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Best Concerts in LA feat. Danzig, The Frights, Nortec Collective & more

This week in Los Angeles we are back to a busy show week! Legendary Los Angeles punk rockers, X, will perform four nights at The Observatory! Running the hip hop game we have Jurassic 5 and Immortal Technique both headlining separate gigs this week. On the underground tip we highly recommend you check out L.A.’s […]

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Brissa Sanchez
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Best Concerts in Los Angeles feat. Television, Elle King, Jacco Gardner and more

It’s 4th of July week in Los Angeles, and while the show picks are slim this holiday weekend, there’s still some must-see concerts you need to add to your calendar. From the influential post-punk rockers Television, to the smokey croons of the lovely Elle King and the chaotic hardcore punk of Blazing Eye there’s quite […]

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Brissa Sanchez
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The Best Concerts in Los Angeles featuring Head Wound City, Miguel, Lolipalooza and more

This week in Los Angeles we have some great punks acts coming through with Head Wound City at the Echoplex and Los Crudos at the Ukranian Cultural Center. If you rather go for the smooth tip, Miguel will be at Club Nokia this week as will old school R&B boy band Bel Biv Devo. Coming […]

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Brissa Sanchez
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The Best Concerts in Los Angeles feat. Brian Wilson, Fever The Ghost, Butch Walker and more

This week in Los Angeles we have quite the variety of concerts for you to get your grooves on! From the legendary beach boy Brian Wilson, to three nights with horror punks the Misfits and the oh-so-swoon-ey singer-songwriter Butch Walker AND the amazing Robert Glasper—you have plenty to choose from. On the underground tip we […]

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Brissa Sanchez
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The Best Concerts in Los Angeles featuring D’Angelo, The Picturebooks, Sharon Jones & The Dap Kings

This week’s best concerts in Los Angeles are gettin’ real hot, just like the weather! From the smooth soul and R&B of D’Angelo, to the gritty rock ‘n’ blues of The Picturebooks and all the way to indie pop fun of San Cisco and The Kooks, there’s always a lot of great shows to choose […]

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Brissa Sanchez
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Sweetgreen makes boom at LA launch with performances by BANKS and Alvvays

Sweetgreen is a smartly sourced seasonal food chain that began in DC and now operates all along the East Coast, founded by three Georgetown University graduates. With two of those founders being LA-based, it was only a matter of time until they tried their hand on the West Coast. Though the W. 3rd St. location […]

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Sandra B. Olinger
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The 40 Best Los Angeles Concerts This June

Robert Plant & The Sensational Space Shifters June gloom? Nah, I don’t think so. At least not when it comes to the wide array of fabulous must-see concerts in Los Angeles this June. This month’s round up features several boss shows, from local hip-hop legend Aceyalone to pop guru Brian Wilson to garage-psych upstarts Cosmonauts – […]

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Emily Saex
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The Best Concerts in Los Angeles feat. Sufjan Stevens, Aceyalone, Bomba Estero & more

The Teragram Ballroom opened its door last night with an intimate concert featuring Spoon, and this week the new downtown LA venue continues to roll out its calendar of shows with Delta Spirit and Palma Violets. You should definitely check out the new space! Also this week, we have Sufjan Stevens, Aceyalone, Bomba Estero, Zella […]

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Brissa Sanchez
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The Best Concerts in Los Angeles featuring L7, Refused, Spoon, U2 and more

It’s a stellar live music week in Los Angeles. Hot on everyone’s list this week, is the official opening of the Teragram Ballroom featuring a headlining set by Spoon! Also on the hot list are huge acts like U2, Tony Bennet and Lady Gaga, but our votes always lean towards to more underground and indie acts. This […]

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Brissa Sanchez
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The Best Concerts in Los Angeles feat. The Rezillos, Noel Gallagher, Crocodiles & more

This week’s best concerts in Los Angeles feature some old school punk acts such as The Rezillos, as well as G.B.H. Both shows will be a damn good time. On the hip hop spectrum we have the infamous Too $hort and Juicy J performing on separate nights. While acts like Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds stand […]

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Brissa Sanchez
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The 50 Best Los Angeles Concerts This May

Pianos Become The Teeth The Coachella season madness has now subsided but you can still get your music fix as we head into May. As the temperature outside increases so does the number of hot live music shows to attend. We’ve got old school garage-punk comebacks The Sonics and new school wild kids Twin Peaks stirring things […]

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Emily Saex
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Steely Dan at Coachella 2015: ‘We’ve still got it’

“We’re still here. We’ve still got it. And if you want it. You’ll have to come and get it,” said Steely Dan guitarist, Walter Becker, in an almost 1990’s pro wrestling promo during their highly-anticipated set at Coachella’s Outdoor Theatre. If you wanted to see your dad and his pals smoking some weed, there was […]

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Sandra B. Olinger
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Death Cab for Cutie preview “Kintsugi” at exclusive iHeartRadio Theater LA performance

Thursday night in Burbank, indie rock stalwarts Death Cab for Cutie played a few tracks from their newly-dropped album Kintsugi — the first Death Cab album since co-founding member Chris Walla decided to walk away — at the magnificent iHeartRadio Theater LA. The new songs sounded built for the larger-scale venues that they’ll play on […]

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Sandra B. Olinger
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The Best Concerts in Los Angeles – October 20 – 26, 2014

This week’s best concerts happening in and around Los Angeles include performances by P L a N E T S, who have their second to last FREE residency night at the Satellite. You will be amazed by their “Psych Rock Theater.” Some bigger shows include performances by Broken Bells, TV On The Radio, Alt-J, and […]

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Brissa Sanchez
LA 4 GAZA delivers powerful night of music and awareness at the Echoplex

Chilean-French rapper and activist Ana Tijoux, DJ duo Nguzunguzu, Cassette DC Brian Shimkovits (Awesome Tapes From Africa), Syrian American hip-hop artist Omar Offendum and musician Kadhja Bonet were the guests of a very special night at the Echoplex where the global music crew Discostan and Radio Sombra hosted a LA 4 GAZA, a benefit event mobilizing socially conscious artists to […]

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Ben Harper to reunite with Innocent Criminals, four dates scheduled in San Francisco

One of the most prolific and diverse musicians around these days, Ben Harper is returning to his roots. The singer-songwriter has announced he will rejoin forces with his original band The Innocent Criminals for the first time in six years. Harper said on his website that they will play four shows at the famed San […]

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Sandra B. Olinger