Ah, the Monday madness: ‣ Justin Bieber plays the Lakers Championship Celebration at the Staples Center. Oh wait. It’s just regular Biebs show. ‣ Australia’s Amethyst Amelia Kelly, better known as Iggy Azalea, headlines the Echoplex. Travi$ Scott supports. Above is video evidence that she can “Bounce.” ‣ Your Monday night residencies for June roar […]
‣ John Grant, whose new album “Pale Green Ghosts” (which features vocal contributions from Sinead O’Connor) has won widespread and deserved acclaim, headlines the Echo, with Craig Wedren supporting. That’s the video for the title track, above. ‣ The early-bird residency has KING and Moses Sumney returning to the Bootleg for Week 3 (doors at […]
Happy local residency night: ‣ The Bootleg continues with its dual residencies, with the earlier show featuring soul trio KING and Moses Sumney (doors at 7:00). ‣ Summer Twins follow at the Bootleg with Naïve Thieves and Thee Rain Cats on the bill this week. ‣ Over at the Echo, Hindu Pirates resume their residency with the […]
Happy Monday: ‣ Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers play six shows in L.A. this week and they kick it all off at the Fonda Theatre. ‣ Pete Yorn and J.D. King are the Olms and they headline the Troubadour in support of a debut album together. We are the West open. That’s the Olms’ video for […]
OvertureCon, an event combining panel discussions, fans-and-bands meet-and-greets and live performances, makes it debut this weekend at the Mint, highlighted by headlining performances by rockers Semi Precious Weapons on Saturday and Honor Society on Sunday. The brainchild of self-professed “überfans” Sabrina Greenwood-Briggs and Stacey Lawson, OvertureCon offers panel discussions on fashion, women in rock and […]
Queen Caveat has been around the bars and clubs of Hollywood and the Sunset Strip enough to know this dude’s game. With their new single “Mr. California,” the L.A. hard-rock quartet fronted by siren Lauren Little offers a pile-driving response to the artifice their home turf seems to breed. The video was filmed in the […]
Your scrumptious Saturday: ‣ Portland sextet Blind Pilot [pictured] headlines the Fonda Theatre, part of a big tour behind its successful sophomore album “We Are the Tide.” Laura Gibson and Holiday Friends support. ‣ Rancid, Reverend Horton Heat, Lucero and Bouncing Souls are among the attractions today at the annual Hootenanny at Oak Canyon Ranch […]
Our heads are spinning already … and two weeks of this to come: ‣ Madchester favorites James, with a deluxe boxed set “The Gathering Sound” (all 11 of their studio albums on USB stick, 3CDs, a DVD, vinyl and more – whew) on the way, play a pre-Coachella show at the El Rey Theatre. Elizaveta opens. […]
Oh, Sunset Strip, you conflict me so. On one hand you are an interactive museum of rock clichés, Madame Tussauds with a pulse and a Flying V, a vast portion of your denizens seeking to inhabit the tattooed skin of GnR/Jane’s/Van Halen. On the other you inspire a certain sense of wonderment, because the fabric […]
[Happy birthday to ex-Drop Nineteens frontwoman, former Beantowner and current L.A. songstress Paula Kelley … Now, on to the weekend’s festivities:] Check out LA Weekly’s West Coast Sound for my roundup of weekend outings. Here’s a handful of my favorites in a jam-packed weekend: ‣ The Watson Twins, back from 15 dates last month supporting […]
