They came, they played and they conquered! Lolipalooza made its wild and triumphant return to The Echo and Echoplex this past Saturday. If you were there, you already know it was quite the day party than ran on into the evening. From garage, psych, indie and more—all shades of the rock ‘n’ roll rainbow were present. […]

Lolipalooza 1 brought us a day of garage rock bands that made us reminiscent psychedelic trips we may have previously experienced. It was such a great time that Lolipop Records is bringing Lolipalooza 2 to the Echo/Echoplex on Saturday, June 27th! Easily listed as one of our best Los Angeles concerts this month, the day will […]

You can’t really complain about the youth of today when they’re as badass as Feeding People. This So Cal band of merry youngsters was founded and fronted by 19-year-old Jessie Jones, and their sophomore album release Island Universe is a vigorous, sprinkled with psych, rock n’ roll revival to which I proudly proclaim, “amen!” A couple […]

SF native/LA based one man rocker band Hanni El Khatib hits the Satellite on Friday, April 6, kicking off the first night of The Highway Man Tour!  Doo wop to blues, garage rock to soul, Hanni covers a lot of retro musical ground, with the aesthetic and personality to match, yet still makes it all […]

Long Beach band of noise makers Crystal Antlers bring their garage avant-psych freak out to the Echo on Thursday, March 8.  Their sophomore album Two-Way Mirror was just released in Summer 2011 but per their website they’ve already got a gang of new songs they’ll be playing live for the first time at this show, […]