♥ = Top Picks MONDAY – JULY 19, 2010 ♥  New Pornographers, Imaad Wasif, The Dodos @ Music Box ♥ Kaiser Cartel @ The Hotel Cafe School Night! w/ Tom Freud & The New Pornographers DJ Set @ Bardot (FREE) Missisippi Man, Big Whup, Buddy, Wires In The Walls @ The Echo ♥ (FREE) Summer […]

♥ = Top Picks MONDAY – 03.29.10 Moonrats, WARPAINT @ Spaceland ♥ The Delta Mirror, The Pity Party, Spirit Vine,Borneo @ The Echo ♥ SEASPIN, SQUARE ON SQUARE, MODEL/ACTRESS, CUE THE MOON  @ Silverlake Lounge Trudgers, Kevin Greenspon, Luna Is Honey, NaNa & the Happy Cats, Sexy Crimes @ Pehrspace Marina V, Soudah, Selena Garcia, […]

It’s SXSW week and the pickings are a bit slim! But Sunday is lookin’ pretty damn hot with Groove Armada, Deakin (of Animal Collective), Gomez, Tears for Fears and more! As always, we don’t list every show that’s going on in LA and its surrounding areas. We only list the ones that we think are […]

We don’t list every show that’s going on in LA and its surrounding areas. We only list the ones that we think are “cool.” And we always support the local indie scene. Yep … Check out the goods below: ♥ = Top Picks * = Residency MONDAY – 03.08.10 * Moonrats, Aska, Adanowsky, Soko @ […]

♥ = Top Picks MONDAY – 03.01.10 The Damn Sons, White Arrows, Spirit Animal, Superhumanoids, The Fling, @ Spaceland ♥ The Delta Mirror, Napela, Healamonster and Tarsier, Full Frontal @ The Echo SEASPIN, ULTRA VIOLENT LIGHTS, CORRIDOR, YOURS TIL DEATH @ Silverlake Lounge Abe Vigoda, Signals, Lizz King, xboxrox, Breezee One @ Pehrspace ♥ Thousand […]

Meh, bleek weak. But there’s still some good tunes to be heard. ♥ = Top Picks MONDAY – 02.22.10 Princeton, Castledoor (final show), LANME (Los Angeles New Music Ensemble)@ Spaceland ♥ Useless Keys, Free Energy, Repeater, BoxViolet @ The Echo Gamble House, Regrets and Brunettes, Fort Wife, Tommy Santee Klaws, Italian Japanese @ Silverlake Lounge […]

From indie, folk, garage, punk, hip-hop, and all things music, we weed out the crap to bring you the goods. ♥ = Top Picks MONDAY – 02.15.10 02.15.10 Princeton, Le Switch, Wade Ryff & Friends, Adam Stern @ Spaceland ♥ 02.15.10 Useless Keys, Aushua, We Barbarians @ The Echo ♥ 02.15.10 Rosie Ledet & The […]

Lot of good shows this week (Nouvelle Vague, St. Vincent, The Thermals, Thao with the Get Down Stay Down, Editors, The Antlers, The Album Leaf, Beat Junkies, and more) ! Get out there and hear some tunes! ♥ = Top Picks 02.08.10 Useless Keys, Light FM, The Black Apples, L.E.F. @ The Echo 02.08.10 Princeton, […]

Slim pickings this week! Boom! 02.02.10 Tenacious D & Friends Haiti Benefit @ The Wiltern 02.02.10 Wale @ The Roxy 02.02.10 The Nervous Wreckords (Louis XIV) @ Bordello 02.02.10 Mia Doi Todd @ Spaceland 02.02.10 Dim Mak Tuesdays w/ Mister Fab & more @ Cinespace 02.02.10 Ferraby Lionheart w/ Paige Stark @ The Bootleg Theater […]

Wow! Nick Jonas & The Administration and Sugar Ray all in one week! Um, no. Check it out the goods this week: Mos Def, The Cribs, The Residents, and my friends from San Diego, Hotel St. George. Also, if you haven’t seen The Pee-Wee Herman Show at the Club Nokia, you best get on it! […]

Looks like we’re getting back into the swing of things in 2010 with some sweet shows lined up this week! The Black Lips are back in town and Spoon has a special secret show tonight at El Cid. Only a lucky 300 admitted! More shows though below! 1/18 Spoon, Deep Sea Diver @ El Cid […]

January is always a slow month in terms of shows, but we got some pretty good ones going off in LA this week! BTW, Vampire Weekend is sold out! I highly recommend Alberta Cross, Hacienda and The Jakes! Hacienda also plays with Dan Auerbach as his back up band! Dios and AA Bondy should also […]

OMG! 2010! Here’s this week’s hot list of shows going on in LA! Um, Sonic Youth is playing two show this week! 1/05 Casxio, Odd Modern, Funeral Party, Hot Streets @ Viper Room 1/05 Whipering Pines, Old Toy Trains, Space Waves @ Spaceland 1/05 Olin & The Moon, Marnie Herald @ Echo 1/05 Former Ghosts, […]

Faretheewell to 2009, thanks for all the amazing shows!!! Here’s your hot list for the final shows of 2009. A lot of good shit going off on New Year’s Eve, get out there and hear some music! PS – Three Mika Miko shows going off at The Smell this week (including their last show ever!!!). […]

Slim pickings this Christmad week! We got a whole lot of Lady Gag-Me but the best show this week is definitely LA’s very own LOCAL NATIVES! 12/21 Mere Mortals, Helen Stellar, Healamonster & Tarsier, Silverphial @ Spaceland 12/21 Moonrats, VoicesVoices, Sister Crayon, Corridor (w/ members of Indian Jewelry) @ The Echo 12/21 Lady Gag-me, Kid […]

12/14 Edward Sharpe & the Magnetic Zeros @ Mayan Theatre 12/14 Mew, The Outline @ Henry Fonda Theatre 12/14 We Are The World, Rainbow^Arabia, Jessica 6, Loving Thunder @ Echo 12/15 Melt Banana, Tera Melos @ Glass House 12/16 Big Light @ The Mint 12/16 Zero 7 @ Orpheum Theatre 12/16 Toy Robot, Abbot Kinney, […]

The sold out KROQ Acoustic Christmas is going on this week, but so are a bunch of other fabulous and not so mainstream shows. Check out our hot list below and be sure to get out and hear some up-and-coming bands! 12/08 Willie Nelson @ Club Nokia 12/08 Black Math Horseman @ Silverlake Lounge 12/08 […]

Slim pickings this week, but if you’re into indie music and cool small venues, you’ll be pleased with the selections this week. Get out there and hear some new music! 11/30 Dios, Imaad Wasif, Mini Mansions, Brandon Intelligator & Olin and The Moon @ Hotel Cafe 11/30 Mississippi Man, Last American Buffalo, What Laura Says, […]

It’s Halloween week! And there’s a lot of sweet shows going on for you to get in on! Here’s our top picks for cool shows going on this week in LA (Oct. 26 – Nov. 2). Week Of Oct. 26-Nov. 2 10/26 The Gossip @ Henry Fonda Theatre 10/26 Peaches @Glass House 10/26 Tegan and […]