There are so many good concerts happening this week in Los Angeles! From music festivals such as LA Psych Fest at Regent/Echoplex and the Mad Decent Block Party, to smaller venue shows shows, there’s a lot of live music for you to select from. Here’s a few of our top recommendations: Lauryn Hill at Greek […]

Old school hip hop station 93.5 KDAY will host their annual Fresh Fest featuring both classic and contemporary hip hop artists at the Shrine Expo Hall on Friday, September 25th! Back in 2010, the earliest known date of the festival, Ice Cube headlined along with Tha Dogg Pound and Warren G. This year, the festival […]

If you checkout the lineup of artists the rapper/singer/songwriter, Saul Williams has performed with you’d be quite amazed: Nas, Erykah Badu, Zack De La Rocha, Nine Inch Nails, and so many more. We can’t forget to mention that on top of this, Williams is notably recognized as an open mic poet, actor, and writer. His music career […]

This week’s best concerts in Los Angeles feature mainstream and classic acts such as Ice Cube, Social Distortion and B-52s as well as lesser-known bands that are worthy of some big attention. We highly recommend you check out Riothorse Royal at the Satellite on Monday and Veronica Bianquie at Harvard and Stone on Tuesday. Both […]

This week’s best concerts in Los Angeles and Orange County are piping hot! From Burger-A-Go-Go featuring Cat Power, The Julie Ruin and many more acts to POW Fest with Open Mike Eagle and Boogie, you have quite the variety to chose from. Other recommendations this week include Kate Nash, Veronica Bianqui, Dam-Funk, Millencolin, Seth Bogart, […]

One of our favorite L.A. based singer-songwriters, Chelsea Wolfe is set to headline a sold out show at the Regent Theater on Friday, September 25th! Known for her hazy vocals and atmospheric sound structures, Chelsea Wolfe has captured our attention once again with her latest album release, Abyss. The album has received great critic reviews and […]

Shannon and the Clams have been making waves with their unique, catchy sound which if we could describe, would be along the lines of garage rock, punk, and doo wop. We last caught them at The Echo earlier this year where they played to a sold out crowd. This time around, they’ll be heading towards the […]

FYF Fest has come to a close but the live music keeps going strong this week in Los Angeles. FYF acts Death Grips and Savages both have show dates this week! Other highlights include NOFX, Plastic Pinks, Jenny Lewis, Eryka Badu with St Vincent, Del The Funky Homosapien, Fool’s Gold with Isaac Rother and The […]

We last caught The Damned perform a sold out show at the El Rey Theatre two years ago. Now the band is back for a punk rock English invasion at the Fonda Theatre on Saturday, September 5th! Catch the band for a night of nostalgia featuring their singles, “New Rose”, “Neat Neat Neat”, and “Love […]

It’s FYF Fest week in Los Angeles and you know what that means: tons of FYF side shows! That’s right, whether you are or you aren’t attending FYF, you’ll have a chance to catch many of their best acts an intimate venue. Savages, Bloc Party, Metz, The Jesus & The Mary Chain, Melody’s Echo Chamber, […]

If you’re familiar with Real Estate, chances are you have heard of guitarist Matt Mondanile’s side project Ducktails. If not, grab the chance at seeing him and the rest of his band perform at The Echo on Friday, September 4th! Ducktails will be performing in support of their fifth album, St. Catherine released last month. Prepare yourself for a […]

Listen to any Total Control song and you’ll either bob your head, dance, or have the urge to mosh – all side effects we relish from the Australian garage punk/post-punk band. What began as a duo with Dan Stewart on vocals and Mikey Young on guitar and keyboards, later expanded in 2011 with the addition of guitarist Al […]

This week in Los Angeles all the live music buzz in circling Echo Park Rising. With acts like Hanni El Khatib, JROCC, Deap Vally, The Birth Defects and hundreds more, all for free—you can’t go wrong. Other standout shows this week include: Baby In Vain at The Echo, Cayucas at El Rey Theatre, Tim Hecker […]

As if last year’s Echo Park Rising didn’t already blow us away, this year the team behind the local festival has brought us a stellar lineup this time around. The lineup will feature Dengue Fever, Man or Astro Man?, Fever the Ghost, J-Rocc, Mr.Elevator & The Brain Hotel, Hanni EL Khatib, Deap Valley, Screaming Females, […]

One of our favorite local acts here in L.A., Chicano Batman are set to headline the El Rey Theatre on Friday, August 28th! The four-piece band has been on the rise ever since they came together in 2008. Drawing from multiple genres like cumbia, 60s and early 70s Brazilian bossa nova and samba, and many […]

English heavy metal connoisseurs Motörhead are set to headline the Shrine Expo Hall on Saturday, August 22nd! Led by Ian “Lemmy” Kilmister (original founding member) for an outstanding 40 years, the band has embarked on a European and U.S. tour in support of their 22nd album, Bad Magic. In case you missed them at last […]

This week in Los Angeles, the ladies are ruling the best concerts! From the shimmering indie pop of Broods and the gorgeous for of First Aid Kid, all the way to the ferocious rock of Babes In Toyland and Le Butcherettes, women are repping hard this week. On the more underground tip we have The […]

Nothing like starting a week of solid shows with bands such as The Kills and Social Distortion, both performing at separate venues on a usually boring Monday. If you’re looking to dance this weekend, HARD Summer will be coming through with The Weeknd, Chemical Brothers, Chromeo and many more great acts. On the indie/underground tip […]

Get ready to get down and dirty L.A. to the funky beats of funk innovator, George Clinton and his funk band Parliament-Funkadelic. Clinton is set to headline the Club Nokia on Friday, August 14th! Joining him onstage will be singer-songwriter Shuggie Otis and psychedelic funk band, Monophonics. This is bound to be a funkin’ great show! Tickets […]

Singer and multi-instrumentalist, Grace Potter is set to headline the Fonda Theatre with two back-to-back show dates. Lucky for you and a friend, we’ll be giving away a pair of tickets for her first night at the Fonda on Thursday, August 13th! We can usually find Grace Potter as lead vocalist for her band, The Nocturnals, but this […]