Roky Erickson played to a packed house of rabid fans at the El Rey Theatre. A sweet mixture of dirty old rock fans and pretty echo park coolies took in a blistering, career-spanning set. No encore nonsense, either. Photos by Ward Robinson.
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ROKY ERICKSON @ THE EL REY THEATRE
March 5th, 2012 · 1 Comment
SINÉAD O’CONNOR @THE EL REY THEATRE
February 24th, 2012 · No Comments
There is one artist who endures by entertaining us in the musical way she fights her demons with a strong right hook. With her new album How About I Be Me (And You Be You)?, the strong-willed Sinéad O’Connor rises above it all, again! The show at The El Rey Theatre was about flowers, penises, 4 song [...]
THE PAINS OF BEING PURE AT HEART + TWIN SISTER @ EL REY
October 13th, 2011 · No Comments
Pains Of Being Pure At Heart Brooklyn-based The Pains Of Being Pure At Heart, with opener Twin Sister, had quite an age-diverse crowd at El Rey. Looking around, you could spot kids with acne and men with white hair. Opening FYF this year, Twin Sister had some followers eager to meet Andrea Estella. Estella’s breathy [...]
BLACK ANGELS @ EL REY THEATRE
May 17th, 2011 · No Comments
The night after opening for The Kills in Pomona, the Austin-based psychedelic rock band headlined their own show at El Rey Theatre. Glazed eyes and grooving bodies flowed to the tunes from the band’s third album, Phosphene Dream. The band sounded tighter than ever with Christian Bland working his Rickenbacker, Alex Mass’s soothing vocals, bad-ass [...]
THE DODOS @ EL REY THEATRE
April 11th, 2011 · No Comments
The San Francisco duo of Meric Long and Logan Kroeber (aka the Dodos) performed a much overdo gig to a packed house at El Rey, playing some old favorites and new tunes from their latest, No Color. Photos by Debi Del Grande
UH HUH HER @ EL REY THEATRE
April 6th, 2011 · No Comments
The Los Angeles indie rock group Uh Huh Her (Camelia Grey and Leisha Hailey) are currently on a U.S. tour performing songs from EP Black And Blue, their debut album Common Reaction, and the upcoming Nocturnes. The sold-out house at El Rey showed the women some love while they pumped out dynamic tunes. It was [...]
YO LA TENGO @ EL REY THEATRE
February 25th, 2011 · No Comments
Yo La Tengo’s not touring behind an album. They’re touring behind 26 years of existence, taking their catalog on tour as The Freewheeling Yo La Tengo, in which the geek-rock pioneers spin a wheel to see what set the band will start with. Will it be a set by Condo Fucks, the bands lo-fi, cover-song alter ego?
RADIO DEPT @ EL REY THEATRE
February 22nd, 2011 · No Comments
Dream pop/shoegaze sensation Radio Dept. recently performed to a gazed/glazed crowd at El Rey Theatre. L.A. warmly embraced the Swedes at the sold out gig that was way too short and left us wanting more. Johan Duncanson, Martin Larsson, and Daniel Tjäder delivered old faves and new ones and never missed a beat. If you [...]
RYAN BINGHAM @ EL REY THEATRE
February 15th, 2011 · 6 Comments
The most perplexing thing about Ryan Bingham is his amazingly textured and unique voice. If you didn’t know who he was, and then listened to one of his songs, you’d immediately guess that he was at minimum twice his real age.
THE CHURCH @ EL REY THEATRE
February 9th, 2011 · 1 Comment
How many bands are together 30 years, let alone 2? Australia’s The Church performed Untitled #23, Priest=Aura and Starfish in their entirety in one special evening at El Rey Theatre. I had never seen the venue with seats in the pit area, but the idea worked well. Steve Kilbey, Marty Wilson-Piper, Tim Powles and Peter [...]
