Tonight in L.A.: St. Lucia, Drive-By Truckers, Japandroids
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Also on Tuesday: Buzz Bands LA Anniversary Party, Colbie Caillat, Highlands, Kyle McNeill, RY X, the Selecter, Golden Animals
This Week’s Shows: Oct. 10-16
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Incoming: Desert Trip, Desert Daze, Bob Weir, St. Lucia, Japandroids, Zhu, Poster Children, Neil Young, Van Morrison, Warpaint, Ween, Temples, Griz, Fitz & the Tantrums, the 1975, Kygo, How to Dress Well, Christine & the Queens, Moses Sumney, Gwen Stefani
Japandroids unveil comeback tour, including October date at Echo
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Canadian duo Japandroids, silent the past 2 1/2 years, have announced a fall tour that includes a stop at the Echo. Tickets go on sale today.
Gallery: Sunday at Treasure Island Music Festival
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It was fitting on Sunday at the Treasure Island Music Festival that U.K. quartet Palma Violets opened their set with a cover of “California Sun,” the song the Rivieras made a hit in 1964. There was sun at the festival, but it wasn’t very warm. The entire crowd had learned Saturday that there was a […]
Tonight in L.A.: Hands, Gavin Turek, Chief, Wavves, Japandroids, ‘Planetarium’ premiere, Revival Tour
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Happy Monday: ‣ With the release of their debut album “Synesthesia” only a week away, L.A. quartet Hands continue their residency at the Echo, with support from Body Parts, Caught a Ghost and DJ Valida. And Buzz Bands LA will be on hand for some between-band DJ sets. ‣ At the Bootleg Bar, it’s resident […]
The Week Ahead: April 22-28
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Incoming: Stagecoach, Wavves, Japandroids, the Revival Tour, Herbie Hancock, Bat for Lashes, Spectrum, AraabMuzik, the Three O’Clock, Ziggy Marley, Viza, Har Mar Superstar, Manchester Orchestra, Telekinesis, Los Amigos Invisibles, Crystal Castles, the Veils, the Cave Singers, the Mother Hips, Shuggie Oits, Paul Van Dyk, Danzig, Ann Magnuson, Medeski Martin & Wood, the Lonely Forest Above: […]
Coachella 2013: Japandroids, shout if you know the words
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Who: Japandroids in the Gobi Tent In 3 or Fewer Words: “Celebration Rock” rocks Memorable Because: Japandroids may have had the largest devoted following of pre-sunset bands on day one of the fest. One trick ponies they may be, but the hard-rocking punkish Canadian duo of Brian King and David Prowse seem to have tapped-into […]
Popular With Me 2012: My top albums of the year
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There were albums I loved, albums I liked, albums I appreciated and albums I avoided in 2012. Because of my regional focus, I spent an inordinate amount of time with music from Los Angeles artists. And strangely for me, a lot of the hyped bands failed to resonate; stuck in traffic, I’d rather have played […]
Popular With Me 2012: Seraphina L’s favorite albums of the year
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By Seraphina Lotkhamnga It’s been a great year of music. My ears have had such a good year that the task of selecting my top albums has never been harder. Perhaps it’s because I’ve whittled down my usual list of 25 albums to 20 this year. Some artists on this list made their L.A. debuts […]
Tonight in L.A.: Cat Power, Delta Spirit, Japandroids, Titus Andronicus, Smoking Popes, Dramarama, ‘Murder Ballads,’ Kate Earl, the Dead Ships, the Kin
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All this in one night? Wonder who’s in charge here … ‣ Seems like about 90% of the punk bands we currently care about are playing tonight in Los Angeles, although at different places. Let’s start with Titus Andronicus, whose new album “Local Business,” is just out. They headline the El Rey, with local heroes […]
