Tonight in L.A.: Modest Mouse, Dinosaur Jr., Heart, the Drums
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Also: Melody’s Echo Chamber, Badbadnotgood, Lower Dens, Boogaloo Assassins, Reggie Watts & the Dance Cartel, Junk, Wages, Whiskey Shivers.

Also: Melody’s Echo Chamber, Badbadnotgood, Lower Dens, Boogaloo Assassins, Reggie Watts & the Dance Cartel, Junk, Wages, Whiskey Shivers.
Has it really been seven years since Modest Mouse released “We Were Dead Before the Ship Even Sank?” Time flies. This week the long-running indie-rockers announced they have righted the ship – they’ll release their sixth album, “Strangers to Ourselves,” on March 3 via Epic. (The band also mentioned something about “extensive touring,” so we’re […]
Some nights, you just wanna recommend everything … ‣ If you’re an indie-rock fan and you’ve been wondering about the FIGat7th Downtown Festival, tonight’s your night – PAPA, NO and LA Font team up for a show on the plaza at the downtown L.A. retail center. ‣ It’s a blast at the beach as Modest […]
Incoming: Wolfmother, the Postal Service, Savages, Bastille, Davis Fetter, Futurebirds, PAPA, the Happy Hollows, NO, Candlebox, the 1975, Big Freedia, Hockey, Saint Motel, the Belle Brigade, Modest Mouse, Skylar Grey, No Age, Night Terrors of 1927, Glassjaw, Dan Wilson, Twin Shadow, Bauhaus, Rancid, Viva Pomona, International Pop Overthrow, the Cult, Courtney Love, Frightened Rabbit, Fitz […]
Modest Mouse, the Faint and Twin Shadow will be the big names at the free shows next week at the U.S. Open of Surfing in Huntington Beach. The event’s musical offerings are scaled back compared to last year, when the outdoor shows featured TV on the Radio, Grouplove and Best Coast over three days. This […]
We’ve still got Sunday’s Coachella coverage coming your way. In the meantime, check out all the festival artists playing L.A. tonight: ‣ Rodriguez, the star of Oscar-winning documentary “Searching for Sugar Man” plays a show at the Orpheum Theatre before he has to head back to Coachella for weekend 2. Giant Sand plays as support. […]
Incoming: OMD, Ghost B.C., the Faint, the Postal Service, Rodriguez, Foals, Franz Ferdinand, Smith Westerns, James McCartney, Gary Clark Jr., Polica, Aesop Rock, Modest Mouse, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Dropkick Murphys, Youth Lagoon, A Day to Remember, Palma Violets, Public Enemy, Alt-J, Jello Biafra, Green Day, Purity Ring, La Roux, Bad Religion, Action Bronson, Dinosaur Jr., […]
Note: Edited version of the post to show that the set was shortened because the band was over its time allotment. Who: Modest Mouse on the main stage In 3 or Fewer Words: Lonesome Crowded Mess Memorable Because: Modest Mouse broke my heart. We can only speculate on the state of Isaac Brock’s mind Friday […]
What’s happening in SoCal this lovely Friday:Â ‣ Coachella Day 1 with the Stone Roses, Blur, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Modest Mouse and more. Set times here. ‣ Father Tiger celebrates the release of their EP “Vernal Equinox” tonight at the Virgil. That’s their video for “Head Hung Low” above. ‣ And over at Hotel Café, […]
Set times for 2013’s Coachella Valley Music and Arts Annual Festival have been announced, and if you’re like us at BBLA HQ, you’re already mapping out a game plan for whom you want to see. The thing is, every year always presents some conflicts leaving you no choice but to choose one band over another. […]