Recent Concert Announcements

Pains of Being Pure at Heart Return to El Rey in October

Some particularly tasty nugs in Bold

The Music Box

9/14/11: Peter Hook & the Light perform Joy Division’s “Closer” (Saturday at 10 AM)

9/16/11: Peter Hook & the Light perform Joy Division’s “Unknown Pleasures” (Saturday at 10 AM)

9/27/11: Kaiser Chiefs (now)

9/29/11: Gillian Welch (Friday at 10 AM)

10/16/11: Amon Tobin (Saturday at 10 AM)

11/9/11: M83 (now)

11/10/11: We Were Promised Jetpacks / Royal Bangs / Bear Hands (Saturday at 10 AM)

El Rey Theatre

10/8/11: The Pains of Being Pure at Heart (now)

10/27/11: The Lemonheads perform “It’s a Shame About Ray” / The Shining Twins (Saturday at 10 AM)

10/29/11: Amanda Fucking Palmer & Jason Webley / The Petrovic Blasting Co. (Thursday at 10 AM)

11/6/11: Paul Byrom (Friday at 10 AM)

11/12/11: Boris / Tera Melos (Saturday at 10 AM)

UCLA Tennis Center

8/3/11: Coldplay (Friday at 10 AM)

Shrine Expo Hall

10/18/11: Portishead / Thought Forms (Friday at 10 AM)

The Satellite [Ticketfly]

7/31/11: Yuck / Unknown Mortal Orchestra (now)

8/21/11: Jim Ward / Lusitania (now)

10/8/11: Megafaun (Monday at Noon)

10/22/11: The War on Drugs / Purling Hiss (now)

Club Nokia

8/27/11: DJ Quik / Suga Free (Friday at 10 AM)

Citizen Business Bank Arena in Ontario

9/4/11: Sade / John Legend (Saturday at 10 AM)

The Wiltern

10/29/11: Matt Nathanson (Saturday at 10 AM)

12/3/11: Beady Eye (Friday at 10 AM)

Long Beach Terrace Theatre

8/19/11: Chris Tucker (Friday at 10 AM)

Gibson Amphitheatre

10/16/11: Ana Gabriel (Friday at 1 PM)

The Echo [Ticketweb]

9/15/11: P.S. I Love You (now)

9/29/11: Braids / Pepper Rabbit / Painted Palms (now)

10/2/11: Soft Metals / Kindest Lines / Violet Tremors (now)

10/7/11: Cymbals Eat Guitars (now)

Echoplex [Ticketweb]

7/22/11: Jimmy Scott (now)

Bootleg [Ticketfly]

8/16/11: Richard Buckner / David Kilgour (now)

10/2/11: Marnie Stern (now)

Grammy Museum

7/28/11: The 88 (now)

8/1/11: The Belle Brigade (now)

Hotel Café

8/15/11: David Dondero (now)

Getty Museum

8/27/11: Charles Bradley (Free)

The Roxy

8/27/11: Kreayshawn (now)

Weekly Concert Announcements

Hollywood Bowl

ENTIRE SCHEDULE (presale now, password = 90years, Saturday at 10 AM) [Dolly Parton and Serge Gainsbourg tribute are my recommended shows]

Hollywood Forever Cemetery [Ticketfly]

6/14/11: The Flaming Lips perform The Soft Bulletin (Friday at 2 PM)

6/15/11: The Flaming Lips perform Dark Side of the Moon (Friday at 2 PM)

El Rey

6/15/11: The Civil Wars (now)

8/19/11: Groundation / Kevin Kinsella (Saturday at 10 AM)

Nokia Theatre

6/11/11: R. Kelly / Keyshia Cole (Friday at 10 AM)

Club Nokia

8/3/11: Matisyahu / Tea Leaf Green (Friday at 10 AM)

11/18/11: Jim Jefferies (Friday at 10 AM)

The Music Box

9/9/11: Bostich + Fussible / Ana Tijoux / Los Amigos Invisibles (Friday at 10 AM)

Fox Theater Pomona

5/15/11: TV on the Radio (Saturday at 10 AM)

Segerstrom Center For the Arts (Costa Mesa)

5/24/11: Menomena / Kiev (now)

Los Angeles Historic Park

8/6/11: Hard Summer Music Festival – Duck Sauce / Boys Noize / Chromeo / Ratatat / Skrillex / Odd Future / James Murphy and Pat Mahoney / Jack Beats / Destructo / Juan MacLean (now)

Troubadour [Ticketfly]

6/14/11: Chief (Wednesday at 1 PM)

7/30/11: Yuck (now)

The Satellite [Ticketfly]

5/11/11: Anna Waronker / Psychic Friend (now)

5/12/11: The Watson Twins / Wrong Way Driver (now)

5/18/11: The Stripminers (now)

5/28/11: Asobi Seksu (now)

5/31/11: Oberhofer / Hands (now)

6/3/11: Grouplove (now)

6/11/11: Young Widows / My Disco (now)

7/30/11: Thomas Dybdahl (now)

The Echo [Ticketfly]

Mondays in July: Crystal Antlers (Free)

7/8/11: Sonny and the Sunsets (TBD)

7/12/11: Omar Souleyman (TBD)

7/29/11: Those Darlins (now)

Echoplex [Ticketfly]

7/8/11: Washed Out (now)

7/30/11: Metronomy / Nite Jewel (now)

Largo [Laughstub]

5/15/11: The Littlest Tumor Foundation Benefit: Best Coast / Jon Brion / Paul F. Tompkins (now)

The Wiltern

8/10/11: Sia (Friday at 10 AM)

Verizon Wireless

6/4/11: KROQ Weenie Roast – Linkin Park / Rise Against / The Strokes / Bad Religion / Cage the Elephant / A Day to Remember / Face To Face / Neon Trees / The Airborne Toxic Event / Lykke Li / Foster the People / Young the Giant (presale Thursday at Noon, password = KROQWEENIE2011; Friday at Noon)

Hollywood Palladum

9/7/11: Iggy and the Stooges (Friday at 10 AM)

The Glass House [Ticketfly]

8/6/11: Rx Bandits (Saturday at Noon)

Detroit Bar [Ticketfly]

5/17/11: The Black Angels (now)

6/22/11: Thao and Mirah (now)

7/13/11: Puro Instinct / John Maus / Geneva Jacuzzi (now)

Greek Theatre

7/25/11 – 7/26/11: Sugarland / Sara Bareilles (Friday at 10 AM)

8/6/11: Hippiefest – Dave Mason, Mark Farner, Ricke Derringer (Friday at 10 AM)

8/18/11 – 8/19/11: Death Cab For Cutie / Frightened Rabbit (Friday at 10 AM)

Bardot

5/9/11: Isobel Campbell / Brian Wright / Warhorse (RSVP)

The Streets of Pasadena

6/18/11: Make Music Pasadena – Best Coast / Ra Ra Riot / Hello Seahorse! / The Morning Benders / Ben L’Oncle Soul / The B Side Players / Kisses / Rocky Dawuni / Saint Motel / Jenny O / Tijuana Panthers / Carla Morrison (Free)

Masonic Temple at Hollywood Forever [Ticketfly]

6/7/11: Winter’s Bone Score Peformed Live (now)

Center For the Arts in Eagle Rock [Ticketweb]

7/22/11: Ty Segall / Audacity / Tijuana Panthers (now)

Live Music Options: 4/11/11 - 4/17/11

Yuck Play the Echo Wednesday and The Satellite on Thursday

I caught Casey Veggies, Dom Kennedy and Freddie Gibbs at the Echo on Tuesday. Veggies has potential but just needs to keep working. The highlight for most was when Tyler from Odd Future jumped on stage for the final song. Dom Kennedy had a few tight tracks. Gibbs was good, but a little mumblecore. I think the completely inattentive crowd was throwing him off his shit. I thought indie rock crowds were kinda lame, but Tuesday's crowd was just awful...

Monday 4/11/11

[Pick of the Night] Rumspringa / Hanni El Khatib / Moses Campbell / Sleepy Owl @ Bootleg (Free) – Rumspringa’s residency, but get there at 9:30 to see Hanni El Khatib (who has a residency at the Echo in July).

[Recommended] Walking Sleep / Rabbits Rabbits Rabbits / Heroes and Heroines / The Breakups @ The Satellite (Free) – Rabbits Rabbits Rabbits features the former lead singer of Mezzanine Owls. Walking Sleep continues its residency.

[Recommended] Amanda Jo Williams / Leslie Stevens / Wimberly Bluegrass Band @ The Echo (Free) – Amando Jo Williams’ residency, but check out Leslie Stevens too.

k.d. lang and the Siss Boom Bang / The Belle Brigade @ Troubadour (Sold Out)

The Chris Robinson Brotherhood @ Echoplex ($15)

Wake Up Lucid / The Steelwells / Nightfur / Chief Nowhere @ Silverlake Lounge (Free)

Honeypie / Vanaprasta / Big Bad Wolf @ Detroit Bar (Free)

Sister Crayon / Shel @ Bardot (Free w/ RSVP)

Tuesday 4/12/11

[Pick of the Night] Moon Duo / Crystal Antlers / Xu Xu Fang @ The Echo ($12) – Pysch-kraut offshoot of San Francisco’s Wooden Shjips. 

The Stone Foxes / Chasing Kings / Risers @ The Satellite ($8) – The Stone Foxes are a blues rock band from San Francisco.

LetLive / Southern Lights @ Trobuadour ($15)

All Time Low / Yellowcard / Hey Monday / The Summer Set @ Club Nokia ($27)

The DigiTour: Dave Days / The Gregory Brothers / David Choi @ El Rey ($17)

Queens of the Stone Age / The Dough Rollers @ The Wiltern (Sold Out)

The Lonely Wild @ LaBrie’s (Free)

Act As If / Hitpoints / The Tricks @ Silverlake Lounge ($8)

Alexandra Berg @ Bootleg ($10)

Greg Laswell / Lenka @ Detroit Bar ($14)

Hello Echo / VICES / Sing the Body Electric @ The Central (Free)

Wednesday 4/13/11

[Pick of the Night] Sleigh Bells / Rye Rye / Nylon Pink @ Glass House ($20) – Not something normally in my wheelhouse, but their debut record had some jams. Also at Coachella

[Recommended] Yuck / Porcelain Raft @ The Echo ($12) – I was impressed with Yuck’s recent performance at the Echo. Fans of bands like Dinosaur Jr. should approve. Also at the Satellite on Thursday.

Duniven / Robotanists / Telegram / Jerry Borge @ The Satellite ($8) – New local Americana artist. Radio Free Silver Lake has an interview.

Low End Theory: My Hollow Drum (Co. Fee / Arti / Bahwee) @ Airliner ($10)

Greg Laswell / Lenka @ Troubadour ($15)

Bright Eyes / Jenny and Johnny / Farmer Dave Scher @ Fox Theater Pomona (Sold Out) – Also performing at Coachella.

Queens of the Stone Age @ The Wiltern (Sold Out) – Performing their debut album

The Presets / Nosaj Thing @ Club Nokia ($29)

Olafur Arnalds @ Bootleg ($15) – Icelandic artist.

Glass Elevator / Stephen Brower & the Silent Majority / Nathan Flom @ Silverlake Lounge ($8)

Thursday 4/14/11

[Pick of the Week] Yuck / Porcelain Raft / Milo Greene @ The Satellite ($12) – If you dig bands like Dinosaur Jr., these Brits will please you.

Broken Social Scene @ The Glass House (Sold Out) – Also performing at Coachella.

Duran Duran @ Fox Theatre Pomona (Sold Out) – I was never a fan, but I’ve seen these guys twice. About 12 years ago at Universal Amphitheatre and a few weeks ago at the C3 party at SXSW. Also performing at Coachella.

Big Audio Dynamite @ The Roxy (Sold Out) – I was never a huge fan, but I’ve seen these guys twice. Both about 20 years ago. Also performing at Coachella.

!!! @ Detroit Bar ($15) – Also appearing at Coachella

PVT / Tearist @ The Echo ($10) – Aussie’s on Warp.

Brad Mehldau Trio @ Largo ($40) – Early show at 7 PM and late show at 10 PM

The Parlour Suite / Sarah Winters / Thurlow / The Quick Hellos @ Silverlake Lounge ($8)

The Wind / The Remainers @ Bootleg ($8)

Janet Jackson @ Gibson Amphitheatre ($73 - $276)

Rob Machado’s Melali – The Drifter Sessions @ Troubadour ($12)

Scala & Kolacny Brothers @ El Rey ($25) – Do you like choirs?

Friday 4/15/11

[Pick of the Night] Maserati / Kenseth Thibideau @ The Satellite ($10) – I’m always a sucker for instrumental rockers (you know Trans Am, Delorean, etc).

[Recommended] The Damselles & the TC4 / Wild Pink Horse @ The Echo ($5) – Record release party for the girl group inspired Damselles.

[Recommended] Jon Brion @ Largo ($25)

Coachella: Kings of Leon / Black Keys / Interpol @ Empire Polo Club (Sold Out) – I’ve seen 11 of the bands playing today. I recommend catching: Black Joe Lewis, Lauryn Hill, Sleigh Bells, The Black Keys, The Morning Benders, Pains of Being Pure at Heart and Warpaint.

Three Bad Jacks / Rumble King @ Troubadour ($15)

Janet Jackson @ Gibson Amphitheatre ($73 - $276)

Charlie Wilson / Kenny “Babyface” Edmonds @ Nokia Theatre LA Live ($30 - $90)

David Choi @ Bootleg ($12)

Dipset: The Reunion Tour @ House of Blues Sunset ($33) – All original members.

Residuals / The Action Index / Buffalo Blackfoot / Gibbons and the Sluts @ The Smell ($5)

Bobby Long @ McCabe’s ($18)

So Many Wizards / Ema & the Ghosts / Steffaloo / a.d.l.r. @ Lot 1 ($5)

Saturday 4/16/11 [HAPPY RECORD STORE DAY]

[Pick of the Night] Fucked Up / Audacity / Catwalk @ Echoplex ($5) – Go for the punk rock spectacle.

[Recommended] Smokey Hormel and Friends @ McCabe’s ($13) – I miss Beck’s classic, Odelay-era band. Smokey was a big part of that.

Coachella: Arcade Fire / Animal Collective / Mumford & Sons @ Empire Polo Club (Sold Out) – I’ve seen 10 of the bands playing today. I recommend seeing: Animal Collective, Delta Spirit, Erykah Badu, Mariachi El Bronx, Phosphorescent, Raphael Saadiq, The Henry Clay People, The Joy Formidable, The Radio Dept., The Tallest Man Alive and Wire.

Rod Stewart / Stevie Nicks @ Hollywood Bowl (Sold Out) – I would like to see Stevie Nicks and Faces-era Rod Stewart.

Yuck / The Lonely Forest @ Detroit Bar ($10)

Janet Jackson @ Gibson Amphitheatre ($73 - $276)

Matt Wertz / Ben Rector @ Troubadour ($15)

Frontier Ruckus / Infantree @ The Echo ($10)

Lake / Agesandages / Boris Smile @ Bootleg ($10)

10,000 Maniacs @ House of Blues Sunset ($23) – Natalie Merchant is not in the band .

Body Parts / Tes Elations / Telematique / Auto Da Fe @ The Smell ($5)

Sunday 4/17/11

Coachella: Kanye West / The Strokes / Duran Duran @ Empire Polo Club (Sold Out) – I’ve only seen eight of the bands playing today. I recommend checking out: Kanye West, Menomena, Off!, PJ Harvey and Wiz Khalifa.

Rod Stewart / Stevie Nicks @ Hollywood Bowl ($48 - $320) – Night two.

Spirit Vine / Small Star / Lauren Lindes @ The Satellite ($5)

Grand Ole Echo: Dafni / Ladies Gun Club / Rick Shea @ The Echo (Free) – Early show at 5:00 PM

Part Time Punks: Siouxsie and the Banshees Nite @ The Echo ($5)

Teddy Thompson @ Largo ($25)

Daylong Valleys of the Nile / Girls in Trouble / Eric Lindley / Toby Goodshank @ The Smell ($5)

Biblical Proof of UFOs / Crawlspace / The Hi Z’s @ Redwood

Those Darlins / Tijuana Panthers / Bombon @ Alex’s Bar ($10) – Those Darlins will be at the Satellite on Tuesday.



Recent Live Music Announcments

The Music Box

4/23/11: Bassrush – Chase & Status (Saturday at 10 AM)

4/28/11: The Airborne Toxic Event (presale now, password = MIDNIGHT; Saturday at 10 AM)

5/22/11: Aloe Blacc (presale Friday at 10 AM, password = NEEDADOLLAR; Saturday at 10 AM)

5/24/11: Yeasayer / Smith Westerns / Hush Hush (presale Friday at 10 AM, password = AMBLING; Saturday at 10 AM)

6/24/11: Black Lips / Cerebral Ballzy (Saturday at 10 AM)

El Rey

4/5/11: Neil Finn / Matt Costa (Saturday at 10 AM)

4/20/11: Kara DioGuardi (presale Friday at 10 AM, password = IDOL; Saturday at 10 AM)

4/27/11: The Airborne Toxic Event (presale now, password = MIDNIGHT; Saturday at 10 AM)

5/10/11: Pinback (Saturday at 10 AM)

Troubadour

4/26/11: The Airborne Toxic Event (Friday at 1:00 PM)

6/6/11: Orange Goblin (now)

The Satellite [sold through Ticketfly]

3/3/11: Mavis Staples (now)

3/8/11: Andy Clockwise (now)

3/30/11: Air Sex Championships (now)

4/6/11: Rademacher (now)

4/14/11: Yuck (now)

4/22/11: Movits (now)

4/25/11: Airbone Toxic Event (Friday at Noon)

Nokia Theatre LA Live

4/15/11: Charlie Wilson / Kenny “Babyface” Edmonds (Friday at 10 AM)

5/13/11: Brian McKnight (Friday at 10 AM)

6/24/11: Men of Soul – Peabo Bryson / Howard Hewett / Freddie Jackson / Jeffrey Osbourne (Friday at 10 AM)

Echoplex [Ticketweb]

3/22/11: Soundtrack of Our Lives (now)

4/8/11: Naked and Famous (now)

5/1/11: Mudhoney (now)

5/21/11: Houses / The One AM Radio (now)

The Echo

4/29/11: Royal Bangs / Superhumanoids (now)

5/2/11: Battles (now)

6/1/11: Gruff Rhys (now)

Club Nokia

3/26/11: Seth MacFarlane Swingin’ in Concert / Sara Bareilles (presale Friday at 10 AM, password = MUSIC; Saturday at 10 AM)

4/3/11: Talib Kweli / David Banner / 9^th Wonder (presale Friday at 10 AM, password = RAINBOWS; Saturday at 10 AM)

4/20/11: The Original Alice Cooper Group / Duff McKagan’s Loaded / Sebastian Bach (now)

5/8/11: Ghostland Observatory (presale now, password = RONDO; Friday at 10 AM)

5/13/11: The Royal Family Ball / Soulive / Lettuce (presale now, password = ROYAL; Friday at 10 AM)

Citizens Business Bank Arena (Pomona)

6/24/11: Willie Nelson’s Country Throwdown Tour- Willie Nelson / Jamey Johnson / Randy Houser / Lee Brice / Brantley Gilbert / Craig Campbell / Lukas Nelson (presale now, password = YEEHAW; Friday at 10 AM)

Staples

9/3/11: Jenni Rivera (Saturday at 10 AM)

Hollywood Palladium

3/22/11: Girl Talk (now)

6/9/11: Adele [moved from The Wiltern] (Saturday at 10 AM)

Gibson Amphitheatre

6/12/11: Bruno Mars / Janelle Monae / Mayer Hawthorne & the Country (Saturday at 10 AM)

The Forum

5/20/11: Rammstein (Saturday at 10 AM)

The Wiltern

4/13/11: Queens of the Stone Age (now)

4/30/11: Hollywood Undead (Friday at 10 AM)

5/21/11: Adam Carolla (now)

Avalon

3/29/11: The Sounds (Friday at 10 AM)

Fox Theater Pomona

4/20/11: Kottonmouth Kings (presale Friday at 10 AM, password = LEGALIZE; Saturday at 10 AM)

Largo

4/28/11: Watkins Family Hour (now)

4/29/11: Punch Brothers (now)

4/30/11: Ed Helms Whiskey Sour Hour (now)

5/1/11: Steep Canyon Rangers with Steve Martin (now)

5/6/11: Grant Lee Buffalo (now)

Bootleg

3/29/11: Washington (now at Ticketfly)

4/3/11: Dan Bern (now)

4/16/11: Lake / Agesandages (now)

Grammy Museum

3/23/11: Raphael Saadiq (now)

3/25/11: Los Lonely Boys (now)

The Glass House

3/10/11: The Concretes (Friday at Noon)

5/7/11: Ghostland Observatory (Friday at Noon)

6/25/11: The Black Lips / Cerebral Ballzy (Friday at Noon)

Bardot (RSVP)

3/7/11: Pop Levi / Broken Records / Johnossi

3/14/11: Polock

3/21/11: Teddy Thompson

Detroit Bar

4/16/11: Yuck (now)

5/12/11: The Greenhornes (now)

6/23/11: Black Lips (now)

New Music Releases: February 15, 2011

So much music to try to keep up with this week. I'm starting to remember why I stopped doing these posts....

Pick of the Week:

Telekinesis: 12 Desperate Straight Lines (Merge) – With this record, Telekinesis should cross over to snag Death Cab For Cutie’s audience. Produced by DCFC’s Chris Walla, it’s very well done breakup indie rock with a bit of punch. While I did like their first album, I’m surprised how much I like this new one. At the Echo on 2/24/11. Aquarium Drunkard has a free download HERE.  

Other Recommended Releases:

Arbouretum: Gathering (Thrill Jockey) – You’ve got to be open to stoner rock to appreciate this one. Slow, dense riffs with an almost pastoral quality. Cool shit in my book. At the Satellite on 3/1/11.

PJ Harvey: Let England Shake (Vagrant) – This record’s full of anti-war songs, complex arrangements and dramatic singing. Some of it’s pretty accessible and a lot of it’s challenging.  Harvey’s releases are always interesting listens. This one should please her fans. At Coachella on 4/17/11. Listen HERE

Mogwai: Hardcore Will Never Die, But You Will (Sub Pop) – They brought back the vocals. Plenty for heavy post-rock fans to be happy about. At the Mayan on 5/10/11. Listen HERE

MP3: Rano Pano

MP3: San Pedro

Yuck: Yuck (Fat Possum) – I saw them live before listening to the record, which made me give them the benefit of the doubt. Really good live show, pretty good album (maybe too many ballads?). Live, they’re sort of like a young, British version of Dinosaur Jr. (circa 1991). At the Echo on 4/13/11 and The Satellite on 4/14/11. Listen HERE

Other Releases That Got My Attention:

Asobi Seksu: Flourescence (Polyvinyl) – Dream poppers; The vinyl is pink. At the Troubadour on 3/9/11. Listen HERE

The Babies: The Babies (Shrimper) – Kevin Morby (bass player in Woods) and Cassie Ramone (guitar in Vivian Girls) play damaged pop. The vinyl doesn’t come out until late March.

Beans: End It All (Anticon) – Ex-Anti Pop Consortium

Bright Eyes: The People’s Key (Saddle Creek) – I’ve never gotten into Connor Oberst or Bright Eyes, so I don’t have much to say. At the Fox in Pomona on 4/13/11 and Coachella on 4/16/11 Listen HERE

Hayes Carll: KMAG YOYO (Lost Highway) – The first time I saw Carll was back to back with Ryan Bingham, and I just preferred Bingham. But I haven’t heard this record yet.

The Dears: Degeneration Street (Dangerbird) – The Montreal collective’s second album for local label, Dangerbird. At the Troubadour on 3/10/11. Listen HERE

Dream Diary: You Are the Beat (Kanine) – This Brooklyn band’s being marketed to twee pop/Sarah Records fans.

Drive-By Truckers: Go-Go Boots (ATO) – Their 11^th album. Listen HERE

East River Pipe: We Live In Rented Rooms (Merge) –This is the indie singer/songwriter’s seventh album. Haven’t spent enough time with this one yet.

A Hawk and a Hacksaw: Cervantine (L.M. Duplication) – Eclectic tunes. Very capably played folk music from all around the world. At the Satellite on 3/2/11.

La Sera: La Sera (Hardly Art) – Katy Goodman is the bass player in Vivian Girls.

Peaking Lights: 936 (Not Not Fun) – Weirdo guitar synth psych dub music.

The Skull Defekts: Peer Amid (Thrill Jockey) – Daniel Higgs from Lungfish joined these Swedes. It’s a weird, experimental rock record. Still digesting this one..

Sonic Youth: Simon Werner a Disparu (SYR) – Instrumental album that grew out of recording the soundtrack to a French film Simon Werner a Disparu (known as Lights Out in the US). I haven’t heard it, but it’s getting good reviews (critics are saying it’s atmospheric and experimental).   

The Twilight Singers: Dynamite Steps (Sub Pop) – Greg Dulli’s back with the Twilight Singers. At the Music Box on 5/25/11. Listen HERE

Recent Live Music Announcments

The Raveonettes Have a Slew of Local Dates Scheduled



The Wiltern

4/12/11: Queens of the Stone Age perform their debut album in its entirety plus b-sides and more (presale now, password = dostuff; Friday at 10 AM)

5/12/11: Elvis Costello (now)

Avalon

2/23/11: Black Rebel Motorcycle Club, Portugal. The Man, Best Coast (now)

Troubadour

4/11/11: k.d. lang (2/24/11 at 1:00 PM)

4/25/11: The Head & the Heart (Friday at 1:00 PM)

4/26/11: Airborne Toxic Event (2/25/11 at 1:00 PM)

4/28/11: Spectrum (today at 1:00 PM)

5/5/11 – 5/6/11: Raveonettes (Thursday at 1:00 PM)

5/12/11: Hayes Carll (today at 1:00 PM)

The Satellite [sold through Ticketfly]

4/2/11: Candye Kane Band (now)

4/25/11: Airborne Toxic Event (2/25/11 at Noon)

4/27/11: The Builders and the Butchers (now)

5/20/11: Joe Pug (Friday at Noon)

Largo

4/1/11: Together Again – Robyn Hitchcock, Grant-Lee Phillips and Jon Brion (now)

Staples Center

5/28/11: Glee (Saturday at 10 AM)

Honda Center

4/23/11: Lil Wayne, Nikki Minaj, Rock Ross, Travis Barker (Saturday at Noon)

5/27/11: Glee (Saturday at 10 AM)

San Manuel Amphitheatre

6/4/11: Tim McGraw (Friday at 10 AM)

Gibson Amphitheatre

3/18/11: George Clinton & Parliament Funkadelic, Cameo, Zapp, Con Funk Shun (Friday at 10 AM)

4/9/11: Thirty Seconds to Mars (Friday at 10 AM)

Fox Theater Pomona

5/5/11: Atmosphere, Blueprint, Grieves with Budo (Friday at 10 AM)

The Music Box

3/18/11: The Dan Band (Saturday at 10 AM)

5/25/11: The Twilight Singers, Margot & the Nuclear So and So’s (Saturday at 10 AM)

Long Beach Arena

4/7/11: Rise Against, Bad Religion, The Descendents, Four Year Strong (Saturday at 10 AM)

El Rey

4/14/11: Scala, Kolacny Brothers (Saturday at 10 AM)

4/26/11: Zion I & the Grouch, The Shotgun Wedding Quintet (Saturday at 10 AM)

Greek Theatre

4/20/11: Slightly Stoopid, Bad Brains, Barrington Levy (Saturday at 10 AM)

6/13/11: Florence + the Machine, Hanni el Khatib (Friday at 10 AM)

8/14/11: Gipsy Kings (Saturday at 10 AM)

The Echo

4/13/11: Yuck (now at Ticketweb)

4/19/11: Lost in the Trees (now)

The Glass House [sold through Ticketfly]

4/18/11: CSS / Princeton (Friday at Noon)

5/4/11: The Raveonettes, Tamaryn (Friday at Noon)

Detroit Bar [sold through Ticketweb]

4/6/11: Middle Brother (now)

5/1/11: Boxer Rebellion (now)

5/9/11: The Raveonettes, Tamaryn (Friday at 8:00 AM)