Also on Friday: Eric Bellinger, Ozma, Alain Whyte, Francisca Valenzuela, the Grouch, Quitapenas, No Age, DZ Deathrays, Your Angel, Black Sabbitch, the Tubes, Saosin, Jade Jackson, the Dirty Diamond
Also on Thursday: Jade & Willow, Shoreline Mafia, Ginger Root, the Milk Carton Kids, Mulatu Astatke, Teddy Swims, Viento Callejero, Surfaces, the Grouch, Eric Bellinger, Ted Z & the Wranglers
Incoming: All Time Low, DIIV, Robert Francis, SiR, Whispertown, Rooney, UMI, Waterparks, Chris Isaak, X, the Milk Carton Kids, Jaden & Willow, Ozma, Lola Kirke, Thursday, Shoreline Mafia, Anita Baker, the Growlers, My Chemical Romance, Francisca Valenzuela, Alain Whyte, Jade Jackson, Ariana Grande, Adam Lambert, the Joy Formidable, Julia Holter, Bleachers
The Rentals are back, and not a moment too soon, especially since it’s been 19 years since “The Return of the Rentals.” As Matt Sharp and gang show on “Lost in Alphaville,” the new album released last month, they still hold the key to a lot of pop hearts. At the Fonda Theatre on Friday […]
Power-pop stalwarts Ozma have had a mercurial career: Branded as Weezer acolytes early on, they culivated a fervent fanbase before parting ways in 2004 after three albums – only to return strong in 2007 with “Pasadena,” which established their own crunchy sound. In March, a stint on the Weezer Cruise in their rear-view mirror, the […]
Here’s your fantastic Friday: ‣ Stephen Malkmus & the Jicks visit the the El Rey Theatre behind their first album in three years, “Wig Out at Jagbags.” That’s Jay Winebrenner’s video for “Cinnamon and Lesbians,” above. ‣ Moving Units and Torches team up for a show at the Roxy Theatre, with House Fire supporting. ‣ […]
Daniel Brummel knows hooky guitar rock. He has spent more than a decade as bassist-singer in Ozma, played in L.A.-based bands Spain and the Elected and even filled in with Weezer for a time. His work as bandleader of the L.A. sextet Sanglorians is another beast – a maniacal collision of power-pop and prog-rock that […]
Here’s your huge Friday: ‣ Barry Manilow does the first of three nights at the Greek Theatre. ‣ Remember the year 2000 and how great the Dandy Warhols’ “Thirteen Tales from Urban Bohemia” was? They’re performing that album, which just got the deluxe release treatment, tonight at the Wiltern. at the Wiltern ‣ Now ensconced […]
Incoming: Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers, Bjork, the 88, Radar Bros., Parson Red Heads, Snowden, Caifanes, Tijuana No, Beth Orton, Fall Out Boy, Cyndi Lauper, Alkaline Trio, Emily Wells, Brent Amaker & the Rodeo, Barry Manilow, the Dandy Warhols, CSS, Cold Cave, Ozma, Nightmare & the Cat, Robert DeLong, Robert Earl Keen, the Bats, Peter […]
Your Saturday selections: ‣ Mark Kozelek of Sun Kil Moon/Red House Painters does at the Church Sessions at the First Unitarian Church LA. Sun Kil Moon’s latest collaboration of the Album Leaf, “Perils of the Sea,” comes out April 30. ‣ Robert Randolph hits UCLA’s Royce Hall behind the new album he did with some […]
