Tag: Live Music

LA Upcoming: E-40, The Blasting Company

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A short list of recommended L.A.-area shows for the coming week (plus videos for instant gratification). Click “details” for descriptions.

  • Region: Sunset Strip
    Music: E-40, Eyedrop, Da Paranormal, Bellz, The Circuit, Precise
    Vitals: The Key Club on Saturday, March 13
    (details at LA Weekly)
  • Region: Silver Lake
    Music: Les Blanks, The Blasting Company,* Francisco the Man
    Vitals: Spaceland on Wednesday, March 17
    (details at LA Weekly)

Read a feature on the Blasting Company, a.k.a. the Petrojvic brothers, here.

Live In LA: The Bird and the Bee Pay Tribute to Hall and Oates, with a VERY Special Guest

Over the weekend something quite unexpected happened. The Bird and the Bee played a sold-out show at El Rey in honor of their new Hall and Oates tribute album, and who joined them onstage but the legendary ______ himself! Go to Spin to fill in the blank, and check out a few snaps from photog Andrew Herrold.

The Bird, the Bee and baby make three. (Andrew Herrold)

LA Upcoming: 826LA, Boyz II Men, Little Boots

A short list of recommended L.A.-area shows for the coming week (plus videos for instant gratification). Click “details” for descriptions.

  • Region: Echo Park
    Music: The Submarines, The Growlers, Pity Party, Summer Darling
    Vitals: Echoplex on Saturday, March 6
    (details at LA Weekly)
  • Region: Downtown
    Music: Boyz II Men
    Vitals: Club Nokia on Saturday, March 6
    (details at LA Weekly)
  • Region: Miracle Mile
    Music: Little Boots, Dragonette, Class Actress
    Vitals: El Rey on Wednesday, March 10
    (details at LA Weekly)

Live In LA: Cut Chemist Performs Intimate Set

Over the weekend I had the pleasure of attending a free DJ workshop in Hollywood featuring demonstrations and talks from some real local legends. Arabian Prince gave instruction, and Cut Chemist closed out the afternoon event with a jaw-dropping performance. Read more here, via West Coast Sound.

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Class is in session. (Jeanette Paredes)

LA Upcoming: P.O.S., Sloan, Free Energy

A short list of recommended L.A.-area shows for the coming week (plus videos for instant gratification). Click “details” for descriptions.

  • Region: West Hollywood
    Music: P.O.S., Grieves & Budo, Dessa
    Vitals: Troubadour on Friday, February 19
    (details at LA Weekly)
  • Region: Hollywood
    Music: Sloan, Taylor Locke & the Roughs, The World Record
    Vitals: King King on Sunday, February 21
    (details at LA Weekly)
  • Region: Silver Lake
    Music: Free Energy, Mystery Lights, The Blank Tapes, Early Dolphin
    Vitals:     Spaceland on Tuesday, February 23
    (details at LA Weekly)

Live in LA: Dios Throws Free Record Release Show

Dios fans have been doggedly devoted and consistently thwarted over the years. Despite the Southern California band’s immense talent and best efforts, it always just skirts broader fame, a fleeting thing that’s pushed further and further away by confusing name changes and label swaps. But Dios’ latest, WEAREDIOS, should give the band a chance at bigness, and if last night’s performance at the Troubadour was any indication, Dios is ready for the challenge. Read more here.

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Psychedelia abounds. (Timothy Norris)

LA Upcoming: Pearl Harbor, The Album Leaf w/ strings, Imaad Wasif + Lou Barlow + Avi Buffalo

A short list of recommended L.A.-area shows for the coming week (plus videos for instant gratification). Click “details” for descriptions.

  • Region: Hollywood
    Music: Pearl Harbor (performing and DJing)
    Vitals: Space 15 Twenty on Friday, February 12
    (details at LA Weekly)
  • Region: Miracle Mile
    Music: The Album Leaf with Magik*Magik Strings
    Vitals: El Rey Theatre on Friday, February 13
    (details at LA Weekly)
  • Region: Silver Lake
    Music: Imaad Wasif & Two Part Beast, Lou Barlow & The Missingmen, Avi Buffalo
    Vitals:     Spaceland on Thursday, February 18
    (details at LA Weekly)

Live In LA: Yeasayer Plays Natural History Museum

On Friday night, the five-man, living, breathing musical mash-up that is Brooklyn band Yeasayer came to town, and instead of playing to an audience of fashion-forward hippiesters at, say, the Echoplex, the group played to a mixed crowd of massive taxidermied animals and fashion-forward hippiesters at the Natural History Museum. I braved the wild scene on behalf of Spin.

Ira Wolf Tuton sports a beastly box fade. (Andrew Herrold)

LA Upcoming: Daedelus + Nosaj Thing + Jogger, Haiti Relief Done Ska Style, and Wild Beasts

A short list of recommended L.A.-area shows for the coming week (plus videos for instant gratification). Click “details” for descriptions.

  • Region: East Side
    Music: Daedelus, Nosaj Thing, Jogger, Frosty
    Vitals: Echoplex on Friday, February 5
    (details at LA Weekly)
  • Region: Mid-Wilshire
    Music: Haiti Relief with Hepcat, Dengue Fever, Joey Altruda’s Crucial Riddims, The Lions, Very Be Careful, The Tuffingtons
    Vitals: El Rey Theatre on Saturday, February 6
    (details at LA Weekly)
  • Region: West Hollywood
    Music: Wild Beasts, Still Life Still, Magic Bullets
    Vitals:     The Troubadour on Wednesday, February 10
    (details at LA Weekly)

LA Upcoming: Do Make Say Think, Wale, Prefuse 73 + Gaslamp Killer + VOICEsVOICEs

A short list of recommended L.A.-area shows for the coming week (plus videos for instant gratification). Click “details” for descriptions.

  • Region: West Hollywood
    Music: Do Make Say Think, Happiness Project, Years
    Vitals: The Troubadour on Monday, February 1
    (details at LA Weekly)
  • Region: Sunset Strip
    Music: Wale, Chiddy Bang, Audible Mainframe…
    Vitals:     The Roxy on Tuesday, February 2
    (details at LA Weekly)
  • Region: West Hollywood
    Music: Prefuse 73, The Gaslamp Killer, VOICEsVOICEs
    Vitals:     The Troubadour on Wednesday, February 3
    (details at LA Weekly)