Your super Sunday: ‣ It’s a big night at the Hollywood Bowl as their orchestra teams up with M83 and Phantogram. ‣ Over at the Mayan Theatre, the Vaccines headline in support of their album “Coming of Age.” The Chain Gang of 1974 support. ‣ The Greek Theatre continues its streak of big summer shows […]
Incoming: The Weeknd, Banks, HIM, Dear Boy, Free Energy, Zak Waters, Laura Mvula, KING, Lee Dewyze, Grouplove, Valient Thorr, Bastille, Butch Walker, Parachute, King Krule, Body Language, Meiko, Cold War Kids, The Julie Ruin, Stars, the Orb, Midlake, FIDLAR, Gold Panda, Thievery Corporation, Lynard Skynard, Valerie June, Dirty Beaches, Cold Cave, Telepathe, Diana Krall, Juliette […]
A massive Saturday, day and night: ‣ It’s a free day in the park at the La Brea Tar Pits, where the annual Tarfest offers a musical lineup of Blondfire, So Many Wizards, Soft Swells, Helena, the Makepeace Brothers and the Steelwells, as well as live painting, sculpture and family activities. ‣ Mexican singer-songwriter and […]
Incoming: Blondfire, the Airborne Toxic Event, Japanther, Gov’t Mule, Band of Skulls, Autolux, Sean Paul, Rusko, Lilys, the Soft Pack, Anthony Hamilton, Azure Ray, Maximo Park, Zee Avi, Sondre Lerche, Lila Downs, Stone Temple Pilots, Deftones, Ruby Friedman Orchestra, Bonnie Raitt, Ben Gibbard, Delta Rae, Animal Collective, Flying Lotus Above: Flying Lotus plays with Animal […]
[Birthday greetings to Jim Adkins of Jimmy Eat World …] Tonight’s top 3 shows: ‣ Colorado’s Candy Claws (that’s their video for “Silent Time on Earth,” above) visit the Bootleg Theater, supported by Chain Gang of 1974. Candy Claws’ latest album “Hidden Lands” offers some pretty compelling lush orchestral pop – we gave you a […]
