Incoming: Coachella (Weekend 2), Brokechella, Stone Temple Pilots, Royal Blood, Father John Misty, Chet Faker, Luna, Odessa, Dorothy, Dreamers, Desaparecidos, Plain White T’s, Squarepusher, Stromae, Jenny Lewis, Swans, Glass Animals, FKA Twigs, Fleetwood Mac, Barry Manilow, Cloud Nothings, the Bad Romantics, MØ, Neil & Liam Finn, SomeKindaWonderful, Ride, Benjamin Booker, Alt-J, Florence + the Machine, […]
â–º Coachella 2015 kicks off, with AC/DC, Tame Impala, Interpol, Steely Dan, Alabama Shakes, Alesso, Ride, Flying Lotus and many more. [Set times at the end of this post.] And, hey, the headliners have a new video for “Rock the Blues Away,” from AC/DC’s new album “Rock Or Bust.” â–º It’s Fleetwood Mac at the […]
The Ride reunion tour should be called “Let’s Pretend Britpop Never Happened.” Really, we’re better off that way. The best British music of the 1990s (it says here) was released between 1990 and ’92 by the Oxford quartet, the shooting stars of the Creation Records label whose unfortunate late-career artistic turns (forgivable, given the commercial […]
A little midweek madness for you: â–º Jessie Ware headlines the Wiltern behind her widely acclaimed sophomore album “Tough Love,” which came out in October. â–º Reunited British shoegazer Ride warm up for Coachella with a date at the Roxy Theatre, supported by Eagulls. â–º Reunions, Part 2: Drive Like Jehu, back after 20 years […]
Incoming: Coachella, System of a Down, Maroon 5, Odessa, Francisco the Man, Dorothy, Winter, Magna, Civil Twilight, Andrew McMahon, Jenny Lewis, the Fontaines, Jim Lauderdale, Great Caesar, the Used, Dutch Party, Jessie Ware, Ride, Tame Impala, Earl Sweatshirt, the Preatures, Lieutenant, Ariana Grande, Drive Like Jehu, Kimbra, Benjamin Booker, Caribou, the Warlocks, the Underachievers, Odesza, […]
Ride, Interpol, Swans, Belle & Sebastian, Desaparecidos, the War on Drugs, Father John Misty, FKA Twigs and Built to Spill are among the Coachella artists who will be playing club and theater gigs — which have become known as “Localchella” shows — on dates in close proximity to the two-weekend desert festival April 10-12 and 17-19. […]
Words and photos by Matt Draper For fans of layered, wafting guitars and introspective yet noisy backdrops, the longtime Sunday night weekly Part Time Punks showered said devotees with the stacked 11-act Shoegaze Festival last Sunday at the Echoplex. Dubbed “the world’s first” (I wonder …), the event featured performances from contemporary ’gazers such as […]
‣ It’s a big night for the Hollywood Bowl as legendary county artist Glen Campbell stops by as part of “The Goodbye Tour.” [See his video for “A Better Place.] Tonight’s show kicks off KCRW’s World Fest at the venue and features guests Dawes, Jackson Browne, Kris Kristofferson, Jenny Lewis, Lucinda Williams and Courtney Taylor-Taylor […]
I can’t tell how many times I’ve listened to the Ride album “Going Blank Again,” which came out 20 years ago this spring. The cassette (!) stayed in my car for years after its release, and the work of the Oxford, U.K., quartet remains nonpareil (let’s argue) among bands who melded pop sensibilities with the […]
Two U.K. greats from the ’90s – Mark Gardener of Ride (pictured) and Adam Franklin of Swervedriver – highlight the lineup for the fifth Clean Air Clear Stars Festival at Pappy & Harriet’s Pioneertown Palace on Sept. 23 and 24. Franklin will be performing with his band Adam Franklin & Bolts of Melody at the […]
