Friday, February 29, 2008 2:00PM - By William Barnes
Looking for something to do tonight? Will here is a list of bands playing in LA tonight, with band info, music samples, directions, times and more. Some of these shows may be a little tough to get into but there is plenty of good stuff for you to go and buy at the door. Enjoy!
- What Made Milwaukee Famous | At El Cid – Map| 21+ | Tickets $10
- MSTRKRFT, Z-Trip, LA Riots, and DJ Diabetic | At 8:00pm at Henry Fonda Theater – Map | Age Not Specified | Prices Unannounced
- Bad Religion | At 7:00pm at House of Blues Anaheim – Map | All Ages | Tickets $22.50
- Spindrift, Spirit Army, Moonrats, and Restaurant | At 8:30pm at Spaceland – Map | 21+ | Tickets $8
- Tilly & The Wall, Capgun Coup, and Buddy | At 8:00pm at The Echo – Map | 18+ | Tickets $13 – Buy Now
- Cat Power | 9:00pm at the Wiltern – Map | All Ages | Tickets $22.50
- Blitzen Trapper, Grand Archives, and Fleet Foxes | 8:00pm at The Troubadour – Map | All Ages | Tickets $10
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Thursday, February 28, 2008 5:52PM - By Mali
Buddy Miles, the rock and R&B drummer, singer and songwriter whose eclectic career included stints playing with Jimi Hendrix and as the lead voice of the California Raisins, the animated clay figures that became an advertising phenomenon in the late 1980s, has died. He was 60.
Buddy Miles, the well known drummer, singer, and songwriters, died on Tuesday of congestive heart failure as 60-years-old at him home in Austin, Texas.
Miles developed his love from drums when he was a toddler, and by the time he was 12-years-old he was playing in his father’s jazz band. Soon after he became a session player and sideman to many famous R&B groups and musicans including Hendrix, Ruby and the Romantics, Muddy Waters, John McLaughlin, Carlos Santa and the Delfonics. In the 1980’s he became an advertising phenomenon for the lead voice in the Californian Raisins clay figure animation.
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Thursday, February 28, 2008 4:00PM - By Winnie Jaing
In her second album of covers, Chan Marshall transcends the realm of being a regular artist in order to make Jukebox an amalgamation of reinvention and a style of her own. Covering the likes of Frank Sinatra, Billie Holiday, and Janis Joplin, Marshall fuses the authenticity of the past with the innovative reinterpretation that defines our musical present. All songs on Jukebox are covers with the exception of two: “Metal Heart”, previously on the Moon Pix Album, and “Song to Bobby”, a collaboration between Marshall and Matt Sweeney.
Precision isn’t what Marshall goes for in Jukebox – she leaves it raw because music itself is raw. We hear the screeches in the guitar, the offbeat of the drums, and the pure emotion radiating from each song. Marshall keeps it simple, only a few instruments accompany her voice, and although simplicity can sometimes prove detrimental, Marshall uses this compositional approach to her advantage.
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Thursday, February 28, 2008 2:00PM - By Leslie Ann
- Tilly and the Wall | 7:00pm at The Glass House – Map | All Ages | Tickets $13
- The Suburban Legends | 7:00 at the Key Club - Map | Tickets $10 – Buy Now
- The Venus Illuminato, Silver Griffin, and Not The Government | 8:00pm at the Knitting Factory - Map | Tickets $7
- Punch Brothers | 8:00pm at The Troubadour – Map |
- Son De LA Frontera | 8:00 The Echoplex – Map |
- Mezzanine Owls, The Mae Shi, Frankel, and Eagle & Talon | At 8:00pm at The Echo – Map | Tickets $5
- Taken By Trees | 8:30 at The Roxy – Map | Tickets $17
- British Sea Power | 9:00 at Spaceland – Map | Tickets $12
- Tulsa, What Made Milwaukee Famous, This Will Destroy You, and Signal Hill | At 8:00pm at Silverlake Lounge – Map | 21+ | Tickets $8 – Buy Now
- The Flying Tourbillon, The French Semester, and Marvelous Toy | At 10:00pm at The Prospector – Map | 21+ | Ticket Prices Unannounced
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Wednesday, February 27, 2008 2:00PM - By Mali
Well there are a bunch of great shows in LA tonight. Many new, unique, indie sounds for all you kids who like to rock out on a Wednesday. Normally I would give a recommendation, but I don’t think you could go wrong with any of these shows. Here is your daily round up with band info, music samples, ticket info, directions, and more. Enjoy!
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Tuesday, February 26, 2008 2:00PM - By Mali
I can’t tell you how these bands came up with their names but I can say that there is a lot of good music on tonight. So if you’re looking to rock out on your Tuesday night, here is a list of music events in LA tonight
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Sunday, February 24, 2008 10:00AM - By Mali
A round up of all the local bands playing in Los Angeles tonight – with times, direction, ticket prices, band info, and more.
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Saturday, February 23, 2008 7:00PM - By Guest Writer
One needs to gird oneself for a day at a museum. Or at least, I do. It takes a lot for me to stand and shuffle around for hours, flashing back to my one art history course, hoping terms like “˙High Renaissance” and “Dadaism” can be recalled with a sense of meaning. Since moving within walking distance of the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, I’ve seen a goodly amount of construction over the past six months. All in preparation for the institution’s new extension, ominously referred to as “Phase 1 of LACMA’s Transformation.”
With their unfortunate acronym LACMA, can sound more like a lactation condition than a repository of cultural treasures. The jewel of the newly opened extension is BCAM, the Broad Contemporary Art Museum. By the time I arrived, late Sunday afternoon on opening weekend, the place had sold out for the day. A modest line snaked around an escalator, since there did not appear to be any ground entrance. From the outside, the building doesn’t appear particularly innovative. Not like the new contemporary art museum in New York, the Bowery-squatting New Museum. The BCAM structure fits in with the rest of LACMA, with a sandy exterior. Only the fire engine red metal poles gave the structure some distinction. In the south plaza are closely spaced antique-style lamp posts facing Wilshire. My friend mused on how long it would be before the sculpture is defaced.
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Saturday, February 23, 2008 11:01AM - By Mali
A round up of all the local bands playing in Los Angeles tonight – with times, direction, ticket prices, band info, and more.
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