Electronic dance queen BIIANCO teamed up with the wild songstress, Cassandra Violet, for a ‘Carol of The Bells’ that should have been our winter theme song all along. Every December musicians try their hand at a Christmas or holiday covers, and every year, the best ones land on our winter playlists. The two fronting this […]

Credit: Tammie Valer With an arresting vibrato and silky tone, Nicole Kiki Jaffe shares her intimate new single, ‘Holdout.’ Catch the LA songbird live at the Standard’s weekly series, Desert Nights, on December 11th. Nicol Kiki Jaffe transmits pain into beauty and strength. She makes the terrible beautiful and the weak feel powerful. Through her emotive, transparent […]

Los Angeles concert-goers will forget all about June Gloom once they see the brilliant array of eclectic shows to choose from this month. From a British invasion featuring cooler-than-thou artists such as Birdy, Beth Orton, Eagulls, and Rationale to hometown heroes and newbies such as Death Valley Girls, Veronica Bianqui, Adult Books, and Banta celebrating their record release parties, […]

April showers bring May flowers, or in the case of the Los Angeles live music scene, May is in full bloom with a wide array of concerts, featuring artists who are bringing their vibrant sounds to center stage. Musical pioneers such as The Cure, Duran Duran, The Who and Buzzcocks are sharing both new music […]

Spring has arrived and with it comes the Coachella side show frenzy! Whether you’re attending the festival and don’t want to miss any potential overlapping sets or if you’re skipping the festival but still want to see a few of your favorite performers or catch some new up-and-coming acts, April is bringing nothing but the […]

Best Coast Get on the March concert train because it is full steam ahead from the 1st to the 31st. From the punk rock pits with old-schoolers Battalion of Saints and Face to Face to buzzworthy UK artists such as singer-songwriter Oscar and Irish rock outfit September Girls. There’s also a slew of must-see residency nights […]

Former frontman for Hunx and His Punx and Gravy Train!!!! Seth Bogart is busting back onto the Los Angeles music scene with his brand spankin’ new solo, self-titled album, which drops February 19th via Burger Records. You’d be hard pressed to find someone with as much on stage charisma and cheeky charm as Bogart, which […]

Unknown Mortal Orchestra The concert season is booming this February with plenty of concerts to attend and great artists old and new alike to fall in love with. Wanna get into a heavy dance groove this Valentine’s Day with your loved one? Check out a great double bill such as the dirty reggae and Latin soul of The […]

A Place to Bury Strangers Time to ring in 2016! We can’t believe it’s here already either but we’re stoked that there’s an eclectic variety of concerts to attend this January. Jam hard every Tuesday with psych-soul-jazz atmospheric outfit Brainstory or catch old school industrial rockers Killing Joke‘s one-of-a-kind show. Support badass ladies in music […]

Sonos is at the top of their game when it comes to producing high quality, app-controlled, wireless speakers that pump out crystal clear sound, so that you can enjoy the ease and convenience of using wireless technology without ditching sound quality. If you’re not already convinced of how badass these speakers are just check out Grimy Goods writer […]

All ye music, movie and pop culture lovers be merry and bright because we’ve curated a great list of awesome gifts that you can get for the special people in your life. You may also find that you dig ’em so much that you just might have to treat yo’self to a little something special […]

‘Tis the season to open your hearts, your time, and your wallets to help others and indulge in the spirit of giving. What better way to contribute than to do so through a musically inclined way. Below we’ve compiled a list of cool charity concerts, worthy online music campaign, non-profits, and badass benefit albums that […]

The Grouch & Eligh (w/ Murs) Happy Holidays Grimy Goods fans and readers! We’re happy to announce that there’s not much of a holiday slump this December for Los Angeles concert-goers. We’ve got hip hop heroes such as The Grouch and Eligh, J. Rocc and DJ Spinna and Open Mike Eagle and Serengeti blazing trails on […]

Thee Commons While the concert heavy month of Rocktober leaves much to be desired, November isn’t letting us down. Be thankful concert heads because there are plenty of chances this month to catch some spectacular live acts. From living legends like Dave Davies of The Kinks bringing down the house old-school style to up-and-coming pop stars […]

Duran Duran Rocktober is sweeping music venues all across Los Angeles this October. This cornucopia of concerts is the perfect opportunity to dance until you drop, headbang until it hurts, and groove until you just can’t groove no more. There are no genre boundaries or limits this month either. From diverse music festivals such as […]

Los Angeles trio The Vitals have concocted a magical elixir of atmospheric rock infused with both dreamy and heavy sonic elements that make up their latest release, a four-track EP entitled Gold Night. When asked about what the band does in their time away from music, singer/guitarist Kate Strand divulges: “There isn’t much time left […]

Riothorse Royale Summer concert season’s end may be nigh but September is jam packed with must-see shows! Legendary artists such as Grace Jones, AC/DC, Gary Numan and The Who are reclaiming their on stage glory. Local acts like Veronica Bianqui and Riothorse Royale are gearing up for rockin’ residencies all month long. There are even […]

One man’s favorite music is another man’s aural abomination, and sometimes said men find the strength to put their differences aside and find a happy musical medium. In the case of Los Angeles indie rock quartet Late Night Friends, when they first formed in late 2013, members Jonathan Baron and Barrett Shuler began to write […]

Quantic Summer ain’t over just yet, so we at Grimy Goods highly suggest that you take advantage of all the amazing live music experiences that still await you this August. There’s plenty to look forward to – from the badass neighborhood block party Echo Park Rising to wildly fun festivals like Berserktown II, and Riot Grill Fest […]

Echo Park’s Sand Babes may be fairly new to the local music scene but already they are bringing a bright sense of honesty to their music as they begin to hone and craft their dreamy psychedelic sound. The band will be releasing their self-titled debut EP in full on August 5th but we are stoked […]

Death Hymn Number 9 Summer is in full swing and with that comes a smorgasbord of live concerts to see. From moshing to the old-school and new-school punk sounds of The Vandals and Death Hymn Number 9 to getting your interpretive dance on to the alt-electronic jams of Son Lux and Nortec Collective: Hiperboreal to throwing back to […]

Robert Plant & The Sensational Space Shifters June gloom? Nah, I don’t think so. At least not when it comes to the wide array of fabulous must-see concerts in Los Angeles this June. This month’s round up features several boss shows, from local hip-hop legend Aceyalone to pop guru Brian Wilson to garage-psych upstarts Cosmonauts – […]

It’s been too long, yes too damn long! Five long years to be exact since Aussie electronic group Miami Horror released their hot debut, 2010’s Illumination, and while it has stood the test of time we are stoked to hear new music from them. Their follow up full-length All Possible Futures just dropped via Haven Sounds/Dine […]

Pianos Become The Teeth The Coachella season madness has now subsided but you can still get your music fix as we head into May. As the temperature outside increases so does the number of hot live music shows to attend. We’ve got old school garage-punk comebacks The Sonics and new school wild kids Twin Peaks stirring things […]

  “Do yourself a tremendous favor and go to a record store today. The relatively mild exertion of getting off your computer-shackled ass and venturing out to find the object of your desire, the thrill of moving through actual space and time, through row upon row of records, and the tactile ecstasy of fondling the […]