[Sunset Junction, other Junction functions, shows by legends and a show by Legend, shows in massive amphitheatres and shows by people with egos the size of amphitheatres – what a weekend. When am I going to find time to celebrate Serj Tankian’s birthday?] Once through the weekend, real … slow … like: Friday highlights: ‣ […]
Kid Cudi and Travie McCoy have been added to the lineup for the Sunset Strip Music Festival, which during its Aug. 26-28 run will be bookended by a Thursday evening Tribute to Slash at the House of Blues and a Saturday night headlining performance by the Smashing Pumpkins. The indoor-outdoor event, which features stages on […]
Remember when the future of the Sunset Junction Street Fair appeared in jeopardy? Doesn’t seem that way now. The 30th anniversary event, its name now shortened to the Sunset Junction Fair, has announced a lineup that’s fittingly all over the map, and with a bigger map – an expansion to five stages of music –to […]
Here’s an encouraging note for the bands around town who try and try and try some more: Leslie & the Badgers’ self-released album “Roomful of Smoke” (which we loved when it came out last year) has been picked up by Nashville-based label Thirty Tiger (home to Elizabeth Cook, Justin Townes Earle, Jim Lauderdale and Those […]
Arrested Development was arresting, the Sonics showed fans the original garage rock, Fool’s Gold was fabulous, and Morris Day, er, took his time – those were some of the memorable moments from Sunday’s second day of Sunset Junction. Photographer Laurie Scavo sends along these images:
[Note: My site’s gallery function seems to be glitchy. You can still click through these great images, but you might randomly see photos from previous posts show up in the gallery. We have our best people working on it …] Crowds were noticeably thinner this year at the Sunset Junction Street Fair – I heard […]
[One sentence or so, over and out …] The roster at Anti- Records gets even more eclectic with today’s news of the signing of Dead Man’s Bones, the project of Oscar-nominated Ryan Gosling and fellow actor Zach Shields, whose debut album (produced by Ima Robot’s Tim Anderson) will come out Oct. 6. (Click on image […]
The beats go on — and gets better — for L.A. dance-pop collective Fool’s Gold. The 12-member ensemble, who rendered audiences fairly giddy during their April residency at the Echo, has signed with L.A.-based indie IAMSOUND Records, home to such artists as Little Boots, Telepathe and Suckers. Fool’s Gold’s self-titled debut will be released Sept. […]
Add another name to the lineup for the Sunset Junction Street Fair – breakout San Diego folk-rockers Delta Spirit [pictured]. The quintet, who supported the Shins on their recent tour and also played Bonnaroo, is still making hay with its twice-released (once by themselves, then last year by Rounder) debut “Ode to Sunshine.” They join […]
Conor Oberst & the Mystic Valley Band and Built to Spill will headline this year’s Sunset Junction Street Fair, according to several reports around the Web this morning, and I’m also hearing that ’60s proto-punks the Sonics are on board to play the festival. Some of the local bands on the undercard have already been […]
