‣ It’s another installment for Chinatown Summer Nights at the Old Chinatown Central Plaza. Moving Units, the Peach Kings, the New Electric Sound, the Cold & Lovely, Magic Bronson and the Rebel Light all perform on the Buzz Bands LA-curated live music stage. KCRW DJSÂ Anthony Valadez and Raul Campos will be spinning at the dance […]
Incoming: The Interrupters, the Futures League, Mauldin Strangers, Smoke Season, Tete, Liam Bailey, Mother, Black Rebel Motorcycle Club, Beardyman, Figs Cision, Wild Cub, Herbie Hancock, Christopher Owens, Spoon, Deer Tick, Clap Your Hands Say Yeah, the Coathangers, Deep Purple, Haim, Arctic Monkeys, the Haden Triplets, Eminem, Michael McDonald, Jagwar Ma, the Temper Trap, the Good […]
And Sunday’s fun: ‣ New Order‘s North American tour brings the influential synth-pop band (sans founding member Peter Hook) to the Greek Theatre. La Roux opens. ‣ Brooklyn indie-rockers the Antlers are back for a second night at the Troubadour behind their new album “Familiars.” Above, the video for “Hotel.” Yellow Ostrich supports. ‣ X […]
Incoming: Zak Waters, Cher, Hi Ho Silver Oh, Corners, LA Font, S. Carey, the Bolts, Kilo Virga, Skin N Bones, KISS, Def Leppard, Joshua bell, Town in the City, Los Mysterious, Prayers, The Herbert Bail Orchestra, Peter Matthew Bauer, John Murry, GoldStar, The Mowgli’s, Waters, Cloud Nothings, METZ, The Count Basie Orchestra, Via Echo, Charlie […]
Incoming: Common, the Wild Reeds, the Aggrolites, Sergio Mendes, the Entrance Band, Fool’s Gold, Quetzal Guerrero, Fedde Le Grand, the Dustbowl Revival, Jane Monheit, Camp Freddy, Goo Goo Dolls, the English Beat, Capital Cities, Baron von Luxxury, Spain, Reel Big Fish, the Jim Jones Revue, Avid Dancer, Fever the Ghost, Hindu Pirates, Evan Voytas, Meiko, […]
Did we mention how much fun Lobsterfest was? The three-day frolic at the Port of Los Angeles on Sept. 13-15 was typically festive, satisfying crustacean cravings and rock ’n’ roll hunger, with Big Black Delta, Dead Sara and the English Beat headlining their respective days and surprises like preteen sensations Pretty Little Demons and string-wielders […]
Sunday things: ‣Â The English Beat, Suedehead, Torches, Beat Club and Safety Orange all wrap up the last day of Lobster Festival at the Port of Los Angeles in San Pedro. ‣ Freedom Fry, Warships, Oona, GUIDES, the Low and more get together at District La Brea Summer Garage Jam (181 S. La Brea Ave.) ‣ […]
‣ The Neighbourhood, their debut album “I Love You” still getting plenty of love, plays the Fonda Theatre, with Big Black Delta supporting. That’s Jesse Rutherford, above, communing with the crowd at Coachella. ‣ Another big Thursday at the Santa Monica Pier – the Twilight Concert Series brings the English Beat, Maxwell Smart and Troup […]
Incoming: Chinatown Summer Nights, Echo Park Rising, H2O Music Festival, Buskerfest, the Peach Kings, Yeasayer, Deap Vally, San Cisco, Kopecky Family Band, Rick Ross, Natalie Cole, Kopecky Family Band, Jamie N Commons, the Neighbourhood, the English Beat, Mamak Khadem, No Age, Jonas Brothers, Queens of the Stone Age, Lavender Diamond, Daniel Bedingfield, Ulrich Schnauss, Best […]
Jonathan Bates’ Big Black Delta, hard-rock quartet Dead Sara and ska-punk veterans the English Beat head up the lineup for the Port of Angeles Lobster Festival, which this year again brings a strong lineup of local bands to Ports O’ Call Village in San Pedro. The three-day festival runs Sept. 13, 14 and 15. Also […]
