Incoming: Coachella, Rihanna, Thao & the Get Down Stay Down, Angel Olsen, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Broadheds, the Bad Things, Heloise & the Savoir Faire, How to Destroy Angels, Sky Ferreira, Local H, Beach House, Passion Pit, Dave Stewart, yeasayer, Merle Haggard, Savages, the Wanted, Crosby, Stills & Nash, Dianna Reeves, Los Tigres del Norte, […]
Shut out of Coachella? Don’t want to deal with the desert? So in love with your favorite artist that you want to tack on another show besides the festival? Goldenvoice has lined up a bunch of luminaries playing the festival (April 12-14 and 19-21 in Indio) to perform at other southern California venues. The dizzying […]
[Photos and capsule reviews of selected sets from the Main Street Stage at Sunday’s FYF Fest:] Beirut, Yeasayer, Desaparecidos, Dinosaur Jr., Against Me!, King Khan, Givers, Nick Waterhouse, Allah-Las ||| Photos by Laurie Scavo After the jump, more photos and capsule reviews:
[Birthday candles are blazing today for Steven McDonald, whom youngsters know as the bass slinger in OFF! but others may remember as a bratty punk rocker. Cheers.] So many sold-out shows for a Tuesday – here are three that aren’t: ‣ Canadian rockers the Sam Roberts Band (pictured) headline the Troubadour (with Motopony opening) behind […]
Much to do on a Monday: ‣ Yeasayer has embarked on its final tour before getting to work on a follow-up to last year’s “Odd Blood” The band does the first of two nights at the Music Box with Smith Westerns openings. ‣ Dubstep crooner James Blake (joined by Nite Jewel) plays to a sold-out […]
Sunday’s Lollapalooza was what music festivals are all about: quality, variety and … well, quality and variety. It rained early in the day, then turned sunny and mercilessly muggy. Only the Windy City’s breeze and Lolla’s generous portions of shade kept this geezer from wilting. But my schedule had me too excited to notice my […]
Who: Yeasayer at the Mojave Tent. In 3 or Fewer Words: Oxygen, please, oxygen. I’ll Remember This (But Not Fondly) Until the Next Suffocating Tent Show Because: Yeasayer fell short of truly capturing the adoring crowd. The synth-wielding Brooklynites certainly tried, but the Mojave was about 2 sizes too small to accommodate any physical activity […]
There were a lot of mammals – of the stuffed variety and of the soggy variety – at the Natural History Museum on Friday night. The occasion was the February installment of the museum’s First Fridays, and along with the event’s normal fare of fossils, exhibits, tours, discussions and DJs, there were sets from two […]
Update: Thanks to everybody who watched. I hope to post a link to the complete show (with a surprise) soon. Here’s the link to Spaceland Recordings’ webcast of the performances by Warpaint (8:30 p.m.) and Yeasayer (about 9:30) from tonight’s First Fridays event at the Natural History Museum. We had some tech problems last month […]
[If you’re near a computer, watch Buzz Bands this evening for a live webcast, courtesy of Spaceland Recordings, of the Yeasayer/Warpaint sets from First Fridays at the Natural History Museum.] Tonight: Brooklyn quartet Yeasayer, the electro-soundscapers (soundscapists?) whose suddenly dancey sophomore album “Odd Blood” comes out Tuesday, headlines the sold-out First Fridays event at the […]
