Incoming: Califone, Vanaprasta, DWNTWN, Criminal Hygiene, Tiny Hearts, Hudson, Tall Tales & the Silver Lining, Rosanne Cash, Ethan Gold, De Lux, Viza, Youngblood Hawke, Pickwick, Golden State, Tribal Seeds, Michael Kiwanuka, Missing Persons, Snoop Lion, Dawes/Nick Waterhouse/Allah-Las, Linkin Park/the Offspring, Tennis, Rye Rye, Spindrift, the White Buffalo, Jonny Lang, Dramarama, Sanglorians Above:Â Â Pickwick, the Seattle-based band […]
‣ KROQ Almost Acoustic Christmas weekend continues with Arcade Fire [that’s their video above for “Afterlife”], Phoenix, the Neighbourhood, Capital Cities, Lorde, Portugal. The Man, Fitz & the Tantrums, Atlas Genius and Bastille, at the Shrine Auditorium ‣ Pehrspace hosts Gurrilla Fest, which has a lineup featuring HOTT MT, Clear Plastic, Dark Furs, Kat Kong, L.A. […]
Incoming: KROQ Almost Acoustic Christmas, De Lux, Cat Power, Froth, VUM, the Wild Reeds, Xiu Xiu, BLEAUX, Entrance Band, Sam Smith, Howie Day, Tapioca & the Flea, Mikal Cronin, Redd Kross, Pretty Lights, Beyonce, Pusha T, Bright Light Bright Light, LA Font, Conquistador, Every Time I Die, Mirror Days, Problem, Macklemore and Ryan Lewis, the […]
Here’s your Wednesday show menu: ‣ Katy Perry celebrates the release of her new album “Prisms” tonight at the Hollywood Bowl, where she will be joined on her “We Will Survive” tour by Ellie Goulding, Sara Bareilles, Tegan and Sara and Kacey Musgraves. ‣ James Blake does his second L.A. show in as many nights, […]
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 […]
Incoming: Animal Collective, Best Coast, Surfer Blood, Laura Marling, Twin Forks, Gossling, Phantogram, AFI, James Blake, STRFKR, Real Estate, Au Revoir Simone, Jenny Lewis, Leagues, Hunx & His Punx, Katy Perry, Tricky, Sanglorians, Spindrift, the Sounds, Mark Knopfler, Crystal Fighters, Karl Denson’s Tiny Universe, Radical Face, J. Cole, NONONO, Streetlight Manifesto, Holly Conlan, Hanni El […]
Happy Labor Day:Â ‣ There are BBQs and then there are shindigs like the Summer Send-Off at the Bootleg Theater featuring performance by the Decoders, Mystery Skulls, Harriet, Moses Sumney, Francisco the Man, Froth, the Cerny Brothers, Grizfolk, Robert Raimon Roy, Kera & the Lesbians, Bad Suns, Moonchild, Trevor Menear, Yonas Michael, Channel One, Douglas […]
Here’s your pre-holiday show lineup: ‣ Fleetwood Mac, who thrilled a Hollywood Bowl crowd in May, return to L.A. for a date at Staples Center. ‣ Huge night at Dub Club, where the Ghetto Youths Crew feat. Wayne Marshall, Cristopher Ellis, Black Am I and Jo Mersa visit the Echoplex on a night hosted by […]
Thousands of bicyclist and pedestrians took to normally car-clogged streets on Sunday as part of the quarterly CicLAvia event, and those who traversed Broadway to visit CicLAvia’s Chinatown hub got a special treat – live music from four L.A. bands and some delicious suds in the craft beer garden. On a picture-perfect afternoon, Sanglorians, Blonde […]
Show picks for Sunday: ‣ Coming off their epic club show Saturday night at the Echoplex, Of Montreal headlines the Culture Collide Block Party (on Reservoir between Alvarado and Sunset in Echo Park, free with RSVP) as the Filter magazine festival comes to a close. The Wombats, School of Seven Bells, Niki and the Dove, […]
