Clavvs at The Echo
Tonight’s Best LA Shows — Oct. 17: Injury Reserve, Lucero, CLAVVS

Tonight’s best Los Angeles concerts feature Rocketman: Live in Concert Featuring A Special Performance by Elton John & Taron Egerton with the Hollywood Symphony Orchestra at Greek Theatre; Injury Reserve at El Rey; CLAVVS at The W Hotel (FREE); Zooluxx, Shiny Jackets at Echoplex and more. Check out the full listing for tonight’s best shows […]

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Sandra B. Olinger
Tonight’s Best L.A. Shows: Oct. 10 — Sofi Tukker, Morcheeba, Dresage

Tonight’s best concerts in Los Angeles for Thursday, Oct. 10 feature: Morcheeba at The Regent; W.I.T.C.H. at the Lodge Room, Sofi Tukker at Shrine Expo Hall, Dresage at Bootleg Theater and more! Check out the full listing of tonight’s best shows below! And for more recommend shows popping off in Los Angeles, check out our BEST […]

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Sandra B. Olinger
egg drop soup
Tonight’s Best LA Shows: Egg Drop Soup, Girl Friday, MALLRAT and more

Tonight’s Best Concerts in Los Angeles feature: Egg Drop Soup, Girl Friday, Facial at Zebulon; MALLRAT at the Echo; Trapdoor Social at The Hi Hat and more. Check out the full listing below! And for more shows check out our BEST CONCERTS OF THE MONTH listing. Oct. 9 — Egg Drop Soup, Girl Friday, Facial at […]

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Sandra B. Olinger
Healing Gems
Tonight’s Best LA Shows feat. Paper Idol, Cones, Healing Gems

It’s Monday, and you know what that means. A lot of free shows in Los Angeles. Tonight’s Best Shows in Los Angeles feature: Cones with Paper Idol at It’s A School Night at Bardot in Hollywood; Healing Gems kicking off their residency at The Echoplex with Sonoda, Fake Jazz and more. Check out the rest […]

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Sandra B. Olinger
talk time
Talktime close Satellite Residency with Opus Vitae and Georgi Kay

Talk Time just wrapped up their month long residency at The Satellite with a final show including Opus Vitae and Georgi Kay. If you missed Talk Time, the band is quintessentially Californian with a beach-y experimental pop sound. Fronted by Edison Choi, Talk Time mixes tight harmonies with laid back guitar parts. The musical equivalent […]

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Kim Zsebe
echo park rising 2019
45 Must-See Bands at Echo Park Rising 2019

Echo Park Rising is coming to the streets of Echo Park, in East Los Angeles this Thursday, Aug. 15 – Sunday, Aug. 18. Quickly becoming one of the best free summer concerts series in Los Angeles and one of the best Southern California music festivals, 2019’s Echo Park Rising is not to be missed! Every […]

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Sandra B. Olinger
LA Pop-Folk Trio Luci on tour with Pat Benatar, scheduled LA residency at Harvard & Stone this August

Los Angeles folk-pop trio, Luci are on tour with Pat Benatar! Made up of  Ashley Maietta, McKail Seely, and Ariana Tibi, the three singer/songwriters have been on tour since July 10 supporting Pat Benatar & Neil Giraldo for the iconic band’s 40th anniversary tour. Luci also recently opened for Nashville’s Raelyn Nelson (Willie Nelson‘s granddaughter) in Denver. […]

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Sandra B. Olinger
KÁRYYN
Hot Artist Alert: KÁRYYN’s debut album The Quanta Series, a sea of electronic swells — LA Date at Regent

When the original opera Of Light that L.A.-based KÁRYYN had created a score for made its premiere in Reykjavik, Iceland it’s likely that she didn’t expect for one of its audience members—Björk—to name her in a Guardian profile among the creatives she was most excited for. The praise couldn’t have come at a better time […]

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Steven Ward
Holy Wars Releases Cult-ish Music Video For Their Latest Anthem ‘Legend’

Holy Wars released a music video for their epic anthem, ‘Legend,’ that flirts with society’s desire for fame and individuality. Featuring pale characters stripped of their autonomy, the video was directed by Erin Naifeh along with front woman Kat Leon. ‘Legend’ is hauntingly cinematic and uncomfortably beautiful. Thundering drums parade us throughout a tale about […]

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Ari
New Video from Jen Awad Digs Into Tough Questions About Humanity; Announces Show at Levitt Pavilion

Soulful, powerhouse singer Jen Awad triggers our moral compasses with her latest video for “Bad People.” Thought provoking questions pop up throughout, as we follow Jen on her journey from innocent to good to bad. It’s a kitschy, bubbly tale played out by wild personalities, but if you watch closely, you’ll find questions buried within. […]

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Sandra B. Olinger
Levitt Pavilion Summer Concerts - Photo: Farah Sosa
Levitt Pavilion Announces 2019 Lineup for 50 Free Summer Concerts in Los Angeles

You know the free summer concerts in Los Angeles are coming though when the Levitt Pavilion announces their coveted 50 Free Summer Concerts in LA! Levitt Pavilion Los Angeles has announced its 2019 Summer Concert Series Lineup! Giving some serious shine to all of the many unique artists we have in our home of Los […]

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Sandra B. Olinger
o future
Don’t answer the phone, it’s just a spammer — O Future shares new song “Telephone”

How many spam phone calls do you get in a day? O Future’s new single “Telephone” is about that split second of wonder between the ring and the realization that no one special is trying to reach you on the other side. It can make you detest phone calls in general but this cinematic, slow-burner […]

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Sandra B. Olinger
Laura Jean Anderson shares previously unreleased single “On My Mind” from debut EP

Laura Jean Anderson has shared “On My Mind,” a previously unreleased single from the singer/songwriter’s debut EP Lonesome No More. Written while driving from Arizona to Los Angeles with just her dog for company, Anderson was hit with inspiration after dropping off a new love at the airport in the aftermath of playing a string […]

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Steven Ward
arqestry
Hot Artist Alert: Arqestry — lo-fi pop for the soul

Cozy up to Arqestry’s new single “Beaches” Up-and-coming producer / singer-songwriter, Arqestry has premiered a sexy space jam titled “Beaches.” Written, recorded, and produced by Arqestry, “Beaches” takes you on a smooth ride full of lush atmospherics, delicate whispers and a plethora of synth sonics. It’s the kind of song you want soundtracking a chill […]

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Sandra B. Olinger
Kishi Bashi paints a Japanese-American-internment love story on orchestral new single “Summer of ’42”

Kishi Bashi has finally announced the coming of his fourth album Omoiyari—an ambitious and poignant attempt by the multi-instrumentalist to reconcile our country’s past internment of Japanese-Americans during WWII with the socio-political atmosphere of today. The first single from that album, “Summer of ’42,” is a telling reveal of not only the album’s sound and […]

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Steven Ward
MIYAVI at the El Rey Theatre
Powerhouse MIYAVI lights up the El Rey with guitar shreds and gusto

MIVAYI might not be a household name in the States, but the fans who packed the El Rey for his Los Angeles tour stop have been in the know of this Japanese-born international guitar god for some time. MIYAVI has been a solo artist since 2002 and is known to his fans as the “Samurai […]

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Kim Zsebe