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Watch Grimy TV’s festival mini documentary from Burgerama 2015

If you’ve never experienced the Orange County music festival that is Burgerama, you can watch Grimy TV’s latest music festival segment to get a dose of all the raw action. Our writer/videographer, Anne-Marie Schiefer took our GoPro HERO 4 and got in the thick of Burgerama 2015 at The Observatory. From the pit to the […]

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Fashion and Fun at Burgerama 4 at The Observatory

Now that you’ve seen all of our live coverage from both day one and day two of Burgerama, it’s time to share our fashion and fan photo gallery. Not only is Burgerama a place to rock out to some of your favorite bands, it’s also a place to show off your style. Whether you’re into […]

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Burgerama 4 delivers a successful festival weekend full of good music and good vibes

In it’s fourth year, Burgerama has evolved to represent a hot bed mashup of angst-y teen culture and retro musical resurgence. Pulling in a line-up that impresses with it’s musical diversity (Bone Thugs-N-Harmony, Dengue Fever to Ty Segall) and inspires with its up and coming greats (The Garden, Michael Rault to Jacco Gardner). But what Burgerama really […]

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Burgerama 4 turns up the heat with teen-pleasing rock ‘n’ punk

First and foremost, the Burgerama at the Observatory in Santa Ana is a music festival cluttered with teens and college kids, and I have NEVER been to a festival so tightly curated and audience pleasing. From the easy access to the highway and lots of free parking, to the short lines and cordial security/festival workers, […]

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20 Photos to Get You Pumped for Burgerama 2015

This weekend, the live music scene is owned by Burgerama. Thrashing through The Observatory in Santa Ana for its fourth year around, this year’s Burgerama will include Weezer, Gang of Four, FILDAR, Ty Segall, Jacco Gardner, and many more usual suspects. If you haven’t bought your tickets yet, what the hell are you waiting for?! […]

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Best Concerts in Los Angeles featuring Burgerama, Pete Rock + Slum Village, Rocky Erickson & more

Now this is what concerts in Los Angeles are all about. This week’s show list is dripping with a tremendous amount of indie, alternative and underground acts. Not that much greatness in the mainstream work this week, except for maybe Boys II Men (yes, old school 90s R&B) and Weezer (headlining Burgerama). More importantly, this […]

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Burgerama 2015 lineup announced: Weezer, Ty Segall, The Black Lips & more!

Get excited party people, Burger Records has announced their Burgerama 4 lineup and it’s looking like their best one yet. Taking place, March 28 – 29, 2014 at The Observatory in Santa Ana, this year lineup features: Weezer, Ty Segall, The Black Lips, Bone Thugs-N-Harmony, Ariel Punk, Gang of Four, Witch, FIDLAR, Roky Erickson, J […]

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Burgerama 2014 photos: Allah-Las and Mr. Elevator impress the masses

You guys seemed to love yesterday’s huge batch of Burgerama 2014 photos, and now we’ve delivered our final set. Check out our photo gallery from day two of Burgerama 2014 featuring: Allah-Las, Sleep, Mr. Elevator & the Brain Hotel, The Garden, Froth, Danny James and more! Are you our your friends in our photos? Let […]

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Photos: Burgerama 2014 brought out a wild sea of goth tweens and punks

We have plenty of awesome photos from Burgerama 2014 for you to admire and scout your favorite bands and even some photos of you and your friends in the crowd. This past weekend’s Burgerama 2014 marked the largest and wildest crowd we’ve seen yet! All the punk and goth tweens came out for a weekend […]

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Burgerama III Line-Up Announced: DEATH, Black Lips, Sleep, Kool Keith & more!

Burger Records’ annual festival, Burgerama is back and the line-up is full of rad bands sure to thrash the Observatory in Santa Ana. Burgerama III will take place Saturday, March 23 and Sunday, March 24 over a weekend that will leave you sweaty, bruised and all smiles. Burgerama III’s line-up has been announced and will […]

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Black Lips to headline El Rey Theatre, Pappy & Harriets and Burgerama at the Observatory!

Our favorite garge-alt-country-punks, the Black Lips have a new album coming March 18 titled, Underneath the Rainbow. To celebrate the release of their new record, the Black Lips are heading on a North American tour that kicks off in their hometown of Atlanta on March 7. The Black Lips have three Southern California dates scheduled for […]

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Burgerama Photos: Ariel Pink’s Haunted Graffiti, King Tuff, White Fence & More – March 23, 2013

Check out our photo gallery of Burgerama II featuring photos of Ariel Pink’s Haunted Graffiti, King Tuff, White Fence, Fidlar, Hunx and His Punx and Beachwood Sparks. Unfortunately, we didn’t get to spend much time in the Constellation Room at Burgermaa because the putrid smell of rotting body odor in a room where the heater […]

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Burgerama Photos: Black Lips, The Spits, Pharcyde & More – March 22 , 2013

Check out our photo gallery from last night’s adventures at Burgerama (Day 1) featuring The Black Lips, The Spits, Nick Waterhouse, The Pharcyde’s Bizarre Ride, Fuzz (Ty Segall’s new band), Lovely Bad Things, Pangea, Feeding People, White Fang, and more! Photography: Monique Hernandez Black Lips The Spits Nick Waterhouse The Pharcyde’s Bizarre Ride Fuzz Lovely […]

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Must-See Concerts in Los Angeles, Oct. 3-9, 2022

And we thought this past week was jammed with must-see shows; well, it doesn’t stop this week and it probably won’t stop for the rest of of Rocktober. This week’s must-see concerts in Los Angeles range from the bombastic Latin pop of Bomba Estéreo to the raucous punk of the Spits and the sonorous sounds […]

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Ohana Encore 2022 Lineup Revealed: The Black Keys, Alanis Morissette, The Roots, Julieta Venegas and more

Ohana Fest has revealed their Encore 2022 lineup and it gives the original festival a run for its stages. Ohana Encore 2022 will take place Oct. 8-9 and will feature The Black Keys, Alanis Morissette, The Roots, Julieta Venegas, HAIM, Band of Horses, Amyl and the Sniffers, Illuminatti Hotties, Iceage and more. See the full […]

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Ohana Festival makes it 2022 splash with Eddie Vedder, Stevie Nicks, P!NK, Jack White, Brittany Howard, Khruangbin and more

Ohana Festival makes its return to Doheny State Beach featuring headliners: Eddie Vedder, Stevie Nicks, and P!NK, along with standout acts Jack White, Khruangbin, St. Vincent, Brittany Howard, Bomba Estéreo, Billy Strings, Cautious Clay, Grouplove, Dope Lemon, Y La Bamba, Briston Maroney, Habibi, Beach Goons and more bands! See the above official Ohana Fest lineup poster for the […]

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Once Upon A Time In LA Returns in 2021 with Al Green, Snoop Dogg, 50 Cent, and more at Banc of California & Exposition Park

Once Upon A Time In LA returns in 2021! Taking place on Saturday, Dec. 18 at Banc of California & Exposition Park, Once Upon A Time In LA is poised to spark the nostalgia of a summer in L.A. in the ‘90s with a modern twist. The Once Upon A Time In LA lineup will […]

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PAINT’s Latest Single “Moldy Man” Is A Stream of Pedrum Siadatian’s Consciousness

Wrapped in a special kind of DIY haziness and playful ease, PAINT (Pedrum Siadatian of the Allah-Las) is here to seep his latest single “Moldy Man” into your ears. Off of his debut self-titled solo LP, the song is a loose kaleidoscope bathed in fuzzy psychedelia. With hyper contrasting colors and contrasting guitars, the song […]

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Senses Fail at When We Were Young Fest -- Photo: Steven Ward
Santa Ana gets the gritty rock festival it deserves with inaugural When We Were Young festival

As the bedrock venue for a large portion of the burgeoning punk rock and rap scene of Orange County’s counter-culture, the Observatory in Santa Ana tapped into its first niche audience with the 90’s/early 00’s R&B, soul, and hip-hop tailored Soulquarius late last year. Mosh heads and hardcore lovers wouldn’t have to wait long to earn […]

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Jens Lekman
50 Best Los Angeles Concerts of February — underground, mainstream, local acts

February in Los Angeles is bursting with a variety of live music from talented up-and-coming acts, as well as very well-known names. From hip hop, Americana, punk rock, electro pop, industrial techno and more — our selections for the best concerts of the month always feature the best shows from all genres. While we are […]

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