Phoebe Bridgers at the Greek Theater by Steven Ward
Phoebe Bridgers Announces 2022 Reunion Tour Dates with Presale March 10

Phoebe Bridgers announces 2022 Reunion Tour dates with music festival appearances at both Coachella and This Ain’t No Picnic. Los Angeles fans can catch Phoebe Bridgers at the aforementioned music festivals or nearby tour dates at The Amp at Craig Ranch in Las Vegas (May 13) and Vina Robles Amphitheatre in Paso Robles (Aug. 27). Additional tour stops include […]

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Sandra B. Olinger
Jensen McRae
Jensen McRae teases debut album with ethereal single “Happy Girl”

Los Angeles’ Jensen McRae has shared a first listen from her debut album Are You Happy Now? with the release of her ethereal single “Happy Girl.” Against its lilting melody, Jensen McRae‘s golden croons are made all the more glowing as she weaves her tender lyricism in its warming wake. But the resplendence of “Happy […]

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Steven Ward
Joel Jerome Pens Existentially Deep New Single “We Made It Home”

Mexican-American songwriter, performer and producer, Joel Jerome announces his new album, Super Flower Blood Moon out May 13; his first full length on Dangerbird Records. Included on the album is his newest single “We Made It Home,” a soft acoustic existential musing that falls halfway between a doo-wop and a folk song. Taking a softer approach […]

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Patricia Sanchez
Hollywood Bowl Announces 2022 Lineup featuring Diana Ross, Billie Eilish, Ricky Martin, Duran Duran and more

Update: Single day tickets to the Hollywood Bowl’s 2022 season are now available! You don’t need a subscription for his one! Check out the line up below and grab your tickets! Celebrating 100 years of the Hollywood Bowl, the Los Angeles Philharmonic Association has revealed the 2022 Hollywood Bowl lineup. This year’s concert season will […]

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Sandra B. Olinger
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Toro y Moi Teases New Album with Double Single Release

Bay area based musician Toro y Moi announces his seventh studio album, MAHAL, out April 29 via Dead Oceans. Previewing his 13-track LP, Toro has dropped two new singles, “Postman” and “Magazine,” two sides of a playful, whimsical EP. The first single, ”Postman” is a funky, fresh, off-beat rambling about getting mail. The visual that accompanies ”Postman” […]

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Patricia Sanchez
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Coachella 2022 Lineup to feature Billie Eilish, Harry Styles, The Weeknd, Swedish House Mafia to headline Coachella

Update: Kaye is out! The Weekend and Swedish House Mafia will now headline Sunday of Coachella. Get ready for the party, followed by the after-party! The tea has officially spilled! Coachella 2022 has announced their official lineup! As previously reported, Billie Eilish and Kanye The Weekend and Swedish House Mafia will headline the festival, as […]

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Sandra B. Olinger
Best Songs of the year 2021
The Best Song Releases of 2021 … that most people haven’t heard

Unless you’re a music connoisseur, you’ve probably never heard of these songs, but then again, if you frequent the pages of Grimy Goods, you’re a bit of music connoisseur. While we love new tracks from mainstream acts such as Doja Cat, Dua Lipa, Olivia Rodrigo and Adele — our end of years lists are never […]

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Sandra B. Olinger
Courtney Barnett at the Ace Hotel by Steven Ward
Courtney Barnett electrifies at Ace Hotel show; Bartees Strange opens with sonically spectacular performance

Courtney Barnett, the deadpan strummer of poetic reckonings of life big and small, opened the first of two nights at the Ace Hotel in true splendor. Armed with her guitar, an untethered croon, and her resplendent band, the Australian singer/songwriter spent the night whittling away at the hearts that sat in the darkened theater. With […]

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Steven Ward
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Goldenvoice unveils This Ain’t No Picnic festival featuring The Strokes, LCD Soundsystem, Le Tigre, Caroline Polachek, Yves Tumor and many more

Coachella promoter, Goldenvoice, has announced a brand new music festival “This Ain’t No Picnic.” The inaugural This Ain’t No Picnic will take place August 27 and 28, 2022 in Brookside Park at the Rose Bowl. The new festival will feature an incredible lineup of indie acts and then some including The Strokes, LCD Soundsystem, Le Tigre, Phoebe Bridgers, Beach House, […]

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Sandra B. Olinger
D’Arcy Drops Intoxicating New Single “Lover”

Indie artist D’Arcy is back with her new single “Lover,” an intoxicating tune that channels and explores the darker emotions that rise from a relentless love. While it’s been only a year since D’Arcy dropped her debut single, she has drummed up a slew of fans and garnered the attention of music critics alike with […]

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Patricia Sanchez
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LA artist Niia is bringing her darkly beautiful jazz-pop creations to The Ford

Los Angeles singer/songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, and producer Niia will be taking the stage at The Ford amphitheater this month October 21 for an intimate night of music at her first LA Phil show. After sharing the stage with the likes of The xx and Jorja Smith, and collaborations with numerous artists like Khruangbin’s Laura Lee and […]

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Steven Ward
Lord Huron at the Hollywood Forever Cemetery by Steven Ward
Lord Huron give lovers and phantoms alike a reason to sway at Hollywood Forever Cemetery

If there ever was a more perfect venue for Lord Huron to offer up their haunting, vintage-rock love songs it was amongst the colossal stone crypts and tombstone fields of Hollywood Forever Cemetery. Bathed in the ghostly atmosphere of a blue California dusk, the band were a collection of animated phantoms under the smokey light […]

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Steven Ward
Bartees Strange
Bartees Strange shares another rollicking, stadium-sized anthem with new single “Weights”

Earnest rocker Bartees Strange has shared a thundering new anthem with the release of his new single “Weights,” as well as a deluxe version of his emphatic debut Live Forever which comes with reworks of “Flagey God Redux” and “Free Kelly Rowland.” On “Weights” Strange has crafted another stadium-sized rollicker, his ever galvanizing wails sprinting […]

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Steven Ward
Ambar Lucid Reveals More of Herself in ‘Mixto’ x Spotify Singles

Everyone is falling in line behind the passionate artistry of Ambar Lucid. With support from YouTube Music, television syncs, and the folks who sold out her forthcoming Troubadour show, her star is just beginning to shine at maximum lumens. The Mexican-Dominican musician released Get Lost in the Music EP earlier this year and, more recently, […]

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Future Islands at House of Blues Anaheim
Future Islands offer up a profoundly cathartic and explosive set at House of Blues

Future Islands made their bombastic return to live shows this week, kicking off their tour at the House of Blues in Anaheim to a sold-out and absolutely mad crowd. Led by the original mad lad himself, frontman Samuel T. Herring was as much a conduit for the riotous energies that were coursing through the crowd […]

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Steven Ward
Dear Boy Signs to Last Gang Records and Releases First Single & Video Off Their Upcoming Debut Album

Freshly signed to Last Gang Records, Los Angeles based band Dear Boy have dropped their new single, “(On My) Mind,” with accompanying music video. The new single is a retro influenced indie-pop tune focused on the bittersweet sentiments of long distance love. Opening with a sparkling light bass line and bouncing drums, the song dives […]

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Patricia Sanchez