Red Bull Sound Select’s #30DaysInLA is building through the month of November and bringing all kinds of brilliance to the most interesting spots. This past Friday, Mack Sennett Studios hosted a nice blend for a cool Saturday night getting lit with postmodern warehouse theatre vibes. We made it right on time for the Canadian electro-funk duo, Chromeo. Their fuzzy synths mixed […]

Last night, with all kinds of sweetness in the air, the Hollywood Palladium kicked off night one of two blissful evenings with New Mexico’s brightest stars, Beirut. Along with the charming sounds of Beirut was the hauntingly beautiful opening performance by Julia Holter. Who will also perform as direct support for night two (tonight). Early in the evening, […]

Mala Rodríguez This year’s Supersonico was beyond a festival. It felt more like the organizers themselves (Nacional Records) had coined it: a cultural happening. The Hollywood Palladium served as the grounds for this year’s event where some 17 artists performed. Supersonico was an exciting eight-hour event where acts in the indie-alt-Latin music scene all came together to showcase their […]

Mondays are a challenge to go out after heavy weekends but, when The Roxy has a band with the intensity and allure of Algiers, you have to push yourself to go and experience their performance.  The night was kind of slow but the crowd was stoked to have this dynamic band from the deep South […]

One of the greatest things about Los Angeles is without a doubt, the live music. Downtown Los Angeles is bursting with live music venues of the late. It seems like every month a new one opens up. And one of the many venues that constantly delivers top-notch acts in a cozy atmosphere is the The Belasco. […]

Mrs. Fish is the perfect swanky spot in the heart of Downtown Los Angeles to get an extra notch on your looks, have a craft cocktail and enjoy a live show. This place has been featuring a roster of class act music numbers that we can confidently recommend any day of the week for a guaranteed good […]

How do you fit twenty + musicians on the stage of The Echo???  Sly5thAve. Sly5thAve aka Sylvester Onyejiaka is a musican and producer from Texas who now resides in New York. He came to Los Angeles to celebrate his first vinyl release and what a sweet party it was! He was accompanied by his very […]

Calexico has been making music for a couple of decades. They are generally classified as indie rock although as they blend country, jazz, rock and more—you come to realize that their music spectrum is much more broader. At their show last night at the Regent Theatre they proved they are much bigger than just another “indie” band. Calexico’s new […]

Mala (Spanish for bad) Rodríguez (born Maria Rodríguez), belongs to a wave of female hip hop artists making noise world wide. Born in Cadiz, Spain, she is part of a generation that built their own identity rhyming about strength, social issues, rough lifestyle vs the money-making hip hop we get bombarded through the ole American mainstream. […]

Hiatus Kaiyote Sold out, highly expected and full of talent are just a few of the characteristics of Wednesday night’s Hiatus Kaiyote show at The Roxy. The spot was packed beginning to end with brilliant opening performances by Los Angeles based Kadhja Bonet and Low Leaf. These amazing females and their soothing powerful voices had their own roster […]

A few weeks back, when I heard that Gurrumul was coming to Los Angeles to perform at the El Rey Theatre, I knew I had to check out the show. Geoffrey Gurrumul Yunupingu was born blind in a remote region of Northern Australia. From Elcho Island, he grew up as a member of the Gumatj clan. He […]

With sighs and hushes, to no surprise, The Regent Theatre was taken over at full capacity with a sold-out performance by folk singer-songwriter, José González. Born to Argentinean parents in Sweden, González has just released a new album titled Vestiges and Claws. The highly anticipated record comes after a seven-year hiatus and was self-produced by González. I had […]

He’s a poet, a musician, a performer, an artist, and above all, an incredible human. I’m talking about the extraordinary renaissance man known as Saul Williams. The talented New York artist performed at The Roxy last night. Stirring up the crowd with sounds from his forthcoming album MartyrLoserKing scheduled to drop this July via FADER Label, L.A. fans were definitely […]

There are beats that will always get you shaking and stomping, and Cumbia is one of them. In a city as large and diverse as Los Angeles, these vibrant Afro-Colombian sounds are reaching a myriad of music venues, and new fans like there’s no tomorrow. Last night at the Troubadour, gathered a mass of Cumbia lovers. Elbow-to-elbow they […]

Red Baraat Los Angeles might be out of the heat wave for now, giving place to storms very well felt through its incoming live music. Last night, The Echoplex was bursting with explosive music delivering two heavy hitters in one night. The party crew Malabomba brings the wildest pan-global international music parties in The City of […]

In a country build out of heritage and in a city with a myriad of cultural influences, it is no surprise that diverse communities find common denominators in music and dance. The World Festival of Sacred Music taking place at the Aratani Theatre in Little Tokyo has opened its doors to find a crossroad for […]

In celebration of the 2015 GRAMMY’s, Sonos has paired up with the hottest sound influencers in town. We went to the Capitol Records building where Sonos and Blue Note Records joined forces lighting up the building blue to celebrate 75 years of Blue Note’s musical and visual contributions. 54,000 watts of blue honor the history that has shaped many of […]

Since opening at the end of 2014, The Regent has been on top of the best shows coming to Downtown Los Angeles. With a sold-out show that packed the house to the walls, the venue welcomed Staten Island’s smoothest brethren of 70s instrumental psych, the Budos Band, along with Los Angeles’ fiery garage punks, Death Valley Girls. […]

If you wanted a place to escape the cold on a Saturday night with the raddest West Coasters in town The Echo had it all for you. With a packed house, lines since doors opened and an eager crowd waiting for the bands to tear it up, The Echo welcomed The Aggrolites and Boogaloo Assassins for […]

New England native Merrill Garbus and her brilliant her music project Tune-Yards orchestrated a night filled with unique sounds and hypnotic ambiance last night at Sonos Studio. Like finding missing pieces to a puzzle, Tune-Yards pieced together an eccentric blend of sounds made with looping vocals and layering tunes that masterfully turned into harmonious tracks. Currently […]