Incoming: Justin Timberlake, Gilby Clarke, Islands, Josh Ritter, Tom Brosseau, Betty Who, Goldie, Eagles, Cloud Control, Max Bemis, Faith Evans, Sarah Jarosz, RL Grime, Imagine Dragons, Francisco the Man, Dent May, Belmont Lights, Of Montreal, Afternoons, Jake Buggs, Trombone Shorty, STS9, Machine Gun Kelly, Wodden Shjips, Prefuse 73, Bart Davenport, Robert Glasper Experiment, Great White, […]
Thursday’s shows, with two very big and very worthy charity events happening on the same night (somebody needs to coordinate these things, right?): ‣ Stones Fest LA salutes the music of that little band that recently played the Echoplex. The benefit for the Sweet Relief Musicians Fund, tonight at the Fonda Theatre, will feature the […]
Your slat for Wednesday: ‣ Las Vegas radio rockers Imagine Dragons, whose debut album “Night Visions” has gone platinum, does the first of two nights at the Palladium, supported by L.A.’s Nico Vega. That’s Isaac Halasima’s video for “Demons,” above, which is dedicated to the memory of band friend and 17-yera-old cancer victim Tyler Robinson. […]
Wednesday’s things: ‣ Wavves roars into the Echo – their new “Afraid of Heights” comes out next week – with FIDLAR and Cheatahs in tow. That’s Wavves’ video for “Demon to Lean On,” above. ‣ Imagine Dragons and Atlas Genius rock the Wiltern. ‣ And Norwegian singer Bernhoft, one of our highlights at SXSW, played […]
Incoming: The Thermals, the Specials, Bajofondo, the Joy Formidable, Lianne La Havas, Chelsea Light Moving, Bernhoft, Black Francis, Imagine Dragons, Wavves, Charlotte Church, Reverend & the Makers, the Black Lips, the Spits, Matt Costa, Clutch, Doldrums, Christopher Owens, Burgerama, Anthrax, Django Django, 7 Lions, Jesca Hoop, Har Mar Superstar Above:Â That’s Lianne la Havas‘ video for […]
Your to-do list for the evening: ‣ With a new EP “Headcage” out in January and the album “Beams” on the way this spring, Matthew Dear visits the Eagle Rock Center for the Ars, supported by Mini Mansions and ESP. [You can download Dear’s the title track to “Headcage” here.] ‣ Ra Ra Riot, whose […]
Mondays in L.A. are worth so much more than the price of admission. Funny how so much that I want to see tonight is residency FREE. ‣I recommend that you do some additional stretching because night #3 of Youngblood Hawke’s Satellite residency gets even more hyper as it includes my Vegas-to-L.A. transplant loves, Imagine Dragons. FREE at The […]
Oh, Sunset Strip, you conflict me so. On one hand you are an interactive museum of rock clichés, Madame Tussauds with a pulse and a Flying V, a vast portion of your denizens seeking to inhabit the tattooed skin of GnR/Jane’s/Van Halen. On the other you inspire a certain sense of wonderment, because the fabric […]
