Incoming: Camp Flog Gnaw festival, Electric Youth, Dorothy, Amason, Wartime Recitals, the Bug, the Diamond Light, Scott Weiland, Dreaming Bull, Secret Chiefs 3, GWAR, Patty Griffin, Wax Tailor, Fat White Family, Rebirth Brass Band, Mariachi El Bronx, Bleachers, Jake Bugg, Gazelle Twin, Pissed Jeans, Nickelback, Clockwise, Traps PS, Julian Casablancas, Dropkick Murphys, the Black Keys, […]
Oh what fun on a Friday: ‣ Nineteen-year-old singer-songwriter Jake Bugg visits the Wiltern; the U.K. youngster’s second album, the Rick Rubin-produced “Shangri La,” came out in November. That’s the new video for “A Song About Love,” above. ‣ The fourth of the five Eagles‘ shows goes off at the Forum. ‣ Resurgent indie-rock sextet […]
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, […]
Tuesday’s big deals: ‣ Frightened Rabbit and Augustines bring their rafter-rattling indie-rock to the Avalon Hollywood. ‣ U.K. lightning bolt Jake Bugg headlines the Fonda Theatre, supported by Honeyhoney. ‣ Phosphorescent visits the El Rey Theatre behind its brilliant album “Muchacho.” Indians support. ‣ Portland-based singer-songwriter Laura Veirs plays the Bootleg Theater behind her new […]
Incoming: Way Over Yonder festival, Eagle Rock Music Festival, Savages, Arctic Monkeys, Dr. Dog, Yacht, Terraplane Sun, Menomena, Frightened Rabbit, Jake Bugg, Phosphorescent, Laura Veirs, Kitten, Olafur Arnalds, Depeche Mode, Travis, Moby, Allah-Lahs, Noah & the Whale, Simone White, HOTT MT, Filter, the Cold & Lovely, Matt Nathanson, You Me At Six, Youth Lagoon, Foreigner, […]
Who: Jake Bugg in the Mojave Tent In Three or Fewer Words: Not Bob Dylan. Memorable Because: In the long history of “New Dylans,” Brit newcomer falls somewhere in the category of, well, Jakob Dylan, writing punchy, likable songs that in retrospect seem a bit empty. This was one of those Coachella sets where you […]
Set times for 2013’s Coachella Valley Music and Arts Annual Festival have been announced, and if you’re like us at BBLA HQ, you’re already mapping out a game plan for whom you want to see. The thing is, every year always presents some conflicts leaving you no choice but to choose one band over another. […]
It was a night of anticipation Wednesday as the sold-out crowd at the Troubabour waited for U.K teen sensation Jake Bugg to take the stage for his first Los Angeles show. Just 18, Bugg (whose real name is Jacob Kennedy) has been all the rage across the Atlantic for his classic folk rock, which at […]
‣ Teen phenom Jake Bugg, the pride of Nottingham, brings his classic rock touch (and the monstrous buzz it’s created) to the Troubadour for a sold-out show. Valerie June opens. That’s Bugg’s “Lightning Bolt,” above. ‣ Great pairing at the El Rey Theatre, where Calexico plays a makeup date for the show that was postponed […]
Incoming: Maximum Hedrum, Run River North, PAPA, Drop the Lime, Kaskade, Calexico, Yo La Tengo, Jake Bugg, Andrew Bird, Pinback, the Parlotones, Femi Kuti & the Positive Force, Abandoned Pools, Pennywise, Lady Gaga, He’s My Brother She’s My Sister, the Budos Band, Tift Merritt Above: The giant tree in Portland’s Overlook Park is the star […]
