[Moment of silence this morning to mark the passing of Fear founding member Derf Scratch …] International Pop Overthrow surges into the second week of its annual celebration of classic and power-pop – with six to eight bands per night at rotating venues, it’s an impossibly unwieldy festival to get your ears around (especially with […]
[A bit of everything here: benefit shows, bands with new names and World Cup soccer:] The Airborne Toxic Event returns to the site of their very first show, the Echo, on May 25 for a charity gig for the Neda Project – an Amnesty International-related effort named for Neda Agha-Soltan, the Iranian woman who was […]
Mike Mancillas is well on his way to earning an advanced degree in the Indie Rock School of Hard Knocks. Mancillas (also known by his stage moniker Malcolm Sosa) is the frontman of the band Rademacher, a steady presence on the Silver Lake scene for four years now even though they live in Fresno. Rademacher […]
[Hey, the Internet tells me it’s Teddy Geiger’s 21st birthday today. If he’s around town, I would surely buy him that first legal drink …] A gorgeous night for music under the stars? Looks like it. The Killers play to a sold-out Hollywood Bowl, while the Greek Theatre bill has pop fans salivating – Phoenix […]
Good stuff in the Silver Lake/Echo Park environs tonight, starting at the Echo and Echoplex, where there is a double dose of free shows. Restavrant, along with Spirit Vine and Mini Mansions (pictured), performs downstairs, while the Growlers’ residency continues upstairs. … Resident guys Local Natives, who enjoyed line-down-the-block status last week at Spaceland, do […]
If I had to guess, I’d say Sunset Junction is going to happen this year. I know its status still seems to be a subject of debate in some circles, but suffice to say things will be worked out in time for the big charity street fair Aug. 22-23. Can’t get anyone to clue me […]
Monday, and it’s already a ridiculous night for shows: That familiar face you can spot playing the early set tonight at Gangi’s residency at Spaceland is actor/director Adam Goldberg, who will be fronting his musical project LANDy. Goldberg has written songs for years and has been an occasional collaborator in the L.A. band the Black […]
[Birthday cheers today for Emmylou Harris, who, via her website, points well-wishers to her favorite charity, the Keeta Fund …] It’s a massive evening for shows, starting with biggies like Lily Allen at the Wiltern and Will Oldham, as Bonnie “Prince” Billy, at the El Rey Theatre. … It’s almost criminal that Billy is playing […]
What do you get when you combine rock ‘n’ roll musicians, a love for trompe l’oeil and a fascination with 18th- and 19th-century portraiture? “Gooseberries,” apparently. Which is not the same as goosebumps, although L.A. photographer Sterling Andrews might have gotten some of those too in creating the images in her “album,” which will be […]
[Birthday cheers to Steve Tyler, even if Blender magazine won’t be celebrating any more …] I’ll start with a couple of fun-sounding under-the-radar things: Canadian genre-hoppers Hot Panda [pictured] plays the early set at the Silverlake Lounge. Then there is the electro-cool Alaska in Winter at Bordello. [Sample both below]. … Rosemary’s Garden, the new […]
