheaven, Colin Hay, the Black Angels, the Airborne Toxic Event, Rocky Dawuni, Quetzal, Truth & Salvage Co., Steely […]
[Happy 70th birthday to Ray Manzarek, the pride of DePaul University …] Busy, busy busy: Besides the sold-out concert at the Music Box @ Fonda featuring the Airborne Toxic Event, the Henry Clay People and Rademacher, there are a couple nice record-release shows: Lemon Sun [pictured] rocks the Troubadour in support of its latest, “Run […]
Three-quarters of Avi Buffalo (“or Avi Buffalo Music,” the barefooted 18-year-old frontman tells the crowd in a voice you’re not sure has hurdled puberty yet) is still in high school, but five minutes into the Long Beach band’s set you’ve forgotten that, at their age, proms and final exams ought to be bigger concerns than […]
