Thankfully, Aussies’ Cut Copy came to LA’s rescue for a much needed escape from reality with tunes from their latest Zonoscope. It was all about dancing, sweating and some smelling a bit way too funky at the sold out show at The Palladium.  Washed Out held their own with sounds from Within and Without. Midnight Magic also [...]

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Erasure The 80s English synthpop duo Erasure made a return to LA at the sold out Hollywood Palladium. Not only did they play their hits “Sometimes,” “A Little Respect,” “Chains of Love,” and “Oh L’amour,” their new album Tomorrow’s World was well received even though fans haven’t memorized all the words yet.  Still, it was [...]

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Arctic Monkeys It was full-on dance and a little sweat at the Hollywood Palladium Friday night when the Brit bands Arctic Monkeys and The Vaccines (opener) gave exactly what the crowd wanted.   Some tunes from Arctic Monkeys’ latest (released June 5)  “Suck It and See” were well received, including “The Hellcat Spangled Shalalala” and “Reckless [...]

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With their effortless and enchanting harmonies, Fleet Foxes sold out Hollywood Palladium’s show on May 7th.  Opening for Fleet Foxes was Seattle’s The Cave Singers. Photos by Kate Rentz. Friday’s Set List: The Cascades Grown Ocean Drops in the River Batter Kinzie Bedouin Dress Sim Sala Bim Mykonos Your Protector Tiger Mountain Peasant Song White [...]

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Passion Pit stopped by the Hollywood Palladium in support of their album Manners, which was released in May of last year. “Super group” Mister Heavenly, featuring actor Michael Cera on bass, opened along with Pepper Rabbit and We Barbarians. Photos by Lindsey Best

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On November 30th, Faith No More reunited to play their first of two sold out shows at the Hollywood Palladium; the first time the band had played a show in L.A. in over 11 years. Photos by Lindsey Best Setlist: 1) Reunited (Peaches & Herb cover) 2) From Out of Nowhere 3) Everything’s Ruined 4) [...]

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On Sunday night Belle & Sebastian stopped by the Hollywood Palladium to play one of their first shows in five years. Duo Jenny & Johnny, Jenny Lewis of Rilo Kiley and partner Johnathan Rice, opened the show, playing almost their entire debut album along with songs from each other their solo catalogs. Photos by Lindsey [...]

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Lovingly rendered versions of beautiful songs is only part of the appeal of a Belle & Sebastian concert. It’s also hearing the charming chatter from band leader Stuart Murdoch, here making the not entirely shocking admission that he isn’t a “Vegas guy” (this being one day after the band’s performance at Matador 21) and pondering whether or not inhaling secondhand “grass” smoke from the audience meant he lied to a cop when recently asked if he’s ever taken drugs.

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On September 27th, 2010 the Black Keys, an America blues-rock duo made up of Dan Auerbach and Patrick Carney, played the first of their two sold out shows at the Hollywood Palladium. Photos by Lindsey Best Setlist: 1) Thickfreakness 2) Girl Is On My Mind 3) 10 AM Automatic 4) The Breaks 5) Stack Shot [...]

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Spoon’s tight set at the Hollywood Palladium was a true gift to their fans, including tunes from their Soft Effects EP as the first of two encores, appearances by Jon Brion on Cherry Bomb and The Underdog and a full horn section.  Frontman Britt Daniel, Jim Eno (drums), Rob Pope (bass) and Eric Harvey (keyboards) [...]

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