Meh, bleek weak. But there’s still some good tunes to be heard. ♥ = Top Picks MONDAY – 02.22.10 Princeton, Castledoor (final show), LANME (Los Angeles New Music Ensemble)@ Spaceland ♥ Useless Keys, Free Energy, Repeater, BoxViolet @ The Echo Gamble House, Regrets and Brunettes, Fort Wife, Tommy Santee Klaws, Italian Japanese @ Silverlake Lounge […]

From indie, folk, garage, punk, hip-hop, and all things music, we weed out the crap to bring you the goods. ♥ = Top Picks MONDAY – 02.15.10 02.15.10 Princeton, Le Switch, Wade Ryff & Friends, Adam Stern @ Spaceland ♥ 02.15.10 Useless Keys, Aushua, We Barbarians @ The Echo ♥ 02.15.10 Rosie Ledet & The […]

Lot of good shows this week (Nouvelle Vague, St. Vincent, The Thermals, Thao with the Get Down Stay Down, Editors, The Antlers, The Album Leaf, Beat Junkies, and more) ! Get out there and hear some tunes! ♥ = Top Picks 02.08.10 Useless Keys, Light FM, The Black Apples, L.E.F. @ The Echo 02.08.10 Princeton, […]

Slim pickings this week! Boom! 02.02.10 Tenacious D & Friends Haiti Benefit @ The Wiltern 02.02.10 Wale @ The Roxy 02.02.10 The Nervous Wreckords (Louis XIV) @ Bordello 02.02.10 Mia Doi Todd @ Spaceland 02.02.10 Dim Mak Tuesdays w/ Mister Fab & more @ Cinespace 02.02.10 Ferraby Lionheart w/ Paige Stark @ The Bootleg Theater […]

Wow! Nick Jonas & The Administration and Sugar Ray all in one week! Um, no. Check it out the goods this week: Mos Def, The Cribs, The Residents, and my friends from San Diego, Hotel St. George. Also, if you haven’t seen The Pee-Wee Herman Show at the Club Nokia, you best get on it! […]

Wow, if you search “Coachella” on Twitter you’ll see just how many music lovers are ecstatic for one of the most anticipated music festivals in the world! If you’ve been to Coachella, you know it always boasts the hottest line-up with headliners sure to drop-your-jaw! We had a blast covering Coachella last year and were […]

Looks like we’re getting back into the swing of things in 2010 with some sweet shows lined up this week! The Black Lips are back in town and Spoon has a special secret show tonight at El Cid. Only a lucky 300 admitted! More shows though below! 1/18 Spoon, Deep Sea Diver @ El Cid […]

January is always a slow month in terms of shows, but we got some pretty good ones going off in LA this week! BTW, Vampire Weekend is sold out! I highly recommend Alberta Cross, Hacienda and The Jakes! Hacienda also plays with Dan Auerbach as his back up band! Dios and AA Bondy should also […]

OMG! 2010! Here’s this week’s hot list of shows going on in LA! Um, Sonic Youth is playing two show this week! 1/05 Casxio, Odd Modern, Funeral Party, Hot Streets @ Viper Room 1/05 Whipering Pines, Old Toy Trains, Space Waves @ Spaceland 1/05 Olin & The Moon, Marnie Herald @ Echo 1/05 Former Ghosts, […]

Faretheewell to 2009, thanks for all the amazing shows!!! Here’s your hot list for the final shows of 2009. A lot of good shit going off on New Year’s Eve, get out there and hear some music! PS – Three Mika Miko shows going off at The Smell this week (including their last show ever!!!). […]

Slim pickings this Christmad week! We got a whole lot of Lady Gag-Me but the best show this week is definitely LA’s very own LOCAL NATIVES! 12/21 Mere Mortals, Helen Stellar, Healamonster & Tarsier, Silverphial @ Spaceland 12/21 Moonrats, VoicesVoices, Sister Crayon, Corridor (w/ members of Indian Jewelry) @ The Echo 12/21 Lady Gag-me, Kid […]

12/14 Edward Sharpe & the Magnetic Zeros @ Mayan Theatre 12/14 Mew, The Outline @ Henry Fonda Theatre 12/14 We Are The World, Rainbow^Arabia, Jessica 6, Loving Thunder @ Echo 12/15 Melt Banana, Tera Melos @ Glass House 12/16 Big Light @ The Mint 12/16 Zero 7 @ Orpheum Theatre 12/16 Toy Robot, Abbot Kinney, […]

The sold out KROQ Acoustic Christmas is going on this week, but so are a bunch of other fabulous and not so mainstream shows. Check out our hot list below and be sure to get out and hear some up-and-coming bands! 12/08 Willie Nelson @ Club Nokia 12/08 Black Math Horseman @ Silverlake Lounge 12/08 […]

Slim pickings this week, but if you’re into indie music and cool small venues, you’ll be pleased with the selections this week. Get out there and hear some new music! 11/30 Dios, Imaad Wasif, Mini Mansions, Brandon Intelligator & Olin and The Moon @ Hotel Cafe 11/30 Mississippi Man, Last American Buffalo, What Laura Says, […]

After all the weekly teasing and tasting, the 2010 SXSW finally gives us a mouthful! Check out this hot list of their 230 show casing bands! The list is absolutely subject to change, so check back with SXSW for updates, more announcements, music videos, mp3s, interviews and more! 2010 SXSW is gonna rock! See you […]

What shows are going on this week in LA!? It’s Turkey day week and there’s not too many show going on this week. Here’s our hot picks for Nov. 23 – 29, 2009. Enjoy! 11/23 Fanfarlo @ Echo 11/23 Happy Hollows, Dios, Real Estate, One Trick Pony @ Spaceland 11/23 Gwar, Job for a Cowboy, […]

Damn! Looks like this week is popping off with a whole slew of good shows! As always, we filter out the not-so-great, to bring you the hot shows for this week. 11/17 Them Crooked Vultures @ Wiltern 11/17 King Khan & BBQ Show, Those Darlins @ Troubadour 11/17 Lake, The Finches, Karl Blau @ The Smell […]

We don’t steer you the wrong way, we steer you the right way. Check out this week’s list of cool shows going in or around LA. 11/9 Imogen Heap @ Henry Fonda Theatre 11/9 The Happy Hollows, The Soft Hands, The Widow Babies, Casxio @ Spaceland 11/9 David Gray, Lisa Hannigan @ Orpheum Theatre 11/9 […]

We don’t post all the show going on this week in LA, just the cool ones that we’re aware of. We weed out the bad, to deliver you what’s rad! 11/2 Shonen Knife, Ty Segal @ The Echo 11/2 Happy Hollows @ Spaceland 11/2 White Rabbits, Glass Ghost @ El Rey Theatre 11/3 Silversun Pickups, […]