Tonight in L.A.: Guns N’ Roses, PJ Harvey, Echo Park Rising
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Also on Friday: Guided By Voices, Ben Harper, JMSN, Mariachi Flor De Toloache, Qui, Panic in Eden, the Rooks, the Sonics, Riff Raff
This Week’s Shows: Aug. 15-21
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Incoming: Echo Park Rising, Chinatown Summer Nights, Eagle Rock Music Festival, Guns N’ Roses, PJ Harvey, Mavis Staples, Coldplay, Adele, Ziggy Marley, Jackson Browne, Parquet Courts, Guided By Voices, Ben Harper, Pat Benatar, Todd Rundgren, Digable Planets, more
Tonight in L.A.: Ben Harper, Ibeyi, Mac McCaughan, Tourist
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Also: Old 97’s, Mobb Deep, MarchFourth, Darlene Love, Summer Heart, Chris Stills, Genevieve Bellemare, Zedd, Modestep, Atreyu
This Week’s Shows: Sept. 14-20
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Including: Mad Decent Block Party, Long Beach Folk Revival Festival, LA Psych Fest, Ms. Lauryn Hill, Wavves, Donavon Frankenreiter, the Revivalists, Hum, Ben Harper, Ibeyi, Mac McCaughan, Los Lobos, the Continental Drifters and more.
Photos: George Fest’s all-star lineup celebrates the music of George Harrison at the Fonda Theatre
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Recap and photos by Michelle Shiers The stars – and the crowd – came out for Sunday night’s “George Fest: A Night to Celebrate the Music of George Harrison,” a benefit for the Sweet Relief Musicians Fund originally scheduled for the El Rey Theatre but moved to the bigger Fonda Theatre because of ticket demand. And […]
Stream: Ben & Ellen Harper, ‘A House Is a Home’
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Mother’s Day is Sunday, so we would be remiss (if not severely upbraided) if we did not tout the new album “Childhood Home” (out this week). It’s the work of Ben & Ellen Harper – yes, the son in collaboration with the mother – and you’d be hard-pressed to find a more familial album of […]
Tonight in L.A.: Chvrches, Body Parts, Ben Harper, SOHN, Against Me!, Act As If, Night Terrors of 1927, Wunder Wunder, Mars & the Massacre
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Monday madness: ‣ Since Scottish trio Chvrches last visited L.A. in May, they’ve released their full-length “The Bones of What You Believe” and toured a lot. The indie-pop trio returns tonight for a date at the Wiltern. That’s their video for “The Mother We Share,” above. ‣ Body Parts continue their residency at the Satellite […]
Tonight in L.A.: Ben Harper/Fitz and the Tantrums, Van Hunt, Foster the People/Kimbra, Ghostland Observatory, Laura Marling, Madi Diaz/Harper Blynn, more
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Sunny, sunny Sunday: ‣ Ben Harper and Fitz and the Tantrums play their second SoCal date together this weekend. This time they’re at the Hollywood Bowl where Vieux Farka Touré will also join them. ‣ Van Hunt keeps the free outdoor music series in Pasadena going strong at the Levitt Pavilion. ‣ Foster the People […]
Ears Wide Open: Son of Stan
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Jordan Richardson made a name for himself in L.A. with his rhythms – the native Texan is the drummer for Ben Harper, and before that he manned the kit for local indie-rockers Oliver Future. (He was last spotted on this website participating in the stoner-rock project Epic Ruins.) Between tours of duty with Harper, though, […]
Fitz & the Tantrums, Flying Lotus get Bowl dates
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Fitz & the Tantrums, the L.A. pop-soul outfit who just played the Coachella main stage and whose debut album “Pickin’ Up the Pieces” has now sold north of 126,000 copies, get their turn at the Hollywood Bowl on July 1 when they join a bill that includes SoCal native Ben Harper and Saharan wizard Vieux […]
