Incoming: Chvrches, Nathaniel Rateliff, Tim Minchin, the 1975, Thee Oh Sees, Jennylee, Dillon Francis, Kinky, Dave Stewart, Muse, Giraffage, the Bronx, Mariachi El Bronx, Girlpool, Okkervil River, Moving Units, the Bots and more
The British rockers’ “Drones World Tour” will feature the band performing in the round.
Shows for a fabulous Friday: ► Muse [pictured below], with a new album “Drones” en route and the new single “Dead Inside” reaching No. 1, headline the the Mayan Theatre. ► Electro-pop artist Mystery Skulls holds down the party at the Echoplex, supported by Meishi Smile, Sage Caswell and Plaster Cast. ► Mary Timony-led trio […]
Incoming: KROQ Weenie Roast, Joshua Tree Music Festival, L.A. Vegan Beer & Food Festival, the Bird and the Bee, Cillie Barnes, the Moth & the Flame, Lapsley, Golden Coast, A House for Lions, Dead Sara, Sepultura, Reggie Watts, Sick of Sarah, the Wombats, Nick Mulvey, Waka Flocka Flame, Torres, Elvis Perkins, Thrice, Froth, the Temperance […]
If you’re going to do a song about war and oppression, you might as well sound metal. Muse released a new song today titled “Psycho,” and it makes the days of “New Born” sound like easy listening. It’s from the U.K. rockers’ seventh album, “Drones,” due June 8. Says frontman Matt Bellamy: “To me, ‘Drones’ […]
Main Stage rock ’n’ roll from Muse and Queens of the Stone Age and other highlights from around the Coachella Valley Music & Arts Festival. Here’s a gallery from selected sets from photographer Scott Dudelson. Concert photography by Scott Dudelson
Saturday at the Park, and elsewhere: ‣ Ben Folds Five – you remember how they rattled the Fraggles last fall, right? – visit the Wiltern behind their comeback album “The Sound of the Life of the Mind.” ‣ It looks as if the weather has cleared off in time for a special day at Santa […]
Plenty to see on a rainy Thursday: ‣ James Levy & the Blood Red Rose – the pairing of Levy and Allison Pierce of the Pierces – visit the Echo behind their new album “Pray to Be Free,” which was produced by Guy Berryman of Coldplay. It’s the first L.A. show for the band on […]
Your big-big-big-show Wednesday: ‣ Muse, touring in support of their Grammy-nominated sixth album “The 2nd Law,” roars into Staples Center for the first of three nights in the big arena. They are joined on tour by Band of Skulls. Meanwhile, 21 million-plus YouTube views for the Grammy-nominated single “Madness?” Madness. ‣ The Airborne Toxic Event, […]
Incoming: Lady Gaga, Robert DeLong, Jessie Ware, Quicksand, Ferraby Lionheart, Tyler Bryant & the Shakedown, Muse, the Airborne Toxic Event, Dada, Bad Religion, Pentatonix, Wayne Kramer, Pageants, Wovenhand, El Ten Eleven, Ken Stringfellow, Ben Folds Five, Al Stewart, Smokey Robinson Above: Pentatonix, the Texas-bred a cappella group of Scott Hoying, Kirstie Maldonado, Mitch Grassi, Avi […]
