tunes - live picks (april)

as coachella draws near, the indie rock bands slowly descend onto southern california. lucky us!

for those of you who are going, you suck. ha, okay congratulations. for the rest of us, i have some good news! the promoters of coachella (goldenvoice) also own the glass house and fox theatre in pomona and they are kind enough to share the love with the rest of the common folk who didn't get tickets like the early birds.

and if coachella isn't your thing, there are many of cool live shows coming our way this month. check it out:

4/3 – goo goo dolls @ troubadour

4/8 – thao with the get down stay downs @ troubadour*

4/10 – beach house @ the glass house (pomona)

4/11 – passion pit @ club nokia

4/11 – yeasayer + wild nothing @ the glass house (pomona)

4/12 – coachella (weekend 1)*

4/13 – light up the blues @ club nokia

4/15 – the faint @ the observatory (santa ana)

4/16 – franz ferdinand @ fonda theatre

4/16 – james mccartney @ hotel café

4/16 – modest mouse @ fox theatre (pomona)

4/16 – polica @ the observatory (santa ana)*

4/17 – alt-j @ the observatory (santa ana)

4/17 – james mccartney @ hotel café

4/17 – the xx @ fox theatre (pomona)

4/17 – youth lagoon @ el rey

4/18 – band of horses @ ventura theatre (ventura)

4/18 – green day + best coast @ la memorial sports arena

4/18 – little green cars @ troubadour

4/18 – portugal. the man + lord huron @ the glass house (pomona)

4/19 – coachella (weekend 2)

4/19 – vampire weekend @ fox theatre (pomona)

4/19 – bon jovi @ staples center

4/19 – sigur ros @ santa barbara bowl

4/23 – bat for lashes @ fonda theatre

4/25 – crystal castles @ fox theatre (pomona)

4/25 – jeff bridges @ el rey

4/27 – katchafire @ club nokia

*top live picks:

4/8 – thao with the get down stay downs @ troubadour

i was lucky enough to catch thao (pronounced t-OW) at sxsw last week. she's great. folky, bluesy rock with really great technical playing. she's lovely!

Source: coachella.com via Shannon on Pinterest

4/12 – coachella (weekend 1)

weekend 1 or weekend 2 you really can't lose. all in all it's going to be a great fest.

4/16 – polica @ the observatory (santa ana)

they've carried over the sexy sounds of gayngs and turned them into darker trans melodies. 

tunes - live picks (march)

march is upon us, which means the pre-summer festival tours have begun.

living in la, we have a slew of music coming and going through town. check it out:

3/1 – morissey @ staples center

3/1 – surfer blood @ the echo

3/3 – toro y moi @ fonda theatre

3/8 – matt + kim @ the observatory

3/13 – frightened rabbit @ the fonda theatre*

3/16 – matt costa @ the observatory

3/19 – josh ritter @ fonda theatre

3/21 – matt costa @ troubadour*

3/21 – the joy formidable @ fonda theatre

3/24 – deer tick @ the observatory

3/26 – heartless bastards @ the troubadour

3/28 – jamie lidell @ the echo

3/28 – heartless bastards @ the observatory*

*top live picks:

3/13 – frightened rabbit @ the fonda theatre

i’ve never been disappointed by a frightened rabbit album. their latest album “pedestrian verse” came out earlier this month. they’re not the most exciting live performers, but i’m hoping they pick up the energy for their new album tour.

3/21 – matt costa @ troubadour

check out matt costa’s  in-studio performance on kcrw from earlier this week.

3/28 – heartless bastards @ the observatory
i love the dark, salty rock of heartless bastards. they’re touring up and down the california coast this spring, so there’s no excuse not to see them this season.