Three fantastic free shows, and other fabulous ones: ‣ The first week of this year’s Also I Like to Rock at the Hammer Museum was a smash hit – and tonight’s second installment of the four-week series promises to be every bit as rockin’. The Soft Pack (pictured), who are working on a follow-up to […]
Your Monday embarrassment of riches: ‣ Scorching night ahead at the Troubadour, where Mexican garage-rockers Le Butcherettes headline, supported by Adebisi Shank and Tera Melos. ‣ Rickie Lee Jones (pictured), with her “Live In Stockholm” DVD coming out next week, is back on tour. She plays It’s a School Night at Bardot, joined by young […]
[Happy birthday today to Rivers Cuomo … Here’s some June un-gloom:] Top stops on a Monday: ‣ Brendan Perry’s “Ark,” his first solo album in 11 years, is just out, and the ex-Dead Can Dance frontman (pictured) visits the El Rey Theatre supported by Cocteau Twins co-founder turned film composer Robin Guthrie. ‣ Florence + […]
First Monday, new month, lots to preview: ‣ Flogging Molly brings the powerful, politically charged punk on its new album “Speed of Darkness” to the Music Box. ‣ Busy night at the burgeoning Bootleg – at the Bootleg Bar, Band of Skulls begins a two-night stand, supported by Miami-bred, L.A.-based songstress Rachel Goodrich (that’s her […]
My top 3 shows to hit if you’re not going to the Hollywood Bowl for Smokey Robinson: ‣ The Californian [background] and Judson & Mary [ditto] play Spaceland, but late additions to the bill will make tonight pretty special – singer-songwriter Charlie Wadhams plays late, and L.A. newcomer (via Austin) Billy Harvey [whom I wrote […]
The Californian of singer-guitarist John Graney isn’t the buff, happy-go-lucky dude you see pictured on the postcard with swimsuit models. He’s desperate, and maybe a little it shadowy, and – judging by the straight-out-of-a-chase-scene guitar lines that open the title track of his “Sea of Love” EP – probably on the run from something. His […]
