Incoming: The Waterboys, Fiona Apple, Blake Mills, Gogol Bordello, 2Cellos, Little Green Cars, Tashaki Miyaki, Max & the Moon, Haunted Summer, Spirit Vine, Sallie Ford & the Sound Outside, Daughter, Natalie Maines, Liam Finn, Spirit Animal, Fever the Ghost, Matthew Santos, the Maine, the Avett Brothers, Tom Odell, Bon Jovi, Culture Collide Festival, the Raveonettes, […]
Coachella headliner Phoenix will join Dinosaur Jr. at a special concert to launch FILTER magazine’s Culture Collide festival Oct. 9-12. The festival, which annually has brought internationally talent to various venues throughout Echo Park, will kick off Oct. 9 at the L.A. Sports Arena with Phoenix and Dinosaur Jr., a separately ticketed event that goes […]
[Photos and capsule reviews of selected sets from the Hill Street Stage at Sunday’s FYF Fest:] Turbonegro, Liars, Aesop Rock, Father John Misty, Wild Nothing, White Fence, Kishi Bashi ||| Photos by Laurie Scavo After the jump, more photos and capsule reviews:
‣ Day 2 of this year’s FYF Fest shapes up to pack more of a punch than Saturday’s first day, with the Faint, Beirut and Turbonegro joining the likes of Dinosaur Jr., Desaparecidos, Liars, Against Me!, Aesop Rock, Cursive and more. Above, Father John Misty’s video for “Nancy From Now On.” Single-day tickets are available […]
[For your planning pleasure, here’s a straight-up list of what’s ahead this week, with our picks:]
Art-pop ensemble Fol Chen’s second album for Asthmatic Kitty, “Part II: The New December,” will be out July 6, and frontman Adam Goldman (who goes by Samuel Bing in this outfit) and mates have brought along some travelers for this trip into their glitchy sonic universe. Angus Andrew and Aaron Hemphill of Liars (with whom […]
I thought the album “Rearrange Beds” by Australian duo An Horse was out in February, but it turns out March 17 is the physical release date. Whichever, the music of Damon Cox and Kate Cooper is crackling-good indie pop. Their North American tour starts this week at Noise Pop in Francisco, but skips L.A., for […]
David Newton, guitarist in the British quartet the Mighty Lemon Drops (1986-92) and now a local producer, loves to dust off his old 7-inches. His turn as one of the guest DJs at Sunday’s Part Time Punks Festival at the Echo and Echoplex gave him to spin a few tracks from some of the great […]
