Nosaj Thing- Condition ft Toro y Moi
This song is the most recent single from Nosaj Thing’s upcoming album, Continua. The digital album releases this week on 10/28/22.
Nosaj Thing is playing this Saturday, 10/29 at The Greek Theatre in Los Angeles with Toro y Moi.
RVG- Alexandra
Things to do in Los Angeles this weekend (6/13- 6/16/19)-
Thursday
English singer-songwriter, musician and producer, Imogen Heap, will be performing at The Greek Theatre with frequent collaborator Guy Sigsworth
Will Oldham will be performing and signing his book at Family Bookstore (free)
The Downtown Art Walk returns tonight for its monthly event
Warbly Jets, Hembree, and BLOXX are playing at The Roxy
Pile are playing at the Bootleg Theater with State Champion and Clear Capsule opening
Bedouine is playing Moroccan Lounge with Holy Hive opening
Hollywood Night Market at Yamashiro is a lovely way to have some food and drinks while enjoying beautiful views of the city- free shuttles leave from the Mosaic parking lot
Friday
Australian post punk band RVG are playing at Gold Diggers
FIGFest, the free music night at FIGat7th, continues this week with performances by Sudan Archives and Oddisee & Good Company
Business of Dreams, Devon Williams, and Gun Outfit are playing a free show at the Highland Park Bowl
The Egyptian Theatre is showing a double feature of Martin Scorsese’s Alice Doesn’t Live Here Any More followed by John Cassavetes’ A Woman Under The Influence. The screening includes a discussion with actress Jodie Foster following the first film.
Aero Theatre is showing a double feature of Bonnie and Clyde (Faye Dunaway and Warren Beatty in the title roles), followed by Robert Altman’s Thieves Like Us
Diane Coffee is playing at the Teragram Ballroom with Claire George and Deep Fields opening
Ramonda Hammer is having a record release party at The Echo with Spare Parts for Broken Hearts and Cosmo Gold also performing
Saturday
Choreographer, artist, and writer Will Rawls will be sharing his work in progress, which incorporates dance, sound and stop-motion animation, and is currently in production as part of his residency at the Hammer.
Shannon Lay is playing a free show at The Love Song with Half Gringa
Girlpool are playing a free show in Pasadena at One Colorado as part of KCRW’s Summer Nights programming
CIACLA (Contemporary Irish Arts Center) is opening in Bergamot Station and for the launch of its summer program is having live performances by Amanda Coogan and other artists to coincide with the opening of Coogan’s site specific installation, The Ladder is Always There
Smokin Grooves Festival is taking place at Queen Mary Events Park with a very long list of performers including Erykah Badu, Usher, Ella Mai, T-Pain, Pink $weats, Ravyn Lenae, Mereba, Kari Faux, The Pharcyde, Slum Village, Twista, Maverick Sabre, and more
Self Discovery for Social Survival, a collaborative film from record label Mexican Summer and surf and outdoor brand Pilgrim Surf + Supply, is premiering at The Palace Theatre with a live score performed by Allah-Las, Connan Mockasin, and Andrew VanWyngarden of MGMT.
The Cult are playing at The Greek Theatre with Prayers, Zola Jesus, and VOWWS opening
Saturday and Sunday
Pasadena Chalk Festival, is an annual free two day festival with hundreds of chalk works plus live music
Hollywood Fringe Festival runs this week through June 30th with tons of performances taking place at many of the theaters in the Hollywood area
Sunday
As part of Bloomsday, a celebration of the life of James Joyce, Hammer Museum will be hosting a dramatic reading from Ulysses featuring veteran actors Síle Bermingham, James Gallo, James Lancaster, John Lee, Johnny O’Callaghan, and Sonya Macari and later have a Guinness in the courtyard while listening to Rattle the Knee
FEELS, Flat Worms, and Speck are playing at Rec Center
Toro y Moi, Noname, and Ian Isiah are opening for Chromeo at the Hollywood Bowl
Faultline bar is hosting TOM’s Bar 2019 Daddywood, a benefit for The Tom of Finland Foundation with performances by Le1F, Brooke Candy, Sky Ferreira and more
Girl Pusher and Deli Girls will be opening for Machine Girl at 1720
Dilated Peoples- Show Me The Way ft. Aloe Blacc
Things to do in Los Angeles this weekend (8/4-8/7/16)-
Thursday
Dilated Peoples and The Visionaries are playing The Official 2Mex Benefit Show at The Regent Theater
Tickets are still available for the Iris Nights Lecture Series at the Annenberg Space for Photography with Heather McClintock and Colin Finlay (free)
Artist Wu Tsang will be discussing filmmaker and writer Hito Steyerl for MOCA’s Artists on Artists series (free)
The Theatre at the Ace Hotel is screening Toro y Moi: Live From Trona with a Q &A afterwards and an after party with a Toro y Moi DJ set
Natalia Lafourcade is playing a free show at the Santa Monica Pier with Monsieur Periné
For The Broad’s film series Doll Parts, there will be a screening of Paul McCarthy’s Cultural Soup and David Schmoeller’s Tourist Trap ($12 ticket also includes entrance to the Cindy Sherman exhibition)
Mother Feather are playing a free show at the Bootleg Theater
Thursday- Saturday
It’s the final weekend of the New Original Works Festival 2016 at REDCAT
Friday
For its 50th anniversary, Ford Theatres will be screening Tiempo de Morir, based on Gabriel García Márquez’s short story, which was adapted by Carlos Fuentes and Márquez for film. Film director Rodrigo García, Márquez’s son, will be discussing it with the co-founder of Libros Schmibros, David Kipen. before the screening. ($18)
Brew at the L.A. Zoo combines live music, DJ’s, and craft beer with pop up keeper talks and “close up animal encounters” ($65 includes beer samples)
HAELOS are playing at the Teragram Ballroom with Golden Daze
Saturday
Blitzen Trapper are playing opening for Kansas as part of Pershing Square’s free concert series
Theater director Peter Sellars will be in conversation with Gronk at CAFAM
Proud + Outfest Movie Night in Grand Park is a free outdoor movie (Moulin Rouge!) and live music event
Tijuana Panthers are playing at the Teragram Ballroom with The Buttertones
Details are still limited but so far Audacity and No Age will be among the bands playing Save The Smell Fest, an event to raise money for the venue. Tickets are $25 but the location is still unknown (although it will probably be downtown)
Sunday
Sufjan Stevens is playing along with Kurt Vile and the Violators and Ibeyi at the Hollywood Bowl
DTLA Proud Festival has performances, parties, a pop-up water park and more to celebrate the revitalization of DTLA and the growing LGBT community ($10)
The Rock ‘N ‘Roll Flea Market returns to the Regent Theater (free)
Plants and Animals- Stay
Things to do in Los Angeles this weekend (6/23-6/27/16)-
Thursday
The Ace Hotel is hosting a screening of the John Waters narrated documentary, Wall Writers: Graffiti in its Innocence, presented by Juztapoz Magazine and International Documentary Association and followed by a Q&A led by Cheech Marin featuring director Roger Gastman, TAKI183 and KOOL KLEPTO KIDD.
Artist Lara Schnitger is speaking at Hauser Wirth & Schimmel and Moon Uterus are performing as part of the gallery’s After 5 programming (free with RSVP)
Nothing are playing with Wrong, Tennis System, Culture Abuse and Big Jesus at the Echoplex
Cub Sport are playing at the Bootleg Theater
Friday
Plants and Animals are playing at the Bootleg Theater with Royal Canoe
General Assembly in Santa Monica is hosting a day of free programming for creatives with a wrap party at the end as part of their Made in LA week long event
Cherry Glazerr is headlining a night at The Troubadour
Moby will be discussing his memoir Porcelain with KCRW’s Jason Bentley at Skirball ($5 for the ticket, $31 with the book)
Toro y Moi are DJ’ing a free art event at The Container Yard
Roses, Dunes, Mirror Travel and Jess Williamson are playing a $5 show at the Ham & Eggs Tavern
Saturday
Self Help Graphics & Art is having their Annual Print Fair & Exhibition
Dazed and Confused is the outdoor movie at The Autry with the band MASZER playing beforehand
Raising Arizona is the outdoor movie at Hollywood Forever Cemetery
Summer and Music, Downtown Long Beach’s summer long concert series, begins with 720 Pine which has an emphasis on skateboarding, and musical guests including Devendra Banhart DJ’ing
The Roots & Special Guests are playing at The Novo
Cold Showers are headlining a night of bands at Complex in Glendale
Saturday and Sunday
CatCon LA is back at The Reef with two full days of cat related programming. On Saturday, as part of CatCon, there is CatVideoFest, 70 minutes of non-stop cat videos at The Ace Hotel hosted by comedian Andy Milonakis
Sunday
Painter and muralist Kim West will be speaking at Hauser Wirth & Schimmel gallery (free with RSVP)
Casket Girls are part of the lineup for Graveface Records Roadshow at the Bootleg Theater
Bad Religion- Los Angeles is Burning
Things to do in Los Angeles this weekend (4/16-4/19)-
Thursday
William Pope L.’s Migrant (2105), which was made for his current exhibit, will be performed at MOCA – free and free evening admission- http://edu.moca.org/calendar/2015-04-16
The Replacements are playing at the Hollywood Palladium- http://www.thehollywoodpalladium.com/events/the-replacements-2/#.VS9d4GaDRFU
Toro y Moi are at the Fonda Theatre- http://www.fondatheatre.com/events/detail/268563
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- http://www.lacma.org/event/live-read-major-league
Friday
Bad Religion are playing at the Fonda Theatre with OFF!- http://www.fondatheatre.com/events/detail/268555
Peaking Lights are playing at The Echo- http://www.theecho.com/event/815591-sensations-fix-los-angeles/
WAND and Dunes are playing along with two other bands for $8 at The Smell- http://thesmell.tunestub.com/event.cfm?id=202711&cart
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- http://www.recordstoreday.com/Venues
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- http://brokechella.com/
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)- http://www.magiccastle.com/visiting/calendar.cfm?id=1475
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- http://www.onehundredwalkers.com/100-walkers-west-hollywood/
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- http://events.latimes.com/festivalofbooks/tickets-and-schedule/schedule/
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)- http://www.cafam.org/programs/