Stuff by: Brissa Sanchez

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Win Tickets to Ronnie Spector’s Beyond the Beehive – Oct. 29

The Ronnettes’ notable lead singer, Ronnie Spector will be headlining two shows at the El Rey Theatre, with one being on Tuesday, October 29 and we’re giving you a chance to attend the show! The Ronnettes created timeless songs including “Be My Baby”, “Baby, I Love You”, “A Christmas Gift For You”, and “Do I […]

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Win Tickets to Bonobo at the Wiltern – Oct. 28

Don’t try confusing Bonobo the DJ, with bonobo the dwarf chimpanzee known for its high rate of sexual activity. Two totally different Bonbos! The British music producer and DJ gained recognition in 2010 with his fourth album, Black Sands. Bonobo create textures in his music using sounds such as maracas and popping balloons that later unravel […]

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Win Tickets to James Blake at the Wiltern – Oct. 22

The English sweetheart, James Blake has been conducting a series of shows all over the place in support of his new album, Overgrown, including a show at the Wiltern. His latest single, “Life Round Here” featuring Chance the Rapper was just released four days ago on music video. Join him in one of his two shows here […]

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Win Tickets to Animal Collective at the Wiltern – Oct. 21

The Baltimore psychedelic band, Animal Collective will be performing at The Wiltern on Monday, October 21. This year the band has released their latest EP titled Monkey Been To Burn Town as a compilation of remixes from the likes of Brian Degraw, The Traxman Teklife, Shabazz Palaces, and Teengirl Fantasy. Touring with the band is Dan Deacon, Deradoorian, and Zach […]

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Win Tickets to PEACE at the El Rey Theatre – Oct. 30

Brothers Harry Koisser and Samuel Koisser form the Birmingham indie-rock band PEACE, along with members Douglas Castle and Dominic Boyce. The band’s first single titled “Follow Baby” gained them critical acclaim on their EP, Delicious, charting them up to number 14 on the iTunes charts. This year, the band was honored by BBC to be […]

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Win Tickets to Holy Ghost at Fonda Theatre – Oct. 20

We’ve been giving away some pretty good tickets this week to electronic music artists who make us dance. In case you’ve missed those, here’s another chance. The New York synthpop duo, Holy Ghost! will be performing at the Fonda Theater on Sunday, October 20. The band started off in 2007 with their single “Hold On”, […]

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Win Tickets to Wavves at the Echoplex – Oct.15

Among those who create surf inspired music, Wavves is one of the few who wear the throne. Nathan Williams (guitars) and Stephen Pope (bass) mix grunge, surf rock, and a bit of pop to cause heads to bob accordingly. Their fourth album titled Afraid Of Heights, was released earlier this year in March with which […]

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Win Tickets to Disclosure at Fox Theater Pomona

The electronic duo, Disclosure consists of two brothers: Guy and Howard Lawrence who together make fist-pumping music. In 2010, the band gained recognition with their song “Offline Dexterity/ Street Light Chronicle.” This year they have just released a couple of singles off their debut album, Settle, including “White Noise”, “You & Me”, and “Help Me […]

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Win Tickets to San Fermin at the Echo – Oct. 15

The baroque-pop band, San Fermin (pronounced SAN fur-MEEN) has just released a debut self-titled album last month. Just two years ago, the man behind the spectacles and the composer of the band, Ellis Ludwig-Leon graduated from Yale University with a major in classical music. Within six weeks of graduating he had come up with the […]

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Win Tickets to The Dodos at El Rey Theatre – Oct. 15

The San Francisco based band, the Dodos will headline the El Rey Theatre on Tuesday, October 15. The indie-rock band has just released their fifth album, Carrier featuring patterned drumbeats infused with violins and the soft vocals of Meric Long. The album itself is in remembrance of guitarist Christopher Reimer who collaborated with the band, but […]

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Win Tickets to Gogol Bordello at the Fox Theater Pomona

Grimy Goods is giving away yet another chance to win tickets to the always energetic and boisterous New York band, Gogol Bordello. Since 1999, the band has produced eight albums with their latest titled Pura Vida Conspiracy. Vocalist Eugene Hutz’ outrageous gestures empower their theatrical performance onstage and will do so on Friday, October 11 at the Fox […]

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Win Tickets to the Avett Brothers at the Shrine Auditorium

The Avett Brothers will be performing at the Shrine Auditorium on Wednesday, October 9 with special guest Nicholas David. Following up on their last years release of their seventh album, The Carpenter, their eighth studio album is set to be released on October 15 titled Magpie and The Dandelion. The band combines a variety of […]

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Win Tickets to Tom Odell at the El Rey Theatre

Calling all couples (or anyone, really)!  British musician and singer-songwriter Tom Odell is the kind of boyfriend us girls wish we had. With songs such as “Grow Old With Me” and “Hold Me” on his debut album, Long Way Down, Odell definitely has any girl (or boy!) swooning. The singer-songwriter uses acoustic guitars and his […]

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Win Tickets to Daughter at The Wiltern – Oct. 8

The English band, Daughter will be headlining The Wiltern on Tuesday, October 8 before heading out to the UK. Originally formed by vocalist, Elena Tonra, in 2010 the band now consists of two additional members: Igor Haefeli (guitars) and Remi Aguiella (drums). With only two EPs behind them, Daughter has successfully made an impression among […]

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Win Tickets to Youth Lagoon at the First Unitarian Church – Oct. 4

Trevor Powers, aka Youth Lagoon, makes music based around the concept of innocence and youthfulness. The squeaky voiced artist released his sophomore album, Wondrous Bughouse earlier this year which incorporates ambient and tripped out, Beatlesque type sounds, as heard on tracks like “Attic Doctor.”  We caught him at the Outside Lands Festival this year, but […]

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Win Tickets to Moby at the Fonda Theatre – Oct. 3

Well known singer-songwriter, DJ, and photographer Moby is set to release his new album Innocents, on October 1 featuring collaborations with Wayne Coyne, Mark Lanegan, and Cold Specks, to name a few. So far he has only released “A Case For Shame” as a taste of whats to come. Moby is set to perform at […]

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Recommended Album Review: SISU “Blood Tears”

What began as a drumming career for Sandy Vu from Dum Dum Girls actually turned out to be quite the opposite. Upon the breakup of her former band, Midnight Movies, Sandy began the Los Angeles based synth-pop band, SISU meaning “the strength of will” in Finnish. Although she was unable to launch her creation immediately […]

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Win Tickets to Frightened Rabbit at The Glass House

Frightened Rabbit just played a FREE show at the House of Blues Sunset this past July and now they are set to headline the Glass House on Thursday, Oct. 3! And guess, what? Yep, we have tickets to giveaway courtesy of Grimy Goods and our friends at the Glass House. Tickets to the show are $20, show starts […]

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Win Tickets to Jimmy Eat World at the Hollywood Palladium – Sept. 28

If you grew up listening to KROQ back in the day of the early 2000’s, then you definitely must have heard and sang along to Jimmy Eat World‘s “The Middle”. On Saturday, September 28, the Arizonian band will be headlining the Hollywood Palladium. Formed in 1993, since then they have successfully maneuvered their way into […]

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Win Tickets to Junip at the Belasco – October 20

On Sunday, October 20, the Swedish psychedelic-folk band Junip will be headlining at the Belasco with supporting act, Moses Sumney. The band was originally formed in 1998 but released their debut album until 2010, due to vocalist José González‘ successful solo career. We last caught them at the Eagle Rock Music Arts Center three years ago, […]

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