Tonight in L.A.: Kings of Leon, Bombay Bicycle Club, Crosby Stills & Nash, the Whigs, Pinback, Blitzen Trapper, Ben Kweller, the War on Drugs, Baauer, K. Flay, Desert Stars Festival
Friday, wow … and there’s a baseball game too: ‣ Kings of Leon hold forth at the Hollywood Bowl, supported by Kongos. ‣ At the Greek Theatre, it’s the legendary Crosby, Stills & Nash, doing the first of two nights. ‣ U.K. indie-rockers Bombay Bicycle Club headline the Wiltern, with Milo Greene and Luxley supporting. […]
Tonight in L.A.: Kings of Leon, St. Vincent, Musink, Kraftwerk, Afternoons, the Black Lips, Weekend, Ana Tijoux, the Toadies, Lydia Loveless, Wakey Wakey
Your fantastic Friday: ‣ Kings of Leon bring their “Mechanical Bull” tour to the Forum. ‣ St. Vincent visit the Wiltern behind her new self-titled album. That’s the video for “Digital Witness,” above. ‣ Kraftwerk winds up its stint at Disney Hall with “The Mix” and “Tour de France.” ‣ Resurgent local sextet Afternoons play […]
Tonight in L.A.: KROQ Almost Acoustic Christmas, the Head and the Heart, Gaby Moreno, the White Panda, Crash Kings, Jonathan Richman, Aquabats, B.B. King, Tourist, Dinosaur Bones, Escondido
Happy Saturday: ‣ Night 1 of the 24th annual KROQ Almost Acoustic Christmas goes off at the Shrine Auditorium, with Kings of Leon, Vampire Weekend, Queens of the Stone Age, AFI, Arctic Monkeys, Cage the Elephant, Grouplove, Foals and New Politics. ‣ Seattle folk-rockers the Head and the Heart headline the Wiltern behind their new […]
Incoming: KROQ Almost Acoustic Christmas, De Lux, Cat Power, Froth, VUM, the Wild Reeds, Xiu Xiu, BLEAUX, Entrance Band, Sam Smith, Howie Day, Tapioca & the Flea, Mikal Cronin, Redd Kross, Pretty Lights, Beyonce, Pusha T, Bright Light Bright Light, LA Font, Conquistador, Every Time I Die, Mirror Days, Problem, Macklemore and Ryan Lewis, the […]
My top 3 shows to hit if you’re not going to the Hollywood Bowl for Smokey Robinson: ‣ The Californian [background] and Judson & Mary [ditto] play Spaceland, but late additions to the bill will make tonight pretty special – singer-songwriter Charlie Wadhams plays late, and L.A. newcomer (via Austin) Billy Harvey [whom I wrote […]
Yes, this video’s a year old now, but I’ll use it to reinforce a familiar Buzz Bands mantra: early arrival recommended. If you are subjecting yourself to the overwrought strains of Kings of Leon tonight at the Hollywood Bowl (or if you’re there for indie-rock veterans Built to Spill), get to the amphitheater early for […]
Last week I posted three cover songs by L.A. artists, and the wave continues: On his forthcoming “Covers” EP (due Oct. 6 on Vanguard), SoCal singer-songwriter Greg Laswell covers Kristin Hersh’s “Your Ghost,” the gorgeous spectre of a song that led off her “Hips and Makers” album some 15 long years ago. Now, I like […]
I suspect that by tomorrow we will have a lineup for Coachella 2009, or the bulk of one, and like the populace on the message boards, the overlord of the Who Will Play Coachella 2009 blog and the young man who creates these wishful posters (he’s in high school and he has skills), I’m anxious. […]
[Singer-keyboardist-tour diarist Morgan Kibby checks in from the U.K. segment of M83’s tour; previous chapters can be found here:] Chapter 20: Not even a full 24 hours in L.A., and we were off again to England to join the Kings of Leon.” I am bummed my camera was stolen for obvious reasons, but mostly because […]
[Some Very Bad Person made off with Morgan Kibby’s digital camera at the recent Los Angeles show. So instead of her behind-the-scenes photographs, the shot below is one of our indefatigable M83 tour diarist during the show. Meanwhile, if you have any information about that camera …] Chapter 19: Ending our American tour in Los […]
