Like colorful paper from one of the ever-present confetti cannons, Chinatown Summer Nights burst into action Saturday night for the first of the series’ monthly shows, with L.A. rockers The Janks capping an eclectic evening of live music with a blistering, bluesy set on the Live Music Stage. ||| Photos by Chad Elder The night […]
L.A. classic rockers the Janks are spreading their wings — and spreading out their releases. The quartet, comprised of brothers Zachary and Dylan Zmed, Nate Light and Leon LeDoux, have been issuing a new single on the last Friday of every month this year. The wave of new songs follows up last November’s “Living in […]
Chinatown Summer Nights kicks off its 2015 season on Saturday, June 27, with L.A. rockers The Janks, joined by two special guests from Taiwan, the rock bands Quarterback and Tolaku. The free, all-ages event is the first of four festival nights in and around the Chinatown Central Plaza in L.A. Summer Nights continues July 25 […]
It’s a Saturday kind of Saturday: â–º Day 2 of Coachella features the likes of Jack White, the Weeknd, Axwell ^ Ingrosso, Alt-J, Belle & Sebastian, Ratatat, Hozier, Flosstradamus, Bad Religion, SBTRKT, FKA Twigs, Tyler the Creator, Father John Misty, Run the Jewels and more. [Set times at bottom of post.] â–º Nochella — with […]
Incoming: Coachella, System of a Down, Maroon 5, Odessa, Francisco the Man, Dorothy, Winter, Magna, Civil Twilight, Andrew McMahon, Jenny Lewis, the Fontaines, Jim Lauderdale, Great Caesar, the Used, Dutch Party, Jessie Ware, Ride, Tame Impala, Earl Sweatshirt, the Preatures, Lieutenant, Ariana Grande, Drive Like Jehu, Kimbra, Benjamin Booker, Caribou, the Warlocks, the Underachievers, Odesza, […]
Incoming: The Juliana Hatfield Three, Conway, Ben Ottewell, Salt Petal, Kevin Seconds, Dugas, Safia, Layman, RedRumsey, Flogging Molly, Bad Lands, Redwood Still, Warm Thoughts, Brother Sal, Anthony Jeselnik, Liphemra, Sophia Knapp, Ani DiFranco, Pearl and the Beard, Henry Wolfe, Kingdoms, Bad Romantics, Saviors, Sand Babes, Anthony David & Algebra Blesset, Susanna Hoffs, The Dorian Cheah […]
Incoming: Chinese New Year Festival, Air & Style Festival (Kendrick Lamar, Diplo, Phantogram, Flaming Lips, Steve Aoki, Edward Sharpe & the Magnetic Zeros, Sleigh Bells, more), Avid Dancer, Banta, Scavenger Hunt, Young Creatures, Charming Liars, Fire in the Hamptons, the Parlor Mob, Monogem, Billy Idol, Over the Rhine, Peter Himmelman, No Parents, the Beta Machine, […]
A multitude of options (most of them free) for your Monday: â–º Electro-noir songstress Ivy Levan [pictured], who has an album on the way from Cherrytree/Interscope (and this single out already), does the It’s a School Night at Bardot along with Mating Ritual, the Black & the White and Dead Right. â–º Sego’s second Monday […]
Incoming: Ivy Levan, Sego, Holychild, Wildling, the Fontaines, Josh Kelley, the Janks, California X, Evolove, Ivory Deville, the Temporary Thing, Run the Jewels, the Wood Brothers, French Exit, Misty Boyce, Jonny Craig, Eric McFadden, Leela James, Parade of Lights, the New Deal, Brian Lopez, Chain & the Gang, Flaamingos, the Budos Band, James Williamson, Vaud […]
Incoming: Justin Timberlake, Fleetwood Mac, OFF!, Minus the Bear, Common, Toad the Wet Sprocket, Chris Isaak, A$ap Mob, Jez Dior, Wartime Recitals, Bob Dorough, The Diamond Light, Dorothy, Dreaming Bull, Mirel Wagner, Riff Raff, L.A. Witch, Peter Hook & the Light, Netsky and Kove, Mr. Little Jeans, Erik Hassle, Mr. Gnome, PrincessFrank, Tien, Vandelay, Foxing, […]
