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It’s Coachella month! With that said, concerts in Los Angeles are aplenty! So may Coachella performers will be taking the stage across intimate venues throughout L.A. Aside from Coachella, there also a ton of non-coachella acts playing shows in Los Angeles that you just can’t miss. Check out Grimy Goods’ selections for 55 Must-See Los Angeles Concerts this April, and stream their music below!
Penning her first EPs while sitting by her grandparents old piano, with nothing but a handheld voice recorder to hand, Alice’s first two releases – 2013’s Skisser EP and 2014’s EP II – were a document of her innermost emotions, pieced together in the sanctum of her teenage home.
Marlon Williams, Category: Artist, Albums: Make Way for Love, Marlon Williams, Sad but True, Sad but True, Vol.3, Singles: Come to Me, What's Chasing You, Nobody Gets What They Want Anymore, Vampire Again, Dark Child, Top Tracks: Dark Child - Single Edit, Come to Me, What's Chasing You, Party Boy, Vampire Again, Biography: A versatile singer/songwriter based out of New Zealand, Marlon Williams crafts narrative-driven, atmospheric indie folk songs that draw from a deep --and often dark -- well of country, soul, bluegrass, and pop., Monthly Listeners: 390902, Where People Listen: London, Auckland, Melbourne, Sydney, Los Angeles
If you're not familiar, Yellow Days is the project of 19-year-old singer / songwriter / producer George van den Broek. He grew up in Surrey, a county just outside of London. He's got a deep, heartbreaking voice that sounds like it should belong to a man much older. This past October he released his new project Is Everything Okay In Your World?
Revered for fronting the latina punk band Girl In A Coma, touring with Morrissey, Tegan and Sara, Frank Black, The Pogues and more, Nina Diaz’ wildly seductive live performance & warm sense of humor has enraptured fans across the world.
The Breeders started as a way for Pixies bassist Kim Deal and Throwing Muses guitarist Tanya Donelly to let out some suppressed creative energy, but thanks to the success of their second album Last Splash and its smash hit single "Cannonball," the band became one of the biggest -- and quirkiest -- acts of the early-'90s alternative rock revolution.
Formed by guitarist David Best and synth player Steve Lewis, Fujiya & Miyagi are deeply indebted both to vintage '70s Krautrock and the '90s bands that were themselves influenced by the likes of Neu! and Kraftwerk, from Stereolab and Broadcast to Aphex Twin and the Orb.
Over the last few years, the SCHIZOPHONICS have built up a formidable reputation in San Diego as an Explosive live act. Tapping into the same unstoppable combination
of rock 'n' roll energy and showmanship that fueled THE MC5 in the heyday of the Grande Ballroom, they're also heavily influenced by artists like JAMES BROWN, IGGY POP, JIMI HENDRIX, LITTLE RICHARD, and THE SONICS.
“Trailblazing” - Los Angeles Times
“She's an icon in the punk world of Los Angeles and beyond.” - LA Weekly
“Alice Bag is a Latina punk rock pioneer and a product of the same scene that gave us Black Flag and the Germs.” - Stereogum
“Bag continues to inspire new generations of musicians and feminists alike." - Le Sigh
“With our music we Cubans have exported more dreams and pleasures than with our tobacco, more sweetness and energy than with all our sugar. Afro-Cuban music is fire, savour and smoke; it is syrup, charm and relief. It is like sonorous rum, which brings people together and makes them treat each other as equals. It brings the senses to dynamic life.”endured. Bartolo was a friend of the national poet Nicolás Guillén and a lover of music and the house, lacking a gramophone, was filled with singing.
Take a shot of surf and garnish it with gangster oldies and tears. You'll have yourself a SadGirl cocktail—tiki umbrella and tear drop tattoo not included. SadGirl is Misha Lindes (guitar/vocals), Paul Caruso (drums) and Dakota Peterson (bass). The lo-fi surf-wop band is one of the newer LA groups making waves these days (pun intended).
