This Week’s Shows: July 27-Aug. 2
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Incoming: HARD Summer, The Kills, Social Distortion, Wye Oak, AWOLNATION, Shelby Lynne, JD McPherson, The Offspring, Aretha Franklin, Andrew Bird and more.
Incoming: HARD Summer, The Kills, Social Distortion, Wye Oak, AWOLNATION, Shelby Lynne, JD McPherson, The Offspring, Aretha Franklin, Andrew Bird and more.
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 […]
Saturday things: ‣ The Echoplex hosts “We All Join Hands,” a benefit concert for Richard Gowen with some remarkable guests. Proceeds from the show will go to held defray recent medical expenses incurred by Gowen, who’s drummed for Jonathan Wilson, Robert Francis and many more. The lineup features Dawes [pictured], Nick Waterhouse, Allah-Las, Pink Mountaintops, […]
Last weekend’s 10th annual Ink-N-Iron Festival had more than its share of vintage culture – classic cars and hot rods, tricked-out bikes, an art show and a fashion bazaar, drawing with thousands of tatted enthusiasts to the Queen Mary Events Center in Long Beach. It had some vintage rock ’n’ roll too, with Iggy & […]
Sunday, starting off locally: ‣ The Reflections celebrate the release of their debut “Limerence” by rocking the Bootleg Bar. Clear Plastic and Fever the Ghost support. ‣ Brutus Gets the Girl heads up a local show at the Troubadour behind their recent release “La Luna Follows the Sun,” with the New Room, Lady Katherine and […]
Incoming: Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers, the Olms, Lenka, Crystal Fighters, Willy Moon, Big Black Delta, KING, Bjork, Jewel, Parquet Courts, Mihael Paskalev, Ron Sexsmith, Capital Cities, Meg Myers, Ceremony, Alice Cooper, Marilyn Manson, the Black Lips, Trash Talk, the Virgins, Generationals, the Boxer Rebellion, Iggy & the Stooges, Rocket From the Crypt, the Drums, […]
Our frantic Friday: ‣ Ariel Pink’s Haunted Graffiti headlines the Fonda Theatre behind its new album “Mature Themes” (that’s the video for “Only in My Dreams,” above). Bodyguard and Dam-Funk support. ‣ Filter magazine’s Culture Collide continues at various venues in Echo Park, tonight’s lineup highlighted by the Big Pink, School of Seven Bells, Zola […]
Incoming: The Lumineers, Garbage, Justin Bieber, the Shins, Emmylou Harris, the Jezabels, Deerhoof, Wax Tailor, the Wombats, Conor Oberst, Kimbra, Father John Misty, Nick Lowe, Coheed & Cambria, Dr. Dog, Patrick Wolf, the Offspring, Jason Mraz, Ariel Pink’s Haunted Graffiti, the Black Keys, the Head & the Heart, She Wants Revenge, the Maccabees, Of Montreal […]
By Dani Miskell The Sunset Strip Music Festival fell short of the standard set the previous two years, and by the end of Saturday’s street festival it was apparent that the festivities offered a lot more for party animals than it did music fans. Sure, you had the Strip’s iconic venues and delicious food trucks […]
Stay cool, stay calm, hydrate: ‣ It’s time for the fifth annual Sunset Strip Music Festival, with Marilyn Manson, the Offspring, Steve Aoki, Bad Religion, Black Label Society, Far East Movement, De La Soul and more playing on the outdoor stages and clubs shows featuring Wax, Das Racist, Wallpaper, Matt Skiba, Love & a .38, […]