Sunday things: ‣ The first annual Topanga Folk Fest takes places at Topanga Community Club today with a lineup featuring: Colin Hay & Cecelia Noel, Miner, Julia Fordham, Linda Perhacs, Freebo, The Wild Reeds, Dan Navarro, Peter Alsop, The Hani Naser Band, Philip Boone, Gwendolyn, Paul Kenny and Judith Owen ‣ Bob Dylan & His […]
The New York duo of Josh Carter and Sarah Barthel brought Phantogram to the Fairbanks Lawn at Hollywood Forever Cemetery on Friday night for a show that was as striking visually as it was sonically. Doing material from their new album “Voices,” the duo performed amid real-time digital projections made by a Kinect and a […]
Here’s what a fantastic Friday sounds like: ‣ An all-star benefit concert, “Jail Guitar Doors” – former MC5 guitarist Wayne Kramer’s effort to bring music programs into corectional facilties – goes off at the Ford Ampthitheatre, featuring Jackson Browne, White Fence, Ben Harper, Tom Morello, Jill Sobule and more. ‣ The Art of Elysium’s Genesis benefit […]
Your Thursday evening options: ‣ It’s another big Thursday night at the Santa Monica Pier – power-pop quartet and video wizards OK Go and L.A. garage-rockers Allah-Las team up at this week’s free Twilight Concert Series. ‣ Canadian singer-songwriter Dallas Green brings his City & Colour (last spotted in SoCal playing Coachella in April)Â to the […]
Incoming:Â Long Beach Funk Fest (George Clinton, Karl Denson), Jesse McCartney, KChung Fest, Bear in Heaven, Whirr, James David, Glen Martin, Stiff Little Fingers, David Gray, Leslie Stevens, Strand of Oaks, Zachariah & the Lobos Riders, Shiny Toy Guns, OK Go, City & Colour, Neon Trees, WAZ, Mother Falcon, Kins, Brian Wright, Senses Fail, Dwight Yoakam, […]
Have a safe Fourth of July: ‣ Steve Martin and the Steep Canyon Rangers and Edie Brickell do a third night at the Hollywood Bowl, capped by the venue’s signature fireworks display. ‣Â Semi Precious Weapons plays the pre-fireworks set (8:15 p.m.) at radio station 98.7’s ALTimate Block Party, the free concert going off at Grand […]
News from far and wide … ‣ OK Go has been added to the lineup for the free Twilight Concert Series at the Santa Monica Pier; the poptastic video wizards will play Sept. 4, along with Allah-Las. Find the full lineup here. ‣ Mini Mansions are now signed to Capitol Records and in Dallas recording […]
Incoming:Â The Burger Revue, the Warlocks Smokeout, 98.7 Block Party (Phantogram), Stones Throw Picnic, Until the Ribbon Breaks, Nacosta, Magic!, Ronnie Spector, Chris Pureka, Seasons, Phox, Brent Puls, Gold & Youth, EMA, Thee Oh Sees, King Khan & the Shrines, Nick Waterhouse, Bob Weir & Ratdog, Steve Martin and the Steep Canyon Rangers, the Burning of […]
Another super Saturday: ‣ Your first festival choice: KROQ Weenie Roast returns to the Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre with a lineup featuring Fall Out Boy, Fitz & the Tantrums, the Neighbourhood, Capital Cities, Foster the People [check out “Best Friend”], Kongos, Beck, Avicii, Phantogram, Bastille, Bleachers, the 1975 and American Authors. [That’s Phantogram’s video above for “Fall […]
[When the weekend arrives at SXSW, it  always means you have to avoid 6th Street if you’d like to get anywhere in a timely manner. Locals who were finally released from their day jobs joined the masses in downtown Austin to roam around as well, but that didn’t stop me from toting my laptop straight from […]
