Tonight in L.A.: Imagine Dragons, Beach Party, Big Talk, more
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Also: Sonny Boy Thorn, Soul Asylum, Basecamp, Andra Day/Grace, Sleep State
This Week’s Shows: July 20-26
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Incoming: Imagine Dragons, Beach Party, Sonny Boy Thorn, Soul Asylum, Big Talk, Basecamp, Andra Day, Sleep State, Barenaked Ladies, more
Tonight in L.A.: Dengue Fever, the Happy Hollows, Cage the Elephant, Imagine Dragons, Sam Outlaw, BJ the Chicago Kid, Babes, No Parents, Sage, Partynextdoor, the Floozies, John Oates, the Abigails
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Have a fantastic Thursday, because we will: â–º L.A. trio the Happy Hollows [pictured], who have been working on their third album, headline a Buzz Bands LA-presented lineup at the Satellite, where they’re joined by Torches and Roses â–º Dengue Fever celebrate the release of their new album “The Deepest Lake” at the Echoplex, supported […]
Imagine Dragons, Metric doing show at the Mayan
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Imagine Dragons will be joined by Metric this afternoon at the Mayan Theatre for a surprise show that will be webcast via Yahoo! Live starting at 2 p.m. We missed the chance to RSVP for entry, but if we’re persistent we can help the quartet’s video for “I Bet My Life,” above, surpass 12 million […]
Made In America festival brings thrills and spills during two days of music in downtown’s Grand Park
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After being championed by Mayor Eric Garcetti this spring, the inaugural Made In America music festival took over Grand Park and surrounding streets this Labor Day weekend, attracting some 34,000 people on Saturday and 37,000 people on Sunday to downtown L.A. With entrances on Temple and 2nd Streets, the Marilyn main stage was situated facing […]
Tonight in L.A.: Made In America Festival (Afrojack, Imagine Dragons, Metric, more), Gipsy Kings, John Williams, Cheers Elephant, Jason Mraz, Banda MS, Ty Segall, KAV, more
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Happy Labor Day weekend: ‣ Made In America, the 2-day festival spearheaded by Jay Z’s Roc Nation and sponsored by Budweiser, kicks off today in downtown L.A.’s Grand Park with Imagine Dragons, Kendrick Lamar, Iggy Azalea [that’s her video for “Black Widow†featuring Rita Ora above], Afrojack, Sublime with Rome, Metric, Capital Cities, X Ambassadors, Dr. Dog, […]
Stream: Nico Vega, ‘I Believe’
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Nico Vega was pumping new life into the notion of the power trio long before there were blues revivalists on every street corner. It was 2006 or so when the dual shredding of Aja Volkman (with her Joplinesque vocals) and Rich Koehler (with his guitar) first jolted L.A. audiences, with (then) up-and-coming actor Mikey Pena […]
Tonight in L.A.: Spiritualized, Imagine Dragons, Eagles of Death Metal, Biffy Clyro, Touché Amoré, the Breakestra, King Washington, Vivian Girls
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Ladies and gentlemen, we are floating in Valentine’s daze: ‣ Spiritualized christens the new Theatre at Ace Hotel (the renovated United Artists Theatre on Broadway in downtown L.A.) by doing a show in which the band performs its 1997 album “Ladies and Gentlemen We Are Floating in Space.” ‣ Imagine Dragons head up a big […]
The Week Ahead: Feb. 10-16
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Incoming: Spiritualized, Failure, Jessica Childress, Jarell Perry, Augustines, Band of Horses, Meg Myers, St. Lucia, Sylvan Esso, Royal Teeth, Pontiak, Mother Falcon, Greg Laswell, Hospitality, Blackbird Blackbird, Imagine Dragons, Touché Amoré, Breakestra, Biffy Ckyro, the Vivian Girls, Secret Chiefs 3, Peter Bradley Adams, Eagles of Death Metal, Falling in Reverse, Thao & the Get Down […]
Tonight in L.A.: Imagine Dragons, RL Grime, Heidecker & Wood, Francisco the Man, Belmont Lights, Of Montreal, Dent May, Cosmonauts
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A quite busy Thursday: ‣ Rappers RL Grime and Salva do a sold-out show at the El Rey Theatre, the first of two nights there. ‣ Imagine Dragons play the Wiltern, supported by Kongos. Above, Imagine Dragons’ video for “Demons.” ‣ Heidecker & Wood – that’s Tim Heidecker (the actor-director who’s one-half of the comedy […]
