The annual KROQ Weenie Roast can be a pretty predictable affair – the rock radio giant’s favorite bands playing their rock radio hits – but the early summer affair is often good for a surprise or two. And so it was at the 21st annual Weenie Roast on Saturday at the Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre, when […]
Happy Saturday: ‣ The Eagle Rock Music Festival, with Imperial Teen, the Henry Clay People, La Sera, Peanut Butter Wolf and a performance of “Bizarre Ride II the Pharcyde,” goes off along Colorado Boulevard many more. See updated schedule. ‣ Filter magazine’s Culture Collide with Of Montreal, Icona Pop, Niki and the Dove and many […]
Our frantic Friday: ‣ Ariel Pink’s Haunted Graffiti headlines the Fonda Theatre behind its new album “Mature Themes” (that’s the video for “Only in My Dreams,” above). Bodyguard and Dam-Funk support. ‣ Filter magazine’s Culture Collide continues at various venues in Echo Park, tonight’s lineup highlighted by the Big Pink, School of Seven Bells, Zola […]
Incoming: The Lumineers, Garbage, Justin Bieber, the Shins, Emmylou Harris, the Jezabels, Deerhoof, Wax Tailor, the Wombats, Conor Oberst, Kimbra, Father John Misty, Nick Lowe, Coheed & Cambria, Dr. Dog, Patrick Wolf, the Offspring, Jason Mraz, Ariel Pink’s Haunted Graffiti, the Black Keys, the Head & the Heart, She Wants Revenge, the Maccabees, Of Montreal […]
Contributor Scott Dudelson shares images from all over Friday’s first day of Coachella 2012, including some stages that conflicts prevented us from attending. Oh, the tough choices here. Concert photography by Scott Dudelson
It was a good day for hoodies, hot chocolate and huddled masses on Friday at the Coachella Valley Music & Arts Festival in Indio. A day that began under sunny skies with temperatures in the 70s turned blustery as a mid-afternoon storm front blew through, sending temperatures plummeting and pelting festival-goers with intermittent cold rain. […]
Sunday’s merriment: ‣ Night 2 of KROQ’s Almost Acoustic Christmas boasts a lineup that includes Jane’s Addiction, the Black Keys, Mumford & Sons, Death Cab for Cutie and Noel Gallagher, along with the likes of Foster the People and Grouplove. The evening will be webcast right here. (P.S.: There’s an after-party at Hemingway’s where a […]
The Black Keys are getting ready for their “Back to Black” campaign in support of their forthcoming album “El Camino.” The rock duo follows up their Grammy-winning album “Brothers” by reuniting with Danger Mouse for production, and “El Camino” will arrive Dec. 6 on Nonesuch Records. Although December may seem a long time from now, […]
Who: Black Keys on the main stage In 3 or Fewer Words: Garage closed today. I’ll Remember This Until: Jack and Meg reunite at Coachella 2015. Can the dirty blues be wrought clean and still be all they can be? The Akron sludge-slingers used their prime spot on the main stage to make a claim […]
[One day left till Coachella, and my schedule sheet looks like a 4-year-old practiced drawing circles, lines and arrows on it. So many tough decisions this year …] Tonight isn’t any easier. My Bloody Valentine shakes the chandeliers at the El Rey Theatre, and the Black Keys have a pre-Coachella show at the Glass House […]
