Spoon- Inside Out
The new Spoon album, They Want My Soul, came out yesterday and they are playing Amoeba Hollywood tonight 8/6, at 6pm for free.
Aug 062014
Jul 262014
Jon Hopkins- Open Eye Signal
Jon Hopkins is playing the Echoplex tonight, 7/26/14.
Jul 172014
Everclear- Santa Monica
The Summerland Tour brings the 90’s back tonight (7/17) at the House of Blues Los Angeles with the music of Everclear, Soul Asylum, Eve 6, and Spacehog.
Jul 102014
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Peter Murphy- Cuts You Up
This song was released as a single in 1990 and is from Murphy’s third solo album Deep. The former lead singer of Bauhaus is playing shows this week at the El Rey Theatre on July 3 and 5th, for his tenth studio album Lion.
Jun 282014
Sharon Van Etten- Every Time the Sun Comes Up
Sharon Van Etten is playing at the El Rey tonight, 6/28. Tickets here.
Jun 262014
Method Man- All I Need (featuring Mary J. Blige)
This song from 1995 sampled Marvin Gaye and Tammi Terrell’s “You’re All I Need to Get By”. Mary J. Blige is performing on Sunday at the Staples Center as part of the BET Experience (6/27-6/29). Some of the other artists in the three day concert series include- A$AP Rocky, Jill Scott, Maxwell, Outkast, The Roots and Method Man.
Jun 192014
Robyn Hitchcock- I Often Dream of Trains
This song is off Hitchcock’s third album of the same name released in 1984. He is playing at McCabe’s Guitar Shop in Santa Monica on Friday 6/20.
Jun 122014
Aimee Mann- Labrador
This song is off Aimee Mann’s album Charmer, released in 2012. The video is a shot for shot version of the video for Voices Carry, her ‘Til Tuedsay hit, introduced by Jon Hamm (playing the director). Keep an eye out for Ted Leo as well, who plays a member of her band. They are currently touring together as The Both and playing at the El Rey on Saturday.
Jun 052014
Buzzcocks- Ever Fallen in Love (1978- Top of the Pops)
Buzzcocks are one of the bands playing this weekend (6/6-6/8) at the Ink-N-Iron Festival in Long Beach on the Queen Mary. The festival combines burlesque, tattoo arts, art shows, car shows, music and more. The Damned, Merle Haggard, Sick of it All and Suicidal Tendencies are among the list of bands that will also be playing over the weekend.