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.
FIDLAR- 40oz. On Repeat
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.
The Rentals- Friends of P.
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.
L7- Pretend We’re Dead
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.
U2- I Will Follow
This song is from U2′s 1980 debut album Boy and was its second single. According to Wiki, it is the only song that they have performed on every tour.
U2 are playing The Forum for several nights but they are also playing an exclusive show at The Roxy on May 28th and KROQ is having a trivia contest to win free tickets.
The Replacements- Alex Chilton
This song is off The Replacements’ fifth album, Pleased to Meet Me, released in 1987. The song references singer Alex Chilton who was the lead singer of two bands, The Box Tops and Big Star. He also played guitar on The Replacements song Can’t Hardly Wait, also on the album Pleased to Meet Me.
The Box Tops are probably best known for the song The Letter (below).
Big Star’s In the Street may sound familiar too as it was covered by Cheap Trick and that cover was used as the theme for That 70′s Show.
The Replacements are playing at the Hollywood Palladium on 4/16.
Bad Religion- Los Angeles is Burning
Things to do in Los Angeles this weekend (4/16-4/19/15)-
Thursday
William Pope L.’s Migrant (2105), which was made for his current exhibit, will be performed at MOCA – free and free evening admission
The Replacements are playing at the Hollywood Palladium
Toro y Moi are at the Fonda Theatre
The Live Read series at LACMA continues this week with Major League, guest directed by Joe Manganiello (Magic Mike). A limited number of tickets will be sold at the door two hours before start time
Friday
Bad Religion are playing at the Fonda Theatre with OFF!
Peaking Lights are playing at The Echo
WAND and Dunes are playing along with two other bands for $8 at The Smell
Saturday
Record Store Day is back and there are lots of venues doing something special to celebrate. Origami Vinyl is having DJ sets, bands (including Fever the Ghost), giving gift bags to the first group of customers and there will be a free ice cream truck. Permanent Records is also having performers including John Doe and Exene from X. Amoeba Records isn’t on the list but is having events at the store as well as one across the street at Space 15 Twenty. The official list of venues is here.
You may not have heard of many of the bands playing Brokechella, BUT it is an annual event that gets bigger every year, just like its namesake, and it’s a pretty good deal. For $20 you get art shows, bands, comedy and variety, giant jenga puzzles, a vendor fair, Puppychella for dog owners, and more- all in Downtown’s Warehouse District
Always wanted to see the inside of the Magic Castle but never scored an invite from a magician? One way to get a peek is to check out their Swap Meet taking place 9am-3pm (from the Terrace to the Peller Theatre) where you can also shop around for a variety of magic related items ($8)
If you are around WeHo and see people dressed in black with bowler hats and wearing artistic looking sandwich boards, they are part of the 100 Walkers performance piece. More info here
Saturday and Sunday
The Los Angeles Times Festival of Books is back with a huge list of free and ticketed (many only $1) events and readings- authors include Tavis Smiley, Billy Idol, Octavia Spencer, Kate Mulgrew, Amber Tamblyn, Patton Oswalt, Vikram Chandra, Roy Choi and many, many, more
Sunday
CAFAM (Craft and Folk Art Museum) is hosting a gallery tour and conversation with exhibition juror Cat Jimenez, Executive Director of the Lucie Foundation, and a group of exhibiting artists from the show Focus Iran: Contemporary Photography and Video (free with RSVP)
Interpol- NYC
NYC is a single from Interpol’s debut album Turn on the Bright Lights, which was released in 2002. This video was created and directed by multimedia artist Doug Aitken.
Interpol are playing on the Friday (4/10) of Coachella this year. For the full lineup and set times for the first weekend, check here.
Matt & Kim- Lessons Learned
Matt and Kim are playing a free mini-show at Amoeba Records tonight (4/7) to celebrate the release of their album New Glow.