Posts Tagged ‘Los Angeles’
CONCERT RECAP: Dr. Dog @ John Anson Ford Amphitheatre, Los Angeles, CA 10/5/12
After an anxiety-filled hour slugging across LA freeways, we finally made it to the comfortable confines of the astounding 1,200 capacity Ford Amphitheatre, walking in just minutes before the headliners took the stage (heard raves about opening band Cotton Jones' set). This magical Hollywood nook is truly a hidden gem... more
VIDEO WRAPUP: My Morning Jacket’s Three Night Wiltern LA Run
The super fan-stoking level of intrigue provided by My Morning Jacket's Spontaneous Curation Series Tour perhaps reached its apex during last week's three-night run at The Wiltern in Los Angeles. Luckily, Angelenos apparently know a thing or two about holding a (somewhat) steady camera and the sheer amount of solid... more
CONCERT RECAP: Bombino @ The Mint, Los Angeles, CA 9/18/12
Tuareg guitarist Omara “Bombino” Moctar was born in a nomadic encampment in Niger in 1980. Some 26 years later he was playing alongside Keith Richards and Charlie Watts in California. The here to the there and now is an amazing life of cultural and political conflict, creativity and inspiration that... more
CONCERT RECAP: The Revivalists @ The Mint, Los Angeles 9/11/12
Surprise moments at the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival can happen any time. One of mine came this year when The Revivalists kicked off the Fest from the Gentilly Stage before noon on the opening Friday. While the New Orleans band has played the Fest the past few years,... more
SETLIST: My Morning Jacket @ The Wiltern, Los Angeles, CA 9/13/12
My Morning Jacket wrapped up one helluva 3-night run tonight at The Wiltern in Los Angeles, capping off the stay on Western and Wilshire with a huge exclamation point. Tonight's festivities got off-the-ground considerably faster than the previous two nights, right from the get-go with "At Dawn" and "The Dark."... more
SETLIST: My Morning Jacket @ The Wiltern, Los Angeles, CA 9/12/12
The 3-night no-rules, no-repeats run at Los Angeles' Wiltern continued tonight with a considerably mellower version of My Morning Jacket (compared to last night) that included a guest spot by Sam Beam of Iron & Wine for George Harrison's "Isn't It A Pity" during a lengthier-than-usual encore. While not reaching... more
CONCERT RECAP: My Morning Jacket @ The Wiltern, Los Angeles, CA 9/11/12
Maybe I'm feeling the effects of an after show glow, but this one may belong in the same conversation with some of the more standout shows from MMJ's storied 14-year history. After a none-too-special start, the band ripped through "Lay Low" and barraged the place with a dark, heavy, all... more
TICKET GIVEAWAY: Animal Collective and Flying Lotus @ Hollywood Bowl 9/23/12
WHO: KCRW's World Festival featuring Animal Collective, Flying Lotus + Huun Huur Tu WHEN: Sunday, September 23rd @ 7:00 p.m. WHERE: Hollywood Bowl @ 2301 North Highland Avenue, Los Angeles, CA TICKET GIVEAWAY: Enter for a chance to win (2) tickets by leaving a comment below with your favorite Animal Collective album! In... more
FESTIVAL RECAP: FYF Fest 2012
Words by Sam Nachbar || Photos by Joey Serxner Speaking to a markedly young and trendy group of twenty-somethings during his late-afternoon set at FYF Fest (a.k.a. Fuck Yeah Fest), Father John Misty used his time in between songs to relate to the crowd with humor. By impersonating an old man... more
TICKET GIVEAWAY: Passion Pit and Hot Chip @ Hollywood Bowl 9/9/12
WHO: KCRW'S World Festival 2 featuring Passion Pit, Hot Chip & Omar Souleyman WHEN: Sunday, September 9, 2012 @ 7:00 p.m. WHERE: Hollywood Bowl @ 2301 North Highland Avenue Los Angeles, CA TICKETS: Enter for a chance to win (2) tickets to the show below! UPDATE: THIS CONTEST IS CLOSED! BUT STAY... more
PREVIEW: 9 Must-See Bands @ FYF FEST 2012
The term “music festival” conjures up images of remote grounds where festival-goers roam an inaccessible and vast plot of land while wearing tie dye and spreading a message of love. A commune-like experiment where nature meets the arts, and attendees are free to escape the day-to-day rigor of the city.... more
RECAP: Terence Blanchard Quintet @ Catalina Jazz Club, Hollywood 8/17/12
Photos and Review by Jim Brock There are few musicians I can point to who are more visually evocative than Terence Blanchard (and I’m not just talking about his 20+ year filmography). Blanchard paints fully expressed textures with sound, creating jazz that is emotive, vibrant and at times, startlingly beautiful. I... more
TICKET GIVEAWAY: Erick “Jesus” Coomes (Lettuce) and Friends @ The Mint LA – 8/22/12
WHO: The Big Lil Baby Jesus Peasant Party featuring Erick "Jesus" Coomes (Lettuce) and Special Guests WHEN: Wednesday, August 22nd, 2012 @ 9:30 PM WHERE: The Mint / 6010 West Pico Boulevard / Los Angeles, CA 90035 (@MintLA) TICKETS: $12 (PURCHASE) Erick "Jesus" Coomes' Wednesday residency at The Mint continues this week and... more
LMB LA: Real Estate Plays the Fonda Theatre this Friday
WHO: Goldenvoice, KCRW & Oh My Rockness Present Real Estate, Sun Araw, Melted Toys and DJ Neil Schield (Origami Vinyl) WHERE: Fonda Theatre @ 6126 Hollywood Blvd, Hollywood, CA WHEN: Friday, August 3rd @ 9:00 p.m. TICKETS: $20 (PURCHASE) Real Estate has patiently burrowed their way into my subconscious over these past few... more
LMB LA: The Neville Brothers Bid Farewell to L.A. this week at the Hollywood Bowl
WHO: The Neville Brothers with Trombone Shorty and Orleans Avenue and Roddie Romero WHERE: The Hollywood Bowl (how to get there) WHEN: Wednesday, August 1st at 8 p.m. TICKETS: $1-134 (PURCHASE) There can only be one first family of funk and once this train stops rolling, we'll be left to cherish the memories... more
LMB LA: FYF Announces 2012 Lineup featuring M83, Refused, Yeasayer and More
The 2012 FYF Fest lineup was released earlier today and it is absolutely killer from top-to-bottom. So many personal favorites in here and FYF has done an admirable job of featuring big ticket indie acts wielding a reputation for great live performances like M83, Yeasayer (one of the best live... more
Concert Recap: The Orwells L.A. Debut @ House Party – 6/16/12
Fresh off signing on with Autumn Tone Records, Chicago blues rock outfit The Orwells made a splash at their Los Angeles debut tonight with a roughly 45-minute set for a house party in the Beverly Glen area. Despite their youth (The Orwells are made up of 4 seventeen year olds... more
LMB LA TICKET GIVEAWAY: Robert Walter Residency @ The Mint – 6/20/12
There are only two shows left in the 4-week Wednesday night Robert Walter Residency at The Mint and if you haven't had a chance to go, you definitely don't wanna miss your chance this week as the B-3 wizard invites Reed Mathis (Tea Leaf Green) and Aaron Redfield (Greyboy Allstars)... more
LMB LA: Weekend Live Music Calendar (Playboy Jazz, Poor Man’s Whiskey, Mayer Hawthorne)
Lots to choose from this weekend whether you decide to head up the Hollywood Bowl for the 34th Annual Playboy Jazz Festival, down to Mayer Hawthorne tonight at The Wiltern, cozy in with some Saturday night bluegrass by Poor Man's Whiskey at The Mint, or wherever your live music endeavors... more
LMB LA: NOLA’s Rebirth Brass Band hits @ The Mint on 6/14
WHO: The 2012 Grammy-winning Rebirth Brass Band WHERE: The Mint Los Angeles WHEN: Thursday, June 14th, 2012 @ 9 p.m. TICKETS: $25 (PURCHASE) There are a only a handful of musical acts the fine folks down in the Big Easy would refer to as a living institution. Dr. John, The Meters, Preservation Hall Jazz... more
LMB LA: Robert Walter Settles in for June Residency @ The Mint
WHO: Robert Walter and Special Guests WHAT: Four-Week Residency WHEN: Every Wednesday in June WHERE: The Mint LA, 6010 West Pico Blvd. Los Angeles, CA 90035 TICKETS: 4 Night Pass (PURCHASE) On a personal level, this is about as good of a musical introduction to my new life in LA as I could ask... more
LMB LA: New Duo Wil Blades and Billy Martin Play The Mint June 2nd
WHO: Wil Blades and Billy Martin WHERE: The Mint WHEN: Saturday, June 2nd, 2012 | Doors @ 8 p.m. / Show @ 9 TICKETS: $15 (PURCHASE) This Saturday night up at The Mint you won't wanna miss Billy Martin, drummer for legendary musical scientists Medeski, Martin & Wood, joining forces for a night... more
PHOTOS / REVIEW: Matt Chamberlain, Bill Frisell and Jon Brion @ The Mint LA, 5/30/12
***Update***Here is the link to a free download of the show thanks to taper Mac Daddy. Bill Frisell, Matt Chamberlain & Jon Brion 5/30/12, Mint LA Matt Chamberlain's Residency at The Mint in Los Angeles came to a close last night with a grand finale that was a site... more
CONCERT RECAP: Trey Anastasio & LA Philharmonic @ Walt Disney Concert Hall 3.10.12
Magical. Breathtaking. Special. One-of-a-kind. Those were some of the adjectives to describe the evening most of us had Saturday in Los Angeles. The venue, as Giuseppe III would explain later was "the greatest sounding room I've ever been in." He meant it. Every facet of the Walt Disney... more
New Multitudes Honor Woody Guthrie @ Mayan Theatre, LA 3/7/12
The busy music month of March in Los Angeles begins... Last night at the Mayan Theatre in downtown Los Angeles, the supergroup known as New Multitudes (Jay Farrar, Jim James, Anders Parker & Will Johnson) played for the second time ever together. The band was assembled this year to honor the... more
PHOTOS: Los Campesinos! & Parenthetical Girls @ Echoplex, LA 2/11/12
Our friend Matt LaRoche shot the Los Campesinos! show at the Echoplex this past Saturday night and got a great photo set from the band (as well as the "openers" Parenthetical Girls). Read on for the setlist and the snaps... Los Campesinos! have surely come a long way since I’ve... more
REVIEW: M. Ward @ Masonic Lodge, Hollywood Forever 2.2.12
Taking in a show at the Masonic Lodge located within the famed Hollywood Forever Cemetery is always a treat. It's a small room seating roughly 200, with tall ceilings, two hanging chandeliers and seated cushioned benches to the side. To keep it a little more hip, the walls feature film... more
Free Dinosaur Jr. Show in LA on Feb 23
Dinosaur Jr. is playing a free show next Tuesday, Feb 23 at the Troubadour in Los Angeles (doors at 8pm, show at 9pm). Check it.
Vampire Weekend to Play Free Show in LA Sunday at 4pm
A little heads-up for Los Angeles-area fans... Vampire Weekend is playing a free show this afternoon (Sunday) in Los Angeles: Hollenbeck Rec Center Band Shell 415 S St Louis St Los Angeles, CA 90033 4pm Parking at hospital across the street Google Map
Thom Yorke Debuts New Tunes in LA
The blogs are alive today with audio and video from the Thom Yorke show last night in Los Angeles. You Ain't No Picasso has the MP3's and video up. The Coventry crew is going to be there tonight and will likely have spirited commentary on their Twitter account.... more
