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Emo pop rockers Say Anything have booked a headlining show date at the Echoplex! The LA rockers will perform at the famed Echo Park venue on Tuesday April 26. Supporting Say Anything at the Echoplex are mewithoutYou, Teen Suicide, and Museum Mouth. As part of Say Anything’s Spring Tour, the band has also announced show […]

Feature written by Mark E. Ortega According to an April 2013 Buzzfeed article, Coachella hadn’t seen a ratio of male-fronted acts to female-fronted ones below 80% since 2008. Last year, female-fronted acts represented less than 16% of the lineup with names like Florence + The Machine, Alabama Shakes, Jenny Lewis and St. Vincent being some […]

Thee Commons While the concert heavy month of Rocktober leaves much to be desired, November isn’t letting us down. Be thankful concert heads because there are plenty of chances this month to catch some spectacular live acts. From living legends like Dave Davies of The Kinks bringing down the house old-school style to up-and-coming pop stars […]

The first concert I ever saw was Oasis in 2005. Tuesday night, I was at the Hollywood Bowl, one of the most iconic music venues on the west coast, to see Blur — their biggest rivals in the Britpop invasion. As I took in a momentous, nearly two-hour performance from Damon Albarn and his mates, […]

Earlier this year, Deerhunter was slated to play FYF. “We had to cancel because we had a lot of personal shit to deal with,” Bradford Cox told the crowd Friday night at The Regent. It seems the only thing that Cox has ever had to deal with had been unpleasant, and that’s an understatement. From […]

It’s probably the strongest show week in Rocktober, and the ladies are coming in hot! This week we have Janet Jackson at The Forum, Marina and The Diamonds at Fox Theater Pomona, Florence and The Machine at Hollywood Bowl, Wolf Alice at The Fonda Theatre, Misterwives at The Belasco, Regrettes at The Smell, White Sea […]

Kendrick Lamar The third-annual Life is Beautiful Festival in downtown Las Vegas saved some of their best tricks for last. Kendrick Lamar topped off a weekend that included many memorable performances. Perhaps it was perfectly fitting that Kendrick — perhaps the hottest thing in rap today — would close out a festival that is clearly […]

This week’s best concerts in Los Angeles are priming Rocktober very nicely. From big name acts like Grace Jones with Future Islands at the Hollywood Bowl, Foo Fighters at The Forum and Chris Cornell at the Walt Disney Concert Hall—you also mustn’t skip out on the lesser known, indie acts. Our top selection this week […]

Deerhunter have shared a glistening new song and video for “Breaker”. The track is the second to be shared from the band’s forthcoming album Fading Frontier. The song is a bright and lovely number which for the first time, features two of Deerhunter’s founding members, Bradford Cox and Lockett Pundt, sharing vocal duties in their […]

Did you miss Deerhunter at FYF this past weekend? Don’t worry, so did everyone else. As we all know, Deerhunter did not end up performing at FYF this year; however, not only have they booked a Los Angeles date, but they also have a slew of tour dates and a new album underway! Deerhunter is […]

Natalie Prass has booked a headlining show date at The Echo on Friday, October 23. The charming singer-songwriter, who toured as a member of Jenny Lewis‘ band last year just released her debut self-titled album this past Janaury and she’s ready to showcase it for Los Angeles fans. We last caught Prass at SXSW: “Her […]

Of all the festivals I’ve traveled to the past few months, I felt least prepared for Bonnaroo. Flying in from LA I could only bring a small one-person tent and carry-on bag but I lucked into camping with people a bit more prepared. We got into the line of cars to pull into the campgrounds […]

It’s been more than three years since Of Monsters and Men exploded on the scene behind the strength of their radio smash-hit “Little Talks.” The time has finally come for their much-desired follow-up to 2012’s My Head is an Animal, and on Friday on the Honda Stage at iHeartRadio Theater LA, the five-piece band played old favorites […]

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 […]

Cage The Elephant Of all the festivals I’ve covered in May (Shaky Knees in Atlanta, HangoutFest in Gulf Shores, Sasquatch at The Gorge), BottleRock Napa Valley’s was the one I was most intrigued to discover what the demographic would be. Napa is bougie wine country, and BottleRock was being pitched as a family festival, so […]

Will Butler is well-known for his antics on stage as a member of Arcade Fire. Having released his first solo effort earlier this year, he made his first appearance in Los Angeles from underneath older brother Win Butler’s shadow at the Troubadour last night. That energy was there in spades. I had just seen Butler […]