Also on Friday: Todd Rundgren, Alec Benjamin, Camp Cope, Yann Tiersen, Bad Suns, Private Island, Chaos Chaos, IONNALEE, Sondre Lerche, Nico Muhly, OHMME, the Courtneys, Crywolf, Lolo Zouaï, Cheer Up Club
Phantom Planet have ended their decade-plus hiatus — there’s a new single, an album in the works and a sold-out show tonight at the Lodge Room.
Incoming: Ariana Grande, Mating Ritual, the Palms, Gungor, Bruce Hornsby, STRKFR, Tom O’Dell, ASHRR, Bayonne, FKA Twigs, Spencer Krug, the Faint, Sam Gellaitry, Freya Ridings, White Lies, Al Green, Todd Rundgren, Rival Sons, Alec Benjamin, Tim Hecker, Destroyer, Eels, Yann Tiersen, L7, Nico Muhly, HEALTH, OHMME, Bad Suns, Private Island, Like Totally Music Festival, Jenny Lewis, Amanda Palmer, TOKiMONSTA, the Bouncing Souls, Angelo de Augustine, St. Lucia, American Football
What’s flying on Flag Day: ‣Â Dot Hacker, the venture helmed by current Red Hot Chili Peppers guitarist Josh Klinghoffer, headlines the Satellite on an eventful night: Yellow Red Sparks celebrate the release of their new EP, “Four Steps in Corsets”; the Chuck Dukowski Sextet (Dukowski is Black Flag’s founding bassist) celebrates the release of […]
[Our “Week Ahead” post is back, thanks to new intern Anna. As we reboot this feature, it’ll be a work in progress – leave a comment or email with omissions. That said, here’s what’s happening show-wise for the next seven days:]
The Californian of singer-guitarist John Graney isn’t the buff, happy-go-lucky dude you see pictured on the postcard with swimsuit models. He’s desperate, and maybe a little it shadowy, and – judging by the straight-out-of-a-chase-scene guitar lines that open the title track of his “Sea of Love” EP – probably on the run from something. His […]
[A taker of notes shares some:] ”¢ There they are: Except for a couple late-2008 shows, we haven’t heard much from the Like recently – unless you like to pore over the Cobrasnake’s photo galleries. But the L.A. trio is surfacing on the high-profile compilation album, “War Child Heroes,” a benefit for children affected by […]
[The behinder I get …] ‣ More valentines to the Smashing Pumpkins, whose second night at the Gibson Amphitheatre on Wednesday was even better than the first. No full review from me this time, but check out Friend of Buzz Bands Jeff Miller’s account at the OC Register’s Soundcheck blog. I will say it was […]
