This Grammy Award winning song from 1999 is from The Roots fourth studio album Things Fall Apart. Musician Jill Scott co-wrote the song and recorded vocals for it but because she was still relatively unknown the label MCA Records insisted on replacing her with Erykah Badu. The rapper Eve also performs on the track.
As part of the BET Experience, The Roots will be at Club Nokia on Saturday 6/27 to present Dilla, a tribute to the producer J Dilla, with Erykah Badu.
MOCA Grand Ave is having a panel and book signing in conjunction with the release of Both Sides of Sunset: Photographing Los Angeles, with artists Zoe Crosher, Bettina Hubby, Michael Shields, and Ed Templeton and moderated by David L.Ulin of the Los Angeles Times. The artists will “share their distinct visions of the city’s visual landscape”. (free)
Lolipop Records and the Echo present Lolipalooza 2 with a list of bands that includes White Fence, Cosmonauts, Corners, Winter, So Many Wizards and more
Roses, Dunes, Sandlot, and DYGL are all playing a house show downtown for $5 with free beer
Chinatown Summer Nights returns with live music from The Janks as well as other bands, cooking demonstrations, acrobatic shows, a beer garden, DJs, and more
Tijuana Panthers are headlining Summer and Music a free festival in Long Beach
Sunday
Basement Jaxx are at the Hollywood Bowl with Bootsy’s Rubber Band featuring Bootsy Collins and Tuxedo opening
For the panel discussion Photography and Composition at the Hammer Museum, Thomas Demand, Elad Lassry, and Catherine Opie will discuss themes in the exhibition Perfect Likeness with curator Russell Ferguson
Devendra Banhart is talking with Zach Pennington, the head writer of the awesome LA app 5 Every Day, at LACMA’s Art Catalogues. There will be a DJ for the reception and a performance with Banhart’s band as well as a book signing (free)
All weekend–
The BET Experience is taking place at LA Live with a mix of free (including a Janelle Monae performance) and ticketed events-
Los Angeles Nomadic Division (LAND) has events all weekend to celebrate the culmination of The Manifest Destiny Billboard Project, which had different artists putting up billboards along Interstate 10. Events include film screenings, artist talks, bus tours of the city, workshops and more
This song was originally released as a B-side of the instrumental and completely different sounding Born Slippy in 1995. In 1996 it was re-released as its own single due to the popularity it received from its use in the film Trainspotting (clips of which are in the video above). They teamed up with the director of that film, Danny Boyle, to help create the opening ceremony for the London 2012 Olympics.
Underworld are currently on tour with the re-release of their critically acclaimed album dubnobasswithmyheadman and are playing the Hollywood Bowl in Los Angeles on Sunday 6/21.
Things to do in Los Angeles this weekend (6/18-6/21/15)-
Thursday
The Art of Melrose is a series of themed events taking place on the third Thursday of the month this summer, from Fairfax to Highland on Melrose with a focus on a three block section. This time for Focus on Fashion it will be Gardner, Martel and Fuller, and the businesses will be offering everything from discounts and gifts with purchase to free food and drink
Cornerstone Theater Company is performing California:The Tempest based on Shakespeare’s play, for free in Grand Park (through the 20th)
The Gas Lamp Killer Experience is the DJ/Producer playing with a 10 piece band-FREE as part of Grand Performances Summer Program at California Plaza
Fever the Ghost, Fartbarf, and Harriet Brown are playing at the Echo
Surfer Blood are playing with Gothic Tropic at the Troubadour
The Container Yard is celebrating its one year anniversary party with a party that will include music, art and food trucks ($5 with a portion of the proceeds going to Self Help Graphics)
Cayucas are playing a free show at One Colorado in Pasadena for KCRW’s Summer Nights
Nearby is the Pasadena Chalk Festival at Paseo Colorado which features some incredible sidewalk murals (also on Sunday)
The band for Saturdays off the 405 at the Getty Center is Shannon and the Clams (free/ parking at the center after 5 is $10)
Culver City’s Summer Crawl includes a free figure sketching class at Graphaids, discounts at some of the local businesses and other events in the area while you check out the art galleries- several shows are opening that night as well
Clap Your Hands Say Yeah- Over and Over Again (Lost & Found)
It’s the 10th Anniversary of Clap Your Hands Say Yeah’s eponymous self-released debut album, which the song above is from. They are currently on tour, playing the album in its entirety along with other songs from their catalog. The show tonight at the Troubadour is sold out but you can see them in Santa Ana on Saturday 6/13/15 at The Observatory.
Things to do in Los Angeles this weekend (6/11-6/14/15)-
Thursday
June’s DTLA Artwalk has a film and video theme- stop by the Regent Theater for a short film festival (free) in between checking out the galleries
Writer Claudia Rankine is reading at MOCA Geffen (free with RSVP)
The LA Film Fest has begun (running til 6/18) and tonight at LACMA they are showing Too Late, “a dark love letter to Los Angeles”, which stars John Hawkes and includes a conversation with the filmmakers
Neon Trees are at the Fonda Theatre with Alex Winston
Friday
Downtown Dark Nights returns to LA Live with $5 food and drink specials, live music, art installations and live painting by several street artists
Producer and DJ Peanut Butter Wolf is kicking off the Music Center downtown’s Bring Your Own Dance Moves, their free weekly dance party
MOCA Grand Ave is having a book launch at their store for Architectones: Art In the Living Environment which will feature a roundtable conversation with François Perrin, Maura Lucking, Jan Tumlir, Bryony Roberts, and Mark Hagen; a performance by Veilhan and James Goldstein; music by DJ Vincent Tajan, and a book signing
Friday through Sunday
It’s LA Pride and the festival goes all weekend with a parade (Sunday), Thunderground Roller Disco, and live music from artists including Kesha and Tinashe
Saturday
Mystic Braves are the headliners of a four band show at the Troubadour that also includes So Many Wizards
NELA Art Gallery Night is a great way to check out the galleries in the Highland Park area
The Autry in Griffith Park is having a movie night on their south lawn- this week it’s The Grand Budapest Hotel with Mansions on the Moon playing before the show
Sunday
Rob Forbes, creator of Design Within Reach along with Eric Heiman, creative director of the San Francisco design studio Volume Inc., will discuss Forbes’s new book, See for Yourself: A Visual Guide to Everyday Beauty, with a book signing afterwords at LACMA (free)
Ink-N-Iron, a festival celebrating hot rods, tattoos, 50′s fashion and burlesque returns to the Queen Mary in Long Beach (also Friday and Saturday) and tonight the live music includes Fishbone, Gary Numan, and Peter Murphy among others
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.
This song is from The Rentals’ 1995 debut album The Return of the Rentals. The band, formed by former Weezer bassist Matt Sharp, released their first full length album in 15 years, Lost in Alphaville, last August. The video below is the first track off that album and takes place around downtown Los Angeles.
The Rentals are on tour and are playing the El Rey Theater Friday June 5th.
MOCA is screening Marlon Rigg’s documentary Tongues Untied in conjunction with his new exhibition
Saturday and Sunday
If you like the idea of being in a horror movie, The Great Horror Campout is back in Griffith Park with different levels of intensity, including a Chicken Zone where you just watch horror movies without creatures disturbing you throughout the night
Ooga Booga has cool stuff and this weekend is having a warehouse sale
Catcon describes itself as ComicCon for cat people ($25)
The biannual Parachute Market which focuses on design is downtown at One Santa Fe ($10)
Nick Brandt is at Art Catalogues at LACMA to talk about art and activism with Kathryn Bigelow, and to sign books (free)
Cinespia is showing Disney’s Fantasia and Fantasia 2000 to benefit the Los Angeles Historic Theater Foundation at the TCL Chinese Theater (formerly Grauman’s Chinese Theater) with drinks in between shows ($35)
This is off Los Angeles band L7′s 1992 album Bricks are Heavy. They are currently on tour with the original lineup for the first time in 18 years. For their sold out date tonight at the Echo they are live-streaming on Spaceland Radio from 10:30-12.
