Descending upon the Long Beach shoreline for what in retrospect feels like a cruelly brief moment, Just Like Heaven Fest was true to its name in delivering the sublime in blissful fashion into the ears of its attendees. Boasting all the benefits that have made mini-one-day festivals so vogue in recent years—from tight-lineups comprised of […]

KCRW celebrated a milestone this past week with their 75th Apogee Studio Session. Jason Bentley, the station’s weekday morning DJ and our host for the evening, recounted the previous 74 with glee. “Remember Ryan Adams just played for hours? As people left for the night, he’d wave goodbye and keep playing…what a fun night,” he […]

Grizzly Bear are set to headline Hollywood Forever on Friday, Aug. 9! The Brooklyn band is already quite the captiviating and beautiful experience live, we can only imagine how gorgeous Grizzly Bear at Hollywood Forever is going to be — under the stars, on a warm Hollywood summer night. Tickets to Grizzly Bear at Hollywood […]

Absolutely captivating: if only one word could be used to describe the performances of both Grizzly Bear and Lower Dens this past Wednesday at the Greek Theatre, it would have to be “captivating.” Lower Dens kicked off the evening with some intergalactic swirls of psychedelic numbers and a tinge of electro. With angelic and lazy vocals, […]

Brooklyn indie-pop, ambient rockers Grizzly Bear play the Greek Theatre on Wednesday, October 10.  Grizzly Bear are on tour now in support of their September 2012 release, Shields (Warp Records), the band’s fourth studio album. Peep their new video for “Yet Again” here and get psyched for some monumental jams.  Special guest Lower Dens open up a […]

On Sunday, August 28 the Hollywood Bowl will host an extraordinary evening in memory of the eccentric and provocative, late French superstar, Serge Gainsbourg. Led by Jean Claude Vannier, French composer, arranger and longtime Gainsbourg collaborator, the legendary concept albums Histoire de Melody Nelson and L’enfant Assassin des Mouches will be performed in full with orchestra, […]

WORDS: Q Manning You’d be hard-pressed to imagine a way that Day Two of ACL Fest could have been different from Day One. Whereas the day before had everyone putting on sunblock and buying cowboy hats/sunglasses (I know I had to), Day Two created an ocean of umbrellas and ponchos. After the first day, I […]

Treasure Island Music Festival is only 10 days away!!! Get your dancing shoes on, this is going to be a weekend of smiles, jams and dance. The best part about is, no bands play at the same time! You don’t have to rush from stage-to-stage or miss any sets! Check out the set times below […]

Brooklyn’s emotive indie crooner, Miles Benjamin Anthony Robinson (MBAR) made quite the impression last summer with his self-titled debut album. With members of Grizzly Bear and TV On The Radio’s, Kyp Malone assisting in the creation, they’ve once again come through to lend their skills to his second studio album, “Summer of Fear.” Moving from […]

Over 1,000 downloads in two weeks! Check out Brooklyn’s DJ Red-Cent’s “Two Weeks Of The Hard Knocks.” The shit’s hot and fuses Jay-Z and Grizzly Bear in the illest way! Download for the track for FREE here! Check out more DJ Red-Cent here!