Netflix Is A Joke: The Festival, is now less than a month away (April 28 – May 8, 2022) so if you haven’t yet decided on all the shows you’re going to catch — now is the time. The festival has just added new acts to its lineup with over 250 live shows taking place […]

Thank God live music is back! And with a super bloom of rescheduled shows and new line ups, Moon Block and Knitting Factory Entertainment are excited to bring back one of Southern California’s most unique musical gems; Desert Daze, a three-day-long music line up filled with rocking bands, mixed-media and eclectic art installations. The music […]

For the past month, Red Bull Music Academy creatively executed a music festival in Los Angeles in which all kinds of experiences took place. From underground to the sublime, the festival had it all.  On this occasion, I headed to celebrate the life and music of Alice Coltrane, the iconic harpist, pianist, composer, and wife of John Coltrane in […]

For its 18th year, Eagle Rock Music Festival brought free music to Los Angeles. Produced by the Center for the Arts Eagle Rock in partnership with Council Member Jose Huizar their motto “By Locals for Locals” was loud and clear bring emerging bands filled with freshness and diversity along with seasoned musicians that we never get tired of hearing. The afternoon […]

Coachella takes place a little less than a month from now, which means festival season is nearly underway. There are now more music festivals taking place in the United States than ever before. Thievery Corporation’s Rob Garza told us last year that there’s a huge festival-ization going on right now, and he isn’t wrong. Here […]

One of the things that makes Coachella special compared to every other festival is their ability to step outside of the box with their bookings. With more than 150 total acts on the lineup, they’re able to pull from niche genres that don’t get a lot of mainstream love without compromising the amount of name-recognition talent […]

How does one describe something that was simply perfect? The bands, the people, the setting … All of it fell seamlessly together at the Sunset Ranch for the 3rd annual Desert Daze Music Festival. Were you a part of the magic? Check out our Desert Daze 2014 photos below! Photographs by Dominoe Farris-Gilbert Kiku Pau […]

Comedy and music festival extravaganza Festival Supreme at the Santa Monica Pier read like a who’s-who of today’s comedy scene, featuring performances on three different stages by Tenacious D, Triumph the Insult Comic Dog, Zach Galifinakis, Sarah Silverman, Tim & Eric, Adam Sandler, Tig Notaro, Demetri Martin, Garfunkel & Oates, Neil Hamburger, Patton Oswalt, and Eric Idle, just […]

This past Sunday night (Oct. 13) marked Lolipop Records‘ first ever Freakout Fest at the Bootleg Theatre and it was incredible! Jeffertitti’s Nile, Mystic Braves, Corners and more rocked out on the super dark and vibey stage. Were you there? Check out photos below! Photography by Dominoe Farris-Gilbert Jeffertitti’s Nile Mystic Braves Corners For more photos of Lolipop’s Freakout […]

For 27 years as a celebration of culture and music, once again the students of UCLA take over the campus to bring us the Jazz and Reggae Fest as it has become a tradition on Memorial Day Weekend.  On Sunday, day one of the festival (Jam Day) — the festivities kicked off with a shy crowd, […]

Rivaling Coachella’s Sunday, Desert Daze went out with a band this past Sunday funday. It felt like the craziest house party (only it was in the desert) with the best music and the greatest people you will ever meet. In a nutshell, it was a beautiful experience. To go along with this beautiful experience, we’ve captured […]

While some of you were getting your musical kicks at Coachella, there was also an incredible music festival going off about 25 miles East on the magnificent Sunset Ranch in Mecca, CA — Desert Daze. It was a most friendly, real and magical musical experience — especially one that true lovers of music and the […]

2 CHAINZ I’m not into “flash-rap,” but I am into real hip hop and 2 Chainz is all about the bling bling. We opted to check 2 Chainz just for the pure novelty of witnessing the flashy, big-ego-ed rapper live and it was rather lackluster as friends had mentioned about his weekend one Coachella performance; but […]

 CONTEST CLOSED!   For those of you didn’t score tickets to this year’s Coachella, we have another festival for you (at least for the second weekend)! Desert Daze will be held on April, 20 at the Sunset Ranch Oasis in Mecca, CA. This is nothing like a dessert, this is paradise. The area is lined […]

More amazing style, fashion and all around weirdness at SXSW! Check out our street-style photo gallery below, you might just see yourself or someone you know! Click on the links below for more of our 2013 SXSW photo galleries: Fashion at SXSW – Part One SXSW 2013 Live Music Photos – Part One SXSW 2013 Live […]

Check out our second part of our SXSW 2013 live music photo gallery featuring King Tuff, The Black Angels, IO Echo, Beach Party, Chelsea Light Moving, Ex Cops, Hundred Waters, Leopold and His Fiction, Spindrift, Riff Raff, The Low Lows, The Blind Side, and Convert. Click here for part one of our SXSW live music […]

Are you at SXSW? Do you wish you were here? Check out the weird and awesome people that are frolicking about … and this is only the beginning… Street-style is all the fashion as SXSW! Check out part two of our SXSW style and fashion photo gallery! Photography: Dominoe Farris-Gilbert Click though the photo gallery […]

Check out the SXSW bands we dug from Wednesday, March 13 featuring  John McCauley and Friends, Guards, Fat Tony and Tom Cruz, Rainbow Jackson, Poolside, Savages, Peace, and Hindu Pirates.  Lot’s more to come, stay tuned! Photography: DOMINOE FARRIS-GILBERT   JOHN MCCAULEY & FRIENDS GUARDS FAT TONY AND TOM CRUZ RAINBOW JACKSON POOLSIDE SAVAGES PEACE […]

Rock and roll go hand in hand with hard rockin’ tunes and badass tattoos. We invite you to join us for the 6th annual Musink festival at the OC Fairgrounds on March 8 to March 10. Over 300 of the world’s finest tattoo artists will be there to supply your with fresh ink. Some featured […]

Day Three of Austin City Limits was on Sunday, October 10th, and it was way too hot. Sensible event-goers were hiding in every bit of shade they could scrounge up. They had certainly not misplaced their hats. In this, I was not at all sensible. First off was Yeasayer, who I’d been introduced to a […]