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.