Far from trying to curate anything, or even connecting the present to the neighborhood’s rock ’n’ roll legacy, the Sunset Strip Music Festival last Saturday merely offered something for everybody. Fans responded with their pocketbooks and feet: The festival appeared more crowded that 2012’s Motley Crue-headlined party, although promoters put the attendance at the same […]
Set times have been announced for Saturday’s finale of the Sunset Strip Music Festival, which features three outdoor stages, indoor sets at the Roxy and the Whisky and more, culminating in a 9:30 p.m. headlining set by Linkin Park. Sunset Boulevard will be closed to traffic between Doheny Drive and San Vicente Boulevard. The festival […]
Incoming: System of a Down, Sunset Strip Music Festival, HARD Summer, Writer, Bad Rabbits, Sebadoh, Franz Ferdinand, We the Kings, Dr. John, Joan Jett, Xavier Rudd, Son Volt, Shye Ben-Tzur, El-P, the Decoders, Ours, Casey Veggies, the Sword, ZZ Top, Tony Bennett, the Presets, Kitten, the Icarus Line, Daughn Gibson, Blackalicious, José James, Ozomatli, Scott […]
Black Rebel Motorcycle Club, AWOLNATION, Slick Rick, Doug E. Fresh, Wale and Logic will join previously announced headliners Linkin Park on the outdoor stages of the three-day Sunset Strip Music Festival on Aug. 3. Street Drum Corps, Asher Roth and Finch were among the other lineup additions announced for the two stages on Sunset Boulevard […]
The annual KROQ Weenie Roast can be a pretty predictable affair – the rock radio giant’s favorite bands playing their rock radio hits – but the early summer affair is often good for a surprise or two. And so it was at the 21st annual Weenie Roast on Saturday at the Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre, when […]
Linkin Park has been announced as the headliner for this year’s street party portion of the Sunset Strip Music Festival on Aug. 3. The full lineup for the multiple-day, multiple-venue festival, including the SSMF’s annual honorees, has yet to be revealed. For the two-stage outdoor festival on Saturday, Sunset Boulevard will be closed to traffic […]
Your scorching Saturday: ‣ There’s a whole lotta psych-rock going on at the Echo, Echoplex and Origami Vinyl today. The Echoes West festival brings ’60s stalwarts Strawberry Alarm Clock along with Dead Meadow, Lords of Altamont, Sleep Over, Spindrift, Sterling Roswell, Gram Rabbit, Silver Chords, Electric Flower Group, Strangers Family Band, United Ghosts and more […]
[We’re late with our post, due to the holiday weekend and your humble editor’s FYF Fest hangover …] Incoming: Best Coast, Jillinda Palmer, the Vibrators, Negativland, B.B. King, the Heavy, Crosby, Stills & Nash, Big Black Delta, Dead Meadow, Linkin Park, Mary J. Blige, Hot Chip, Dave Matthews Band, the Fresh & Onlys Above: The […]
Fare for your Wednesday: ‣ Arrica Rose & the …’s celebrate the release of their new album “Let Alone Sea” with a date at the Bootleg Theater’s bar, supported by Chop Love Carry Fire. [Previously on Rose; previously on CLCF.] Also at the Bootleg, The du Bouchet Center for the Performing Arts presents a night […]
