Results tagged “sugarhill”

Clap Your Hands Say Yeah - "Over and Over Again" Sinead O'Connor @ Orpheum Animal Collective, Wizard Prison, Eric Copeland @ Henry Fonda Clap Your Hands Say Yeah, Elvis Perkins @ The Troubadour Sugar Hill Gang, Audible Mainframe @ Knitting Factory Peachfuzz, Ari Shine, Jay Buchanan, Robert Francis, Primitive Painters @ Safari Sam's The Mulhollands, Protokoll, Dirty Kings, China Room @ Key Club...

Yesterday morning 10,000 runners (this LAist poster and a few friends included) took to the streets of Downtown Los Angeles for the 5-mile Nike Run Hit Remix 2007. The sea of red t-shirts running from the Coliseum to Staples Center and back was an awesome sight in itself, but the runners were also treated to a crystal blue sky canopy overhead. While it was already a bit too hot at the 9 am race...

Tonight's a crazy night of rock. And yet, is there anything cooler than Morrissey playing the bowl tonight? Chris Cornell, Queens of the Stone Age, Sum 41, The Bravery, Plain White T's, Silversun Pickups, Shiny Toy Guns, Cold War Kids @ Seaside Park (Ventura) Grandmaster Melle Mel & Scorpio, Rob Base & DJ EZ Rock, Sugar Hill Gang, Stacey Q, Expose, Stevie B. @ Honda Center Morrissey @ The Hollywood Bowl Reverend Horton Heat,...

The microphones are on in the CBS-2 webcast booth on the edge of the red carpet, and they're complaining about the lack of celebrity juice that's come by. "It's only 4," the hostess Lisa Joyner says. She must have watched the SAG Awards because she's in lavender just like all the Desperate Housewives. She's just spent a few minutes talking to Miss California, who can be picked out by the not-so-subtle "Miss California" banner draped across her body.

Many folks cringe when they hear the word "bluegrass." But not LAist. We love listening to a certain Southern California-based trio that's burned through the banjo-playing, Deliverance-esque stereotype. Nickel Creek -- lead singer/mandolinist Chris Thile, violinist Sara Watkins and guitarist Sean Watkins (her brother) -- have created a progressive folk-pop sound that builds upon their bluegrass roots. Their crossover appeal has even led to a slot on the VH-1 playlist.

At The Echo, see Tackhead (the house band for the Sugar Hill Gang) reunited at 8:00 PM. The band's musical style as well as "their reputation for an unpredictable live show will make this performance an event not to be missed." Tickets are $20.00. (18+)