Here are your most excellent Wednesday show options: ‣ Ryan Adams does the first of two night at the Wiltern in support of his new self-titled album. ‣ Meiko returns to the Hotel Café for a show on a night that also features Tyler Lyle, Luke & Laura, Found in the Flood and Caitlin Lucia. […]
Incoming: Smashing Pumpkins, Goo Goo Dolls, Lord Huron, Tijuana Panthers, Marie Digby, HIM, Mark de Clive-Lowe, Francisco the Man, Smoke Season, Schoolboy Q, Corners, Ryan Adams, Meiko, Art Alexakis, Scott Kinnebrew, the Power Cords, Weezer, Dustin Kensrue. Matt Pryor, Jonwayne, Intronaut, the Dan Band, Fishbone, Mystic Braves, Royal Machines, Stevie Wonder, Dillon Francis, Infected Mushroom, […]
Sunday’s stellar shows: ‣ Perfume Genius [see “Grid”] visits the Roxy Theatre behind his new album “Too Bright.” ‣ Mississippi garage-rockers Bass Drum of Death headline an early show at the Echo behind the new album “Rip This,” their third. Shark Toys open. Doors at 5:30 p.m. ‣ South African DJ duo Goldfish bring the […]
Tuesday night marked a special moment for both Los Angeles singer-songwriter Meiko and her fans. Celebrating the release of her third studio album “Dear You†(out now via Concord) at the Bootleg Theatre, it was the first time the beloved Hotel Café regular performed at an L.A. venue outside of Hollywood (aside from the Chinatown Summer […]
Your Tuesday show options: ‣ Meiko celebrates the release of her new album “Dear You” [see “Be Mine”] with a show at the Bootleg HiFi. Banta and Keta support. ‣ British singer Jessie J visits the El Rey Theatre behind her new album “Sweet Talker.” Above, her video for “Burnin’ Up.” ‣ Welsh rockers Catfish […]
Incoming: Moon Block Party (Spoon, BRMC, Band of Skulls, Black Angels, Black Lips), Culture Collide (Cloud Nothings, Clap Your Hands Say Yeah, Nina Persson), Broods, David Bazan, Gerard Way, Will Hoge, Meiko, Jessie J, Catfish & the Bottlemen, Kate Boy, Andrew McMahon, the Horrors, SBTRKT, Fujiya & Miyagi, Walk the Moon, Eddie Cohn, Russian Red, […]
Y’know those emails you dash off at the height of emotion only to think twice and trash them before clicking send? Or those tweets you start at 1 a.m. and thinking better of posting? Los Angeles singer-songwriter Meiko says her new album “Dear You” is full of them – “love letters, pissed-off letters, breakup letters,” […]
The opener of 2014’s Chinatown Summer Nights series could hardly have been a more euphoric affair. How so? Well, where do you start? EFG (Electric Flower Group) gave a scintillating display of virtuoso psych-rock. Meiko charmed fans with her disarming pop songs and inspired a line at the merch table that stretched halfway to Echo […]
Happy Saturday: ‣ Chinatown Summer Nights kicks off with a Buzz Bands LA-curated lineup featuring EFG (Electric Flower Group), Meiko, Kera & the Lesbians, Babes, StaG and RAJ at the Central Plaza, Chinatown. See set times and stream our sampler here. A craft beer garden curated by Eagle Rock Brewery is conveniently located across the live […]
Got plans Saturday night? Chinatown Summer Nights kicks off its monthly series in a big way, bringing six bands to the LA Weekly Live Music Stage and KCRW DJs Travis Holcombe and Mario Cotto to the dance stage in the Central Plaza. The festival’s other attractions include artisan displays, “Big Draw LA” (participatory art), food […]
