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2012, live music, music

[happenings] April 27 – 29

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Active Child @ Music Box 11/9/11 credit: Andrew Youssef http://amateurchemist.blogspot.com/

There is always good music to be heard somewhere.  If you’re in the LA area this weekend, consider these recommendations.

Friday, April 27th – Active Child, Balam Acab, Superhumanoids @ The Glass House
♩Active Child – Hanging On (from You Are All I See)

Saturday, April 28th – Girl in a Coma, Pinata Protest, Sara Radle @ Alex’s Bar
♩Girl in a Coma – Smart (from Exit’s & All the Rest)

p.s. get to Long Beach early and head to Fingerprints for the a free Tanlines show at 6pm [RSVP required]

Sunday, April 30th – Rosie Thomas @ The Hotel Cafe

 

2012, live music, music

Make Music Pasadena 2012

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This coming June, Downtown Pasadena will once again play host to one of my favorite music festivals — Make Music Pasadena.

Like previous years, the event is FREE  and will feature quite the impressive, and eclectic, lineup.  This year’s event is set for Saturday, June 16th, from 11am to 11pm.  The complete lineup has yet to be announced, but so far includes: Grimes, Dengue Fever, SoKo, Milo Greene, Electric Guest, Ozma, So Many Wizards, and Cults!!!

If you’re in the area and you’re a music fan (and enjoy some good people watching), you really have no excuse not to go.  I’ve gone that last two years and it just keeps getting better (check out my recap of last year).  Stay tuned for more Make Music news as it gets closer.

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2012, live music, music

Outside Lands 2012

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SF’s Outside Lands Festival turns 5 this year and has announced quite the lineup to celebrate.

Highlights include: Alabama Shakes, Amadou & Mariam, Beck, Big Boi, Bloc Party, Caveman, Dr. Dog, Explosions in the Sky, Father John Misty, Fitz and the Tantrums, Foo Fighters, fun., Jack White, Justice, Neil Young & Crazy Horse, Norah Jones, Of Monsters and Men, Passion Pit, Portugal. The Man, Regina Spektor, Santigold, Sharon Van Etten, Sigur Rós, Stevie Wonder, Tame Impala, Tanlines, Tennis, The Kills, The Walkmen, Thee Oh Sees, Washed Out, White Denim, Yacht, Yellow Ostrich, and Zola Jesus.

It all goes down August 10-12 this year in the beautiful Golden Gate Park.  Tickets go on sale this Thursday at 12pm (PDT).

2012, live music, music

[on the road] Sigur Rós

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Sigur Rós will begin their world tour in July.  Featuring eleven people on stage, the shows this summer are a combination of festival appearances and headlining shows.  A fan pre-sale for selected North American dates is coming soon.

North American Tour Dates
July 30 – Philadelphia, PA (Skyline Stage at The Mann)
July 31 – Brooklyn, NY (Celebrate Brooklyn – Prospect Park Bandshell)
August 1 – Toronto, ON (Echo Beach at Molson Canadian Ampitheatre)
August 3 – Montreal, QB (Osheaga Festival Musique Et Arts)
August 4 & 5 – Chicago, IL (Lollapalooza)
August 8 – Seattle, WA (The Paramount Theater)
August 9 – Troutdale, OR (Edgefield Ampitheatre)
August 12 – Los Angeles, CA (Hollywood Forever Cemetery)
[full list of tour dates]

♩ Sigur Rós//Ekki Mukk (from Valtari)

Valtari is due out May 28th (29th in the US)

sigur-ros.co.uk // facebook // twitter // iTunes

2012, live music, music

[happenings] April 13 – 16

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Beach Life Kings @ Central 11/5

If you’re not mud wrestling at Coachella this weekend, consider these weekend show recommendations.

Friday, April 13th – White Fence, Sandwitches, Deep Time (formerly Yellow Fever) @ The Satellite
♩White Fence – It Will Never Be (from Family Perfume Vol. 1)

Saturday, April 14th – Beach Life Kings @ Central Social Aid & Pleasure Club (21+)
♩ Beach Life Kings & Mychael K//Sunset (Original Mix)

Sunday, April 15th – Snow Angel, Laura Serafine, Kit-N-Tenders, Hardly An Aviator, Rachel Antony-Levine @ Lot 1 Cafe