KidEyes is the new project of Greg Cahn (Mind the Gap/MTG) and Ben Epand (Queen Caveat), merging forces to explore a fresh perspective on the despair of pursuing an elusive dream and working through the heartaches of love.
Another super Saturday: ‣ Chinatown caps its popular Summer Night series with its Mid-Autumn Moon Festival, and it’s another stacked night. The LA Weekly-sponsored live music stage curated by Buzz Bands LA features Crash Kings [pictured], Dorothy, Mosco Rosco, SD3 (featuring Cary Brothers), the Singles and Run Things at Chinatown Central Plaza. Loads of family activities, a stellar […]
Here’s what’s up on a fabulous Monday: ‣ It’s a night of female singer-songwriters at at the Greek Theatre – Sara Bareilles headlines behind her latest album, 2013’s “The Blessed Unrest,” with Canada’s Hannah Georgas and the soulful Emily King opening. ‣ Australian DJ/producer Flume, who rocked two shows in L.A. last week before detouring […]
Incoming: Echo Park Rising, Pacific Festival, Flume, Sara Bareilles, Queen Caveat, Panama, Bettye LaVette, Justin Timberlake, Us the Duo, FKA Twigs, Sugar Ray, Dear Boy, Dilated Peoples, NONONO, Mike Stinson, Lykke Li, Casey Veggies, ZZ Top, Harper Simon, Reignwolf, Evan Voytas, Eric McFadden, Death From Above 1979, Imelda May, Foxygen, La Santa Cecilia, Flaco Jiménez, […]
Berlin featuring Terri Nunn and Sweet & Tender Hooligans will be joined by the likes of Beware of Darkness, Jessica Childress, Shana & the Hooligans, Tapioca & the Flea, Irontom, Well Hung Heart and Queen Caveat at this year’s Lobsterfest, which brings three days of music to Port O’ Call Village in San Pedro on […]
What a Friday you have in store: ‣ This year’s First Fridays series at the Natural History Museum winds up with a special night – an indoor/outdoor celebration with four bands rather than the usual two: Unknown Mortal Orchestra, De Lux, Tobacco and Painted Palms. ‣ The 11th annual Ink-N-Iron Festival at the Queen Mary […]
Incoming: Make Music Pasadena, Ink-N-Iron Festival, the Preatures, Hugh Laurie, French Style Furs, Until the Ribbon Breaks, Nacosta, Joel Jerome & Babies On Acid, Gold Star, Justin Hayward, Hudson, Johnnyswim, Electric Wire Hustle, Trans Am, the Squids, Them Howling Bones, Gabriel Kahane, Dan Suga, Timber Timbre, Tijuana Panthers, Bear Attack, Adan Valdez, Kelis, Barry Gibb, […]
For your Friday frame of mind: ‣ Multi-instrumentalist, live looper and pop provocateur Kishi Bashi visits the Fonda Theatre behind his new album “Lighght,” supported by Plume Giant. ‣ It’s Iggy Azalea at the Wiltern. ‣ U.K. rockers Maximo Park headline the Troubadour behind the release in February of their fifth album, “Too Much Information.” […]
Tuesday’s touts: ‣ AFI – back this week with “Burials,” its first new album since 2009, headlines the Fonda Theatre, with Touche Amore opening. ‣ Dream-pop trio Au Revoir Simone visits the Echoplex behind its new album “Move in Spectrums” [we shared the video for “Somebody Who,” here”]. Sophia Knapp, CALLmeKAT and My Hawaii support. […]
Hello, Tuesday: ‣ U.K. folk-rock trio Daughter, so good in May when they played the Troubadour, returns to L.A. for a date at the Wiltern behind their album “If You Leave.” ‣ Natalie Maines plays the El Rey Theatre behind her solo album “Mother.” ‣ Sallie Ford & the Sound Outside bring the good times […]
