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When I walked into the El Rey Theater on Thursday night, I accidentally bumped into someone near the bar, which prompted an automatic “sorry!” as I shuffled away. If I had lingered, I would have commented on his t-shirt, which read: SAD SONGS MAKE ME FEEL BETTER. That shirt was not a coincidence; the three […]

Kicking off the first of two nights of the FYF “After Dark Series” at The Fonda Theater, the Brooklyn based band, DIIV played to a pack floor of both young and hold hipsters. Opening the show were Alex G and Wild Nothing. While Alex G felt uninspired and a bit drab, even attempting to induce […]

Los Angeles is about to light up with music from some of your favorite acts as FYF Fest kicks off this Saturday, August 27 and Sunday, August 28.  Today’s featured FYF undercard is Julia Holter. Even more prolific than our previously featured FYF Undercard, Julia Holter has released six albums since she began back in 2008, and […]

Why You Need to See Preoccupations at FYF! Words: Steven Ward FYF Fest 2016 is just three days away! Rolling out yet another must-see act that lives on the lower lines of the stacked FYF bill, you really need to get in on this action. Pull that schedule back out, it’s time to add a new […]

It’s about that time, yo! FYF Fest has announced set times for its 2016 event. FYF Fest takes place this weekend, Saturday, August 27 and Sunday, August 28. Headlined by none other than Los Angeles-bred Kendrick Lamar; LCD Soundsystem, Grace Jones and Tame Impala will also join Lamar as the weekend’s headlining acts. While we […]

  Do Not Miss Alex G at FYF! Words: Steven Ward With FYF Fest 2016 less than five days away, the anticipation is running thicker than hot lava! Pull your phones back out and rip up your schedules, here’s another must-see act you don’t want to hear about how amazing they were, because you missed them […]

Yes, it’s FYF Fest week. While Angelenos and out-of-towners get excited for the annual L.A. music festival, let’s not forget the many great shows happening around the festival. This week in Los Angeles we have Broods at the Novo, Blood Orange at the Ace, Deftones at the Greek, Belly at Teragram Ballroom, Alexis Taylor (of Hot […]

Museum of Love Are a Must-See Act at FYF Fest Words: Steven Ward With just nine days left until FYF Fest, we begin to take a deep look at the FYF lineup; listening to bands we’re not too familiar with while revisiting others to see if they still grab out attention. FYF might be one of […]

As Los Angeles’ premier music festival, FYF Fest edges closer, we begin to take a collective look at the lineup in search of missed gems and unfamiliar band names with familiar, one-off tunes we heard at a house party or hip coffee shop. Just because these acts live on the final two lines of the […]

Father John Misty has announced a headlining concert date at the El Rey Theatre on Friday, August 26! We last caught the charming eccentric at The Observatory this past April where he enamored fans with a ll that weird and wonderful Father John Misty swagger. The show is part of FYF Fest’s upcoming run of […]

FYF Fest just keep finding a way to outdo themselves. The 2016 edition of the prized Los Angeles festival will feature Kendrick Lamar and LCD Soundsystem as headliners with Tame Impala and Grace Jones as sub-headliners. This will serve as Kendrick’s lone west coast festival date, according to a press release sent by FYF. Kendrick […]

Incoming! We have more FYF Fest 2015 photos for you! Now that you’ve seen all of our live performance photo galleries and reviews, here’s another round of fan and crowd photos. All the photos below are from Day Two of FYF Fest. You can also find our fan photos from day one, here. To take […]

Photo by Wes Marsala Besides the kids that had camped out at the Main stage all day to see Morrissey, the rest of FYF Fest had a mass exodus from D’Angelo and Death Grips to get to there. As expected it was crowded but, people were taking up relaxing havens on benches, against walls or […]

Taking the stage in a long coat and a white hat sitting slightly sideways on his head and a guitar that was glittering with embellishments, D’Angelo made his entrance at FYF. Backed by an absolutely incredible band and set of singers, it was clear from the first note that this was The Church of Music and D’Angelo […]

Photo by Jazz Shademan Arriving at the stage for FKA Twigs you could see that everyone was tired and maybe a little weary from the jam packed two-day fest. Most were sitting waiting for the last act of FYF to take the stage. When the lights drew down completely dark and a hushed airy voice […]

Cutting early from the FYF Arena stage we crossed over to the Lawn stage to catch at least a few songs from the experimental and always fantastic Unknown Mortal Orchestra. Everyone there were definitely UMO fans, giving out a cheer the second the band came on the stage. With the heat still strong against our […]