Trashcan Sinatras- Obscurity Knocks (acoustic version)
This is the acoustic version of Trashcan Sinatras’ biggest hit from their 1990 album Cake. The Scottish band is on tour for their 2016 album Wild Pendulum and are playing at the Troubadour in Los Angeles on Saturday 6/4/16.
Joywave- Somebody New
Things to do in Los Angeles this weekend (6/2-6/5/16)-
Thursday
Joywave are playing at the El Rey Theatre with Teenage Wrist
For MOCA’s free program Fugitive Thought, professional actors will read from texts commissioned for the exhibition- storefront: Public Fiction: The Poet and The Critic- within the galleries in a performance directed by artist Stanya Kahn (free)
Family bookstore is having a talk, signing and screening for artist Takeshi Murata’s new book
At the Drive-In are playing with Le Butcherettes at the Hollywood Palladium
Gold Panda is playing at The Echoplex
Friday
The Natural History Museum’s First Friday event returns with live music from Health and YACHT
Sage Projects is hosting an Evening Closing Party and Outdoor Projections Series– featuring work by Charlotte Patterson
Hammer Museum is having a launch party for The Hammer Student Association (made up of UCLA undergrad students) arts journal- GRAPHITE Issue VII (free and attendees will receive a free copy)
The new super group Prophets of Rage (Tom Morello, Tim Commerford, Brad Wilk, Chuck D, B-Real, and DJ Lord) are playing at the Hollywood Palladium with tickets on sale at 10 am on 6/2 at the box office
Venice Beach is having their Pride Celebration with a block party and sign lighting
Power 106 is hosting Powerhouse 2016 at the Honda Center with performances by Chance the Rapper, YG, Big Sean, Fat Joe and Remy Ma and Yo Gotti
Digitalism are performing at the El Rey Theatre
Saturday
Curator Emily Liebert is in conversation with artist Eleanor Antin for her solo exhibition at Diane Rosenstein Fine Art (free with RSVP)
Explore feminism in science fiction after the screening of British cult film Devil Girl from Mars (1954) at Clockshop in Frogtown
The Museum of Broken Relationships officially opens in the old Frederick’s of Hollywood space on Hollywood Blvd.
Broncho are playing at the Teragram Ballroom
Trashcan Sinatras are playing at the Troubadour
Sunday
Check out the first day of artist Amanda Parer’s outdoor installation Intrude, consisting of giant lit up white rabbits at three downtown Los Angeles locations, presented by Arts Brookfield
La Luz are playing at the Bootleg Theater
Annenberg Space for Photography with Logo Documentary Films is screening Out of Iraq, a film about an Iraqi soldier and a U.S. translator who fall in love and are forced to flee the country. A discussion and Q&A with the directors, producers and subjects of the film will follow ($10)
Robyn Hitchcock is playing at Largo
All weekend
It’s the 11th Annual Lummis Day, a festival that takes place around Northeast LA, which features an opening night film presentation at Occidental College, performances at Sycamore Grove Park, a fish themed parade and more
Blonde Redhead- Top Ranking
This song is from Blonde Redhead’s 2007 album 23. The video was directed by Mike Mills and stars his wife, actress and writer, Miranda July. He also directed the film Beginners, and has a film showing at this year’s Cannes Film Festival, 20th Century Women.
Blonde Redhead are playing two shows at Hollywood Forever Cemetery, one tonight (5/26/16) and one tomorrow.
Rush Midnight- Crush
Things to do in Los Angeles this weekend (5/26-5/30/16)-
Thursday
The Writers Guild Foundation is hosting Inside the Writers Room with Better Call Saul with the writers discussing their process and the move from Breaking Bad
Lynne Cooke, senior curator of special projects in modern art at the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C., is giving a lecture at MOCA Grand Ave (free)
Braids are playing at The Echo with Morgan Greenwood
Friday
designLAb’s is hosting a number of new art and design exhibition openings at the Pacific Design Center
Moving Units are at the Teragram Ballroom with Billy Changer, Vision, and Glass Spells
U.S. Girls are headlining a show at The Satellite
Friday through Sunday
Cinefamily is showing Pippi in the South Seas at the Bob Baker Marionette Theater with DJ Lance Rock (Yo Gabba Gabba) hosting and a marionette opening act
Saturday
Rush Midnight are playing at El Cid with MODE and The Great Void
The Big Lebowski is playing outside of The Autry Museum in Griffith Park
Or you could watch Singin’ In The Rain at Hollywood Forever Cemetery
The Peach Kings are at The Hi Hat
Saturday through Memorial Day
Hermosa Beach’s Fiesta Hermosa has tons of vendors, beer & wine garden, live music and more
Topanga Days, the three day festival in Topanga Canyon, has bands, traditional games (like pie eating, musical chairs and egg toss), craft and food vendors, and a parade on Monday
Sunday
Downtown Modernism, the biannual Los Angeles vintage design furniture market returns ($5)
Big Black Delta are playing at The Regent Theater with Fartbarf
Peter Bjorn and John- Nothing to Worry About
This song is from Peter Bjorn and John’s 2009 album Living Thing. They are back and touring with their new album Breakin’ Point, releasing on June 10.
Tonight (5/5/16) the band is playing a sold out show at The Echo in Los Angeles.
Bleached- Wednesday Night Melody
Things to do in Los Angeles this weekend (5/5-5/8/16)-
Thursday
Bleached are playing at the Teragram Ballroom with NO PARENTS and Feels
Writer Lawrence Weschler will be speaking with painter Ramiro Gomez at the Hammer Museum
Beach Slang are headlining a show at the Troubadour
Juliana Barwick is playing at Highland Park Ebell with Mas Ysa
Friday
Ben Harper & The Innocent Criminals are performing a free show at Amoeba Hollywood
There’s a Prince Tribute at City Hall (free)
Cinefamily is closing their Underground USA film festival with Richard Linklater’s debut film Slacker
Friday and Saturday
The Pancakes & Booze Art Show returns to Los Angeles- $5 gets you free pancakes, along with art, musical performances and more
Friday through Sunday
Hammer Museum along with The Institute for Art and Olfaction and Luckyscent/Scent Bar is hosting the AIX Scent Fair with workshops and panels and a party on Saturday hosted by Zackary Drucker (free)
Saturday
Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibitions (LACE) is having Feminism 4.0, a panel discussion and launch party for Artillery’s May/June Photography Issue (free)
Grand Park is having Downtown Bookfest with performances, readings, activities and pop up bookshops
Big Freedia, aka The Queen of Bounce, is performing at The Regent
Saturday and Sunday
Echo Park Craft Fair returns to Mack Sennett Studios with high quality local vendors ($10)
RuPaul’s DragCon is at the LA Convention Center with celebrity guests, contestants from Drag Race, panel discussions, and more
Sunday
The Egyptian Theatre is having a double feature for Mother’s Day of Rosemary’s Baby and David Cronenberg’s The Brood
Deap Vally- Bad For My Body
Things to do in Los Angeles this weekend (4/28-5/1/16)-
Thursday
If you can get on line or know someone who can you might be able to get $30 tickets to see Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros at the Troubadour
MOCA Grand Ave is free tonight and is also having a panel discussion presented with Zocalo Public Square tonight titled Were the ’90s L.A.’s Golden Age?
Also in the area, REDCAT is having a free screening of student work from the CalArts School of Film/Video (on Friday and Saturday evening as well)
Iggy Pop is playing at The Greek Theatre with the lineup from his new album, Post Pop Depression, that includes Josh Homme, Troy Van Leeuwen and Dean Fertita(Queens of the Stone Age), Matt Helders (Arctic Monkeys) and Matt Sweeney
Friday
The LA Dodgers are playing the San Diego Padres and there will be fireworks
Melissa Brooks and The Aquadolls are playing at the Teragram Ballroom with Summer Twins, So Many Wizards, and Jurassic Shark
Friday through Sunday
Photo Independent returns to Raleigh Studios with lots of good programming in addition to the exhibitors. ($15 or discounted tickets on Goldstar)
Saturday
The Regent Theater is having Dance in A Panic, a monthly “British Style Rock N’ Roll dance party”. For this one, Deap Vally, Le Butcherettes & KAV will be performing and Andy Rourke of The Smiths will DJ
Eternal, an exhibition of artist Tina St Clair’s (tfail) final works, opens at 1621 N. Cahuenga Blvd from 7-11pm
De La Soul are headlining Rhyme Fest at the Belasco Theatre
The West Hollywood Design District and Parachute Market are having their first outdoor marketplace called A Street Af(fair)
The Night Sea are performing a “sonic and visual experience” at The Masonic Lodge at Hollywood Forever (free with RSVP)
Atlas Genius are playing at the El Rey Theatre with Skylar Grey and The Young Wild
Saturday and Sunday
Jackalope Art and Craft Fair returns to Pasadena (free)
Sunday
HOLYCHILD, Reggie Watts, Theophilus London, Mayer Hawthorne, and Fortpolio are all performing at the Teragram Ballroom for Berniebash, with all proceeds going to the Bernie Sanders campaign
The Rock ‘N’ Roll Flea Market is back at The Regent Theater
Vetiver- Wonder Why
Things to do in Los Angeles this weekend (4/21-4/24/16)-
Thursday
Bent Shapes are playing with Shark Toys at the Bootleg Theater
As part of MOPLA (Month of Photography LA), Adhesive & Co. is having Instagram Jam, a curated and projected photo exhibition at Smashbox Studios (free with RSVP)
Angel City Brewery is teaming up with the Natural History Museum for an educational program about bugs in Los Angeles and a special “Bug Juice” will be served (not made of bugs) -all to help celebrate Earth Day
Blackbird Blackbird are playing with Chad Valley at The Echo
Nosaj Thing is playing at The Regent Theater
Thursday and Friday
356 Mission gallery is hosting Just Speak Nearby: The Politics & Practices of Art Writing, with the Trinh T. Minh-ha film Reassemblage (1982, 40 min) and a lecture on Thursday and a day of speakers and performances on Friday including Dynasty Handbag
Friday
Vetiver are playing at The Troubadour
Grand Park is having an Earth Day event from 9am-2pm where you can rid yourself of e-waste, check out some artwork and get a free tree
Cinefamily is showing Michael Rappaport’s documentary film about A Tribe Called Quest, Beats, Rhymes & Life, as a tribute to Phife Dog with proceeds to be donated to his family
The Aero Theatre is showing a George Kennedy double feature- Cool Hand Luke / The Human Factor
Saturday
Tennis System are one of the many artists playing Broke LA (formerly Brokechella) which highlights lesser known acts at their music and arts festival in downtown Los Angeles ($20)
Story of the Running Wolf are opening for Battle Tapes at The Hi Hat in Highland Park
The Situation Room in Eagle Rock is having their second annual Femmes’ Video Art Festival, showing contemporary video art this weekend and next. The screening is free, outdoors, and there will be snacks.
Puro Instinct is playing along with Mode, and Cellars at El Cid
Sunday
The Long Beach Zine Festival is a free event with exhibitions and talks happening at the Museum of Latin American Art with Avi Buffalo performing
Obsessed with Making a Murderer? Steven Avery’s lawyers Dean Strang and Jerry Buting will be at The Theatre at the Ace Hotel to discuss the case, a possible sequel to the series, and more ($60)
Several of David Domingo’s Super 8 films are being shown at the Egyptian Theatre with Domingo present at the screening
Brentwood is having their Spring Arts Festival
Guns N’ Roses- Welcome to The Jungle
This song is from Guns N’ Roses 1987 debut album Appetite for Destruction. The band has recently reunited and will be playing Coachella this weekend (4/15/16) and next. Axl Rose’s serpentine moves, however, will not be present for the show. He broke a bone in his foot and will be borrowing Dave Grohl’s throne from his injury for the performances.
Fat White Family- Whitest Boy On The Beach
Things to do in Los Angeles this weekend (4/14-4/17-16)-
Thursday
If you missed Fat White Family in Los Angeles you can still catch their crazy live show at The Observatory in Santa Ana with Gateway Drugs
Fahrenheit Gallery downtown is screening Chantal Akerman by Chantal Akerman with a panel discussion to follow
MOCA Chief Curator Helen Molesworth is leading a walk through of the exhibition Don’t Look Back: The 1990s at MOCA (free)
Artists Auriea Harvey and Eddo Stern are at LACMA to discuss video games and virtual reality as forms of expression (free but standby)
Downtown Art Walk is celebrating World Art Day with a special exhibition
Friday
Cinefamily is showing Penelope Spheeris’ 1983 film Suburbia, her story of disillusioned suburban LA youth
Peaking Lights and Gavin Hardkiss are playing a Batiste Rhum Party at Resident downtown
Goldie is playing at Los Globos
Odd Nights at The Autry is a free monthly event combining live music, art, a market and a beer garden
The English Beat are playing at The Roxy
Saturday
It’s Record Store Day and there are a bunch of fun events- Amoeba Records has Toby Dammit, Lance Rock and Fred Armisen doing guest DJ sets during the day and then moves the party to Space15Twenty where MNDSGN and Best Coast will DJ and Kevin Morby will perform
It’s also Obscura Day where Atlas Obscura plans multiple offbeat events in cities around the world including Los Angeles
Keith Rocka Knittel’s Everything Must Go! Swap Meet is happening from 5-9pm at Charlie James Gallery in Chinatown with DJ sets, churros, drinks and potentially some things to buy
Saturday and Sunday
Downtown Burbank Arts Festival has over 100 artists showing their work on the four blocks of San Fernando Boulevard between Angeleno Avenue and Magnolia Boulevard
Sunday
MOCA Pacific Design Center is having a screening of the Elizabeth Taylor film Who’s Afraid of Virginia Wolf, to coincide with the Catherine Opie exhibition 700 Nimes Road, which features pictures from Taylor’s Bel-Air home (free)
Dilly Dally, Feels, and The Tissues are playing at The Echo