“If you build it, they will come.” Or more specifically – if you have a will and a parking lot, you can build a music festival, and they will come. Such was the case at Saturday’s inaugural Bedrocktoberfest, located at Echo Park’s Bedrock LA complex off Glendale Boulevard, which had the feel of a fun […]
Echo Park-based recording complex Bedrock LA is getting into the festival business – the inaugural Bedrocktoberfest will go off Saturday, Oct. 5, with music from RZA, Liam Finn, Twin Shadow & Wynn (DJ set), and Vanaprasta. The one-day event, co-sponsored by LA Weekly, will also feature a magic stage with Jon Armstrong, David and Leeman and Rob Zabrecky. The festival kicks off at 3 p.m. […]
Your massive Thursday: ‣ The free Twilight Concert Series at the Santa Monica Pier roars back into action tonight with No Age – whose fourth album “An Object” is coming next month – and Tijuana Panthers. ‣ On another beach, the Faint, Twin Shadow and FMLYBND perform at the U.S. Open of Surfing in Huntington […]
Incoming: Wolfmother, the Postal Service, Savages, Bastille, Davis Fetter, Futurebirds, PAPA, the Happy Hollows, NO, Candlebox, the 1975, Big Freedia, Hockey, Saint Motel, the Belle Brigade, Modest Mouse, Skylar Grey, No Age, Night Terrors of 1927, Glassjaw, Dan Wilson, Twin Shadow, Bauhaus, Rancid, Viva Pomona, International Pop Overthrow, the Cult, Courtney Love, Frightened Rabbit, Fitz […]
Modest Mouse, the Faint and Twin Shadow will be the big names at the free shows next week at the U.S. Open of Surfing in Huntington Beach. The event’s musical offerings are scaled back compared to last year, when the outdoor shows featured TV on the Radio, Grouplove and Best Coast over three days. This […]
For your super sunny Saturday:Â ‣Â Twin Shadow rolls through town again in support of his sophomore effort “Confess” and plays the Fonda Theatre. Elliphant and Touche open. ‣ Snoop Dogg and Kendrick Lamar [that’s his video above for “Bitch Don’t Kill My Vibe”] get together at the Staples Center. ‣Â The Roots take on Club Nokia […]
Incoming: Justin Bieber, Booker T, Patty Griffin, Rachael Yamagata, Bosnian Rainbows, Com Truise, Robert Plant, Mavis Staples, David Ford, Ozomatli, Colin Stetson, the Soft Pack, Baths, Allah Las, Mike Epps, Erykah Badu, Wanda Jackson, Everclear, Beyoncé, Paper Route, Donavon Frankenreiter, Twin Shadow, Eric Burdon & the Animals, Snoop Dogg, Bob Log III, R. Kelly, Damian […]
Seven months later, we remember two things about coming across Chad Valley at SXSW: 1) Our feet were as aching as his music was soothing, and 2) We kept getting Tears for Fears flashbacks. Next week, the Oxford, U.K., electro alchemist’s debut “Young Hunger” comes out. And our feet are much better, thank you, and […]
Incoming: Xavier Rudd, Ellie Goulding, Freelance Whales, First Aid Kit, Carrie Underwood, Bombay Bicycle Club, Neil Young, Lupe Fiasco, Don Felder, Stars, Los Campesinos!, the Whigs, Twin Shadow, Woods, ZZ Ward, Leon Russell, Paul Weller, Allen Stone, Frightened Rabbit, the Growlers, Maroon 5, Crocodiles, Crystal Castles, the Soft Pack, the Jealous Sound, Dan Deacon, Peaches, […]
[Photos and capsule reviews of selected sets from the Spring Street Stage at Sunday’s FYF Fest:] The Faint, Twin Shadow, HEALTH, Paul Banks, Lightning Bolt, Cursive, Ceremony, Joyce Manor, PAPA, Lovely Bad Things ||| Photos by Laurie Scavo More photos and capsule reviews after the jump:
