‣ Punk-rock foursome OFF! headline the Roxy Theatre behind their new album “Wasted Years,” supported by Cerebral Ballzy and NASA Space Universe. That’s OFF!’s new video for “Red White and Black,” above, directed by the Admiral and featuring comedians Dave Foley (“Kids in the Hall”) and Brian Posehn (“Mr. Show”) as fascists who get what […]
Incoming: Stagecoach, Arcade Fire, Fascinator, Lawrence Rothman, Banta, Mystic Braves, Mosco Rosco, Godflesh, AJR, Tove Lo, The Men, DEATH, Elizabeth & the Catapult, Heaps N Heaps, Xiu Xiu, Asher Roth, Guns N’ Roses, Joan Jett & the Blackhearts, Daley, Tom Brosseau, Tommy & the High Pilots, Run Things, Flagship, OFF!, Thou, Moving Units, T. Mills, Plan B, Dean Wareham David […]
The good, the bad and the Friday: ‣ It’s that time of the month – First Fridays at the Natural History Museum goes off tonight, with a little herpetology, some “Killer Newts” (no, that’s not a band name but probably should be) and music from San Fermin, Son Lux and Wild Up! ‣ Nick Waterhouse […]
Here’s your Tuesday lineup: ‣ Islands headline the Troubadour behind its newest album “Ski Mask.” Haunted Summer and Crash (Christopher Richard of Edward Sharpe & the Magnetic Zeros and the Deadly Syndrome) open. ‣ Together Pangea celebrates today’s release of their album “Badillac” by rocking the Smell, supported by the Audacity, the Aquadolls and Wand […]
Incoming: Justin Timberlake, Gilby Clarke, Islands, Josh Ritter, Tom Brosseau, Betty Who, Goldie, Eagles, Cloud Control, Max Bemis, Faith Evans, Sarah Jarosz, RL Grime, Imagine Dragons, Francisco the Man, Dent May, Belmont Lights, Of Montreal, Afternoons, Jake Buggs, Trombone Shorty, STS9, Machine Gun Kelly, Wodden Shjips, Prefuse 73, Bart Davenport, Robert Glasper Experiment, Great White, […]
Sunday Things: ‣ It’s a night of hip hop at the Greek Theatre with LL Cool J, Ice Cube, Public Enemy and De La Soul all joining each other on stage. ‣ The New LA Folk Fest hosts a special evening at the historic Golden West Church by presenting John C Reilly, Tom Brosseau [pictured] and […]
The spare acoustic folk music of Les Shelleys comes courtesy of two very familiar voices in L.A.’s singer-songwriter circles: Tom Brosseau and Angela Correa (of Correatown). It’s the stuff of sepia-toned photographs and black-and-white movies; the pair met eight years ago and bonded over vintage stuff like Woody Guthrie and Leadbelly. Their self-titled album for […]
[Why, it’s Paula Abdul’s birthday today. Isn’t that nice …] Today: A seriously busy weekend gets started with the seriously beautiful orchestral maneuvers of Grizzly Bear, who are joined by Here We Go Magic to play a (very) sold-out show at the Wiltern. … It’s also opening night at the Hollywood Bowl, where the Bowl […]
[A birthday toast to Robyn Hitchcock, now on with our shows …] Brighton’s Fujiya & Miyagi are back with another album of icy-cool electro, “Lightbulbs” – that’s their video for “Sore Thumb” above – and they play the Echo. … Pop trio Lido Beach, joined by Two Guns, rocks the Troubadour. … Laura Gibson and […]
