Your fantastic 1st of March: ‣ Hey, Jimmy Kimmel, you and Matt Damon are on the list: Morrissey and Patti Smith hold forth at Staples Center, winding up a week of anticipation and public relations adventures. ‣ Surfer Blood previews music off its forthcoming album “Pythons” (coming out this summer) at the Echo, with Grand […]
Incoming: The Residents, Gliss, Kan Wakan, A House for Lions, Warships, Ramona Falls, Goldroom, Com Truise, the Lions, Anberlin, Reckless Kelly, Flosstradamus, Francisco the Man, Willie Nelson, Califone, Surfer Blood, Dada, Happy Hollows, Hustle Roses, Rumours, Jukebox the Ghost, Galactic, the Breakestra, Bomb the Music Industry, the Devil Wears Prada, Gold Fields, Morrissey, Allah-Las, the […]
The all-things-Morrissey ’zine True to You is reporting that Moz has plans for a big U.S. tour planned for later this year that includes a Nov. 24 date at Staples Center with Iggy & the Stooges. That should rock the place. Tickets will go on sale Friday.
‣ We can get these two guys out of the way quickly: Sting plays the Wiltern; Morrissey plays the Fox Theater on Pomona. ‣ Now for the fun (free) stuff: Vanaprasta puts an exclamation point on its residency at the Satellite, topping a lineup that includes Voxhaul Broadcast, Chasing Kings and Summer Darling. (Your friendly […]
Tonight’s touts: ‣ Morrissey plays a sold-out show at the Shrine Auditorium. ‣ It’s a night for some very good shoegazer rock at the Satellite – Tennis System (that’s their video for “Arcane,” above) celebrates the release of its album “Teenagers,” with United Ghosts (marking the release of their “Holes Into the Night” 7-inch) and […]
The feast on Thanksgiving eve: ‣ Quite a night ahead on Hollywood Boulevard – Morrissey plays the first of his three SoCal dates at the Music Box, and less than two blocks away the Cure closes out its three-night stand at the Pantages Theatre. ‣ Lucinda Williams does the second of her two nights at […]
Morrissey – already playing two sold-out Southern California shows in the next week – had added a third date. He will perform Wednesday at the Music Box, with tickets available only at the venue’s box office beginning at noon Tuesday. Here are the details from today’s press release: The show is all ages and there […]
‣ Bob Mould, whose three decades in rock includes seminal bands such as Hüsker Dü and Sugar and an estimable catalog of solo work, is feted in the program “See a Little Light: A Celebration of the Music and Legacy of Bob Mould” at Disney Hall. The program, hosted by veteran DJ Matt Pinfield, features […]
[Benefits, holiday shows, good local shows … and Moz and Metallica: Tonight has a bit of everything:] Morrissey’s show the Gibson Amphitheatre is not yet sold out; not so for Metallica’s gig at the Honda Center in Anaheim. … Staying in the M’s alphabetically, Alanis Morissette, joined by Greg Laswell, plays a Live Arts benefit […]
[Happy 30th birthday today to Sara Bareilles. Here’s how to get your week started …] The headliners at month’s free residencies should be familiar faces to Buzz Bands readers. Here’s a refresher course: Mere Mortals, freshly returned from a successful tour of Japan, bring their gritty Britpop to at Spaceland, where I hear that the […]
