Tag: Live Music

We Burned Like Fire

The Struts are on fire as they tour behind their latest album Young & Dangerous. Their unforgettable show at The Wiltern July 2nd, showed their range in performance from a beautiful solo piano ballad by front man Luke Spiller to glittering pop rock that has the audience singing along and fully engaged. It was cool to briefly see local Kelsy Karter bringing some feminine style to rock and commanding the stage. Tour openers The Glorious Sons amped up the crowd with their powerful rock songs and tight musicianship. (Click through to read more….)

You May See the Meaning of Within – Jon Brion

  Jon Brion at Largo at the Coronet on September 29, 2017. The show was opened by comedian Kumail Nanjiani who was trying out his monologue in advance of appearing on Saturday Night Live. There’s a nice round-up and link to the video of his monologue here courtesy of Vanity Fair. View this post on Instagram #KumailNanjiani opened for #JonBrion tonight! He's hosting SNL in a couple of weeks! Be sure to catch him then! ? 9/29/17 A post shared by Largo (@largolosangeles) on Sep 29, 2017 at 11:23pm PDT When Jon appeared on stage he noted “I’m going this

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Change Your Heart, Look Around You – Jon Brion

August 25, 2017 — Another Friday at the end of the month, must be time for Jon Brion‘s show at Largo at the Coronet. Owner Mark Flanagan came on stage and greeted the audience, remarking “It does feel like when you’re in this room…fuck everything else! Everything’s gonna be alright.” Then he introduced special guest Zach Galifianakis to open the show with a set of stand-up comedy. Stand-up is not my area of expertise, but Zach had me laughing with his down-played, nervous-looking delivery and exaggerated life commentary and observations (at one moment opening the door to the Largo alley

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