[I’d like to welcome birthday boy Kevin Haskins to the fifties today. The weather’s nice up here.] My top 3 reasons to be out among you tonight: ‣ The New Pornographers, boasting their original lineup and a pretty undeniable new album, “Together,” play the first of two nights at the Fonda Theatre, with the Dodos […]
What a long, strange cab ride it’s been. Death Cab for Cutie, former bedroom pop heroes out of the soggy Northwest, carried the indie banner to the sold-out Hollywood Bowl on Sunday night, delivering a performance that wasn’t so much an exclamation point on their 11-year-career – though it might look that way on the […]
[Have a safe holiday weekend. And raise a glass for birthday boy Robbie Robertson on Sunday.] Today: ‘Tis the season … for music outdoors. Among the many offerings around SoCal is a free concert series at Levitt Pavilion in Pasadena, where French songstress Emilie Simon [pictured] performs at 8 tonight. She’s also at the Bootleg […]
