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Transplants Tore The Roxy A New One

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by Kristal on February 13, 2012 in Transplants with Comments

In the seven years between the Transplants’ last live show and their February 11th performance at the Roxy, the band survived what’s cracked other groups to pieces. Band members worked on other projects; drummer Travis Barker defied death in a plane crash and while his body recovered, the loss of their friends who didn’t make it continue to mark the Transplants; members left; new ones came on. Friday night none of it mattered. The Transplants sold out the Roxy and left their excited, sweaty audience begging for more.

The Transplants were on point, knocking over mic stands, spitting beer and dripping sweat into the crowd, front man “Skinhead” Rob Aston screamed in between verses. The crowd was a mixed bag, with some younger fans solely there to gander at superstar drummer, Travis Barker. Yes, some hysterical women even got manhandled off the stage and escorted out of the club for charging the drum set. Barker showed off his chops, and the band performed “Saturday Night,” a song off his recent album “Give the Drummer Some.”

Rancid fans were stoked to see Tim Armstrong squinting into the spotlight. While the Transplants’ sound subverts generic paradigms by borrowing from punk rock, hip hop, gangsta rap and more tender rhythms at times, they enjoy a strong punk fan base complete with crowd surfers, mosh pits, pushing and shoving.

The best news of the night came near the end, when “Skinhead” Rob affirmed that a new Transplants record will be the soundtrack to this summer, and no, they won’t wait another seven years to play again.

The Reunited Bela Fleck & The Flecktones Return

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by Jonnie on February 8, 2012 in Bela Fleck & The Flecktones with Comments

Hot off the recent 2012 Grammy nomination for the album Rocket Science, which landed Bela Fleck & The Flecktones in the Best Instrumental Category, the group’s original lineup is reuniting for a performance at the historic Orpheum Theatre on March 9.

It feels a little strange to call an album so noteworthy for its leader’s banjo prowess “Rocket Science,” but Fleck and his merry men, which is an outfit that also includes Howard Levy (piano/harmonica), Victor Wooten (bass) and Roy “Futureman” Wooten (percussion/Drumitar), take Americana music to a whole new futuristic level with a sound that somehow incorporates classical, jazz, bluegrass, African music, electric blues and Eastern European folk dances into a completely unique sonic stew. It’s guaranteed that if you catch Bela Fleck & The Flecktones at the Orpheum Theatre, you won’t see anything else quite like them all year long. That statement isn’t any pseudo rocket science; it’s the truth.

Coldplay For Charity

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by Marcos on February 8, 2012 in Coldplay with Comments

Chris Martin and company will be performing a benefit concert for Los Angeles Youth organizations February 8th, 2012 at Nokia Live. Coldplay will perform a special concert at Club Nokia to benefit two Los Angeles-based youth charities. Earnings from the concert will be donated to A Place Called Home and Youth Mentoring Collection.

The Grammy award-winning band has paired with iHeartRadio for the February 8th show. The band will play tracks off their latest album Mylo Xyloto, as well as some of their classics. Tickets went on sale Thursday, Jan. 19, at 10 a.m. exclusively for club members of KIIS-FM, 98.7 and MyFM 104.3. Remaining tickets became available the following day (Friday, Jan. 20) at 10 a.m. via Ticketmaster. Given the cause and nature of the venue, ticket prices do not come cheap. Prices range from $100-300. Do not miss the opportunity to catch the U.K. legends live and support the work of two great local organizations that directly impact the Los Angeles community.

Attack Attack! in Pomona!

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by Dan on February 6, 2012 in Attack Attack! with Comments

Metal-core band Attack Attack! will have plenty to celebrate when its tour arrives at The Glass House in Pomona on February 10th. This Westerville, OH act will be promoting its third album This Means War, during a trip logically titled the “This Means War Tour” and presented by www.Merchnow.com. Supporting the group on this cross country trek will be The Ghost Inside, Sleeping With Sirens, Chunk! No Captain Chunk! and Dream On Dreamer. Perhaps, with Chunk! No Captain Chunk! along for the ride, they should have called this the Exclamation Mark Tour!, instead. It would have been even crazier if the Welsh band Attack! Attack! had been added to the bill. (It also would have been more than a little confusing). The tour begins in the outfit’s home state of Ohio, at Newport Music Call, and concludes in Poughkeepsie, NY, at The Chance/The Loft.

The band’s new Rise Records album consists of ten tracks, with each song title containing the word “The” at the beginning. It opens with “The Revolution,” and closes with “The Eradication.” The first single, “The Motivation,” dropped in December. The album was produced by vocalist Caleb Shomo in his home studio. New songs once again present the band’s unique sound, which combines metalcore and post-hardcore with electronic influences. This Means War Tour promises big fun for Attack Attack! fans.

Spend Valentine’s Day With Matthew Good

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by Dan on February 3, 2012 in Matthew Good with Comments

When Matthew Good plays a February 14 date at the Hotel Café in support of his fifth solo album, Lights Of Endangered Species, you might say he will also be revealing his kinder, gentler musical side.

This newest recorded endeavor includes songs with more of a lush sound, highlighted by horns, strings, piano and other acoustic instrumentation. Good’s music may still be uncharted territory for many U.S. music fans, but back in his home country, Canada, he is a legitimate rock star. His band, the Matthew Good Band, won numerous Juno Awards – that nation’s equivalent to the Grammy Awards – and his prior solo album, Vancouver, earned him the Juno for Rock Album of the Year. Although Good’s longtime producer, Warne Livesey, stocked this latest album with beautifully layered arrangements, the singer/songwriter will arrive in town relatively naked — instrumentally speaking — with just his quivering voice and a trusty guitar. Nevertheless, it’s all Good.