Oh what fun on a Friday: ‣ Nineteen-year-old singer-songwriter Jake Bugg visits the Wiltern; the U.K. youngster’s second album, the Rick Rubin-produced “Shangri La,” came out in November. That’s the new video for “A Song About Love,” above. ‣ The fourth of the five Eagles‘ shows goes off at the Forum. ‣ Resurgent indie-rock sextet […]
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, […]
Some superb shows on tap for your Thursday: ‣ Some personnel and some mailing addresses have changes, but rock quintet Everest remains a huge force. Now split between Nashville and L.A. and with guitarist Aaron Lee Tasjan and Dan Bailey joining Russell Pollard, El Thomson and Joel Graves, the band visits the Satellite tonight, supported […]
Incoming: Mike Stinson, Courtney Love, Sonny & the Sunsets, Purity Ring, Alt-J, Icona Pop, Wayne Shorter, Dave Mason, Evan Voytas, Shwayze, JC Brooks & the Uptown Sound, Cee Lo Green, Trombone Shorty, Moderat, Dende & Band, Everest, Black Sabbath, YACHT, Jenny O., Café Tacvba, War, Joe Satriani, Riverboat Gamblers, the Dickies Above:Â The video for the […]
A huge Grammy weekend Saturday night: ‣ Might he cover Wilson Pickett’s “In the Midnight Hour?” Austin’s Gary Clark Jr. does a show at the Roxy they’re calling “A Late Night With Gary Clark Jr.” – it starts at 11:59 p.m. ‣ The legendary Dr. John visits the Fonda Theatre. ‣ Grammy-nominated Ed Sheeran holds […]
Friday fun: ‣ The Little Ones celebrate their new album “The Dawn Sang Along,” their first release since 2008, with a show at the Echo, with the Lonely Wild and Saint Sea Hat supporting. ‣ Trombone Shorty brings the rip-raoring sound of New Orleans to the El Rey Theatre, with Orleans Avenue and the Stone […]
Incoming: Matt Costa, Dirty Projectors, Silverstein, Kris Allen, the Pharcyde, Emeli Sandé, Delta Rae, ZZ Ward, Kan Wakan, Gliss, M. Ward, Solange, OFF!, Trombone Shorty, the Little Ones, Nick Waterhouse, Chelsea Wolfe, the B-52’s, Dr. John, Ed Sheeran, Wayne Shorter, Ellie Goulding, Petra Haden, Big Freedia, Emmylou Harris, Deadmau5 Above: The video for Dirty Projectors’ […]
A superb slate of shows for your Saturday: ‣ Grammy-nominated the Roots visit the House of Blues for the 8th Annual Roots Jam Session, which is sure to feature some special cameos and this year benefits the youth charity United Roots Oakland. ‣ O.C. breakout rockers Young The Giant headline the first of two nights […]
[Have we had enough of secret/surprise shows? Maybe …] Top show picks for Grammy eve: ‣ Ex-Broken West frontman Ross Flournoy, now doing business as Apex Manor, has a pretty magical album in “The Year of Magical Drinking.” The L.A. quartet’s West Coast tour stops at its home base tonight, the Satellite, supported by Jerry […]
