Tarfest returned to the La Brea Tarpits Park on Saturday, with Blondfire, So Many Wizards, the Makepeace Brothers, the Steelwells, Helena and Soft Swells soundtracking an afternoon and evening that included live art, sculpture, food and family fun – including a monstrous outbreak of hula-hooping. The spectacular sunset behind the Makepeace Brothers’ set kinda put […]
The 10th annual Tarfest – the music and arts festival on the Miracle Mile – officially kicks off tonight with an exhibition curated by Holly Harrison of LACMA, but for music fans the treats come Saturday when a free, all-ages outdoor festival goes off in the park adjacent to the La Brea Tar Pits. The […]
Rising electro-pop outfit Blondfire will be joined by Soft Swells, Helena, So Many Wizards, the Steelwells and the Makepeace Brothers at this year’s Tarfest, the annual celebration of music and art on the Miracle Mile. The free outdoor concert on Saturday, Sept. 22 at the La Brea Tar Pits Park (5801 Wilshire Blvd.) kicks off […]
It’s a monster weekend ahead – and not just for Hanni El Khatib, who does the Abbot-Kinney Festival en route to his album release show for “Will the Guns Come Out” (Monday night at the Echo). On Saturday, there’s free music at the Frogtown Art Walk, as well as a beer-sponsored event called “Walk the […]
Tarfest – the annual music and arts festival that brings a day of activities to the Miracle Mile – will feature L.A. rockers Everest and Saint Motel at the top of a bill for a free, outdoor show on Sept. 25 at the La Brea Tar Pits. The festivities, which begin at noon, will also […]
Fans who remember the Deadly Syndrome as a wiry, winsome indie-rock band had another thing coming Saturday night at the El Rey Theatre. Headlining the music night of TarFest, the Los Angeles quartet played a set that suggests they must have been guzzling protein shakes in the months they’ve been working on their sophomore album. […]
Thanks to LA Record, I was turned on to the Polyamorous Affair’s video for “White Hot Magic.” [Caution: The version above has some dirty words in it.] Like the duo’s Manimal Vinyl debut, “Bolshevik Disco,” it’s the product of the vivid and slightly warped imagination of Eddie Chacon (he of 1992’s “Would I Lie to […]
