Incoming: KROQ Almost Acoustic Christmas, De Lux, Cat Power, Froth, VUM, the Wild Reeds, Xiu Xiu, BLEAUX, Entrance Band, Sam Smith, Howie Day, Tapioca & the Flea, Mikal Cronin, Redd Kross, Pretty Lights, Beyonce, Pusha T, Bright Light Bright Light, LA Font, Conquistador, Every Time I Die, Mirror Days, Problem, Macklemore and Ryan Lewis, the […]
Saturday things: ‣ Pearl Jam [pictured], who recently released their latest album “Lightning Bolt,” takes on the Los Angeles Sports Arena. ‣ The Black Crowes rock the Wiltern. ‣ Kate Nash headlines the Fonda Theatre in support of her recent release “Girl Talk.” Emmy the Great, the Aquadolls and Skating Polly support. ‣ It’s a special night at the […]
What a Wednesday: ‣ Irish quartet Kodaline visits the Troubadour behind its debut album “A Perfect World,” which just came out at the beginning of October, and Diane Birch opens. Above is Kodaline’s video for “All I Want” (Part 1) – scroll to the end of the post to watch Part 2. ‣ SoCal quntet […]
Incoming: Arcade Fire, HARD Day of the Dead, Rob Zombie’s Great American Nightmare, Ronnie Spector, Tori Kelly, Demi Lovato, Slayer, Kanye West, Kendrick Lamar, Bonobo, Danny Elfman, Megadeth, CocoRosie, the Flaming Lips, Tame Impala, Iron & Wine, the Cartel, Andy Clockwise, Geronimo Getty, the Neighbourhood, Gov’t Mule, Lewis Watson, Hiatus Kaiyote, Kirin J. Callinan, Falling in […]
What a wonderful Wednesday: ‣ Up-and-coming blues guy Jamie N Commons, whose music you’ve probably heard on myriad TV shows even if you didn’t know he was up-and-coming, headlines the Troubadour, with and Nightmare & the Cat opening. That’s Commons’ video for “Rumble and Sway,” above. ‣ “An Evening With Natalie Cole” brings the singer […]
From the start, when a surprisingly large crowd turned out despite threatening skies, to the finish, when Magic Wands drenched music lovers in dreamy melodies, July’s edition of Chinatown Summer Nights was a great party. The bluesy garage-rock of the Dead Ships and the catchy dance-rock of Beat Club earned the biggest roars of the […]
Wow, what a Saturday: ‣ It’s time for another night of free music and fun downtown – 2013’s second installment of Chinatown Summer Nights goes off in an around Chinatown’s Central Plaza tonight. On the Buzz Bands LA-curated LA Weekly Live Music Stage are Magic Wands, Beat Club, the Dead Ships, Dear Boy, Haunted Summer […]
Dream-pop duo Magic Wands will join Beat Club, the Dead Ships, Dear Boy, Haunted Summer and Irontom on Saturday night, July 20, for the season’s second edition of Chinatown Summer Nights. Music starts at 6 p.m. on the LA Weekly Live Music Stage just south of Chinatown’s Central Plaza on a night that features sets […]
A Friday full of possibilities: ‣ The first day of Burgerama goes off at the Observatory in Orange County – the lineup features Black Lips, the Spits, Bleached, Nick Waterhouse, Bizarre Ride II, the Pharcyde, Night Beats, Pangea, Merchandise, Tijuana Panthers, the Audacity, the Lovely Bad Things, White Fang, the Garden, Feeding People, the Abigails, […]
‣ Teen phenom Jake Bugg, the pride of Nottingham, brings his classic rock touch (and the monstrous buzz it’s created) to the Troubadour for a sold-out show. Valerie June opens. That’s Bugg’s “Lightning Bolt,” above. ‣ Great pairing at the El Rey Theatre, where Calexico plays a makeup date for the show that was postponed […]
