Highlights include Jamie xx, Franz Ferdinand + Sparks, My Morning Jacket, Hozier, Wolf Alice, Patrick Watson, Albert Hammond Jr., Neil Young, Kurt Vile, Superhumanoids, Alt-J, Twenty One Pilots, Other Lives, Florence + the Machine, the War on Drugs, Father John Misty, Deafheaven, Deerhunter and Of Monsters & Men.
Including: Ariel Pink, the Black Lips, Rudimental, Charlie XCX, Beirut, Julia Holter, Ben Howard, Paul Weller, Telekinesis, Garbage, Culture Collide, the Fratellis, the Bangles, Festival Supreme, Don Henley, Battles, JR JR, My Morning Jacket.
Choral music can make a person feel wretched. There’s just no way humanity can compete with the wholesome, heavenly, virtuous experience of 25 beautiful harmonizing voices, especially when the singers smile shyly the way the girls do in the Silver Lake Chorus “Hold Up For” music video. Surely it was this precious gooey sensation that […]
Today’s going to be a scorcher, but there are plenty of shows to keep you cool: ‣ The Walkmen and Milo Greene do a second SoCal show together this week. This time they’re at the Observatory in Orange County. ‣ Canadian electronic band Austra [pictured above] brings their “dark wave” to the El Rey Theatre. […]
Voices are carrying. The Silver Lake Chorus – a 25-member-strong ensemble co-founded by Samantha Rader (daughter of actor/activist Sally Struthers) – has made waves in L.A. with its choral arrangements of indie music. As the their forthcoming EP suggests, it’s not just any indie music either. “From the Snow Tipped Hills” was written by Justin […]
It’s an embarrassment of riches on the show scene tonight: ‣ Oh, the memories: Lou Barlow has assembled a version of Sebadoh (with Jason Lowenstein and Fiery Furnances Bob D’Amico) for the “Bakesale/Harmacy Remembering Time Tour,” marking the re-releases of the 1994 and 1996 albums, respectively. They hit the Troubadour tonight, with Quasi opening. ‣ […]
