On Sale Today
Drive-By Truckers @ Troubadour Mon 3/7
Tahiti 80 @ Troubadour Mon 3/14
Dengue Fever @ Troubadour Tue 4/19
Chris Cornell @ John Anson Ford Wed 5/4
Echo & The Bunnymen w/ Kelley Stoltz @ Club Nokia Sat 5/21

On Sale Friday
The Psychedelic Furs @ House of Blues Anaheim Thu 4/28
The Psychedelic Furs @ Music Box (Performing “Talk Talk Talk”) Sat 4/30
Echo & The Bunnymen @ House of Blues Anaheim Sun 5/22
Dispatch @ Greek Theatre Sun 6/12

On Sale Saturday
Uh Huh Her @ El Rey Fri 4/1

 
PHOTO: Ian McCullouch of Echo & the Bunnymen shot by Sung at Coachella 2010.

»continue reading FYF & ERMF Present Peter Bjorn & John and Special Guests @ Center for the Arts Eagle Rock, This Sunday 1/30–Enter to Win Tickets

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What with Wanda and Jack setting fire to the El Rey again this evening, we thought it only fitting to redirect your eyeballs to this 2008 off-the-cuff chat with Wanda, by Daiana. Photos by Daiana as well. Enjoy. Maybe go poke around the archives, find a few photos of Jack shredding to go along with this, or something. -Ed

(UPDATE: Sung’s pics now up.)

» A Hotel Room Chat with Wanda Jackson, First Lady of Rock N’ Roll

PICK OF THE WEEK
Lucero w/ Steve Soto and the Twisted Hearts @ Alex’s Bar
Alex’s Bar 11th Year Anniversary Shows
Thursday, January 27, 2011

 

MONDAY
Cold War Kids w/ Grouplove @ Bootleg Theater
Foster The People w/ Pacific Hurt @ Detroit Bar (Free January residency)
Iron & Wine @ Amoeba (free)
Wanda Jackson with the Third Man house band featuring Jack White @ El Rey
White Lies w/ Giant Drag @ Troubadour (Contest closed.)

TUESDAY
Cold War Kids @ Amoeba (free)
Iron & Wine w/ Laura Marling @ The Wiltern
Olin and The Moon @ The Echo
The Vaccines @ Satellite (formerly Spaceland)

»continue reading Losanjealous Concert Picks: January 24 – 30, 2011

Pictured from L to R: Kevin Dunigan (Executive Vice President City National Bank), Tom Morton (City of Anaheim’s Convention Center, Sports & Entertainment Executive Director), Tom Tait (Mayor of Anaheim), Alex Hodges (CEO of Nederlander Concerts) and Adam Millar (General Manager of City National Grove of Anaheim). Due to the size contraints of this website it may be initially difficult to discern that Adam Millar (right) is the only suit of the five to wear a solid-color tie in the above photograph; refer to closeup below.

NEDERLANDER CONCERTS ANNOUNCES NAMING RIGHTS PARTNERSHIP WITH CITY NATIONAL BANK FOR THE GROVE OF ANAHEIM

Introducing: City National Grove of Anaheim

ANAHEIM, CA (January 24, 2011) – Nederlander Concerts, operator and programmer of the Grove of Anaheim, together with Front Row Marketing Services and City National Bank, announced today that the venue will be officially renamed to the City National Grove of Anaheim.

»continue reading Grove of Anaheim Becomes City National Grove of Anaheim; Five Guys in Suits Approve; Adam Millar Sports Sole Solid-Color Necktie

»continue reading FYF Presents Monotonix, Ty Segall & more @ Echoplex This Thursday 1/27–Win Tickets

Tim over at the SM Mirror reports today on a police blotter highlight which occurred last Friday in Santa Monica:

… The suspect had taken a fresh approach, gone out on a limb, and stolen a crab leg from the buffet. When the staff confronted the suspect, he hit a staff member with the crab leg. The suspect then fled the location. Officers went in search of, discovered, and netted this seafood pirate a short distance away.

More punny giggles over at the Mirror; my personal illustration accompanies the excerpt here. Attention Tim: Please get in touch as I see us going places, fast.

» Man Steals Crab Leg, Hits Staff With It (Santa Monica Mirror)

PHOTO: Phantogram, Cass McCombs & White Lies @ Filter Antics Block Pary, October 10, 2010 by Sung

SOLD OUT
White Lies w/ Giant Drag @ Troubadour
Monday, January 24, 2011
ENTER TO WIN TICKETS NOW

Winners will be notified over the weekend. Good luck!

Photo by Sung from Coachella 2009.

HEADS UP

Rush @ Gibson Amphitheatre Wed 6/22
Rush @ Gibson Amphitheatre Mon 6/20
Friendly Fires @ Music Box Fri 6/10 (password: kissoflife)
B.o.b with Far East Movement & Special Guest @ Club Nokia Sat 2/12
A Very Special Acoustic & Electronic Evening With Trey Anastasio and The Trey Anastasio Ban @ Music Box (password: phishfood) Fri 3/4

Coachella Valley Music & Arts Festival 3-Day VIP Pass @ Empire Polo Club, Indio Fri 4/15 – Sun 4/17
Coachella Valley Music & Arts Festival 3-Day GA Pass @ Empire Polo Club, Indio Fri 4/15 – Sun 4/17
Coachella Valley Music & Arts Festival Tent Camping Pass
Coachella Valley Music & Arts Festival Car Parking Pass
Coachella Valley Music & Arts Festival Shuttle Pass
Coachella Valley Music & Arts Festival Lake Eldorado Camping Pass: Teepee Tent
Coachella Valley Music & Arts Festival Lake Eldorado Camping Pass: 4 Person Tent
Coachella Valley Music & Arts Festival Lake Eldorado Camping Pass: 2 Person Tent

The Dodos w/ Reading Rainbow @ El Rey Fri 4/8 (On sale Saturday 1/22)

»continue reading Friday @ The Music Box: Old 97′s & Langhorne Slim–Win Tickets

dublab kindly passes along a download of a great soundboard recording of the live set by Broadcast at the El Rey back in 2000, opening for Godspeed You! Black Emperor, a show I remember fondly.

It was very upsetting to read news about the passing of Trish Keenan–one of my personal favorites–at just 42 years-old last week. It’s small consolation, but at least we have her inspired art on record for posterity. I dug out all their releases last weekend and renewed my awe at the spectrum of sound Broadcast managed to capture. Every song they committed to tape feels as if it absolutely needed to exist. 2003′s Ha Ha Sound, in particular, leapt out at me anew, this time around. Put that one on good, loud speakers today and just sit back and wow. 2006′s The Future Crayon release also serves up new rewards upon a fresh relistening. Most bands would be lucky to put out a proper album as good as this compilation of b-sides and e.p tracks. Thanks to dublab for the nice live recording to further remember her by.

Item One. Please be advised that at 1200hrs PST today, Wednesday 19 January, The esteemed Decemberists will be “live” on “the Internet” on NPR.org, performing musical numbers from their brand-new recording, The King Is Dead. Depress this link to listen and/or view.

Item Two. Genius LA-based photographer Autumn de Wilde took thousands of Poloroids of the band during the album’s recording sessions. One original Poloroid is included in each of 2,500 limited edition versions of the album release. The Impossible Project provided de Wilde with some of the last remaining original Polaroid film stock for the project. 50 of the photos will be presented in exhibition at the Impossible Project (425 Broadway) for our NYC friends from January 26 to February 29 . Autumn and the band will be in person at the exhibition’s opening on opening night.

Item Three. »continue reading New Decemberists Agenda Items: NPR live-stream Now, Autumn de Wilde Poloroid Porfolio Exhibit, Late Night Talk Show Performance

Friday, April 15

Kings of Leon, The Black Keys, Interpol, The Chemical Brothers, Caifanes, Robyn, Sasha, Ms. Lauryn Hill, Brandon Flowers, Crystal Castles, Magnetic Man, Erick Morillo, Cee Lo Green, Cut Copy, Cold War Kids, Sleigh Bells, Boys Noize, Afrojack, Flogging Molly, Warpaint, Ozomatli, Tame Impala, Nosaj Thing, Ariel Pink’s Haunted Graffiti, A-Trak, !!!, The Pains of Being Pure at Heart, Kele, Marina and the Diamonds, Omar Rodriguez Lopez, Monarchy, Here We Go Magic, Klaxons, Titus Andronicus, Cold Cave, The Drums, The Morning Benders, Sander Kleinenberg, Glasser, Moving Units, Excision, OFWGKTA, Black Joe Lewis and the Honeybears, The Aquabats, Skrillex, Brandt Brauer Frick, Scala & Kolancy Bros., Gypsy and the Cat, 12th Planet, Breakage, Hurts, Clare Maguire, The Rural Alberta Advantage, Beardyman, Mount Kimbie, Jakes, Kyle Hall, Emicida

Saturday, April 16

»continue reading Coachella 2011 Festival Lineup

Anyone else? His newish 10am-2pm sports rap slot here in town on ESPN 710 am that is. Normally, I don’t cotton to New Yorkers carpetbagging to the LA market. And as a rule, I tend to hate anyone with the particular facial hair depicted in that photo. But I gotta admit, I’m was kind of feeling Max’s show the few times I’ve caught it so far. I’ll have to keep listening to really get a handle on what he’s all about. Or maybe it’s just that AM sports radio in this town is mostly a wasteland and anyone with a scintilla of intelligence and attitude will rise above. (Don’t get me started on Petros and “Money”. I’ll get around to laying out a list of crimes by those two meatheads some other day.)