Incoming: Stagecoach, KXLU Fest II, Odessa, Dorothy, Winter, Barrows, Leland, the Cat Empire, Reggie Watts, Ty Segall, the Fontaines, Willis Earl Beal, Lalah Hathaway, Thomas Nicholas Band, ShyBoy, Nosaj Thing, Faith No More, the Vim Dicta, Prawn, Brothers Osborne, Drive-By Truckers, Rumer, Emily West, Jared & the Mill, Willoughby, LA Font, Tigers Jaw, Matt Pond […]
Singer-guitarist Danny Bobbe has introduced his solo project simply as “an EP between LA Font projects.” And if you suspect such a venture would reveal a different side of Bobbe, whose biting wit makes LA Font one of the most compelling indie-rock bands around, you’d be right. In fact, “Out of Reach” reveals several different […]
With Taix and its two stages out of the picture, Echo Park Rising shrank to a more manageable size on Sunday. But faster than you can down two mimosas, the day was off and running, highlighted by a too-good-for-a-free-festival lineup at the Echoplex, a Lolipop Records vs. Burger Records cage match at the Echo, great […]
Your Monday merriment as July winds down … ‣ Big night for the finale of the Hi Ho Silver Oh residency at the Bootleg HiFi – the band will have a horn section, backup singers and a strong supporting cast of Phoebe Bridgers, Leslie Stevens (full band) and the Tins. ‣ LA Font wraps up […]
LA Font may have been born in the wrong decade but there are few who can perfectly soundtrack a flannel flashback like these guys can. Like their pals Speedy Ortiz, the rock quartet continues to churn out ’90s indie rock tunes one after another. “Who cares about memories?” sings lead vocalist Danny Bobbe in the […]
Monday’s show lineup is kind of like an action movie: ‣ Mötley Crüe visits the Hollywood Bowl on “The Final Tour – All Bad Things Must Come to an End” (their words, not ours). Alice Cooper opens. ‣ Scottish rockers Twin Atlantic play the Troubadour as they build toward the release of their third album, […]
Incoming: Erik Hassle, Mötley Crüe, Lady Gaga, Martha Wainwright, Twin Atlantic, Nico Vega, Goo Goo Dolls, Kawehi, Cymbals, Triple Dippers, Honey County, Gold Star, OK Go, Man or Astro-Man, Nightmare and the Cat, Tori Amos, Gilberto Santa Rosa, Kaneholler, Hot Karate, The Crookes, White Lung, the Frights, A Place to Be, A Million Billon Dying Suns, […]
Another many-splendored Monday: ‣ Pop duo Made in Heights plays It’s a School Night at Bardot along with Noosa, the Midnight Pine and Feminae. ‣ Wil-Dog Abers of Ozomatli and nu-R&B crooner Jarell Perry do a collaborative show at the Echoplex as part of the the Krupnick Festival of the Arts. ‣ At the Echo, […]
Incoming: Wil-Dog Abers & Jarell Perry, LA Font, Hi Ho Silver Oh, Made in Heights, Corners, Island Apollo, the Polyphonic Spree, the Album Leaf, Mosco Rosco, Jessica Hernandez & the Deltas, A Sunny Day in Glasgow, Kongos, Boz Scaggs, LP, Kid Rock, the Ruse, Pennywise, Yuna, Robert Francis, Crash, Loudon Wainwright III, Bad Religion, the […]
Here’s the first Monday in July, hope it’s good for ya: ‣ Indie-rock quartet LA Font kicks off its residency at the Satellite, supported by the Black & the White, Fim and Lime Cordiale. ‣ At the Bootleg, it’s residents Hi Ho Silver Oh, along with Fellow Bohemian, Cassorla and Rainman. ‣ Corners [pictured] kick […]
