Tag: Live Music

L.A. Experiential: Leslie & The Badgers, Sing For China

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If you live in/around the L.A. area, seriously consider attending these:

  • Region: Echo Park
    Music: Leslie & the Badgers, Welldiggers Banquet, Old Californio…
    Vitals: The Echo on Monday, September 7
    (details at LA Weekly).
  • Region: Downtown
    Music: Sing For China: Hedgehog, Queen Sea Big Shark, and The Casino Demon (all-Chinese indie-rock bill)
    Vitals: Silverlake Lounge on Tuesday, September 8
    (details at LA Weekly)

L.A. Experiential: The French invade L.A. – Sébastien Tellier, Gonzales, Nouvelle Vague, Emilie Simon…

In September, several talented French performers are coming to Los Angeles for the first annual (?) Ooh La L.A. Festival. Read about it here (via LA Weekly), and though he won’t be performing, check out Paris’ Sliimy below because, well, the song and video are awesome. I have a feeling that understanding the lyrics might ruin it for me, but at surface value… love it.

L.A. Experiential: Jack White’s Pop-Up Label/Store Comes To L.A., The Dead Weather Cuts The Ribbon

It might verge on gratuitous understatement to suggest that Jack White has been a busy little rock goblin of late. The White Stripes are old hat by now, and the Raconteurs, well, that story’s been told as well. But the pace at which Mr. White is currently moving threatens to push even his new Dead Weather project, with Alison Mossheart of the Kills, into yesterday’s headlines. Fortunately, he’s bringing the band along for the ride.

This coming Wednesday, August 26, the Dead Weather will give a noontime in-store performance at Third Man Records And Novelties West, and if you don’t recognize the name of that shop, it’s because it doesn’t exist. Third Man Records is the label recently started by White, and though its got a permanent brick-and-mortar home in Nashville, the storefront has been touring. In mid-July, Third Man set up on New York for two days. This week, it’s coming to L.A.

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