Tonight in L.A.: Camp Flog Gnaw Carnival, Slowdive, Connan Mockasin, Los Lonely Boys/Los Lobos, Beats Antique, Hardwell, Digitalism, Moe, Manchester Orchestra, Mirah, Seu Jorge, Yelawolf, Warner Drive, Common Kings, Bear’s Den
Big ol’ passel of Saturday shows, right here: ‣ Odd Future’s Camp Flog Gnaw Carnival goes off at the Park at the L.A. Coliseum, featuring Pharrell Williams, Tyler the Creator, Rick Ross, Mac Miller, Earl Sweatshirt, Action Bronson, Murs, the Grouch & Eligh, the Internet, Hodgy Beats, Left Brain, Domo Genesis, Mike G, Taco, Jasper, […]
Tonight in L.A.: Weezer, Warpaint, Rhye, YACHT, Fool’s Gold, Manchester Orchestra, John Cooper Clarke, We Were Promised Jetpacks, Mason Jennings, Shovels & Rope, the Kin, Dean Blunt, High Ends
Sorting out a simply fantastic Friday: ‣ It’s been 20 years since “The Blue Album.” It’s been one month since “Everything Will Be Alright in the End.” Weezer explores all those time passages at downtown’s Belasco Theater. ‣ Speaking of downtown, the Regent Theater [see Thursday’s post] bows with the first day of the Downtown […]
Incoming: Camp Flog Gnaw festival, Electric Youth, Dorothy, Amason, Wartime Recitals, the Bug, the Diamond Light, Scott Weiland, Dreaming Bull, Secret Chiefs 3, GWAR, Patty Griffin, Wax Tailor, Fat White Family, Rebirth Brass Band, Mariachi El Bronx, Bleachers, Jake Bugg, Gazelle Twin, Pissed Jeans, Nickelback, Clockwise, Traps PS, Julian Casablancas, Dropkick Murphys, the Black Keys, […]
Incoming: Panda Bear, Nothing, Yelle, Liars, Wolfmother, Sohn, Chet Faker, Billy Joel, Rich Robinson Band, Powerman 5000, Elbow, First Aid Kit, Willie Watson, Babes, Parquet Courts, Crystal Fighters, Roll the Tanks, Jamestown Revival, The Bolts, Sea Wolf, Throwing Muses, Die Antwoord, Banks, M.I.A., Potty Mouth, Thee Oh Sees, Local H, Backstreet Boys, Avril Lavigne, Luscious […]
Happy Sunday: ‣ Monogem kicks off a Sunday night residency at the Bootleg Bar, supported by Alina Cutrono (Body Parts), Smoke Season and Yeo. ‣ A matinee benefit at the Bootleg Theater (starting at 1 p.m.) features hillbilly gospel trio Jacksh*t, the Rick Holmstrom Band and Earthworm Ensemble. Proceeds from the show, organized by trumpeter […]
Manchester Orchestra may have taken a little longer than usual between albums this time around, but the latest record from Atlanta, Ga.,-based rock quintet may be their best release yet. “Cope,” the album out now on Loma Vista and their own label Favorite Gentlemen, teems with raucous hooks and unbridled energy that could fill any […]
Big, big schedule for Thursday: ‣ Wavves play a Red Bull Sound Select tonight at the Echoplex, joined by Hands, Incan Abraham and HOTT MT. That’s the video for the title track of Wavves’ latest album “Afraid of Heights,” above. ‣ Upstairs at the Echo, Telekinesis rock the tunes from its latest album “Dormarion,” supported […]
Incoming: Stagecoach, Wavves, Japandroids, the Revival Tour, Herbie Hancock, Bat for Lashes, Spectrum, AraabMuzik, the Three O’Clock, Ziggy Marley, Viza, Har Mar Superstar, Manchester Orchestra, Telekinesis, Los Amigos Invisibles, Crystal Castles, the Veils, the Cave Singers, the Mother Hips, Shuggie Oits, Paul Van Dyk, Danzig, Ann Magnuson, Medeski Martin & Wood, the Lonely Forest Above: […]
Thursday’s things: ‣ Can I have a those-were-the-days moment? Check out this video for “It’s a Shame About Ray” (which, of course, the record company has not seen fit to make embeddable but is still worth the extra click). It’s the title track from the Lemonheads’ fifth album, released in one of my favorite musical […]
A lot can happen in a year. About this time last spring, an unsigned band out of Australia, the Temper Trap [pictured], was one of the big buzzes of the South by Southwest Music Festival. Now the London-based band with the big, anthemic sound is riding a wave of support for its debut album “Conditions.” […]
