Well, here we are again — wrapping up another year of extensive album reviews and hot band alerts. Some albums we loved and some albums we hated, how about we just stick to the ones we loved (for now). One thing I absolutely LOVE about the Grimy Goods crew, is the extreme diversity of our tastes. Some […]

German electro band Digitalism brings their neon-soaked sounds to The Music Box in Hollywood, Tuesday Dec. 13. Forming in 2006 and building a musical momentum since winning the hearts of fans and critics alike — the duo Digitlalism bring a sense of heel-clicking fun to house music so put on your dancing shoes, it’s going to be Studio […]

Los Angeles’ electro-disco producer, Baron Von Luxxury is gearing up to release the full-length, The Last Seduction in February 2012 on the Manimal Vinyl (Warpaint, Bat For Lashes, Chains of Love, Sister Crayon). The dude brings forth that sexy nu-disco which all the hot ladies are driven to like fat kids on chocolate cake. He […]

In celebration of the release of his new album, Hurry Up, We’re Dreaming, M83 (aka Anthony Gonzalez) has released an official video for “Midnight City”, the first single from their new album. Directed by Fleur & Manu and Produced by DIVISION, “Midnight City” is the soundtrack where a bunch of kids run around Los Angeles raising havoc with […]

Everyone, please rise and welcome back New York City’s very own pop-dance prodigal sons, The Rapture, and with them—In The Grace Of Your Love, the first studio album in a whopping five years, released on DFA records. After surviving a decade as a band, losing members, gaining producers and ultimately changing their minds, they return with an […]

After playing a dope set at this past weekend’s Pacific Festival, Cut Copy have booked yet another Southern California show date—this time at the Hollywood Palladium! And there is a fan presale today at noon! Cut Copy will heat the Palladium up with their Australian synthpop on Wednesday, October 12, 2011. Touring in support of Zonoscope, […]

Ain’t no party like a CHK CHK CHK party, ’cause a CHK CHK CHK party don’t stop! Although a quote from one of Coolio’s songs (yeah, I know), it seems rather appropriate for CHK CHK CHK. If you’ve seen them live, you know they bust out one of the most exciting live acts full of […]

Designer Drugs are Michael Vincent Patrick and Theodore Nelson. Well known for their insane remixes of artists as varied as Mariah Carey and Fischerspooner, the New York duo’s debut album just dropped via Ultra Records. Their new album titled, Hardcore/Softcore, is darker than what many fans might expect but doesn’t sacrifice the rich melodic vocals […]

CONTEST CLOSED One of the world’s fastest rising stars in dance music, electronic music producer WOLFGANG GARTNER – nominated in the “Best Remixed Recording, Non-Classical” category for his reworked version of house music producer Andy Caldwell’s “Funk Nasty” featuring Gram’ma Funk (Uno Recordings)–is coming to Los Angeles for a special GRAMMY week performance at Roxbury, […]

Sleigh Bells at El Rey Theatre – Photo by Wei Shi 2010 break-out electro duo, Sleigh Bells, are playing the Glass House in Pomona on Wednesday, April 14, 2011 for a pre-coachella show. If we could equate Sleigh Bells’ music to a type of person it’d be a sassy punk cheerleader: adorably sweet, front-woman Alexis […]

LCD Soundsystem at Fox Theater Pomona – Photo by Matt Draper This week has kind of been a bummer with GREAT bands calling it quits. First we had the iconic duo, the White Stripes, and now we have LCD Soundsystem officially retiring from “the game.” But unlike the White Stripes, dance genius James Murphy and […]

Check out the photos of Italian DJ, Benny Benassi, stir up some serious electronic-dance madness this past Saturday, January 29, 2011 at the Music Box! Photos: Matt Fisher

It’s hard to tell if the “Evil” pitted against Deerhoof on its latest record is becoming complacent in the ability to challenge its listeners with songs that are equal parts avant-garde and pop. One thing for sure is that their latest album, Deerhoof vs. Evil, has more in common with the excellence, perhaps more listener […]