Thursday night, producer Benny Blanco’s label Friends Keep Secrets held a special showcase at the El Rey Theatre. It shined a light on the present and also showed the future is very bright after featuring a slew of performances from Jessie Ware, Cashmere Cat, Ryn Weaver, Tory Lanez and other special drop-ins. Rising pop star […]

Hot Show Alert! Montreal artist Cœur de Pirate aka Béatrice Martin has already been making waves and topping Canadian and European music charts with mesmerizing songs such as “Undone,” “Carry On,” and “I Don’t Want To Break Your Heart,” off her new album Roses. Now the lovely indie pop songstress is ready to woo U.S. […]

Electro-pop project Penguin Prison aka the musical genius of NY singer/musician/producer/remix artist Chris Glover, is taking over the El Rey Theatre on Tuesday, February 9th for a night of non-stop dance action. Get down and dirty to fiery singles such as “Calling Out” and “Show Me The Way” (including fresh remixes!) from his latest masterpiece, inspired […]

The Baton Rouge rapper, Kevin Gates will be headlining the El Rey Theatre on Saturday, February 6th! Gates has been on the rise ever since he received positive reviews for his 2014 mixtape, By Any Means. This year marks the release of his debut album Islah, featuring the singles “2 Phones” and “Really Really”. Catch him as […]

You probably have seen Chris Baio playing bass as a member of the baroque pop band, Vampire Weekend. Last year marked the release of his debut album, The Names, for his solo project Baio. Baio began in 2012, kicking off with an EP and his first complete track, “Sunburn Modern”. You can check out his latest single […]

After canceling his December 2014 show date at the El Rey Theatre due to a family illness, Johnny Marr has announced a new Los Angeles show date at the El Rey Theatre on Saturday, March 5, 2016. Additionally, the legendary guitarist will also perform at The Glass House in Pomona on Friday, March 4! Best […]

A fun fact about the multi-instrumentalist band, DeVotchKa, is knowing they toured as Dita Von Tesse’s backup band (trivia fact!). But what’s even more fun is knowing they’ll be headlining the El Rey Theatre on Saturday, January 16th. Based in Denver, Colorado, DeVotchKa made their breakthrough with the song, “The Winner Is”, featured on the soundtrack of the 2006 film, Little Miss Sunshine. That […]

Friends Keep Secrets – the label fronted by producer Bennie Blanco – will be putting on a showcase on February 18 at the El Rey Theatre featuring Jessie Ware, Ryn Weaver, Cashmere Cat, Tory Lanez, BenZel and more. Ware and Weaver’s sets are listed as acoustic on the ticket page for Goldenvoice. British singer Jessie […]

Cage the Elephant began their banner 2015 by celebrating a Grammy nomination. On Sunday night at the El Rey Theatre, they showed fans that the future looks bright for the alt-rock five-piece as they performed some songs from their upcoming album Tell Me I’m Pretty — due out December 18 and produced by The Black […]

Blues rock n’ rollers Chris Robinson Brotherhood (featuring members of The Black Crowes) are serving up their self-described “psychedelic filling in a Folk Blues pie” at the El Rey Theatre on Wednesday, December 9th. Hear hot and fresh new jams off their latest, and third studio album release for Silver Arrow Records, Phosphorescent Harvest. If you […]

We last caught the rapper, The Grouch, performing at last year’s Camp Flog Gnaw Festival with L.A. rapper, Eligh. Both will be touring, headlining the El Rey Theatre on Thursday, December 3rd! The duo have released seven albums and an EP released last year titled, The WinterFire EP. Join them alongside Chali 2na and The […]

Sunday night was a very heavy and bittersweet night of music at the El Rey Theatre. The night was a tribute and benefit concert for Ikey and Aaron Owens presented by Goldenvoice. Just over a year ago, Isaiah “Ikey” Owens passed away from a heart attack while on tour in Mexico with Jack White. Tragedy […]

Mr. Little Jeans, so-called after Kumar Pallana’s role in the Wes Anderson film Rushmore, has had our attention since last year with the release of her debut album, Pocketknife. The album undeniably made it onto our Grimy Goods Best Albums of 2014 and covers a range of electro-pop tunes that keep you grooving and singing along. Mr. Little […]