Flying Lotus- Never Catch Me ft. Kendrick Lamar
Flying Lotus is playing The Wiltern, tonight, 11/14.
Nov 142014
Nov 062014
Weezer- Buddy Holly
This song is off of Weezer’s 1994 self titled debut album, also known as The Blue Album. Both song and album were produced by Ric Ocasek, lead singer of The Cars. The video was directed by Spike Jonze and uses remarkably unchanged actor Al Molinaro from Happy Days in a cameo.
Weezer are playing at the Belasco Theater in Los Angeles on 11/7.
Oct 232014
Oct 162014
Massive Attack- Angel
This song is from Massive Attack’s 1998 album, Mezzanine. It was also used quite memorably in the movie Snatch, from 2000.
They are playing the Greek Theater tonight (10/16).
Sep 182014
The Breeders- Cannonball
“Cannonball” was The Breeders’ biggest hit off their 1993 album Last Splash. Lead singer Kim Deal started the band (while still with The Pixies) with Tanya Donelly, then with the Throwing Muses. Kim’s sister Kelley, seen in the video, joined later. The lineup for their current tour is Kim and Kelley Deal, Jim Macpherson, and Josephine Wiggs.
This video was directed by Spike Jonze and Kim Gordon.
They are playing with Neutral Milk Hotel and Daniel Johnston at the Hollywood Bowl, tonight, 9/18.
Sep 182014
Beck- Heart is a Drum
Things to do in Los Angeles this weekend (9/18-9/21/14)-
Thursday
Neutral Milk Hotel, The Breeders, Daniel Johnston play the Hollywood Bowl
DesignLAb at the Pacific Design Center is having an opening reception for 10 new exhibits featuring artists and designers
Cloud Cult are playing two sets at the Troubadour (one acoustic, one electric)
Friday
Author Junot Diaz will be reading from This is How You Lose Her at Skylight Books
The 2nd Annual Afterglow Summer Video Series ends tonight at Pieter Performance Space with work from four LA-based video artists including Harry Dodge and Aimee Goguen
Jungle with Beaty Heart at The Fonda
Saturday
It’s Tarfest at the LaBrea Tar Pits Park- live bands include Hunter Hunted and The Moth & the Flame; there will be live painting by Craig ‘Craola’ Simkins, Nicola Verlato, and devNgosha; as well as food, drink and activities (FREE)
Artist Oliver Payne’s CHILL OUT performance at 356 Mission begins at 7pm- make sure you can follow the rules!
Total Slacker are playing with Paws at The Echo
Saturday and Sunday
Beck is at the Orpheum
Parachute Market biannual design fair is at JF Chen showroom
Sunset Strip Music Festival is a two-day festival with Janes Addiction, Empire of the Sun, Cold War Kids, Big Freedia, Killer Mike, and tons more playing
Sunday
Daniel Joseph Martinez is speaking at LACMA and signing his book
It’s the last day to see the video installation, Drumroll, that won Steve McQueen (director of 12 Years a Slave) the Turner Prize, at MOCA Pacific Design Center
LA Feline Film Festival featuring the Internet Cat Video festival is in Exposition Park
Zammuto are playing at The Satellite
Aug 282014
Cypress Hill- How I Could Just Kill A Man
This was Cypress Hill’s debut single off their self titled 1991 album. The song also contains a sample at the very end, “All I wanted was a Pepsi” from the Suicidal Tendencies song Institutionalized. The video has cameos from Ice Cube and Q-Tip and was filmed in NYC despite the band being from Los Angeles (specifically South Gate).
Cypress Hill are playing the Made in America Festival on Sunday in Grand Park.
Aug 282014
Ty Segall- “Manipulator” Album Teaser
Things to do in Los Angeles this weekend (8/28-9/1/14)-
Thursday-Sunday
Ty Segall is playing four sold out shows at the Echo (but there may be tickets at the door) to promote his just released album, Manipulator
It’s the last weekend of the Griffith Park Shakespeare Festival. Thursday and Friday, it’s Taming of the Shrew. Saturday and Sunday, it’s Twelfth Night
Thursday
Lee “Scratch” Perry is playing the Santa Monica Pier (free)
Mission of Burma is playing with GRMLN at the Roxy
Friday through Monday
Los Angeles County Fair begins (running until 9/28)
Saturday
Skate and Create opens at Flower Pepper Gallery in Pasadena. Over forty well known street artists created skateboards for the show.
Saturday and Sunday
Made in America Festival in Grand Park- tons of artists including Kendrick Lamar, Imagine Dragons, Juanes, Weezer, Cypress Hill, Chance the Rapper and more
Sunday
Los Angeles Plays Itself, a 3 hour film compilation of clips of movies filmed in LA, is playing at the Aero. The director, Thom Andersen, will discuss it afterwards and present an additional film.
The Big Picture: Hitchcock at the Hollywood Bowl– scores from Hitchcock’s famous films are played live while scenes play on a screen in the background
Burger presents: OFF!, along with a bunch of other bands including Cherry Glazerr and Lovely Bad Things at Los Globos
All weekend (including Labor Day)
Cinefamily and Everything is Terrible present a weekend’s worth of programming for Everything Is Festival: Fifth Dimension– including an art opening, movie premieres (one with live score performed by YACHT), found footage compilations and more
Aug 212014
The Zombies- Time of the Season
Used in several movies, tv shows and commercials, Time of the Season, was released in 1968, although it didn’t become a hit until 1969 after the band had already broken up. It is one of The Zombies most famous songs along with Tell Her No and She’s Not There.
Tonight they will be performing for free at the Santa Monica Pier.
Aug 212014
Tijuana Panthers- Nobo
Things to do in Los Angeles this weekend (8/21-8/24/14)-
Thursday
Fucked Up, Tijuana Panthers and Rat Fist are playing at the El Rey Theatre
The Zombies are at Santa Monica Pier (free)
White Lung are playing a free show at Space 15Twenty (behind Urban Outfitters on Cahuenga)
Thursday- Sunday
The Tall Ships Festival at the Port of Los Angeles in San Pedro is here along with the ships will be the world’s largest rubber duck making its west coast debut
Friday- Sunday (and Wednesday)
Cinefamily presents Los Angeles Plays Itself– a three hour supercut of famous and non famous films that all take place in Los Angeles
Friday
Downtown Dark Nights at LA Live includes $5 food and drink menus all night long (and $5 parking), DJs, live music, performances and several street artists will be live painting as well
Author Vanessa Veselka will be speaking about women’s travel in cinema and literature as well as her own traveling experiences before a screening of Agnés Varda’s film Vagabond– the last of Clockshop’s My Atlas series
Joanna Gruesome and Dunes are playing at The Smell
The Belle Brigade is playing Figat7th’s Downtown Festival (free)
Saturday
John Adams’ I was looking at the ceiling and then I saw the sky– a Los Angeles earthquake romance opera-musical produced by Long Beach Opera at the Ford Theatre
FYF Fest has a huge lineup including Future Islands, Interpol, Slowdive, Ty Segall, The Strokes, Real Estate, and more. It’s sold out but it may be worth hunting down tickets
Sunday
Like scavenger hunts? And street art? Well, Streetsmarts L.A. has put together a huge hunt with some great prizes donated by local artists- more details here
California assemblage artist George Herms will be signing his new book and presenting a work in progress at LACMA