shame- Snow Day
The playlist below is made up of musical selections from bands and musicians who would have played in Los Angeles in January of 2021 if not for the COVID-19 pandemic, and others who had or were part of concerts online.
Feb 182021
Apr 122019
Coachella is this weekend (4/12-4/14) and next (4/19-4/21) and features a lot of great bands. Below are playlists with a selection of some of the bands playing on each day and a list of their set times and locations at the festival as a way to help narrow down some of the choices.
Friday
Let’s Eat Grandma- 2-2:40 on the Gobi Stage
Las Robertas- 2:55- 3:25 on the Sonora Stage
Hurray for the Riff Raff- 3:05-3:45 on the Gobi Stage
Beach Fossils- 4:10-4:55 on the Gobi Stage
JPEGMAFIA- 5:00-5:40 on the Outdoor Theatre Stage
Tierra Whack – 6:35-7:30 on the Mojave Stage and leave early to see Anderson .Paak from 7:05-7:55 on the Coachella Stage or see The Frights on the Sonora Stage from 7:30-8:10
BLACKPINK- 8-9:00 on the Sahara Stage
SOPHIE- 9:10-10:00 on the Mojave Stage then head to the Coachella Stage to see some of Janelle Monáe’s set from 9:50-10:40
Charlotte Gainsbourg- 10:45-11:30 on the Mojave Stage
End the night with Childish Gambino on the Coachella Stage at 11:25
Saturday
The Red Pears- 1-1:30 on the Sonora Stage
Wallows- 1:30-2:15 on the Mojave Stage
Ty Segall and White Fence- 2:45- 3:35 on the Outdoor Theatre Stage
Shame- 3:40-4:15 on the Sonora Stage
Hop Along- 4:35- 5:10 on the Sonora Stage
JAIN- 5-5:45 on the Gobi Stage
Fashion designer and Louis Vuitton artistic director Virgil Abloh is DJ’ing on the Mojave Stage- 6:20-7:10
Superorganism- 7:40-8:25 on the Sonora Stage
Weezer- 8:35- 9:35 on the Coachella Stage or check out Idris Elba’s DJ skills on the Yuma Stage for a bit, he’s on from 9-11:00
Billie Eilish- 9:35-10:40 on the Outdoor Theatre stage or catch some of Aphex Twin’s 9:05-10:35 set on the Mojave Stage
Tame Impala starts at 10:35 on the Coachella Stage
Little Simz is on the Gobi Stage starting at 11:00
Kid Cudi starts his set on the Sahara Stage at 11:55
Sunday
Easy Life- 1:10-1:40 on the Sonora Stage
Mansionair- 2:30-3:10 on the Mojave Stage
Iceage- 3:45-4:20 on the Sonora Stage
Pusha T- 4:15-5:05 on the Coachella Stage
Lizzo- 5:45-6:30 on the Mojave Stage
YG- 7-7:50 on the Sahara Stage then stay for Gucci Gang (Gucci Mane, Lil Pump and Smokepurpp) from 8:15-9:05
Jon Hopkins 9:35-10:35 on the Gobi Stage
Kaytranada 10:55 on the Mojave Stage if you stay late
Mar 082018
Protomartyr- Don’t Go To Anacita
Things to do in Los Angeles this weekend (3/8-3/11/18)-
Thursday
Son Lux are playing at The Regent Theater with Gordi and Wills opening
Photographer Matthew Rolston will be discussing his exhibition Art People: The Pageant Portraits at Ralph Pucci in Hollywood, with arts writer and editor Katya Tylevich. RSVP here
Darlingside are playing at The Echo with Henry Jamison opening
Grammy award winning musical director of the LA Opera, James Conlon will be discussing his recent collaboration with the Joffrey Ballet, and making the mythology of Orpheus and Eurydice modern at the Hammer Museum
Holly Miranda is playing a free show at Zebulon
LACMA is having a free screening of Lean on Pete starring Steve Buscemi with a conversation with writer/director Andrew Haigh to follow
No Age are playing an all ages show at Highland Park Ebell
Palm are playing at the Echoplex with The Spirit of the Beehive and Jerkagram opening
Friday
ArtNight Pasadena returns with a night of free museums, performances, music, and more- with free shuttles to take you around
Moaning are having a record release party at The Echo with Froth and Numb.er opening
Union Station is hosting Josh Nelson & The Discovery Project’s multi-disciplinary artistic collaboration and presentation- combining video, performance art, light and art installations with his original music (free)
ICA LA’s event Art Buzz, is a happy hour tour of the exhibition Skip Arnold: Truffle Hunt followed by “libations and tastings” (free but RSVP)
Orb, Flat Worms, and Hooveriii are playing at Zebulon
Ghostface Killah will be performing at the Echoplex’s 2ooos era Hip Hop Party-Echo Flex
Current Joys are playing with Celebrity Crush at Lodge Room
Saturday
Protomartyr are playing at the Teragram Ballroom with Shame and GLAARE opening
ICA LA is partnering with Crayon Collection to host a free all ages workshop with artist Pearl C. Hsiung focused on crayon creations
No Win and Luke Rathbone are opening for Criminal Hygiene at the Bootleg Theater
The Aero Theatre is playing a double feature of The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou and The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension
The Wedding Present are playing at The Echo with Terry De Castro opening
Saturday and Sunday
To celebrate the 50th Anniversary of the East LA Walkouts, Fowler Museum along with the Chicano Studies Research Center will have two days of free programming- on Saturday there will be a speaker’s program with Walkout participants and scholars and on Sunday there will be screenings of the 1995 documentary Taking Back the School, and the 2005 HBO film Walkout! with a Q +A to follow
Sunday
Artist Luchita Hurtado will be in conversation with Hans Ulrich Obrist at Los Angeles Municipal Art Gallery (LAMAG)– free but RSVP (1pm with light refreshments at 2pm)
MOCA Community Day at The Geffen Contemporary at MOCA will include activities, performances and two panels with artists and activists- one discussing Art as Transformation and the other Envisioning a Different Framework– both focusing on LA’s homelessness crisis. Free but bring white tube socks to donate.
Bootleg Theater is hosting Lancaster– jazz music by Eric Revis, Jeff Parker, Joshua White and Guillermo Brown
Hibou are playing the Echoplex with Death Bells, Floating Room, and Alien Boy
Haunted Summer are playing at the Moroccan Lounge with Alyeska and Gold Casio opening
Feb 152018
Doug Tuttle- A Place For You
Things to do in Los Angeles this weekend (2/15-2/18/18)-
Thursday
Getty Museum is hosting Sexuality, Sanctity, and Censorship: A Conversation with Artist Ron Athey (free but ticket required)
Gabriella Cohen is playing a free show at Zebulon with Full Flower Moon Band
As part of FLAX (France Los Angeles Exchange)’s event programming, The Dialectic of the Stars – Wrong Ped Xing, LACE is hosting a program in 3 sections- a screening of Teherangeles by Arash Nassiri, a performance by Geneva Skeen, and a motorcycle concert by Fouad Bouchoucha
The Hammer Museum is having a free screening of short videos by artists included in their exhibition Stories of Almost Everyone
Gavlyn is headlining a night of bands at the Echoplex that includes Girl Pusher, Wasi and Blimes Brixton
Curls are playing with Fatal Jamz and Gabriel Delicious at the Moroccan Lounge
Feels are playing at The Echo with Los Bolos and MANE
LACMA has a free screening of The Party and a conversation with writer/director/actor Sally Potter
Friday
Jazz percussionist Antonio Sanchez will recreate his Grammy winning score for the Oscar winning film Birdman while it plays on screen at UCLA’s Royce Hall
Los Angeles Poverty Department is screening I Am Not Your Negro, the documentary about author James Baldwin, at the Skid Row History Museum and Archive (free and free popcorn and coffee)
Shame are playing at The Echo with Egrets on Ergot and Goon opening
Diet Cig are playing with Great Grandpa and The Spook School at the Lodge Room
Orchin, Justus Proffit, Matter Room, and The Chonks are playing a show at The Smell
Saturday
Doug Tuttle is opening for Morgan Delt at The Hi Hat
Head to Chinatown to celebrate the Lunar New Year and see the 119th Golden Dragon Parade
Long Beach’s Shoreline Village and Rainbow Harbor is having a free Mardi Gras celebration with live music, art and a parade
Royal Blood are opening for Queens of the Stone Age at The Forum
Dan Auerbach & The Easy Eye Sound Revue ft. Robert Finley are playing at The Wiltern
Sunday
For the closing week of Lezley Saar’s exhibition at CAAM, artist Maurice Harris, founding creator of floral design company Bloom & Plume, will activate the exhibition with a performance featuring spoken word as well as readings of passages from books that inspired Saar’s surrealist works, including Madwoman in the Attic and Monad
Clap Your Hands Say Yeah are playing at The Echo with Steady Holiday opening
The Egyptian Theatre is showing a double feature of Mystery Date and Secret Admirer