Jimmy Whispers- Hellscape
This song is from Jimmy Whispers’ recently released album, The Search For God. He will be playing a free show at Zebulon in Los Angeles on Wednesday 6/14/23 with Peel Dream Magazine and Lou Rebecca.
Jun 122023
Jan 092020
Twin Oaks- Sleep Deprived
Things to do in Los Angeles this weekend (1/9-1/12/20)-
Thursday
Artist Christina Quarles is giving a free lecture at The Geffen Contemporary at MOCA as part of their Artist on Artists series
Independent scholar and author Dr. Houman Sarshar will be speaking at The Broad as part of their series The Logic of Poetry and Dreams (free but reserve ticket)
Wand are playing at The Echo (also Friday)
Oddnesse is playing a free show at Gold Diggers with Dev Ray, Lellopepper x Popularity Contest and DJ Colleen Green
The Tissues are having a free record release party at Zebulon with additional performances by Chernobyl, R Clown and Fucked Forever
Downtown LA Artwalk returns for its monthly event
Friday
Twin Oaks are playing at The Satellite as part of a free night of bands that includes Magic Bronson, Bandie and Wax Charmer
The Egyptian Theatre is showing a double feature of Airplane! and Stripes with a discussion between screenings with directors Jim Abrahams, David Zucker and Jerry Zucker.
The Aero Theatre has a Pedro Almodóvar double feature of Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown and All About My Mother with a discussion with director Almodóvar between films (sold out but there will be a stand-by line)
Jimmy Whispers is playing at The Hi Hat with Dark Tea, Cyrus Gengras, and The Lentils
Photo Ops is playing a free show at Gold Diggers
Saturday
Celebrate free admission at both MOCA locations with a day of performances, music, art-making activities, free ice cream, and more with a free shuttle between locations
Artist Liz Glynn will be in conversation with writer and critic Travis Diehl at Vielmetter Los Angeles
Kicked Off The Streets are playing with Sustivity, Cardboard Boxer and Law at The Smell
Saturday and Sunday
Celebrate the Lunar New Year Festival in downtown Monterey Park with live entertainment, food, traditional lion and dragon dancers and more
Sunday
Gold-Diggers is hosting a benefit for WIRES Wildlife Rescue Organization who are working to provide aid to the animals affected by the wildfires in Australia. Performers includes Ben Lee, William Tyler, Meatbodies and more. ($15.45)
The Rose Bowl Flea Market is back for its monthly event
D.A. Stern is playing a free show with Traps PS and Bart & The Bedazzled at Zebulon
Foie Gras, Glaare, Portrayal of Guilt, and Street Sects are playing The Smell
There’s a screening of Rolling Stone: The Life and Death of Brian Jones at The Regent Theater
Apr 252019
Bass Drum of Death- Just Business
Things to do in Los Angeles this weekend (4/24-4/27/19)-
Thursday
For MOCA’s 40th Anniversary they are hosting a series of exhibitions organized by LA based artists and MOCA curators with work drawn from their permanent collection. Tonight multimedia artist Elliott Hundley will lead a walkthrough of his exhibition Open House: Elliott Hundley at the Grand Avenue location (free tonight and every Thursday evening)
At Art+Practice, multidisciplinary artists Alima Lee and Kya Lou will be discussing their individual practices as well as their process and experiences documenting black life in Los Angeles. This talk is part of the programming for the exhibition Time is Running Out of Time: Experimental Film and Video from the L.A. Rebellion and Today.
Olden Yolk and The Lentils are opening for Chris Cohen at Lodge Room
Feels are playing with Ex Hex at the Teragram Ballroom
Artist Stan Douglas will be speaking at Hammer Museum
Local Natives are playing a free show at Amoeba Records in Hollywood
Artist and director Marie Voignier will be at LAXART to discuss her film Tinselwood, currently on view at the gallery
Friday
Bass Drum of Death are playing at Lodge Room with Jimmy Whispers opening
Hand Habits are playing at the Bootleg Theater with Lomelda and Tasha opening
The Dodgers are playing the Pittsburgh Pirates at Dodger Stadium with fireworks to follow
Bikini Kill are playing at the Hollywood Palladium
Slick Rick will be at Amoeba Records in Hollywood to celebrate and sign copies of The Great Adventures Of Slick Rick for its 30th Anniversary
Friday through Sunday
For the first time Photoville, the free annual photo festival with galleries built from repurposed shipping containers, is heading to Los Angeles. It will be taking place at the Annenberg Space for Photography this weekend and next with programming that includes nighttime projections, talks, workshops, family activities and a beer garden. At the same time the exhibition CONTACT HIGH: A Visual History of Hip-Hop, which showcases the work of hip hop photographers, will open at Annenberg Space for Photography with special hours to coincide with the festival.
Saturday
Artist Lia Halloran will be at Luis de Jesus Los Angeles at 2pm to discuss her exhibition Double Horizon
Dream Phases and Franky Flowers are playing at The House of Machines
The artists of Keystone Art Space are having an open studio night from 6-10pm
White Denim are playing at the Teragram Ballroom
Automatic and Gomme are playing at The Monty Bar
Arcana Books is hosting a launch party from 4-6pm for issue 2 of Creative Director Alexander McWhirter’s thematic annual art and fashion journal, Public.
Compltr is playing at All Star Lanes with Sheer, Trends, and June Swoon
Saturday and Sunday
Grand Park is hosting the free two day festival, Grand Park’s Our L.A. Voices- a Pop-up Arts+Culture Fest, featuring short film, dance, music, spoken word and theatre performances, and visual art, created by L.A. artists. There will also be a marketplace with artwork for sale.
Jackalope are bringing their free local artisan Spring Fair to Old Pasadena’s Central Park
Sunday
Celebrate the Thai New Year all day at the Songkran Festival in Thai Town which includes a parade, beauty pageant, live music, dance performances, food, and more
Emily Wells is playing the Bootleg Theater with KERA opening
Zebulon has a free screening of Jim Jarmusch’s Dead Man
Telekinesis are playing at the Moroccan Lounge with SONTALK and The Pretty Flowers
Big Red Machine (Justin Vernon (Bon Iver) and Aaron Dessner of The National) are performing at the Hollywood Palladium
Mar 212019
And The Kids- Champagne Ladies
Things to do in Los Angeles this weekend (3/21-3/24/19)-
Thursday
Composer, conductor, pianist, and writer Matthew Aucoin will be in conversation with comedy writer and performer Megan Amram (The Good Place, Parks and Recreation) at the Hammer Museum (free)
Lucille Furs are playing at the Bootleg Theater with Dream Phases, Jane Church and Easy Love
Halfnoise is playing at the Teragram Ballroom with Gothic Tropic and And That opening
No Win are having a record release party at Highland Park Ebell with Gymshorts and Los Bolos also performing
Bad Suns are playing a free show at Amoeba Hollywood and signing copies of their new album Mystic Truth
Friday
And The Kids are playing with Ramonda Hammer and Cardioid at The Satellite
Hauser & Wirth is hosting the three night film series (it started Thursday) I Still Dream About California, organized by Annie Leibovitz to accompany her exhibition at the gallery. The film this evening is Robert Altman’s The Long Goodbye. Tickets are sold out but you can still join the waitlist.
Rayland Baxter is playing at the Teragram Ballroom with T. Hardy Morris and Mattiel opening
Justus Proffit, Janelane and Rose Dorn are opening for Living Hour at The Factory
Jimmy Whispers is playing a free show at Zebulon with Lael Neale
Saturday
Artist Jennifer West will be choosing artwork from LACMA’s Photography and Prints & Drawings collections to display in the Study Center and discussing why she selected them and how they relate to her own art practice as part of LACMA’s Artists on Art series. (free but ticket required)
There’s a lot to do at Grand Park today- first Bernie Sanders will be having a rally there at 2:30pm and later the ACLU has a free all day event that includes speakers, a panel discussion, and a performance by Tom Morello (of Rage Against The Machine) with special guests Vic Mensa and K. Flay
From 12-5pm is the 13th Annual Santa Monica Airport Artwalk, with open art studios, art exhibitions, art demonstrations, performances, and more (free)
Amyl and The Sniffers are playing at the Bootleg Theater with Richard Rose and Shark Toys opening
Hippie Sabotage are playing at the Hollywood Palladium
Sunday
MOCA Senior Curator Bennett Simpson will lead a final walkthrough of both Zoe Leonard: Survey and Laura Owens at The Geffen Contemporary at MOCA – both exhibitions close on Monday 3/25 (admission to the museum and this program are both free)
Bootleg Theater is showing the rarely seen 1947 film Les Jeux Sont Faits, based on a screenplay by Jean-Paul Sartre, at 6pm and afterwards Psychic Love are playing a free show at 8:30pm to celebrate the release of their new album
R.L.Kelly, Merce Lemon, Cuddle Formation, and Glowing Birds are playing at The Smell
Zebulon is having a free screening of Stanley Kubrick’s Clockwork Orange at 1pm
The LA Marathon is taking place throughout the city, cheer on the runners and prepare for a lot of street and highway ramp closures
May 312018
Mallrat- Uninvited
Things to do in Los Angeles this weekend (5/31-6/3/18)-
Thursday
TV Girl is playing at Lodge Room with Wished Bone opening
Hammer Museum has a free screening of Set it Off with a Q&A to follow with Tisa Bryant and Ernest Hardy
Okkervil River are playing at The Teragram Ballroom
Mating Ritual are playing at the Bootleg Theater with Sego and Tim Atlas
Enjoy the view and a drink while shopping at Yamashiro’s weekly Night Market
Curtis Harding is playing at the El Rey Theatre with Algiers opening
Friday
Figat7th Downtown Festival kicks off the first of four free Friday concerts with Mallrat opening for Poolside and !!! Dj’ing
This week’s First Friday event at the Natural History Museum includes a display of vintage cars and a discussion of LA’s car culture; performances by Madame Gandhi, Duckwrth, and Tuxedo; DJs, and more
Jimmy Whispers is playing at Zebulon with Dinner opening
Saturday
Hammer Museum is hosting a free opening night party for Made in L.A. 2018, the fourth edition of their biennial exhibition showcasing LA artists
LA Conservancy’s Last Remaining Seats shows classic films in old theaters in Los Angeles- this time they are showing Mr. Smith Goes to Washington at the State Theatre with a Q&A about the theater’s history to follow
KCRW kicks off its free Summer Nights concert series at One Colorado in Pasadena with Pinky Pinky
LAST Projects is hosting an opening reception for the Queer Biennial (taking place at numerous venues across LA for the month of June)
Julia Jacklin is opening for Calexico at the El Rey Theatre
Filmmaker John Waters will be speaking at Luckman Fine Arts Complex at Cal State LA
Sunday
Urban Air Market, a free marketplace for independent artists and designers, is happening in Los Feliz
Metro Art Los Angeles is hosting The Floor Improv Days- a free event in Union Station with live music from brass musicians The Red Line Horns, as well as dance lessons and a percussion workshop
Neko Case is opening for Ray Lamontagne at The Greek Theatre
May 032018
Anna McClellan- Nail-biting Song
Things to do in Los Angeles this weekend (5/3- 5/6/18)
Thursday
Head to Amoeba Records in Hollywood for a free live set from Young Fathers before they open for LCD Soundsystem and Yeah Yeah Yeahs at the Hollywood Bowl this weekend
The Aero Theatre is showing a double feature of Idiocracy and All The President’s Men, with Idiocracy writer/director Mike Judge and screenwriter Etan Cohen discussing the films with screenwriter Ken Pisani between the screenings
It’s the first of The Broad’s two Thursday evenings offering free admission to Jasper Johns: Something Resembling Truth
Johanna Samuels is playing at the Bootleg Theater with Harrison Whitford
MOCA Assistant Curator Lanka Tattersall is leading a walkthrough of MOCA Grand Ave’s exhibition Real Worlds: Brassaï, Arbus, Goldin (MOCA admission is free Thursday evenings)
Dante Elephante are playing at The Hi Hat with Veronica Bianqui, The Altons and Lily Waters
Friday
Anna McClellan is playing at the Bootleg Theater with Media Jeweler and Staffers opening
First Fridays returns to the Natural History Museum with performances by Earth Girl Helen Brown and Homeshake, DJs, and a panel discussion on the evolution of Los Angeles as a city
LCD Soundsystem vs Yeah Yeah Yeahs is happening at the Hollywood Bowl (also Saturday)
No Joy are opening for Baths at the El Rey Theatre
Perera Elsewhere is playing at The Hi Hat with Huxley Anne opening
Saturday
ACID-FREE, a three day art book market that includes video screenings, music, talks, readings, and more, is taking place at Blum & Poe today and Sunday with an opening night on Friday (free)
The Gloomies and Jimmy Whispers are opening for Cullen Omori at The Echo
Pianos Become The Teeth, The World Is A Beautiful Place & I Am No Longer Afraid To Die, and Queen of Jeans are playing at the Bootleg Theater
Celebrate Cinco de Mayo with Oscuro de Mayo, a free event at Resident with a DJ set by Dave Parley of Prayers and live performances by August Eve and Sister Mantos
Pink Mexico are playing at The Hi Hat with Honus Honus and Cold Beaches opening
Sunday
In conjunction with the exhibition In the Fields of Empty Days: The Intersection of Past and Present in Iranian Art, LACMA is hosting a free panel discussion “regarding how women operate and negotiate their way in Iran as artists, from the perspective of the film and music industries as well as the fine arts.” The panelists are Newsha Tavakolian (Tehran-based artist and documentary photographer, whose work is represented in the exhibition), Dr. Nacim Pak-Shiraz (film historian, University of Edinburgh), and Dr. Nahid Siamdoust (Post-doctoral Associate, Yale University, and author of Soundtrack of the Revolution: The Politics of Music in Iran) and the discussion will be moderated by LACMA curator Linda Komaroff.
Stories Of: Jealousy Edition is taking place at The Regent Theater with storytellers that include Shirley Manson, Aparna Nancherla and Madame Gandhi, DJ sets, live music, and proceeds going to Peace Over Violence
The Rock N Roll Flea Market returns for its monthly free event at The Regent Theater
Dec 152017
Hoops- On Top
Things to do in Los Angeles this weekend 12/14-12/17/17)-
Thursday
Grizzly Bear are playing at The Wiltern
LACMA is hosting An Evening with… Willem Dafoe, which includes a screening of Light Sleeper and a conversation with the actor
Julien Baker is playing at the Palace Theatre with Half Waif and Adam Torres
Downtown Art Walk returns, this time with a Krampus Run and parade along with various galleries open late (free)
Veronica Bianqui and Kera & The Lesbians are opening for Moon Honey at the Teragram Ballroom
Night Drive and Bogan Via are playing at Resident
Friday
Saber Battle L.A. returns, this time to Grand Park- $10 in advance gets you a 6 color light saber to use for the event
Froth are playing at the Moroccan Lounge with Sasami opening
Skating Polly are playing at The Echo with Starcrawler and Pinky Pinky opening
Saturday
Hoops are playing with Jimmy Whispers and Ruby Haunt at the Moroccan Lounge
Bergamot Station is hosting a Holiday Open House and is a good chance to check out the galleries
Gabba Gallery is having a closing party for their affordable art show Wishlist 5
Power 106 is hosting Cali Christmas at The Forum with performances by Chance the Rapper, Travis Scott, Joey Bada$$, Majid Jordan, and Gashi
The artists of Iris Company are having an interactive performance/art show called BOUQUET at Basic Flowers
Sunday
Cinespia is hosting a screening of Home Alone with a pajama party at The Los Angeles Theatre
The California African American Museum is hosting the first of their Conversations for Artists by Artists series with Samira Yamin and Umar “Frohawk” Rashid with a reception to follow (free but RSVP)
The 13th Annual Los Angeles International Children’s Film Festival will be screening films free throughout the day at LACMA
A Very Cassie Ramone X-Mas is happening at Bob Baker Marionette Theatre with Colleen Green, Three O’Clock Rock and, of course, puppets
Oct 192017
Mitski- Townie
Things to do in Los Angeles this weekend (10/19-10/22/17)-
Thursday
Art historian Elena Shtromberg will be discussing the work of artist Anna Maria Maiolino at MOCA Grand Avenue (free)
Screaming Females are playing at the Bootleg Theater with Street Eaters and Hit Bargain
LACMA is hosting a free screening of 11/8/16, a documentary made up of 16 stories from 16 different filmmakers all taking place in America
Warbly Jets are having an album release party at Moroccan Lounge with The Entire Universe opening
Nick Hakim is playing at the Echoplex with Sam Evian and Jimmy Whispers opening
Sego are at The Echo with Goldensuns and Oddnesse opening
Friday
The Lemon Twigs are playing at the Teragram Ballroom with Cut Worms and Fatal Jamz (also Saturday)
The Pancakes and Booze Art Show returns to Los Angeles with art from over 100 artists, performances, and of course pancakes and booze (also Saturday)
Front Porch Cinema’s free movie at Santa Monica Pier this week is the live action Beauty and the Beast
Angel Olsen is opening for Arcade Fire at The Forum
Cloak & Dagger Festival runs tonight and tomorrow til 2am at the Globe Theatre and The Palace Theatre. Tonight the lineup includes The Jesus and Mary Chain, TR/ST, Mykki Blanco, HEALTH and more
Saturday
The Brewery Artwalk is back for its Autumn edition- a great chance to check out the artists in the large complex and get some food and drink while there (also running on Sunday)
Hauser and Wirth is having a public opening for Mike Kelley: Kandors 1999-2011, with food, drink and music by Moon Uterus
Curls (with Christopher Owens of Girls) are playing with Sure Sure at Moroccan Lounge
Allah-Las are playing at The Regent Theatre with Entrance and Mapache opening
Pop-Up Magazine at The Theatre at Ace Hotel brings a magazine to life with “film, photography, film, radio, and original music all mixed together and performed live onstage”- for this iteration presenters include LeVar Burton and TV writer Cord Jefferson
Moses Sumney is playing at the El Rey Theatre with Sudan Archives
Crystal Castles are playing at The Wiltern
Sunday
Mitski is playing with Palehound opening at the Fonda Theatre
The Beverly Hills Art Show is back for its two day outdoor show with over 245 artists (also Saturday)
The A.G. Geiger Art Book Fair is taking place in Chinatown and is focused on art books, zines and music created by people on the West Coast (free)
Santa Monica Art Studios is having its annual open studios event (opening night is Saturday 6-9pm)
Eyelids are playing with Two Sheds and The Broken Hearts at The Echo
Jun 292017
Sir Sly- Astronaut
Things to do in Los Angeles this weekend (6/29-7/3/17)-
Thursday
Sir Sly are playing the El Rey Theatre with PAPA
For MOCA’s free (but RSVP) music night at The Geffen Contemporary location- the bands are Surf Curse, Tacocat and Starcrawler
At MOCA’s Grand Avenue location, photographer Deana Lawson will be discussing the work of Kerry James Marshall for the Artists on Artists series (free)
This week’s free concert at Santa Monica Pier is Lemaitre and Coast Modern
For this week’s Oracle Film Series at The Broad, Claire Denis’ film Beau Travail will be shown along with Rineke Dijkstra’s short Annemiek ($10)
The Hammer Museum has a free screening of Fellini’s Juliet of the Spirits
Bedouine is playing at the Bootleg Theater with CHIMNEY opening
Frankie and the Witch Fingers are opening for The Paranoyds at The Echo
Friday
For the last of the Constitutional Happy Hour programs at The Hammer Museum, the topic is hate speech
For the first DJ Night in Grand Park, Peanut Butter Wolf will be performing along with other DJs he has chosen
Junior Boys, Kilo Kish, How to Dress Well and Chrome Sparks (DJ set) are playing at the Globe Theatre
Ducktails is playing at the Hi Hat with Jimmy Whispers and Martin Frawley
Saturday
Meatbodies and Feels are playing at the Teragram Ballroom
The Districts are playing at the Troubadour with The Spirit of the Beehive and Norwegian Arms opening
The outdoor movie at The Autry in Griffith Park this week is Top Gun
For the first of Chinatown’s Summer Nights there are artisan and culinary presentations, a craft and vintage market, a beer garden, a live music stage and more. Plus there are some excellent art galleries nearby worth checking out.
Matthew Modine and Vincent D’Onofrio will be discussing Full Metal Jacket before its screening at The Egyptian Theatre
Tycho is playing at the Greek Theatre with Todd Terje & The Olsens
Sunday
Deap Vally, Plague Vendor, The Red Pears, Zig Zags, Flat Worms and many more are playing the all day Dirty Penni Fest at The Echo and Echoplex
The Egyptian Theatre is showing Jaws
Street Food Cinema at Los Angeles State Historic Park is showing Fight Club
All Weekend (Friday-Sunday)
The Anime Expo is at the Los Angeles Convention Center (running until 7/4)
626 Night Market returns to Santa Anita Park
Free outdoor Shakespeare performances return to Griffith Park with Measure for Measure
Jul 282016
TOKiMONSTA (feat Anderson .Paak & KRNE)
Things to do in Los Angeles this weekend (7/28-7/31-16)-
Thursday
TOKiMONSTA, Gavin Turek, and Ambré are performing at this week’s Disappear Here, the free music night at Hammer Museum
For the closing of the exhibition Shapeshifters at Shulamit Nazarian Gallery in Venice, XINA XURNER (Shapeshifters artist Young Joon Kwak’s musical performance collaboration with Marvin Astorga) will present a new performance that combines voice, music, movement, and interaction with Kwak’s sculptures and features artist and composer Elisa Harkins and Travis R-D of performance collective Project Rage Queen. The performance will be followed by a conversation between Kwak and artist Jennifer Moon.
Sinkane is performing a free concert at Skirball Cultural Center
LACMA has a free screening of Ira Sachs’ new film Little Men and a conversation with Sachs and stars of the film Greg Kinnear and Theo Taplitz
Protoje are headlining the free concert at the Santa Monica Pier
Friday
For the Getty’s Friday Flights this week, there will be music by M. Geddes Gengras and wild Up’s Lewis Pesacov, installations by Jim Drain and Jennifer Juniper Stratford, a performance by Ry Rocklen and Nick Lowe’s The Bushes, and a film program presented by Veggie Cloud (free)
Magic Wands are playing with Drinking Flowers, Terminal A, and Fatal Jamz at the Viper Room
LACMA is having a book signing (free) with Guillermo del Toro at 5pm and afterwards he will be introducing his film The Devil’s Backbone (tickets for the film here)
Black Milk is performing with live band Nat Turner at The Echoplex
Gary Wilson & The Blind Dates and Jimmy Whispers will be playing one of the last shows at the original location of Pehrspace
Saturday
Bergamot Station is having a full day of artist talks and exhibition openings for Summer Saturday
The Broad is having the second of their late night events- Nonobject(ive): Summer Happenings, this time with Sky Ferreira DJ’ing, a reading by Richard Hell in collaboration with the music of The Haxan Cloak, music by Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith and Mas Ysa, dance and visual art collaborations by Ryan Heffington and Brontez Purnell within the galleries, and experimental music by Anenon
Reverend Horton Heat is playing a free show in Pershing Square
You can see Trainspotting outside The Autry before the sequel comes out in January of next year
Ice Cube is headlining the first night of HARD Summer Music Festival, which includes performers Flosstradamus, Anderson .Paak, and Dizzee Rascal among others
Sunday
MOCA is having a free screening of Ed Ruscha’s only two films Miracle and Premium and Filipe Lima will introduce his film Ed Ruscha: Buildings and Words, a new short-length documentary about Ruscha’s extraordinary body of work
Major Lazer is headlining the second night of Hard Summer Music Festival with Dillon Francis, Porter Robinson, DJ Khaled and many more also performing
Griffith Park Free Shakepeare Festival continues with The Tempest (begins Saturday 7/30)