PickLargeNew Year Listings:

Charlatans UK / Ride

The Wiltern

The glory days of Britpop come crashing back thanks to the Madchester sounds of the Charlatans (UK, or whatever) and the glorious Oxford drone of Ride. That’s the best double bill since the Manic Street Preachers went out on tour with Suede. This is the second leg off this tour, after the same bands were at the same venue last February. “Ride and the Charlatans are two very different bands, joined together through a special era for UK indie rather than sonics,” we said in our review. “But the show also worked because both bands were blurring genre lines from the very beginning.”

7 p.m. on Friday, January 5 at the Wiltern, $35+, livenation.com.

The Eagles

Kia Forum

This is, we’re being told, the Eagles’ final tour. Following the death of Glenn Frey, the band has battled valiantly on, but they seem to be about done and that’s probably appropriate. The Eagles remain one of the least cool but most loved bands to ever have existed in the rock realm, with many people constantly criticizing them for being decidedly inoffensive. Yet they’ve written and released a ton of classics and they should be remembered fondly. Steely Dan also performs.

7:30 p.m. on Friday, January 5, Saturday January 6, plus Friday January 12 and Saturday January 13, at the Kia Forum, $150+, thekiaforum.com.

Venomous Pinks

Alex’s Bar

Back in 2021 when we reviewed Venomous Pinks on the Suburban Clampdown festival bill, we said that “the Arizona three-piece took no shit and pummeled our heads. Metaphorically.” Also, “bass player Gaby Kaos was sporting a shirt that read, ‘Bassists against racists’.” Clearly, they’re our sort of people. Their self-titled album is out now, so expect to hear a lot of that in Long Beach on this killer bill. Love Equals Death, SideKick, and Madam Bombs also perform.

2 p.m. on Sunday, January 7 at Alex’s Bar, $12.88, alexsbar.com

 

Chocolate Watchband

Whisky A Go Go

The world famous whisky is hosting a series of shows to celebrate its 60th (!) anniversary, and Los Altos outfit the Chocolate Watchband is the first. Fans of the Nuggets box will know them for the songs “Sweet Young Thing” and “Are You Gonna Be There (At the Love-In),” but they have seven full albums, the most recent of which was released in 2019. The Fantastic Fllinis, Wasted Surfer Chick, and the Shag Rats also perform. Look out for more of these anniversary shows, from Canned Heat (Jan. 12), Strawberry Alarm Clock (Jan. 13), Love (Jan. 14) and Robby Krieger of the Doors (Jan. 16).

6 p.m. on Thursday, January 11 at the Whisky A Go Go, $25, whiskyagogo.com.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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