Here’s your fare for a Tuesday: ‣ Lucinda Williams, whose self-titled album from 1988 was re-released last month after being out of print for 10-plus years, embarks on a “World Tour of Los Angeles” – she plays 10 shows at nine southern California venues between now and March 3. Tonight, the roots music darling visits […]
Here’s what’s up on a terrific Tuesday: ‣ Meg Myers celebrates the release of her “Make a Shadow” EP (out today) with a show at the Bootleg Bar. Irontom and Bom Bom support. Above, Myers’ video for “Desire.” ‣ Indie-rock trio Augustines, back with a self-titled second album, rock the Troubadour, supported by My Goodness […]
Your Tuesday lineup: ‣ Brooklyn indie quintet Lucius visit the Troubadour for a sold-out show behind their strong debut “Wildewoman.” You Won’t supports. That’s Lucius’ video for “Tempest,” above. ‣ The Belle Brigade, their sophomore album “Just Because” due March 25, kicks off a residency at the Echo, with A House for Lions and Night […]
Incoming: Future Islands, Young the Giant, Kan Wakan, Moses Sumney, Kera & the Lesbians, Busy Living, the Bots, the New Electric Sound, Fever the Ghost, Mad Caddies, the Belle Brigade, Lucius, Step Brothers, Vitamin String Quartet, Shooter Jennings, Mother Falcon, Los Lonely Boys, Action Bronson, Immortal Technique, Citizen Cope, Baths, Delorean, Mary Chapin Carpenter, White […]
Remember those sibling harmonies and the seemingly hereditary charm that made the Belle Brigade a bright light among a constellation of California folk bands? They’re all but obscured by a maelstrom of effects and tribal rhythms on the band’s new single “Ashes.” It’s a different direction for Barbara and Ethan Gruska, who spent most of […]
Your massive Thursday: ‣ The free Twilight Concert Series at the Santa Monica Pier roars back into action tonight with No Age – whose fourth album “An Object” is coming next month – and Tijuana Panthers. ‣ On another beach, the Faint, Twin Shadow and FMLYBND perform at the U.S. Open of Surfing in Huntington […]
Incoming: Wolfmother, the Postal Service, Savages, Bastille, Davis Fetter, Futurebirds, PAPA, the Happy Hollows, NO, Candlebox, the 1975, Big Freedia, Hockey, Saint Motel, the Belle Brigade, Modest Mouse, Skylar Grey, No Age, Night Terrors of 1927, Glassjaw, Dan Wilson, Twin Shadow, Bauhaus, Rancid, Viva Pomona, International Pop Overthrow, the Cult, Courtney Love, Frightened Rabbit, Fitz […]
Your slate of free outdoors summertime concerts just got more crowded. The Belle Brigade will kick off the 17th annual Sunset Concert Series at the Skirball Center on Thursday, July 25. The L.A. trio of siblings Ethan and Barbara Gruska and Keith Karman, working on a follow-up to their 2011 debut, will play the first […]
It’s suddenly feeling like a long holiday weekend … ‣ The first day of Hard Summer 2012 goes off at L.A. State Historic Park with Bloc Party, Boys Noize, Bootsy Collins, Miike Snow, A-Trak and more. Are you going? Recommended reading: The “Getting Here” section of Hard’s website. Riding the Metro is free today with […]
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 […]
