Friday frolics: ‣ ZZ Ward has graduated to headlining tours – she visits the House of Blues behind her album “Til the Casket Drops,” with the Wild Feathers and James Bay supporting. ‣ Big night for Anticon at the Echo and Echoplex; the label celebrates its 15-year anniversary with performances from Baths, Why?, Jel, D33J, Daedelus, […]
Happy Cinco de Mayo: ‣ The Greek Theatre kicks off its season (at 3 p.m.) with its second annual Cinco de Mayo Festival, headlined by the iconic L.A. band Los Lobos, who will be joined by Robert Randolph, Los Super 7, Willie G of the Midnighters, Kinky, El Chicano and Pedro Torres Y Su Mariachi. […]
Incoming: The Rolling Stones, the Killers, Metallica, Los Lobos, Paramore, HIM, Built to Spill, Metz, Alice Russell, Robyn Hitchcock, Marnie Stern, Killing Joke, Chad Valley, Big Black Delta, Clinic, Vietnam, Keaton Simons, Adam Green & Binki Shapiro, Javelin, Maps & Atlases, Little Boots, Pyyramids, Os Mutantes, Lisa Germano, Armin Van Buuren, Helmet, K’s Choice, Saint Motel, […]
May 5: ‣ Hard to imagine there is a more Angeleno way to observe today’s “holiday” than with L.A. icons Los Lobos. They headline Cinco de Mayo Festival at the Greek Theatre, joined by Neko Case, Alejandro Escovedo and Flaco Jimenez, with guests X and Mariachi El Bronx opening. Doors open at 3 p.m., with […]
Roaring into the weekend: ‣ Thurston Moore and Kurt Vile do their second sold-out night at the Troubadour. ‣ Nashville indie-blues quartet the Features (pictured) – their new album “Wilderness” cementing a place in our playlists – headline the Satellite, with Oh Darling opening. ‣ Speaking of darlings, Those Darlins play the Echo, with White […]
[In between all the Grammy prepping and posturing, there is a massive amount of live music to enjoy. Don’t know where to start, really, except to wish Justin Timberlake a happy birthday on Sunday – maybe he can take home one of those cute gramophone trophies from the big awards show …] Tonight: The big […]
[This weekend’s concert calendar is more crowded than the 405 on a Friday afternoon. Superstars, stars, shoulda-been-stars, rising stars, fading stars – this weekend has it all. And it’s topped off by Sunday’s performance at the Greek by modern-day supergroup Monsters of Folks … see below for the word on the street about that. Here’s […]
[Once around the weekend, quickly and briefly, as we work toward Perry Farrell’s big 50th birthday on Sunday …] Tonight: Hard-touring Cold War Kids have just set off on a monthlong U.S. jaunt that brings them to the Orpheum Theatre in downtown L.A., with support from fellow Long Beachers Crystal Antlers. (Side note: On April […]
