Sunset Junction, who needs ya? That seemed to be the attitude on Saturday as Silver Lake, Echo Park and downtown sprang to life on Saturday, with music venues and other businesses opening their doors to bands displaced by the cancellation of the annual street fair. Fans shuttled to and from locales hosting day- and nighttime […]
Bands who were all dressed up for Sunset Junction and now have nowhere to go scrambled to find other gigs this week in the wake of the festival’s cancellation. Talent buyers with holes in their weekend schedules suddenly have myriad options. Here’s what’s on our radar (Thursday morning updates in red, Thursday afternoon updates in […]
The summer concert fun is never over until you’ve wiped the butter from your chin. Which is to say that the Port of Los Angeles Lobster Festival is approaching – the three day event is Sept. 16, 17 and 18, and the lineup, again curated by ex-Indie 103.1 music director Mark Sovel, offers some of […]
[It’s not only Cinco de Mayo, but it’s Adele’s birthday. Best wishes, and here’s what’s up tonight …] Great night ahead: ‣ It’s that time of the month: The Rumble hits the Echo tonight, topped by two SoCal bands who released fine debut albums already this year. Apex Manor’s pop-rock gem “The Year of Magical […]
[So long, January. Happy 55th birthday, John Lydon. Onward:] Top 5 ways to start your week: ‣ Peter Bjorn & John have been making the rounds as if they’re an up-and-coming buzz band. Secret show Saturday night, gig at the Center for the Arts in Eagle Rock on Sunday … and tonight, an appearance at […]
Top show options on a busy Monday: ‣ Wanda Jackson, backed by Jack White and the Third Man House Band, plays a second night at the El Rey Theatre. ‣ On the eve of the release of their third album, “Mine Is Yours,” Cold War Kids play the Bootleg Theater. ‣ White Lies, their new […]
[Birthday greetings today go out to Stephin Merritt …] Calling it just another manic Monday: ‣ New Jersey punk rockers Screaming Females (that’s their video for “Wild,” above) bring their riot grrrl-inspired shredding to the Echoplex, supported by La Sera and Lovely Bad Things. ‣ Expect to hear some new songs when Great Northern plays […]
[Rod Stewart, Donald Fagen and Pat Benatar all celebrate birthdays today on this day of ones and zeroes, 01/10/11.] Tonight’s top touts, and there a lot for Monday: ‣ Two of L.A.’s top up-and-coming bands, the Belle Brigade and the Fling – who are sharing the residency this month at Spaceland – are joined tonight […]
The Fling, the Long Beach quartet whose affection for ’60s-style harmonies and fuzzy psychedelia moved the band quickly to the front of the line among folk-rock revivalists, have signed to Dangerbird Records. ||| Also: The backstory of the Fling, along with a download of “Strangers.” The L.A.-based label – home to Silversun Pickups, Minus the […]
Top 7 shows on a criminally overbooked night on which Buzz Bands could hit any of 10 shows and have a very good time: ‣ Tim Booth and James, whose music occupied a special place in our soundtrack to the ’90s, is back with a good new album “The Morning After the Night Before.” They […]
