Incoming: Aurora, the Naked & Famous, YG, Two Door Cinema Club, Nick Murphy, Daughter, Dragonette, Cory Hanson, Mount Kimbie, Honus Honus, Mr. Little Jeans, Gary Clark Jr., Lee Fields & the Expressions, Hunny, James Vincent McMorrow, Doyle Bramhall II, the Besnard Lakes, Islands, Rüfüs du Sol, Turquoise Noise, Kristin Hersh, Body Language
HARD Summer returns July 30-31 at a new location, Auto Cub Speedway in Fontana, with Ice Cube and Major Lazer headlining.
Ice Cube, Vince Staples and Run the Jewels and more from Day 2 of Coachella.
Also on Saturday: Iron Maiden, Pepe Aguilar, Ozomatli, Mount Moriah, Metalachi, Mojave Lords, Volto, Kid Bloom
There’s so much Saturday about this Saturday: ► Chinatown Summer Nights kicks off its summertime series, with the Janks, Quarterback, Tolaku, Alexa Melo, Sneakout and the Fontaines (along set KCRW DJs Anthony Valadez and Raul Campos), at the Chinatown Central Plaza. ► Lots going on with the BET Experience downtown: Ice Cube, Kendrick Lamar & […]
Sunday Things: ‣ It’s a night of hip hop at the Greek Theatre with LL Cool J, Ice Cube, Public Enemy and De La Soul all joining each other on stage. ‣ The New LA Folk Fest hosts a special evening at the historic Golden West Church by presenting John C Reilly, Tom Brosseau [pictured] and […]
Hip-hop in 100-degree heat? That was the story over the weekend when Rock the Bells brought rappers from two generations to the stages at the NOS Events Center in San Bernardino. The highlights were many – Common, KRS-One, J Cole and Kid Cudi among them. Photographer Scott Dudelson shares this gallery of images from his […]
Top music picks on a night everyone will be curious who comes out on top at the “Air Sex Championships” at the Satellite: ‣ The Echo and the Echoplex will be going off thanks to Dub Club’s Japan Benefit, with the Chris Murray Combo and Queen P and the Apologies performing. ‣ South African quartet […]
[Birthday greetings go out to Kristin Hersh, long may she rock …] Today: Color me curious about this weekend’s shows by Elefant, the New York City quartet who made a modest splash with their tamed-for-radio dance-punk back in 2003-04. “Misfit” was pretty irrestistible, and the band’s male model-type frontman Diego Garcia did a great job […]
