Party with Morrissey, Royal Machines, Hunter Hunted, Gladys Knight, Rancid, X, Motley Crue, Saint Motel, Bryson Tiller, Orgone, A Place to Bury Strangers, STRFKR, Dick Dale, Lord Huron, Jesse Hughes, the Aggrolites and more.
Including: Mötley Crüe, Figs Vision, Rainbow Jackson, Ozomatli, Morrissey, Royal Machines, Hunter Hunted, Glady Knight, Rancid, X, Saint Motel, A Place to Bury Strangers, STRFKR, Lord Huron, Jesse Hughes, the Aggrolites, Armors.
Another super Saturday: ‣ Chinatown caps its popular Summer Night series with its Mid-Autumn Moon Festival, and it’s another stacked night. The LA Weekly-sponsored live music stage curated by Buzz Bands LA features Crash Kings [pictured], Dorothy, Mosco Rosco, SD3 (featuring Cary Brothers), the Singles and Run Things at Chinatown Central Plaza. Loads of family activities, a stellar […]
Coachella draws closer and so do some its performers: ‣ Swedish electronic duo the Knife warm up for their Friday night Coachella appearance at the Fox Theater Pomona, and as always with shows featuring Karin and Olof Dreijer, the performance figures to be high-concept theater. The troupe for their “Shaking the Habitual Tour” numbers 22, […]
Incoming: Coachella, Lawrence Rothman, Banta, Mystic Braves, Mosco Rosco, On An On, Ziggy Marley, Foster the People, Katie Herzig, Summer Camp, Ingrid Michaelson, Boy & Bear, STRFKR, the Dead Ships, Beck, the Knife, RAC, De Lux, Together Pangea, Chromeo, FKA Twigs, Disclosure, Motorhead, Ruby Friedman, Joe Ely, Switchfoot, Pet Shop Boys, Eastern Conference Champions, Karsh […]
Tuesday’s touts: ‣ AFI – back this week with “Burials,” its first new album since 2009, headlines the Fonda Theatre, with Touche Amore opening. ‣ Dream-pop trio Au Revoir Simone visits the Echoplex behind its new album “Move in Spectrums” [we shared the video for “Somebody Who,” here”]. Sophia Knapp, CALLmeKAT and My Hawaii support. […]
It was fitting on Sunday at the Treasure Island Music Festival that U.K. quartet Palma Violets opened their set with a cover of “California Sun,” the song the Rivieras made a hit in 1964. There was sun at the festival, but it wasn’t very warm. The entire crowd had learned Saturday that there was a […]
Incoming: Animal Collective, Best Coast, Surfer Blood, Laura Marling, Twin Forks, Gossling, Phantogram, AFI, James Blake, STRFKR, Real Estate, Au Revoir Simone, Jenny Lewis, Leagues, Hunx & His Punx, Katy Perry, Tricky, Sanglorians, Spindrift, the Sounds, Mark Knopfler, Crystal Fighters, Karl Denson’s Tiny Universe, Radical Face, J. Cole, NONONO, Streetlight Manifesto, Holly Conlan, Hanni El […]
Portland’s STRFKR has never been a band to color inside the lines; their electro-pop has always been quirky. And with their latest album “Miracle Mile” boasting songs that are bouncing off the walls, their David Fine-directed video for “While I’m Alive” follows suit. A bit haunting but also a bit silly, an elderly man seems […]
Your daytime/nighttime activities, starting with three local events: ‣ The Ranch Party festival in Toganga Canyon boasts a lineup featuring The Internet, Kisses, Races, the Record Company, Jeffertitti’s Nile, HOTT MT, Mansions on the Moon, Zak Waters, Goodnight Keaton, the Dustbowl Revival, Terraplane Sun, Mystery Skulls, the Diamond Light, Eagle Rock Gospel Singers and more. […]
