Selections for your sunny Saturday:Â â–º Title Fight headline the Regent Theater in support of their latest album “Hyperview.” It’s a solid night with support from Merchandise and Power Trip. â–º English psychedelic music project Shpongle takes over the Fonda Theatre with tunes off their latest album “Museum of Consciousness” and special guest Phutureprimitive. Zebber […]
Update at 10:15 a.m. Tuesday: The Moth & the Flame have been forced to withdraw from the event for personal reasons. We’ll have an update on a new lineup soon. The Moth & the Flame [pictured], Pageants, Bouquet, Melted and Traps PS are among the bands who have been added to the lineup for FOMO […]
Forecasting the future, especially at an arbitrary juncture such as year’s end, is a fool’s game. As we learned from our “Bands to Watch 2014,” the timelines for artists’ releases, as well as their creative processes, are frequently capricious. Some things take time. Other things happen overnight. There’s probably some already-signed artist woodshedding right now […]
It was an afternoon of magic on the Miracle Mile on Saturday as Tarfest staged its biggest celebration of music and arts yet on a pristine afternoon. Amid crowds of couples, kids and canines, and while visual artists dazzled from the perimeter of La Brea Tar Pits Park, indie-pop ensemble Hunter Hunted capped a day […]
Tonight in L.A.: Tarfest, Sunset Strip Music Festival, Beck, Bedrocktoberfest, Make Music Go Bang! Festival, Katy Perry, José James, Chvrches, Better Than Ezra, Odesza, Martina McBride, Mickey Avalon
Happy Saturday … ‣ Tarfest, the annual free, all-ages music and arts event on the Miracle Mile that kicks off at 1 p.m., brings Hunter Hunted, the Moth & the Flame, DWNTWN, Tapioca and the Flea and the Dead Ships to the La Brea Tar Pits Park. [Set times here.] ‣ Jane’s Addiction, performing their […]
Tarfest – the free, all-ages music and art festival going off Saturday at the La Brea Tar Pits Park – has announced set times for the five artists who are performing live. The afternoon affair will culminate with a 6 p.m. set from indie-pop favorites Hunter Hunted, who are taking a break from working on […]
Echo Park Rising? Echo Park Raging is more like it. Abiding the First Commandment of Los Angeles shows – “If you give it to them free, they will come” – Echo Park Rising surged again on Saturday, albeit a tad less frenzied than the previous night as news spread about the stabbing death on Sunset […]
Harmony-rich indie-poppers Hunter Hunted will headline this year’s Tarfest, the free, all-ages music and arts festival at La Brea Tar Pits Park on Saturday, Sept. 20. The 12th annual festival on the Miracle Mile, which runs from 1 to 8 p.m., features four more of L.A.’s top emerging musical acts – the Moth & the Flame, […]
It’s Tuesday – album-release day for local bands like Kitten, Bad Suns, A House for Lions and Imperial Mammoth. and a day you can see these people: ‣ Alabama-based soul septet St. Paul & the Broken Bones [pictured] visit the El Rey Theatre behind their album “Half the City.” Ethan Tucker opens. ‣ Two bands […]
Incoming: Lolipalooza, Jaded Incorporated, St. Paul & the Broken Bones, Steve Winwood, the Moth & the Flame, Spanish Gold, Delta Rose, Movement, Isaiah Rashad, Ty Dolla $ign, Quantic, the Wallburds, Sly & Robbie, Taylor Locke Band, Ian McLagan, Fuck Button, Somekindawonderful, Pure X, Tigers Jaw, David Poe, the Thermals, Kurupt, Very Be Careful, Colin Hay, […]