“Semi-Sweet” … Well, that’s about right. “Semi-Tart” would be acceptable too. And, perhaps, “Semi-Tough,” although Tijuana Panthers’ new album doesn’t quite pack the punch that the Long Beach trio’s off-the-chain live shows have wielded. The new album, out today via Innovative Leisure Records, mixes beach bunny-inspired surf pop with tallboy-propelled garage rock. It seems forever […]
‣Â Paisley Underground stalwarts the Three O’Clock, who were so impressive in a reunion show at Coachella, [that’s singer-bassist Michael Quercio, above) do it one more time, headlining the Troubadour supported by The 88. ‣ Ziggy Marley visits the Roxy Theatre to do a show that you can watch online right here. ‣ Bass Drum of […]
Tijuana Panthers, the Long Beach trio whose exhilarating blend of surf-garage-punk has inspired mosh pits all over SoCal, will be joining the growing roster of artists on the L.A.-based imprint Innovative Leisure Records. No word on the band’s release plans yet, but they have an album completed and since releasing their album “Max Baker” in […]
What a party Saturday’s 14th annual Eagle Rock Music Festival turned out to be. Recent LA Weekly coverboy the Gaslamp Killer tearing it up on the Stones Throw Stage … Imperial Teen (est. 1996) cracking wise about playing the Emerging Artists Stage … Helicopters circling and people on the rooftops for the performance of “Bizarre […]
Imperial Teen [pictured] and the Henry Clay People, along with the likes of J-Rocc, Thundercat, Peanut Butter Wolf, Terraplane Sun, the Record Company, Beat Club, Tijuana Panthers, So Many Wizards and Robert Schwartzman, have been announced as performers for the 14th annual Eagle Rock Music Festival. The 11-stage, 70-plus-artist event – which historically offers a […]
About the time Redd Kross busted into the 20-year-old nugget “Lady in the Front Row” on Tuesday night, a 4.4-magnitude earthquake rattled the Southland. Nobody in the sold-out Roxy Theatre noticed, especially the sweat-drenched denizens of the mosh pit, a multi-generational gang who were banging bodies to a band well into their fourth decade. Whether […]
Your smashing Sunday selections: ‣ The Duke Spirit stops by the Echoplex in support of their new album “Bruiser.” San Antonio’s Hacienda and the Dead Ships of L.A. support. ‣ The Beach Boys play another show this weekend. This time, those sunny melodies will be ringing throughout the Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre in Irvine. ‣ Lana […]
Who: Tijuana Panthers in the Mohave Tent In 3 or Fewer Words: Long Beach breakfast.
A very happy Friday: ‣ Garbage has a pair of sold-out shows on the horizon at the El Rey Theatre, but the resurgent quartet, with their comeback album “Not Your Kind of People” due May 15, do something of a warm-up show at 10 p.m. at the Bootleg Theater. Then, in the adjacent Bootleg Bar, […]
For your Saturday, a movie (including the Movies) and plenty of good shows: ‣ “Pass the Music,” a music documentary filmed between 2008 and ’10 focusing on the Silver Lake/Echo Park indie scene, screens for the first time publicly tonight at the Bootleg Theater. Following the 8 p.m. screening, there will be live music from […]
