Jul 232015
 

Ducktails- Headbanging In The Mirror

Things to do in Los Angeles this weekend (7/23-7/26/15)-

Thursday

Chicano Batman are opening for Cubanismo for Santa Monica Pier’s free Twilight Concert this week

OOFJ are performing at Amoeba Records (free)

Artist Frances Stark will be discussing the work of Sturtevant, whose exhibition at MOCA closes this weekend- free and free entrance to the museum from 5-8 pm

Freedom Fry are one of the four bands playing for free at Mrs. Fish downtown

Culture Club are at the Greek Theatre (also Friday)

Friday

Ducktails, Matt Mondanile’s (the guitarist from Real Estate) solo music project, is hosting the Getty Center’s Friday Night Flights (free but parking is $15/$10 after 5)

Penelope Spheeris will be discussing her punk rock films Suburbia and Decline of Western Civilization Part III between their screenings at the Egyptian Theatre

Roaring Nights continues at the LA Zoo with musical performances, DJs, pop-up zookeeper talks, food trucks and full bars ($20)-

Imagine Dragons are playing at the Forum with Metric

Friday and Saturday

Tchaikovsky Spectacular with Fireworks is at the Hollywood Bowl

Saturday

LACMA is showing Christian Marclay: The Clock for 24 hours starting at 10am. This is a great chance to see what is included in the film during the hours the museum is not open (free during non museum hours)

Jazz musician Kamasi Washington is performing at California Plaza as part of Grand Performances

Saturdays off the 405 at the Getty this week is Tropicalifornia featuring the Do-Over All Stars-”the ultimate live-band tropical dance party”- free with the exception of the parking

Sunday

Exhibition organizer Rebecca Matalon conducts a walk through of Tongues Untied the current show at MOCA Pacific Design Center

Blondie is co-headlining with Melissa Ethridge at the Greek Theatre

*Special Note: Saturday through Tuesday LACMA is having a pop-up installation of the US premiere of Steve McQueen and Kanye West’s short film collaboration (9min) “All Day/I Feel Like That”  (not up on their website yet)*

Jun 052015
 

FIDLAR- 40oz. On Repeat

For this video FIDLAR have recreated scenes from famous videos made by artists including Jamiroquai, Britney Spears, Beastie Boys, Devo, Missy Elliot and more (full list is on the jukebox in the beginning). This is the first single off their upcoming second album, Too, which will be released this September.

Tickets for their upcoming tour go on sale today (6/5). In Los Angeles they will be playing the Regent Theater on 10/30 and 10/31. You can buy tickets for that show here.

Mar 242015
 

Mini Mansions- Death is a Girl

Tonight (3/24) Mini Mansions are signing their new album The Great Pretenders and performing a live set at Amoeba Records Hollywood (and Amoeba San Francisco on 3/27). They also just released a video for their song Vertigo which features Alex Turner of the Arctic Monkeys.

Dec 142014
 

Aimee Mann’s Christmas Carol part 1

Missed the recent return of Aimee Mann’s holiday variety show? Well, you can always get in the Christmas spirit with this four part video series from 2008, directed by Tim Heidecker. Amy plays Scrooge and is visited by the ghosts of past, present and future.  Michael Penn (her husband), John Krasinski, Michael Cera, Tim Heidecker, John C. Reilly, Grant Lee Phillips, and Paul F. Tompkins all make appearances.

Part 2

Part 3

Part 4

Jun 242014
 

Kitten- Money

Money is quite different from Kitten’s usual New Wave-y pop style, but it’s interesting to see other ways the band might go in the future. The 80’s influence can certainly be seen in singer Chloe Chaidez’s styling, which is a little reminiscent of Madonna’s Desperately Seeking Susan days.

Kitten is playing a free acoustic set at Amoeba Hollywood on Tuesday, 6/24.