The Coathangers
The 20 Best Female Drummers — by all means, badass

*We’re updating this very popular post for 2019 and including 30 more female drummers! This will round out the list to 50 of the best female drummers. We’d love your input. Leave a comment with your favorite female drummer!  Despite being the very backbone of bands, with their presence felt, literally, in every beat —drummers […]

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Sandra B. Olinger
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The 45 Best Los Angeles Concerts This April

TV on the Radio No good concerts this month in Los Angeles folks. Sorry, check back next month. April Fools! We’re just kidding, there’s a plethora of badass shows to check out as the busy Coachella fueled side shows are ruling the lay of the land this April. Whether you’re attending Coachella or not, you’ll […]

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Sandra B. Olinger
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Win Tickets to THEEsatisfaction at Jewels Catch One

Listed as one of our best L.A. concerts to check out this month are R&B hip hop duo, THEEsatisfaction. We last caught rapper Stasia “Stas” Irons and singer Catherine “Cat” Harris-White at The Echo back in 2012 where they left us wanting more of their funkadelic beats. Their second album EarthEE is set to be released just four […]

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Babes In Toyland deliver a victoriously thrashing performance at official reunion show at The Roxy

From essential oils to the stale au naturel odor of some Sunset Strip street kid next to me, The Roxy was a packed house last night. Wall-to-wall, it was a time capsule of the grungy 90s. Ladies pulled out their collared baby doll dresses and pleated plaid skirts for this occasion, and there definitely was not […]

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Sandra B. Olinger
Ex Hex return to Los Angeles with headlining performance at The Roxy

The all female power trio, Ex Hex are coming back to Los Angeles with a headlining performance scheduled at The Roxy in West Hollywood on Friday, May 15th. The band recently played the Echo in support of their fiery debut album, Rips. Now the trio are back and ready to rip some more. Ex Hex are […]

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Sandra B. Olinger
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Listen to Blunda’s new single “Surrender”

Blunda is the solo project of former Fastball and Paloalto guitarist Andy Blunda. The North Hollywood-based musician has released a new single called “Surrender” that is worth a listen — particularly if you’re a fan of the new wave genre that has begun to make a comeback in recent years. Blunda throws down a song […]

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Sandra B. Olinger
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Listen to Purity Ring’s new song “Begin Again” off new album Another Eternity

Purity Ring have shared a new song titled “Begin Again”. As previously reported in our 16 Highly Anticipated Albums to be Excited for in 2015, Purity Ring are set to release a new album, and today they have shared the details. The Canadian duo Megan James and Corin Roddick, known as Purity Ring, return with […]

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Sandra B. Olinger
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16 Highly Anticipated Albums to be Excited for in 2015

It’s almost a new year, and there’s a surplus of albums to be released. From Sleater-Kinney to Run The Jewels, Beach House, Savages and more — below you will find 16 highly anticipated albums to be excited for in 2015. Some bands and artists have already released new tracks. Check them all out below and […]

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Sandra B. Olinger
Portlandia: The Tour at the Echoplex – Photos – Jan. 17, 2012

“The Dream Of The ’90s Is Alive In Portland.” Portlandia is a follow up to the Fred Armisen (SNL)/Carrie Brownstein (Wild Flag, Sleater-Kinney) comedy collaboration, Thunderant. In the new IFC series, the pair lovingly skewer the people and values of Portland, Oregon by introducing us to Portland archetypes like a militant bike messenger, feminist bookstore […]

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Sandra B. Olinger
What Cool Shows Are Going On This Week in L.A.? (Jan. 16 – 22, 2012)

Wu-Tang Clan at Club Nokia – Photo: Matt Draper We don’t post every show that’s going on every night (in or around L.A.) we just post the goods according to our collective knowledge. We’re music elitists at heart but we try our best to keep an open palette of taste with an affinity towards underground, […]

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Sandra B. Olinger
What Cool Shows Are Going On This Week in L.A.? (May 2 – 8, 2011)

  Photo: Ghostland Observatory @ Key Club We don’t post every show that’s going on every night (in or around LA) we just post the goods according to our collective knowledge. We’re music elitists at heart but we try our best to keep an open palette of taste with an affinity towards underground, indie and […]

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Sandra B. Olinger
What Cool Shows Are Going On This Week in LA? (Nov. 15-21, 2010)

Photo: Wei Shi We don’t post every show that’s going on every night (in or around LA) we just post the goods according to our collective knowledge. We’re music elitists at heart but we try our best to keep an open palette of taste with an affinity towards underground, indie and local musicians and venues. […]

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Sandra B. Olinger
What Cool Shows Are Going On This Week in LA? (Oct. 13-17, 2010)

We don’t post every show that’s going on every night (in or around LA) we just post the goods according to our collective knowledge. We’re music elitists at heart but we try our best to keep an open palette of taste with an affinity towards underground, indie and local musicians and venues. Let us know […]

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Sandra B. Olinger
Top 10 Hottest Female Indie Drummers

There’s nothing hotter than a sexy female drummer bangin’ some skins behind a buzzing drum kit. Well, female bassists are pretty hot too but we’ll leave that for another top 10 list. We asked our staff and a few of our fellow music snobs who they think are the hottest female indie drummers. And by […]

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Sandra B. Olinger
“American Gong” by Quasi – Album Review and Full Album Stream

Tapping into the familiar 70s psychedelic rock genre, Quasi’s album “American Gong” isn’t groundbreaking new stuff, but there is some trippy magic swirling about this debut on the Kill Rock Stars label. The Portland side-project created from former Heatmiser and Sleater-Kinney members (not to mention former married couple), Sam Coomes and Janet Weiss, respectively; make […]

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