Saturday things: ‣Â HARD Day of the Dead kicks off its 2-day festival with Skrillex, Nero, Boys Noize, Them Jeans and more at the Los Angeles State Historic Park. ‣ Two Door Cinema Club kicks off a night of electro-pop with Capital Cities and St. Lucia as support at the Greek Theatre. ‣ Johnny Marr stops […]
Incoming: Arcade Fire, HARD Day of the Dead, Rob Zombie’s Great American Nightmare, Ronnie Spector, Tori Kelly, Demi Lovato, Slayer, Kanye West, Kendrick Lamar, Bonobo, Danny Elfman, Megadeth, CocoRosie, the Flaming Lips, Tame Impala, Iron & Wine, the Cartel, Andy Clockwise, Geronimo Getty, the Neighbourhood, Gov’t Mule, Lewis Watson, Hiatus Kaiyote, Kirin J. Callinan, Falling in […]
Plenty of choices for your Saturday: ‣ HARD Summer 2012 continues with Skrillex, NERO, A-Trak, James Murphy, Datsik, Amtrac and more at the Los Angeles Historic State Park. ‣ More than 30 bands perform at the 3rd New L.A. Folk Fest at Zorthian Ranch, including Beachwood Sparks and Sea of Bees. ‣ Raphael Saadiq and […]
Incoming: Hard Summer 2012, the New L.A. Folk Fest, Kelly Clarkson, Neon Trees, Andy Clockwise, the Ruby Friedman Orchestra, Tenacious D, Jason Falkner, the Mynabirds, Best Coast, Tears for Fears, TV on the Radio, Grouplove, Real Estate, the Belle Brigade, Beachwood Sparks, the Bangles, Tempest and more. Above: Chrysta Bell, the singer who collaborated with […]
Your Sunday slate: ‣ Indie-rock quartet LA Font ought to be in a chipper mood tonight – the foursome’s recent Kickstarter campaign to fund the making of a full-length album met its goal this past week. LA Font headlines the Bootleg Bar tonight, on a bill with the Ross Sea Party and Minneapolis indie-rockers Rogue […]
Saturday night’s show menu: ‣ Alkaline Trio frontman Matt Skiba, who released an EP via his side project The Hell (with ex-Angels & Airwaves drummer Atom Willard) in December and has another side project in the works with AFI’s Hunter Burgan, visits the Troubadour on a solo acoustic tour. Mike Park, the veteran punk rocker […]
Fare for your fantastic Friday: ‣ Lucinda Williams returns for a show at UCLA’s Royce Hall behind her acclaimed release “Blessed.” Blake Mills opens. ‣ Cambodian psych-rockers Dengue Fever join Secret Chiefs 3 for a concert at the El Rey Theatre. ‣ It’s one more local show for Wilco, this one at the Los Angeles […]
Happy Wednesday, and it will be a happy one … ‣ Alabama Shakes, the Athens, Ala., quartet winning accolades for their ferocious and unpretentious fusion of Southern rock and blues, visit the Troubadour for a show that’s been sold out for weeks. Alabama Shakes’ debut album will be out April 10 on ATO Records. On […]
A deliriously busy Tuesday: ‣ Wilco plays to a sold-out Palladium behind last September’s release of the band’s eighth album, “The Whole Love.” White Denim opens. ‣ Few purveyors of guitar-driven pop and heavenly jangle are as adept at plastering smiles on the faces of fans as Tommy Keene. The veteran songwriter released a highly […]
Saturday’s spread: ‣ HARD Summer goes off at L.A. State Historic Park downtown, featuring dubstep/house music sensation Skrillex, along with Chromeo, Odd Future, Duck Sauce, Boys Noize, Ratatat, the Juan Maclean, James Murphy & Pat Mahoney, Digitalism and Gaslamp Killer. That’s Skrillex’s video for “Rock n Roll (Will Take You to the Mountain),” above. ‣ […]
