Facial expressions and reactions from a crowd watching a band live at concert or music festival are always priceless. Whether, they’re happy, scared or angry — as the saying goes: a picture is worth a thousand words. This photo is awesome for so many reasons. We obviously have a Slowdive superfan extremely excited to see […]

FYF Fest 2014 photos are in! Albeit long time FYF attendees were not happy with the new LA Sports Arena & Exposition Park location, fans can’t deny how incredible and memorable the performances were last night. Sure, you may have blisters on your feet, severe chafing and muscle soreness, but at least you now know how […]

Ty Segall’s night-capper last night at FYF Fest was such a fitting end to the first day, the hometown favorite closed things out in front of a crowd that seemed to be of the homegrown variety. If you frequent the L.A. music scene, you start to run into the same people. Those people that you […]

Phoenix’s Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix album was the album of my 21st summer. Their FYF Fest headlining set on Saturday connected to me on a personal standpoint, as they played their numerous hits from that album, putting into perspective just how things have changed in those five years since. Thomas Mars sounded just like he does […]

“Rosemary…heaven restores you in life…” That’s all it took for FYF Fest to collectively lose their shit a few songs into Interpol’s killer set. Music festival goers of a wide range finished the opening verse of “Evil”, a highlight among many from them on Saturday night. For me, Interpol has always been that early 2000s […]

British shoegaze stalwarts, Slowdive was one of the more anticipated sets of Saturday at FYF Fest 2014, and their most recent leg of their long overdue reunion was met with lots of praise. The band certainly lives up to their name. Listening to their music feels like you’re high-diving into the ocean in slow-motion. As FYF […]

Let me preface my review of this set by saying I’m not the biggest Future Islands fan. That said, you can’t help but respect their live act and FYF Fest 2014 proved no different. The Baltimore synth band has tremendous stage charisma thanks to the dance stylings of Samuel Herring. It’s just very unexpected to […]

There is a moment at every music festival where you realize that it’s fully about to be on. At FYF Fest 2014, that moment was when burgeoning indie darlings Little Dragon launched into “Ritual Union”, a song that had the crowd singing along. “Ritual…unions…got me in trouble a-gainnn” sang the crowd happily as they danced […]

As people slowly filtered into Exposition Park for FYF Fest 2014, New Zealand’s Connan Mockasin played a dreamy, well-received mid-afternoon set. Listening to Mockasin play, it felt as though he had taken the crowd on a journey into the thick of Sofia Coppola’s The Virgin Suicides. There is no doubt Mockasin’s catalog would have fit […]

Looking all the part of a Japanese anime character — her hair flowing like she was about to be swallowed up in a tornado — the Vancouver-based Grimes took the crowd on a journey that jumped from place-to-place. On appearance alone, you wonder if Grimes is a gimmick, but moments into her FYF Fest set it […]

“I’m not a big birthday guy, but thanks,” said Julian Casablancas on the main stage at FYF Fest upon receiving a birthday cake on Friday, playing with The Voidz. The Strokes front man celebrated his birthday in style, playing a wide assortment of differing tunes from his repertoire. Though his side project was never received […]

Over the years, we’ve photographed some stellar performances at FYF, with those performances come a lot of beautiful women and men. With 2014 being the first year FYF Fest sold-out way before show date, the once underground DIY music festival is quickly becoming California’s most popular music event. We all know festival hook-ups are a […]

Concert etiquette always seems to come into prime focus at large music festivals. The sheer number of attendees instantly means you may be walking a fine line between having the best day of your life or having it ruined by some inconsiderate assholes. Usually some obnoxious behavior is inevitable and here’s some tips on what’s […]

Sonos Studio and KCRW are hosting a special live performance by the always awesome, Little Dragon! The special performance takes place on Monday, August 25th from 7-10 p.m. and it’s an invite-only private show (MUST BE 21+). Lucky for you we have your hot tickets into this coveted performance. Little Dragon just released their new record, Nabuma […]

Built To Spill will headline the Roxy in West Hollywood on Friday Aug 22. The band are also scheduled to perform at FYF Fest this summer, but before they play to a massive crowd, you can catch them at the Roxy for an up-close-and-personal performance. Supporting Built To Spill at the Roxy are Slam Dunk […]

The 2014 FYF Fest lineup and new location has been announced! The Strokes and Phoenix will headline, and bands such as Slowdive, Interpol, Grimes, Angels Olsen, Against Me! and many more will also perform at FYF. This year’s 11th annual FYF Fest will take place August 23 – 24 at its new location at the LA Sports Arena […]

UPDATE: May 16 — Here’s the official FYF Fest 2014 lineup! It looks like FYF Fest 2014 will be at the LA Sports Arena & Exposition Park according to some very excited and investigative fans of the festival (see screenshots below). FYF had to relocate their annual weekend festival to a new location due to the renovations […]

UPDATE: May 16 – Here’s the official FYF 2014 lineup poster!     UPDATE: May 15th 6:05 p.m. — Sorry, guys. Looks like FYF is dragging this lineup announcement even further past its aforementioned “by May 15th deadline”. *Le sigh … Trust me, I feel your pain. Tomorrow, May 16th, tune in to KCRW at […]

Want to know what goes down backstage at FYF FEST??? This year’s FYF FEST had quite the backstage amenities presented by Sailor Jerry. Let’s just say it was all about booze and tattoos! When word got out the Sailor Jerry had locked-in tattoo sessions with Spike TV’s (Ink Master) resident Judge and tattoo artist Oliver Peck, […]

Um, don’t know if you heard, but My Bloody Valentine crushed FYF Fest! Take that literally! As the headlining set and festival closer of the 10th anniversary of FYF Fest, My Bloody Valentine was so thunderous, that they blew out the sound system at the Carrie stage, not once — not twice — but three […]