Tonight in L.A.: LA Bluegrass Situation The Word, Scorpions
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Also: Common Kings, Hiatus Kaiyote, Supersonico, Idina Menzel
Tonight in L.A.: Surfer Blood, So Many Wizards, Ximena Sariñana, Incan Abraham, the Melodic, Ólafur Arnalds, Portugal. The Man
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Happy 7/11 … now if the weather only clears up: ‣ Surfer Blood, their new album “Pythons” out last month, head up the first of the free Twilight Concert Series shows at the Santa Monica Pier. Terraplane Sun supports. ‣ Indie-rockers So Many Wizards help kick off the “Roaring Nights at the L.A. Zoo” series, […]
The Week Ahead: July 8-14
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Incoming: Future Bible Heroes, Todd Rundgren, Western Lows, Tokimonsta, the Webb Brothers, Amadou & Miram, Queen Latifah, Crash Kings, Yes, Surfer Blood, Inc., Ximena Sariñana, Incan Abraham, Olafur Arnalds, Portugal. The Man, Akron/Family, Hunter Hunted, Say Anything, Vieux Farka Touré, Young Dubliners, Las Cafeteras, Lightning in a Bottle festival Slightly Stoopid, Colbie Caillat, Psychedelic Furs, […]
Tonight in L.A.: Dawes, Janet Jackson, Ximena Sarinana, Bryan John Appleby, Judson McKinney
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Welcome to September: ‣ KCRW’s summer-long Twilight Dance series at the Santa Monica Pier is winding down; tongiht’s free show features Malibu-bred quartet Dawes headlining, supported by Sonny & the Sunsets and Olio. ‣ Janet Jackson brings her “Number Ones: Up Close and Personal Tour” to the Greek Theatre, where she will do material from […]
Tonight in L.A.: Ximena Sariñana, Sarah McLachlan, the Monkees, Dirt Bird, the Fling, So Many Wizards
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Check traffic reports, check wallet, check out a show: ‣ Ximena Sariñana, fresh off tour with Fitz & the Tantrums and with her English-language debut (produced by Dave Sitek and Greg Kurstin) coming Aug. 2, headlines the Echoplex. That’s her video for “Shine Down,” above, which we previewed before her Silverlake Jubilee performance. ‣ The […]
The Buzzsicle: Silverlake Jubilee 2011 Mix
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This installment of our intermittent mixtapes, The Buzzsicle, Vol. 13, is devoted to the weekend’s second annual Silverlake Jubilee, which gives you a lot of bang for 5 bucks. I’ve compiled an hour’s worth of music from 18 of the artists playing the festival. Enjoy. ||| Download: The Buzzsicle 13 (84 MB) After the jump, […]
Ears Wide Open: Ximena Sariñana
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“You’re no different from me / No matter the language we speak,” Ximena Sariñana sings on her first English-language single, “Different,” which, owing to its nifty production, horns and even a little whistling, is sticky as syrup. Sariñana, the Guadalajara-born songwriter and actress, allows as how she’s “from a different world,” but by the time […]
