Incoming: Andrew McMahon, Diane Coffee, Sparks, Of Montreal, Blink-182, M.I.A., the Fratellis, Minor Alps, Alison Moyet, Cults, the Cartel, Strange Markings, Quasi, Mad Professor, Only You, Melt Banana, Lupe Fiasco, Mason Jennings, Cass McCombs, Big Freedia, the Vim Dicta, Jonathan Wilson, Steve Aoki, Iggy Azalea, Waka Flocka Flame, Beats Antique, Mayday Parade, the Record Company, Vienna […]
Feel as if you’re trapped in a place as large and sprawling and multi-faceted as Los Angeles? Local quartet Spirit Vine’s new album “Ascender” – finally out this week via Manimal Vinyl – articulates your neurosis on its single “City Daze.” “L.A. haunts you / L.A. haunts you,” singer Jaquelinne Cingolani wails over sheaths of […]
Last Monday of the month, leading into a fright-filled week …. ‣ Oft-imitated girl-group trailblazer Ronnie Spector does the first of two nights at the El Rey Theatre; it’s the 70-year-old singer’s “Beyond the Beehive” Tour. ‣ It’s another night of the Kanye West’s Yeezus Tour at Staples Center, with Kendrick Lamar joining the fun. […]
Incoming: Arcade Fire, HARD Day of the Dead, Rob Zombie’s Great American Nightmare, Ronnie Spector, Tori Kelly, Demi Lovato, Slayer, Kanye West, Kendrick Lamar, Bonobo, Danny Elfman, Megadeth, CocoRosie, the Flaming Lips, Tame Impala, Iron & Wine, the Cartel, Andy Clockwise, Geronimo Getty, the Neighbourhood, Gov’t Mule, Lewis Watson, Hiatus Kaiyote, Kirin J. Callinan, Falling in […]
Is Monday night the new weekend, or what? ‣ Animal Collective brings its spectacular stage show to the Wiltern Theatre, where Dan Deacon opens. ‣ Best Coast headlines the Fonda Theatre behind this week’s release of its new mini-album “Fade Away.” It’s a benefit for the Los Angeles Animal Rescue, and Baby Alpaca and Death […]
Offerings for a fabulous Columbus Day: ‣ Frank Turner & the Sleeping Souls headline the Fonda Theatre behind Turner’s widely praised album “Tape Deck Heart.” The Smith Street Band and Koo Koo Kanga Roo open; that’s the video for “The Way I Tend to Be,” above. ‣ Canadians star at tonight’s installment of It’s a […]
If it’s Monday, it must be … ‣ The Waterboys, their first album in five years “An Appointment With Mr. Yeats” drawing comparisons to the best of Mike Scott’s 30-year catalog, visit the El Rey Theatre. They’re on their first North American swing in six years and Freddie Stevenson opens. ‣ Their tour apparently got […]
Incoming: The Waterboys, Fiona Apple, Blake Mills, Gogol Bordello, 2Cellos, Little Green Cars, Tashaki Miyaki, Max & the Moon, Haunted Summer, Spirit Vine, Sallie Ford & the Sound Outside, Daughter, Natalie Maines, Liam Finn, Spirit Animal, Fever the Ghost, Matthew Santos, the Maine, the Avett Brothers, Tom Odell, Bon Jovi, Culture Collide Festival, the Raveonettes, […]
Some superb shows on tap for your Thursday: ‣ Some personnel and some mailing addresses have changes, but rock quintet Everest remains a huge force. Now split between Nashville and L.A. and with guitarist Aaron Lee Tasjan and Dan Bailey joining Russell Pollard, El Thomson and Joel Graves, the band visits the Satellite tonight, supported […]
Kan Wakan, the septet whose cinematic fusion of rock, soul, classical, Americana and psychedelia immediately won fans in its home base of Los Angeles and beyond, will headline the 75th annual Chinatown Mid-Autumn Moon Festival on Saturday, Sept. 21, in downtown L.A. Signed to Verve Music Group, Kan Wakan is expected to announce the release […]
