Singer-songwriter Meiko moved to Los Angeles from a small Georgia town outside Macon in 2001. Her career has since taken off; she signed a major label deal with Universal imprint Concord Records, licensed a bazillion of her songs to TV and film, and got big in Japan (seriously, she's on the radio th ... More >>
Also, Federico Aubele, Fancy Space People, Golden State and others
Also, George Clinton and Parliament Funkadelic, Raphael Saadiq, Wu Man and others
Richard ThompsonYou (and your fellow audience members) have died and gone to the underworld. You're in a waiting room, waiting to be processed. To entertain you, the gatekeeper drags various unsuspecting souls onto the stage to "perform songs defending their character and existence." And you ... More >>
Best Coast"I went from being a college dropout to being NME's top-four cool list," Best Coast's Bethany Cosentino tells the Weekly's own Gustavo Turner in last week's cover story. "It's just bizarre the way life kind of turns and changes sometimes." Yeah, we'd say so. The L.A. trio's modest ... More >>
DeloreanDelorean's chipper set of dance music was one of the highlights of September's FYF Fest in downtown L.A. -- the Barcelona-born quartet's four-on-the-floor beats proved an exhilarating finish to what, for some, was a frustrating festival experience. With its layered vocals, keening sy ... More >>
The Besnard LakesThe Culture Collide festival, which kicked off Thursday night at five venues in Silver Lake, Echo Park and downtown, is making for some wonderful daze in the neighborhood. The brainchild of Filter music mag, the inaugural event has imported bands from more than a dozen natio ... More >>
Rx BanditsFew would have thought that the Orange County ska-punk kids who a decade ago started playing as the Pharmaceutical Bandits would grow up to be a Coachella band. But the quartet now known Rx Bandits has, their party in the desert last spring certifying Matt Embree and crew as musica ... More >>
Christina M. FeliceVanaprastaBy now, we're sure you have your strategy mapped out for Saturday's street festival portion of the Sunset Strip Music Festival. You're hitting the Sunset Strip early for Semi Precious Weapons; you're darting between outdoor stages for the likes of Travie McCoy, ... More >>
Al GreenYou've perhaps debated the lineup, read Nightranger's survival guide, gotten the reasoned perspective from Falling James, seen a certain local blog's mixtape and even tried to gauge the hippie traffic patterns. You either have the compunction for Sunset Junction, or you don't. Fact ... More >>
Laura MarlingOne week, two acclaimed U.K. folk singers: Somebody must have planned this thing. Last night it was Conor O'Brien, aka Villagers, giving a mesmerizing solo performance at the Hotel Cafe. (And, yes, this Conor O. very much recalls Conor Oberst.) Tonight, Laura Marling visits the ... More >>
Sebastian MlynarskiPhosphorescentGood things some to those who ... make good music? Ah, it'd warm our blog band-besotted cackles if it were always so. But there is a happy story to tell about Phosphorescent, the Brooklyn-based, Athens, Ga.-born alt-country band who this spring released the t ... More >>
via MySpaceMiguel Atwood-FergusonTonight's installment of Grand Performances at California Plaza -- one of our town's finest, free music al fresco opportunities -- figures to be especially grand. Miguel Atwood-Ferguson, the composer/producer/arranger/multi-instrumentalist who boasts a resume ... More >>
Piper FergusonThe Swell SeasonBoy, girl. Boy, girl. Boy, girl. It's a bill made for date night on Sunday at the Hollywood Bowl as some of music's favorite collaborative couples team up to provide a soundtrack for your wine and cheese. Of course, the Swell Season -- Glen Hansard of Irish r ... More >>
Sharon Jones & the Dap-KingsCan it get any more real that Sharon Jones? Well, it can't get any more heartwarming. The leading lady of the Dap-Kings is, after all, a rising star at 54, having shucked the uniforms of her previous careers (corrections officer at Rikers Island, and armor truck g ... More >>
WarpaintPasadena is used to its parades, but on Saturday its denizens will be traipsing around Old Town to get an earful of music rather than an eyeful of rose pedals. What's impressive about the annual Make Music Pasadena is how many constituencies the festival is serving over one day. With ... More >>
Even if the only ink you sweat is your printer cartridge and your idea of iron comes in your vitamin supplements, there's a lot to recommend at this weekend's Ink-N-Iron Festival: the tunes. Among the the tatted masses, meticulously coiffed pompadours, corseted pin-up girls and acres of machi ... More >>
Via Fuel.tvAngels & AirwavesSay what you will about Angels & Airwaves' radio rock (outer-space emo is the phrase that comes to mind), but Tom DeLonge has a plan. Working around the cash register jingle of inevitable Blink-182 reunions, he's made three increasingly ambitious albums with his n ... More >>
Flying LotusAvant-garde beatmaker Flying Lotus is the toast of the town right now, the release of his new album "Cosmogramma" having hit the shores of electronic music like a tsunami and folks still buzzing over his eye-popping set at Coachella. For the man born Steve Ellison, this weekend's ... More >>
The LikeAll signs point to yes -- fans seem to be really in love like with the new incarnation of the Like. Original members Z Berg and Tennessee Thomas, now hooked up with bassist Laena Geronimo and keyboardist Annie Monroe, are kicking off a four-Monday stand tonight at the Echo leading up ... More >>
Drive-By TruckersYou may not have noticed if you don't live in a neighborhood where "y'all" is the prevalent pronoun -- and no, that's not pejorative -- but the Drive-By Truckers have a new album out. "The Big To-Do" is just that, out-sized riffs, growling vocals and sweat-stained rhythms sup ... More >>
Also, El Perro Del Mar, Phranc, Moonrats and others
Also, Clipse, Imaad Wasif, Josh Charles and others
Also, the Kris Special, Jesse Sykes, Mamak Khadem and others
Also, Yacht, the Woolly Bandits, Linda Ronstadt and others
Also, Bob Dylan & His Band, Motorhead, John Doe & Exene Cervenka and others
Also, Franz Nicolay, Sweet, Tinted Windows and others
Please don't go. Jesca Hoop, whose gorgeous, singular pop songs, has announced a series of four "farewell shows," which will take place at the end of April at the Hotel Cafe, a venue that has long supported her work. Hoop's aesthetic, which her former boss Tom Waits described as "like going swimmi ... More >>
Also, Cut Chemist, NOFX, Hal Blaines 80th bash and more
Also, the Head Cat, the Spanks, Jimmy Webb and others
Also, Eleni Mandell, Tom Verlaine & Jimmy Rip and others
Also, J.D. Souther, Von Iva, Juliette Commagere and others
Also, Rodriguez, the Monolators, Nas and more
Also, Uh Huh Her, James Intveld, Miranda Lee Richards and more
Also, Kaki King, The Notwist and more
Also, Black Kids, Chromeo, Alejandro Escovedo
Also, Black Kids, Chromeo, Alejandro Escovedo
Also, Death Cab for Cutie, Ingrid Michaelson and more
Also, shows by Listing Ship, Detroit Cobras and more
And other May 15-22 shows
And other May 8-15 shows
That's the rumor, anyway, and I'm trying to confirm it right now. But it makes sense: the Crows' new album, Saturday Nights & Sunday Mornings, dropped last week; they've been in town all this week gigging (a few nights ago for the Yahoo! Live series, and tomorrow at the Apple Store at the Grove); an ... More >>
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