- AlunaGeorge
- AlunaGeorge
- AlunaGeorge
- Arcade Fire
- Arcade Fire
- Arcade Fire
- Arcade Fire
- Arcade Fire
- Arcade Fire
- Arcade Fire
- Arcade Fire
- Beck
- Beck
- Beck
- Beck
- Beck
- Blood Orange
- Blood Orange
- Blood Orange
- Blood Orange
- Blood Orange
- Blood Orange
- Bo Ningen
- Bo Ningen
- Chance The Rapper
- Chance The Rapper
- Chance The Rapper
- Chance The Rapper
- Chance The Rapper
- Courtney Barnett
- Courtney Barnett
- Crowd
- Crowd
- Crowd
- Crowd
- Crowd
- Crowd
- Fishbone
- Fishbone
- Fishbone
- Fishbone
- Fishbone
- Fishbone
- Flosstradamus
- Lana Del Rey
- Lana Del Rey
- Lana Del Rey
- Lana Del Rey
- Lana Del Rey
- Little Dragon
- Little Dragon
- Motörhead
- Motörhead
- Motörhead
- Preservation Hall Jazz Band
- Preservation Hall Jazz Band
- Preservation Hall Jazz Band
- Preservation Hall Jazz Band
- Poolside
- Poolside
- Poolside
- Poolside
- STRFKR
- STRFKR
- STRFKR
- Surfer Blood
- The 1975
- The 1975
- The 1975
- The 1975
- The 1975
- The Naked and Famous
- The Naked and Famous
- The Naked and Famous
- Trombone Shorty
- Trombone Shorty
- Trombone Shorty
- Zoe
AlunaGeorge, Arcade Fire, Beck, Blood Orange, Bo Ningen, Chance The Rapper, Courtney Barnett, Fishbone, Flosstradamus, Lana Del Rey, Little Dragon, Motorhead, Preservation Hall Jazz Band, Poolside, STRFKR, Surfer Blood, The 1975, The Naked and Famous, Trombone Shorty, Zoe
- Bombay Bicycle Club
- Bombay Bicycle Club
- Bombay Bicycle Club
- Bombay Bicycle Club
- Bombay Bicycle Club
- Cage The Elephant
- Cage The Elephant
- Cage The Elephant
- Cage The Elephant
- Cage The Elephant
- Capital Cities
- Capital Cities
- CHVRCHES
- CHVRCHES
- Crowd
- Crowd
- Crowd
- Foxygen
- Foxygen
- Foxygen
- Foxygen
- Foxygen
- Foster The People
- Future Islands
- Future Islands
- Julian Casablancas
- Julian Casablancas
- Julian Casablancas
- Julian Casablancas
- Kid Cudi
- Kid Cudi
- Kid Cudi
- Kid Cudi
- Kid Cudi
- Laura Mvula
- Lorde
- Lorde
- Lorde
- Lorde
- Lorde
- Lorde
- Muse
- Muse
- Muse
- Muse
- Muse
- Muse
- Muse
- Muse
- Nas
- Nas
- Nas
- Nas & Jay-Z
- Jay-Z
- Pharrell Williams
- Pharrell Williams
- Pharrell Williams
- Pixies
- Pixies
- Pixies
- Pixies
- Queens of the Stone Age
- Queens of the Stone Age
- Queens of the Stone Age
- Sleigh Bells
- Sleigh Bells
- Temples
- Temples
- The Internet
- Unlocking The Truth
- Unlocking The Truth
- White Lies
- Young & Sick
- Young & Sick
- Young & Sick
Bombay Bicycle Club, Cage The Elephant, Capital Cities, CHVRCHES, Foxygen, Foster The People, Future Islands, Julian Casablancas, Kid Cudi, Laura Mvula, Lorde, Muse, Nas & Jay-Z, Pharrell Williams, Pixies, Queens of the Stone Age, Sleigh Bells, Temples, The Internet, Unlocking The Truth, White Lies, Young & Sick
- Aloe Blacc
- Aloe Blacc
- Austra
- Austra
- Bastille
- Bastille
- Bastille
- Bastille
- Bonobo
- Bonobo
- Bonobo
- Broken Bells
- Broken Bells
- Broken Bells
- Broken Bells
- Bryan Ferry
- Bryan Ferry
- Bryan Ferry
- Bryan Ferry
- Bryan Ferry
- ††† (Crosses)
- Crowd
- Crowd
- Crowd
- Crowd
- Crowd
- Crowd
- Crowd
- Dum Dum Girls
- Dum Dum Girls
- Ellie Goulding
- Ellie Goulding
- Ellie Goulding
- Ellie Goulding
- Girl Talk
- Girl Talk
- Girl Talk
- Girl Talk
- GOAT
- GOAT
- Grouplove
- Grouplove
- Grouplove
- Grouplove
- Haim
- Haim
- Haim
- Haim
- Jagwar Ma
- Jagwar Ma
- Jagwar Ma
- Kate Nash
- Kate Nash
- Kate Nash
- MS MR
- MS MR
- MS MR
- MS MR
- Neko Case
- Neko Case
- Outkast
- Outkast
- Outkast
- Outkast
- Sholohmo
- The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion
- The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion
- The Preatures
- The Preatures
- The Preatures
- The Replacements
- The Replacements
- The Replacements
- The Replacements
- Tom Odell
- Tom Odell
- Waxahatchee
- Waxahatchee
- Woodkid
- Woodkid
- Woodkid
Aloe Blacc, Austra, Bastille, Bonobo, Broken Bells, Bryan Ferry, Dum Dum Girls, Ellie Goulding, Girl Talk, GOAT, Grouplove, Haim, Jagwar Ma, Kate Nash, MS MR, Neko Case, Outkast, Shlohmo, The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion, The Replacements, Tom Odell, Waxahatchee, Woodkid
Though based here and a frequent performer around town, Tuesday night at the Troubadour marked the proper headline debut for Lo-Fang. The sold out room—-admittedly, the numbers probably skewed a bit with industry types curious to check out the buzz—-though there are burgeoning pockets of wooing early adopter fangirls—-hosted a compact 45-minute 10-song set. Musically tight and set list on point (much of the new LP, Blue Film, plus his two cheeky reconstructions of Ginuwine and Grease soundtrack tunes), clearly the recent stint opening for Lorde has honed their chops.
Performing as a three-piece, Matthew Hemerlein is bolstered by a duo behind him on drums/laptop and keys/percussion, with just the right mix of Ableton backing tracks. The live show imbues the studio versions of Blue Film with warmth and occasional surprising muscle. Live drums in particular give the tunes some vital oomph.
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