Transplanted Scotsman Charlie Clark is a man with many irons in the fire — he has at least three musical projects ongoing and books the live music at Harvard & Stone — and he has named his new band for the Majestic 12, the secret group formed in 1947 by President Harry S. Truman to […]
Have a solid Monday: ► The Bird and the Bee, their new album “Recreational Love” coming in July, does the first of two sold-out nights at the Masonic Lodge at Hollywood Forever Cemetery. ► The Moth & the Flame and Freedom Fry continue their co-residency at the Echo, with Irontom warming things up. ► At […]
Incoming: KROQ Weenie Roast, Joshua Tree Music Festival, L.A. Vegan Beer & Food Festival, the Bird and the Bee, Cillie Barnes, the Moth & the Flame, Lapsley, Golden Coast, A House for Lions, Dead Sara, Sepultura, Reggie Watts, Sick of Sarah, the Wombats, Nick Mulvey, Waka Flocka Flame, Torres, Elvis Perkins, Thrice, Froth, the Temperance […]
“Hills So High,” last year’s debut from L.A. quartet A House for Lions, was a traditionalist’s dream, full of cinematic, poignant songs built from rock’s basic parts — guitars, stand-up bass, keys, percussion and Daniel Norman’s crystalline vocals. Now the quartet (Norman with guitarist Mike Nissen, bassist Eric McCann and drummer Joseph August Luisi) is […]
Please check your cynicism at the door; it’s time to spend an afternoon with A House for Lions. The classic rock craftsmen’s full-length debut “Hills So High,” produced by Tom Biller and released in June, set the quartet apart – young blood doing traditional rock with open hearts and without a trace of irony. Director […]
Echo Park Rising? Echo Park Raging is more like it. Abiding the First Commandment of Los Angeles shows – “If you give it to them free, they will come” – Echo Park Rising surged again on Saturday, albeit a tad less frenzied than the previous night as news spread about the stabbing death on Sunset […]
Free concerts, record-release parties, music legends … a thriller of a Thursday: ‣ The Twilight Concert Series at the Santa Monica Pier kicks off with indie acts Cults and James Supercave. Free and all-ages, the festivities start at 7 p.m. Above, Cults’ video for “High Road.” ‣ Legendary singer-guitarist Richard Thompson visits Levitt Pavilion MacArthur […]
Incoming: Zak Waters, Cher, Hi Ho Silver Oh, Corners, LA Font, S. Carey, the Bolts, Kilo Virga, Skin N Bones, KISS, Def Leppard, Joshua bell, Town in the City, Los Mysterious, Prayers, The Herbert Bail Orchestra, Peter Matthew Bauer, John Murry, GoldStar, The Mowgli’s, Waters, Cloud Nothings, METZ, The Count Basie Orchestra, Via Echo, Charlie […]
Chinatown welcomed the Year of the Horse over the weekend with a parade, pageantry and a healthy dose of local rock ’n’ roll – the latter coming via 11 bands performing on the Chinese New Year Festival’s Local Music Stage. On Saturday, the Happy Hollows and Parade of Lights closed out the stage amid showers […]
A strong Saturday night:Â ‣Â If you’re up for a night of free music and fun downtown, the Chinese New Year Festival kicks off at Chinatown’s Central Plaza tonight. The LA Weekly Live Music Stage featuring a Buzz Bands LA-curated lineup includes the Happy Hollows, Parade of Lights, Line & Circle, Raw Geronimo, A House for […]