Tonight in L.A.: Alt-J/Best Coast, Other Lives, Twenty One Pilots
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Also: The Garden, Vinyl Williams, Lolawolf, Delta Rae, Monophonics, Air Life, Wages, YACHT, Henry Pope, the Knitts
This Week’s Shows: Oct. 12-18
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Highlights include Jamie xx, Franz Ferdinand + Sparks, My Morning Jacket, Hozier, Wolf Alice, Patrick Watson, Albert Hammond Jr., Neil Young, Kurt Vile, Superhumanoids, Alt-J, Twenty One Pilots, Other Lives, Florence + the Machine, the War on Drugs, Father John Misty, Deafheaven, Deerhunter and Of Monsters & Men.
Stream: Vinyl Williams, ‘Space Age Utopia’
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Fun fact: Lionel “Vinyl” Williams is the grandson of John Williams, who scored music for flicks such as “E.T.,” “Star Wars,” “Superman,” “Home Alone,” “Jurassic Park,” “Indiana Jones” and “Jaws.” This in no way prepares your ears for Vinyl Williams, aside from lending credibility to his musical genealogy. The young, curly-haired artist/musician is about to […]
Tonight in L.A.: Dave Stewart, No Age, Pharoahs
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Once again, we’re keeping this short because we’re in Austin putting the X in SXSW: ‣ Dave Stewart teams up with Lucha VaVoom at the El Rey Tehatre for “VaVoom … A Rock ’N Roll Circus†at the El Rey Theatre. ‣ No Age [pictured], Peaking Lights and Dunes at the Center for the Arts Eagle […]
The Week Ahead: March 10-16
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Incoming: The Kooks, the Spazmatics, Russian Circles, Mighty Oaks, Real Estate, Buckcherry, Mike Viola, Free Moral Agents, Krewella, Karl Denson’s Tiny Universe, Gizmo, Scott H. Biram, Dave Stewart, No Age, Vinyl Williams, the Dustbowl Revival, Pharoahs, El Ten Eleven, Young Dubliners, Umphrey’s McGee, Joan Jett & the Blackhearts, Dom Kennedy, Lake Street Dive, Laurie Anderson, […]
Tonight in L.A.: Coachella, Cotillon, Beach Fossils, Telescope
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Sunday things:Â ‣ Coachella Music and Arts Festival winds up with day 3 of weekend 2 at the Empire Polo Club. ‣ The Bootleg’s got a solid show featuring Cotillon, Vinyl Williams, Tapioca & the Flea and the Futures League. ‣ And Part-Time Punks present a two-for-one tonight. Upstairs at the Echo: Telescopes, LSD & […]
Tonight in L.A.: 2nd Annual Los Angeles Psych Fest, Livan/Peter Murphy, Douglas J. McCarthy
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Sunday things: ‣ The Bootleg Theater hosts the 2nd Annual Los Angeles Psych Fest. This year’s lineup features: Acid Mothers Temple, Lumerians, the Shrine, Jeffertitti’s Nile [pictured above], Dahga Bloom, Sister Calypso, Brainfruit, Ahkiyyini, Strangers Family Band, Midday Veil, Wild Wild Wets, Vinyl Williams and Guy Blakeslee. ‣ Livan Beggars & Believers headline the El Rey Theatre with a […]
Ears Wide Open: Vinyl Williams
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Math-heads know “Lemniscate” as a geometrical term that refers to figure-8 shaped curves, such as this one: ∞. It’s also the title of the debut album from Vinyl Williams, the nom de tune of musician and visual artist Lionel Williams – a work that might take an infinitesimal amount of patience to sort. “Leminscate” is […]
Tonight in L.A.: Simian Mobile Disco, No Doubt, Nas/Ms. Lauryn Hill, Capital Cities, Incan Abraham, Vinyl Williams, Paul Banks, Meiko, Chief
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Friday night fever? Here’s where temperatures will rise: ‣ Simian Mobile Disco headlines the Fonda Theatre. The U.K. duo recently released the four-song EP “A Form of Change,” the follow-up to its album “Unpatterns,” released earlier this year. That’s the video for “I Waited for You,” above. ‣ Nas and Ms. Lauryn Hill wind up […]
