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Tonight in L.A.: Hot Chip, Friendly Fires, Golden Daze

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Also on Friday: Ohana Festival, Deadmau5, Ty Segall, Rod Stewart, Pokey LaFarge, Au/Ra, Jonathan Richman, Cut Chemist, Crooked Colours, the Revivalists, Mxmtoon, Hermitude, Eluveitie, Aztek, Djo, the Ruse, Fishbone, Los Angeles Azules, Finish Ticket, the Early November, Oliver Tree

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This Week’s Shows: Sept. 23-29

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Incoming: Ohana Festival, Abbot Kinney Festival, Of Mice & Men, T.O.L.D., Kate Tempest, Cornelius,Jail Weddings, !!! (Chk Chk Chk),India Arie, Emeli Sandé, MUNA, Titus Andronicus, Taylor McFerrin, the Early November, Cage the Elephant, Bombay Bicycle Club, Deadmau5, Barns Courtney, AJR, Rick Ross, Pink Sweat$, Rod Stewart, Hot Chip, the Revivalists, Friendly Fires, Golden Daze, Jonathan Richman, Mxmtoon, Pokey LaFarge, Finish Ticket, Tegan & Sara, Dionne Warwick, Ximena Sarinana, Gary Clark Jr., Pond

Video: Friendly Fires, ‘Hurting’

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Love can really hurt, and in this David Lewandowski-directed clip, no one understands that more than Friendly Fires frontman Ed Macfarlane. Known for his special effects in Hollywood and in films such as “Tron,” we see Lewandowki’s technical touches as well as Macfarlane’s  desperate need for love, which causes a glitchy mess despite the strong […]

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Download: Friendly Fires, ‘Blue Cassette’

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It’s been three years since Friendly Fires‘ eponymous and Mercury Prize-nominated debut, but it sounds like the brief hiatus to focus on recording has allowed them to tighten up their soaring dance music for a crisper sound. Although the English band has been labeled as “dance-punk” thanks to lush shoegaze melodies underneath their strong pop […]

Friendly Fires add a little funk to the frenzy at Roxy

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Friendly Fires arrived with a bang in 2008, following up two EPs with a self-titled album that rockists could love: equal parts guitar tsunami, wall of synth and soaring choruses. On Wednesday night at the Roxy, the Englishmen – previewing songs from their forthcoming sophomore album “Pala” “Lala” [corrected] – gave every indication that funk […]

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This weekend in L.A.: Neon Indian, Pablove benefit, Peter Bjorn and John, Iglu & Hartly, Say Anything

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[It’s Bjork’s birthday on Saturday, celebrate appropriately. Here’s my late-arriving weekend rundown:] Tonight: Alan Palomo’s Neon Indian [pictured; download below] brings its multimedia synthscapes to the Echoplex for a night of cool electro that includes Keenhouse, Tigercity and Little Red Radio. … Julian Casablancas hits downtown’s Palace Theatre for Week 3 of his residency. … […]

Friendly Fires burn brightly at the El Rey

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Must be something about the El Rey Theatre. At Friday’s funfest with Los Campesinos!, vocalist Aleksandra Campesinos sounded like somebody had taken sandpaper to her pipes. And then Monday, Friendly Fires’ triumphant return to L.A. was threatened by the overextended voice of frontman Ed Mcfarlane. “Sorry if I sound like I swallowed a frog,” he […]

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