Incoming: System of a Down, Sunset Strip Music Festival, HARD Summer, Writer, Bad Rabbits, Sebadoh, Franz Ferdinand, We the Kings, Dr. John, Joan Jett, Xavier Rudd, Son Volt, Shye Ben-Tzur, El-P, the Decoders, Ours, Casey Veggies, the Sword, ZZ Top, Tony Bennett, the Presets, Kitten, the Icarus Line, Daughn Gibson, Blackalicious, José James, Ozomatli, Scott […]
[Birthday candles are blazing today for Steven McDonald, whom youngsters know as the bass slinger in OFF! but others may remember as a bratty punk rocker. Cheers.] So many sold-out shows for a Tuesday – here are three that aren’t: ‣ Canadian rockers the Sam Roberts Band (pictured) headline the Troubadour (with Motopony opening) behind […]
[If I had time to trawl all the Hollywouldya sites, I’d clue you in on all the Grammy parties you won’t see me at. As it is, read about some of them here. Meanwhile, it’ll be a busy weekend even without the award-dispensing, or the Garth Brooks birthday party …] Tonight: What a night to […]
[Hey, where’d my weekend go?] ‣ Holy smokes, Jane’s Addiction has another intimate gig scheduled, on Thursday. Might as well invite the fire marshals over to El Cid early for some chips and salsa. [That’s the scene at downtown’s La Cita during the band’s 150-or-so-capacity show that had its problems last month.] ‣ Local Cambodian […]
On the website of Softdrive Records, the imprint owned by Scott Weiland, the Stone Temple Pilots frontman professes to like “every kind of music,” even something he calls “dreamo.” I wondered, did Weiland have his young signees the Color Turning in mind when he coined that term? “To tell you the truth, I’m not sure,” […]
