A bounty of good shows tonight: ‣ Julia Holter, whose new album and third full-length in as many years “Loud City Heart” is just out on Domino, plays the First Unitarian Church in Koreatown. Nedelle Torrisi and Anenon open, and the Dublab DJs and the Wild Up! Orchestra will also be on hand. Above is […]
Incoming: Pixies, Meg Myers, Together Pangea, Austra, Ariana Grande, OneRepublic, Minus the Bear, MGMT, Julia Holter, the Mission UK, AFI, Boz Scaggs, ON AN ON, Meiko, St. Lucia, the Zombies, Jonathan Rice, Jimmy Cliff, Dave Stewart, Godspeed You! Black Emperor, Body/Head, Titus Andronicus, AlunaGeorge, the Jacksons, Local Natives, Jose James, Morgan Page, Matt Wertz, Alice in […]
Your show picks for a steamy Wednesday: ‣ Superchunk headlines the El Rey Theatre behind their latest album “I Hate Music.” Colleen Green opens. Jason Narducy fills in for the ailing Laura Ballance on bass for the long-running Chapel Hill, N.C., rockers. ‣ Perfect for your NIN hangover – industrial duo Youth Code rocks the […]
Incoming: Chinatown Summer Nights, Echo Park Rising, H2O Music Festival, Buskerfest, the Peach Kings, Yeasayer, Deap Vally, San Cisco, Kopecky Family Band, Rick Ross, Natalie Cole, Kopecky Family Band, Jamie N Commons, the Neighbourhood, the English Beat, Mamak Khadem, No Age, Jonas Brothers, Queens of the Stone Age, Lavender Diamond, Daniel Bedingfield, Ulrich Schnauss, Best […]
Tuesday things: ‣ Pop-opera singer Josh Groban kicks off his three-night stint at the Hollywood Bowl. ‣ Louisiana sextet Royal Teeth headline the Troubadour in support of their forthcoming debut “Glow.” [You can download the single “Wild” here and watch its video here.] Orange County’s electro-pop quartet the Colourist also plays as direct support [That’s the Colourist’s […]
Have a wonderful Wednesday: ‣Â Woodkid, originally scheduled to make his L.A. debut at the Luckman last November before Superstorm Sandy confounded his travel plans, brings his highly cinematic music to the Fonda Theatre. The musical persona of French director, graphic artist and songwriter Yoann Lemoine (who’s done video for a host of A-listers), Woodkid released […]
[We’re in Austin for the South by Southwest Music Festival, but you might not be – here’s an abbreviated rundown of what’s happening tonight in Los Angeles:] ‣ Scottish rockers Frightened Rabbit headline the Fonda Theatre behind their new album “Pedesrian Verse,” with the Twilight Sad opening. Also:
It is with extreme caution that we acknowledge this Hallmark holiday, but if anybody can get us in the Feb Fourteen Feeling, it’s Meiko. An alternate version of her song “Stuck on You” (from last year’s album “The Bright Side”) appears on Paste magazine’s Valentine’s Day sampler, titled “Half and Half.” That’s “half love songs […]
Big Thursday evening ahead: ‣ Dave Grohl’s Sound City Players, the all-star cast assembled to play the music created for “Sound City” documentary (there’s an album “Sound City – Real to Reel” on the way in March), rock the Palladium. Collaborators for the L.A. show are expected to include Stevie Nicks, John Fogerty, Rick Springfield, […]
Incoming: Local Natives, Niki & the Dove, the Who, Lisa Loeb, Ron Sexsmith, Two Gallants, Dead Sara, Jon Foreman, Sound City Players, Meiko, Tristan Prettyman, Tegan and Sara, the Gaslamp Killer, the Happy Hollows, Vieux Farka Touré, the Bronx, Radar Brothers, Branford Marsalis, Augustana, Benjamin Francis Leftwich Above: Tegan and Sera return this week with […]