Who would have known that solely by working at a pawn shop where he played a guitar for the first time, Black Joe Lewis would have made a career for himself. With just an album on their hands in 2007, he and his band were able to jump on tour with bands like Spoon and […]

Los Angeles natives, PAPA will be headlining a show at the El Rey Theatre on Friday December 6. The band consists of singer-songwriter and drummer Darren Weiss and bassist Danny Presant. Together they create blissful indie rock with hints of soul spread throughout. Weiss states they wanted to create “American soul with a punk rock […]

The Long Beach indie rock band, Avi Buffalo will perform at the Skirball Cultural Center as part of their Into the Night: Progression music program on Friday, December 6. Only three years have passed since the band came together by singer-songwriter and guitarist, Avi Zahner-Isenberg. Their self titled debut album was released the same year […]

The talented multi-instrumentalist Mikal Cronin, is known for his association with Okie Dokie, the Moonhearts, and most notably as the bassist for Ty Segall. Like Segall, Cronin is an advocate for garage rock revivalism emphasized by his throaty vocals and shredding guitars. While playing with Segall, Cronin released his self-titled solo album in 2011, receiving […]

Since the ’90s, music enthusiasts were switching their radio dials to KROQ’s 106.7 and stumbling upon the sounds of the Hermosa Beach punk rock band Pennywise. Having adopted their name from the famous Stephen King novel It, since then they have released 10 albums with their latest titled All or Nothing. Their singles “Bro Hymn”, […]

Screaming Females at the Echoplex (Jan. ’11), Photo: Ivette Orenos So who’s the woman sporting the Johnny Ramone haircut you may ask? Marissa Paternoster, from the New Jersey punk band Screaming Females. What began as a high school band has evolved into eight years of pure rock and roll. Four albums have been released with their […]

Former Circa Survive vocalist Anthony Green, will be headlining his own show at the Glass House on Thursday, November 21. The soft spoken artist will be touring the U.S. until the end of the year in support of his latest album titled, Young Legs. Join him along with supporting acts Dave Davison (from Maps & Atlases) and […]

If the Rolling Stones, the Strokes and Nirvana are your cup of tea, then you definitely need to check out Obits who will be headlining a show at The Echo on Thursday, November 21. Formed in 2006 by vocalist Rick Froberg in Brooklyn, New York, the band took 3 years to debut their first album, […]

The Japanese noise rock outfit, Melt Banana recently performed at Fun Fun Fun Fest this past week, and will continue on their tour as they head to the Glass House on Friday, November 15. After a long hiatus, and the release of ten albums over the course of 20 years, Melt Banana has come back with […]

If Courtney Love had a twin sister you would get Mish Way of the Vancouver punk band White Lung (and we mean that as a compliment!). The band formed in 2006 and have released two albums since, with It’s the Evil in 2010 and Sorry in 2012. Mish Way’s belting vocals soar over Anne-Marie Vassilious’s thrashing drums […]

The Bounce music extraordinaire, Big Freedia is back and better than ever! Emerging from New Orleans, Big Freedia became the catalyst for popularizing bounce music from the ’90s until now. Bounce music is popular amongst the Sissies (another name for drama queens) of New Orleans, where each week they bootyshake to the contagious beats. Big […]

The Harlem rapping artist, A$AP Ferg will headline the Fonda Theatre on Saturday, November 16. As a young man, Ferg began his career in the fashion and jewelry industry where he worked on a couple of projects, while at the same time attending art school. With the encouragement from longtime friend, A$AP Rocky, A$AP Ferg […]

Those Darlins at The Satellite (April ’11), Photo: Ben Irwin Gnarly, carefree, and full of energy all describe the attitude and sound of the Nashville band, Those Darlins. These girls (plus two dudes) bring together some tunes for the badass in you. Every song they perform has a certain attitude to it, accentuated with Jesse […]

The Australian indie rock band, Atlas Genius will be headlining a show at the Wiltern on Wednesday, November 6. The band began in 2009 and launched their success with their debut album, When It Was Now, creating catchy pop tunes that make you dance. They’ve already has several singles play nationally on radio stations, sold out […]

The Portland band, Blitzen Trapper will be headlining a show at the Troubadour on Wednesday, November 6. They released their seventh album in September titled, VII in which they carry out their take on experimental folk rock, Its the kind of music to hear on a stroll down the park, a roadtrip, or play to your […]

The UK punks, Subhumans have an upcoming show at The Glass House on Tuesday, November 5. The band is noteworthy of stirring up the punk culture during the ’80s where new beginnings in the style and music were blooming. Even after their split in 1985, the band still looked past their differences and reunited to […]

Whoa. Here we have the Canadian DJ A-Trak, known as the youngest DJ to ever win the DMC World Championship in 1997. Since then, the DJ has gained success by collaborating with major artists such as Kanye West, Kid Cudi, Jay-Z, and most distinctively Danny Brown. The Detroit rapper began in 2010 and received a […]

Desaparecidos at FYF Fest 2012 (Photo: Monique Hernandez) When translated to the Spanish language, Desaparecidos literally means “the disappeared” which the band did make happen when they broke up in 2002, a year after they came together. In support of his other band, Bright Eyes, Conor Obert put more time into this project, rather than […]

CocoRosie at the Luckman Fine Arts Complex (June ’12) – Photo: Farah Sosa The Casady sisters Sierra and Bianca, otherwise known as CocoRosie, will be headlining the Fonda Theater on Tuesday, October 29. The duo incorporate sounds from hip hop, pop, electronica, and opera to create their own original sound from which they may have […]

Over the span of 30 years, Megadeth has released fourteen albums, sold more than 50 million copies, and made six of their albums platinum and multi-platinum. But even so, that hasn’t stopped the band from producing their fifteenth album this year, titled Super Collider. The band will be hitting the Shrine Expo Hall on Tuesday, […]