Tonight in L.A.: Veruca Salt, X, No Age, Lael Neale, Grandmaster Flash, Waters, Quarterbacks, Lissie, Ryn Weaver, Harry Connick Jr., Karsh Kale, Dumpstaphunk, Frankie Avalon, Jake Shimabukuro
Have a super Saturday: ► Comeback kids Veruca Salt [pictured] headline the El Rey Theatre behind their new album “Ghost Notes, with the Muffs and Talk In Tongues opening. ► Lael Neale celebrates the release of her debut, “I’ll Be Your Man,” with a show at El Cid. Tashaki Miyaki and Willoughby open. ► New […]
Incoming: Sonny Boy Thorn, Beach Party, Soak, Motopony, Sleep State, Calexico, Indigo Girls, Lianne La Havas, Astronauts Etc., Muna, Two Sheds, Spurs, Russell Howard, the Mowgli’s, Landlady, Max and the Moon, Lukas Rossi, Smashing Pumpkins, Marilyn Manson, Son Lux, Jurassic 5, Dopapod, Morris Day, Breakestra, Verite, Jessica Hernandez & the Deltas, Frontier Ruckus, Berner, X, […]
Happy Saturday: â–º The Fonda Theatre hosts the ultimate singer-songwriter night with a lineup featuring Joshua Radin, Rachael Yamagata and Cary Brothers. â–º Norwegian “tropical house” producer Matoma headlines the El Rey Theatre with support from Petey Clicks and Neo Fresco. â–º The Roxy’s got Filipino-American producer Sweater Beats and his fusion of R&B and […]
Tonight in L.A.: Dia le los Muertos (Carla Morrison, La Santa Cecilia, more), Danny Elfman, New Politics/Bad Suns, Gary Clark Jr., Marilyn Manson, Jeff Bridges, Black Veil Brides, the Bangles, HoneyHoney, Iceage, Dead Sara, Lissie
A monster post-Halloween Saturday: ‣ The 15th Annual Dia de los Muertos festival takes place at Hollywood Forever Cemetery with live performances from Carla Morrison, La Santa Cecilia, Gaby Moreno, Los Cenzontles and Mariachi Divas de Cindy Shea. ‣ Danny Elfman performs Music from the Films of Tim Burton at the Nokia Theatre L.A. Live for […]
Incoming: Ben Howard, Circa Waves, Rachael Yamagata, Faded Paper Figures, Delta Spirit, Ab-Soul, London Richards, Live, Shawn Mullins, the Rural Alberta Advantage, the Wild Feathers, B.o.B., the Soft White Sixties, Marilyn Manson, Betty Who, the Airborne Toxic Event, Thirty Seconds to Mars, Steve Aoki, the Stone Foxes, Nick Jonas, Citizen Cope, the Album Leaf, Queens […]
Tonight in L.A.: Jay-Z, Emilie Autumn, Lissie, Zappa Plays Zappa, Freedy Johnston, the Wild Reeds, VUM, Froth, Owenstone, Holychild, Alt 98.7 Rooftop Party
It’s one heck of a Monday: ‣ Jay-Z brings his “Magna Carta World Tour” to Staples Center. ‣ Glam-rock violinist-cum-actress-cum-fashion adventurer Emilie Autumn [pictured] visits the Troubadour behind her latest release “Fight Like a Girl.” ‣ Zappa Plays Zappa celebrates Frank’s 1974 album “Roxy & Elsewhere” at the Roxy Theatre. ‣ Lissie headlines the Fonda […]
Incoming: Alt 98.7 Rooftop Party, Holychild, Lissie, Freedy Johnston, Jay Z, Emilie Autumn, Brian Posehn, Brand New, Tapioca & the Flea, the Head and the Heart, the Blind Boys of Alabama, Climbers, the Silent Comedy, Samantha Pearl, the Olms, the Maine, the Mowgli’s, Merle Haggard, Banks, Basia Bulat, Realities, the Visitors, Ari Hest, Third Eye […]
Singer-songwriter Lissie Maurus, whom fans have come to embrace as Lissie, hails from the mythological home of the Blues Brothers, Rock Island, Ill. – which makes her probably the only resident of Ojai who can name all the Quad Cities.* Lissie’s 2010 debut “Catching a Tiger” was notable for what it wasn’t – overdone. Her […]
Tuesday things: ‣ John Fogerty of Creedence Clearwater Revival headlines a solo night at the El Rey Theatre. ‣ Legendary rock band Fleetwood Mac continues their tour over at the Honda Center in Anaheim. ‣ Lissie stops by the Masonic Lodge at Hollywood Forever Cemetery for an intimate show featuring new songs off her forthcoming […]
Going to Weekend 2 of Coachella? It figures to be quite a bit different than the first weekend, but only because of the predicted high temperatures. Weekend 1 was a breeze – weather-wise, to be sure, but also because the festival was the smoothest-run of the eight that I have attended. Crowds were the opposite […]
