Incoming: Arcade Fire, HARD Day of the Dead, Rob Zombie’s Great American Nightmare, Ronnie Spector, Tori Kelly, Demi Lovato, Slayer, Kanye West, Kendrick Lamar, Bonobo, Danny Elfman, Megadeth, CocoRosie, the Flaming Lips, Tame Impala, Iron & Wine, the Cartel, Andy Clockwise, Geronimo Getty, the Neighbourhood, Gov’t Mule, Lewis Watson, Hiatus Kaiyote, Kirin J. Callinan, Falling in […]
Another bountiful day of shows: ‣ Some must’ve gone and declared it Punk Rock Thursday – Green Day (with Best Coast supporting, which is kind of curious, we admit) rocks the Sports Arena. See our review of Green Day’s March show in Pomona. ‣ And L.A. stalwarts Bad Religion team up with the Bronx to […]
Who: Johnny Marr in the Mojave Tent In 3 or Fewer Words: Johnny F*cking Marr. Memorable Because: Johnny Marr does a damn good Morrissey impression. About a quarter of Marr’s set consisted of Smiths hits and those played best to an enthusiastic Mojave Tent. Otherwise playing off his new solo release “The Messenger,” Marr sometimes […]
Shut out of Coachella? Don’t want to deal with the desert? So in love with your favorite artist that you want to tack on another show besides the festival? Goldenvoice has lined up a bunch of luminaries playing the festival (April 12-14 and 19-21 in Indio) to perform at other southern California venues. The dizzying […]
Hello, Mr. Marr. May we call you Mr. Marr? We suspect you’re not the kind of fellow who goes in for honorifics, but in our mind you’ve more than earned one. We hear that you have a new album called “The Messenger” coming out Feb. 26, and early reviews say it “hearkens back” (the correct […]
I propose that we simply stop salivating over every little Smiths reunion rumor and simply play the title track to Johnny Marr’s new album about 10 times in a row. The 49-year-old guitar god known for his work with Morrissey and later in Modest Mouse and Cribs (not to mention dalliances with the likes of […]
The Cribs’ new album “Ignore the Ignorant” is pretty irresistible front to back, with its punk-rock guitars and attitude going down easier than a fourth pint. At the U.K. quartet’s Nov. 9 show at the Roxy, there was the predictable bit of Johnny Marr gawking – the ex-Smiths guitarist joined the Jarman brothers (Ryan, Gary […]
‣ Jake Drake-Brockman, keyboardist for Echo and the Bunnymen, has died in a motorcycle accident. ‣ Aerosmith guitarist Joe Perry has a solo album coming in October, and his record-release party will be at the Viper Room on Oct. 6. ‣ The Cribs’ new “Ignore the Ignorant” (out digitally Tuesday), the first the brothers Jarman […]
Their 2007 effort, “Men’s Needs, Women’s Needs, Whatever,” won my heart, and now the Cribs have added Johnny Marr to their guitar assault. Talk about giving me an anxiety attack. The Jarman brothers’ new album, “Ignore the Ignorant,” recording (in part in Laurel Canyon) with Nick Launay (Nick Cave, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Arcade Fire), will […]
I have a T-shirt my kid sister gave me as a joke gift for a recent (ahem) “milestone” birthday that says “Middle Age Is All the Rage.” I thought about it and chuckled on Saturday when 48-year-old Bob Mould was tearing up the Gobi Tent, and it came to mind again Saturday at the Outdoor […]
