Incoming: Father John Misty, Catfish & the Bottlemen, Tom Vek, Avid Dancer, Scavenger Hunt, Young Creatures, Banta, Ben Howard, Nicole Atkins, the Two Tens, the Vim Dicta, Corners, Kate Voegele, Wet & Reckless, the Warlocks, Natalie Prass, Susan, Granger Smith, Weed, Babes in Toyland, Logic, Pharaohs, Jessica Lea Mayfield, Daedelus, ALO, Boots Electric, Lil Jon, […]
Have a safe Fourth of July: ‣ Steve Martin and the Steep Canyon Rangers and Edie Brickell do a third night at the Hollywood Bowl, capped by the venue’s signature fireworks display. ‣Â Semi Precious Weapons plays the pre-fireworks set (8:15 p.m.) at radio station 98.7’s ALTimate Block Party, the free concert going off at Grand […]
A very eclectic Saturday: ‣ Genre-mashing singer-songwriter-cellist Ben Sollee [pictured] does a night at the Luckman Fine Arts Complex. He recently teamed up with 18-piece orchestra Mother Falcon to cover Daft Punk [download here] and released the free album “The Hollow Sessions,” the follow-up to his fourth full-length “Half-Made Man.” ‣ Singer-songwriter Mary Chapin Carpenter, […]
Incoming: Future Islands, Young the Giant, Kan Wakan, Moses Sumney, Kera & the Lesbians, Busy Living, the Bots, the New Electric Sound, Fever the Ghost, Mad Caddies, the Belle Brigade, Lucius, Step Brothers, Vitamin String Quartet, Shooter Jennings, Mother Falcon, Los Lonely Boys, Action Bronson, Immortal Technique, Citizen Cope, Baths, Delorean, Mary Chapin Carpenter, White […]
The Warlocks sounded like the next big psych-rock giants – or at least worthy successors to Spiritualized – a decade ago when they released the druggy, dynamite “The Phoenix Album” (2002) and followed it up a couple years later with “Surgery,” for Mute. While a cloud of other bands emerged to engage in psychedelic and […]
Oh, hey! It’s still the weekend: ‣ RX Bandits [pictured] are just starting out their tour celebrating the 10 year anniversary of their album “The Resignation,” and tonight they stop by the Fonda Theatre. Special guests Northern Faces join them on the road. ‣Â Jethro Tull‘s Ian Anderson headlines the Greek Theatre where he’ll be playing […]
Incoming: Beyoncé, Anberlin, Leann Rimes, Josh Groban, Royal Teeth, Damian Marley, La Santa Cecilia, New Kids on the Block, Karla Bonoff, Froth, the Hootnenanny, Go Betty Go, RX Bandits, Ian Anderson, the Warlocks, LL Cool J Above: New Orleans sextet Royal Teeth will releasd their debut album “Glow” on Aug. 13 on Dangerbird Records. And […]
A superb Saturday ahead: ‣ The Rolling Stones are back for another night of their “50 and Counting Tour” at the Honda Center. ‣ The annual KROQ Weenie Roast goes off at the Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre, featuring the Black Keys, Thirty Seconds to Mars, Vampire Weekend, Of Monsters and Men, Jimmy Eat World, Silversun Pickups, […]
Incoming: The Rolling Stones, KROQ Weenie Roast, Serena Ryder, Motorhead, Sara Bareilles, Bob Schneider, Gold Panda, Devendra Banhart, Andrew McMahon, Matt Costa, Dale Earnhardt Jr. Jr., PAPA, Appleseed Cast, Andy Grammer, Richard Thompson, Buddy Miller & Jim Lauderdale, Seven Saturdays, Ariel Pink, Sonny & the Sunsets, Fabolous, Sea Wolf, Digitalism, Filligar, Big Boi, Quadron, the […]
Two U.K. greats from the ’90s – Mark Gardener of Ride (pictured) and Adam Franklin of Swervedriver – highlight the lineup for the fifth Clean Air Clear Stars Festival at Pappy & Harriet’s Pioneertown Palace on Sept. 23 and 24. Franklin will be performing with his band Adam Franklin & Bolts of Melody at the […]
