Check Yo Ponytail 2 is celebrating their 3 year anniversary featuring a DJ set from Alice Glass of Crystal Castles, on Tuesday, November 19.  Not only will you get to hear the electro-pop songstress spin sweet jams but the fun don’t stop there as she’s joined by party animal Andrew W.K., Chuck Inglish, Youth Code […]

Los Angeles native and electronic producer/DJ badass Tokimonsta (aka Jennifer Lee) headlines the raging Check Yo Ponytail 2 dance party which will be popping off at The Echoplex on Tuesday, July 9.  Tokimonsta’s second album Half Shadows is out now on Ultra Records and this show is one of only 2 upcoming U.S. tour dates […]

Portland’s post-punk power-pop group The Thermals headline the Echoplex on Monday, March 18.  Their new album Desperate Ground is due out April 16th on Saddle Creek but don’t miss your chance to get in on the live action now!  Supporting acts on this supremely badass Check Yo Ponytail 2 lineup are: Joyce Manor, Death Hymn […]

The Queen Diva of New Orleans Bounce music Big Freedia is set to take her high energy show to the Echoplex on Saturday, February 9. She helped popularized the hip hop genre called bounce music since her rise to fame in the early 1990s. In 2012, her performance at SXSW has been widely praised by critics. Joining […]

Check Yo Ponytail 2 always delivers a dope dance party, this time featuring How To Dress Well aka experimental pop songwriter/producer Tom Krell at the Echoplex on Tuesday, December 4.  How To Dress Well is on tour now in support of his newest album, Total Loss.  Supporting acts include Born Gold, Beacon, Groundislava, Bago and […]

Trip-hop/soul duo, The Internet, will be playing the Echoplex this coming Tuesday, November 20. The Internet (made up of Syd tha Kyd and Matt Martians of OFWGKTA) are due to release a new EP this December, and will certainly give you a taste of things to come at this show. Additional acts include  Quadron and Robert Raimon […]

Check Yo Ponytail 2 will be celebrating its two-year anniversary next week and what better way to do that than with the king himself Andrew W.K. plus a load of special guests including Diamond Rings, Aleister X, Cherie Lily, Icona Pop, and more! Get your party on! Tickets to the show are $10, doors at 8:00pm, […]

Check Yo Ponytail will be poppin’ with DIIV and Violens headlining a night at the Echoplex on Tuesday, October 9.  Usher in the Autumn season with the dance floor vibrations of some of Brooklyn’s finest – the dreamy shoegaze of DIIV and the guitar fueled psych-pop of Violens.  Cold Showers and Deathday also lend their musical support […]

Miami’s SpaceGhostPurrp brings the rage to the stage at Check Yo Ponytail 2 at the Echoplex on Tuesday, July 17.  This young, digital era, cult hip-hop rising star has begun to pave his way, with a specialty brand of murky, hardcore rap.  His album Mysterious Phonk: The Chronicles of SpaceGhostPurrp is out now, but don’t […]

Check Yo Ponytail 2 is bringing down Big Freedia, the undisputed “Queen Diva” of Bounce Music from New Orleans, down to the City of Angels to perform at their monthly show on Tuesday, July 3, 2012 at the Echoplex. Bounce Music is an original urban music rising up from the intimate and fun-loving nature of the […]

Brooklyn based trio Lemonade play the Echoplex on Tuesday, June 19 as part of the phenomenal event series, Check Yo Ponytail 2.  They released their new album Diver just last month and their plush electro pop soundscapes will have you slow groovin’ on the dance floor in no time.  Grimes (DJ Set), Blood Diamonds and […]

Oh Land makes a mighty return to LA, headlining the Echoplex on Tuesday, April 10.  Presented by Check Yo Ponytail 2, this show is going to be a raging dance party.  Singer/producer Nanna land Fabricius always brings her musical a-game to the stage, from sugar sweet pop to jazzy ballads with electronic twists and turns.  […]

Usually I’m all for mixtapes, but wasn’t exactly digging SALEM’s Mother Always – Check Yo Ponytail Mixtape. The mixtape was especially made for their fist headlining performance in the City of Angels at the Echoplex on Tuesday, March 29 for CHECK YO’ PONYTAIL 2. Also performing will be Asylum, Gatekeeper, The Present Moment, Killing Spree […]