Kishi Bashi has finally announced the coming of his fourth album Omoiyari—an ambitious and poignant attempt by the multi-instrumentalist to reconcile our country’s past internment of Japanese-Americans during WWII with the socio-political atmosphere of today. The first single from that album, “Summer of ’42,” is a telling reveal of not only the album’s sound and […]

The Lemon Twigs have announced a special Los Angeles record release show at the Hollywood Forever Cemetery on Monday, October 15. The duo composed of brothers Brian and Michael D’Addario, will release their new album Go To School on August 24 via 4AD. The 15-track album was written, recorded, produced and mixed by the pair at […]

LUMP, the gorgeous new collaborative project of Laura Marling and Mike Lindsay, is coming to Los Angeles! LUMP will headline the The Masonic Lodge at Hollywood Forever on Friday, July 27! Combining Marling’s lovely vocals with the beautiful sounds created by Mercury prize-winning producer, Lindsay — LUMP’s upcoming Los Angeles gig at The Masonic Lodge at […]

James Vincent McMorrow sold-out the beautiful Masonic Lodge at Hollywood Forever this past Wednesday evening. The insanely talented musician shared his perfectly imperfect vocals with the most attentive fans. After a 16-month tour, McMorrow set this very special evening up to end on only the highest notes. Without delay, he made his way through the […]

Hollywood Forever’s Masonic Lodge hosted a thrilling night of music this Tuesday evening. The post-rock instrumentalists of El Ten Eleven were home. Joining them on their short tour run with wholesome and rich lyricist, Korey Dane. The room quickly warmed up with Dane’s hypnotizing vocals and folk impression. The Long Beach born and raised musician […]

London Grammar played a beyond intimate set at the lovely Masonic Lodge at Hollywood Forever Cemetery last week. This British trio is comprised of friends, Hannah, Dan, and Dominic “Dot”. Having met at the University of Nottingham in England, they joined forces and began pursuing music together in London. The group made their EP debut in […]

Hurray For The Riff Raff Announces Two Los Angeles Dates In Support of New Album ‘The Navigator’ — Watch Video for Lead Single   Hurray For The Riff Raff, the project of Alynda Segarra has announced two Los Angeles show dates as part of her extensive run of 2017 tour dates. Hurray For The Riff […]

Los Angeles just can’t seem to get enough of Ty Segall. The multi-faceted human is pretty much in high demand, always. Whether with the Muggers, GØGGS or solo, there isn’t a show Segall doesn’t sell out. Just a couple weeks ago he headlined The Smell’s benefit show at the Teragram Ballroom and it quickly sold-out. […]

Producing music since 2006, Mike Volpe aka Clams Casino has finally released his debut full-length record 32 Levels. The album was just released on July 15 via Columbia, and to celebrate, Clams Casino laid down a fresh record release show at Hollywood Forever Cemetery. As his first Los Angeles performance, Clams Casino absolutly aced his set. […]

If you’re still crying about missing SIA at Coachella, don’t worry, she just announced a North American arena tour. SIA will embark on her Nostalgic For the Present Tour this September with special guests Miguel and AlunaGeorge. This will be SIA’s first tour in five years! Her Los Angeles tour stop will take place on Saturday, […]

Rising British rockers Catfish and the Bottlemen are returning to Los Angeles for an intimate date at the Masonic Lodge at Hollywood Forever Cemetery on Monday, May 3. The show comes a little more than three weeks before they drop the follow-up to their esteemed 2014 full-length debut The Balcony. Titled The Ride, the album drops May […]

It’s been three years since his critically-acclaimed debut album Long Way Down was released, but singer-songwriter Tom Odell has finally put together the follow-up. Wrong Crowd will be released June 10 via Columbia Records, and with that announcement, Odell has also booked a number of intimate gigs, including one May 6 at the Masonic Lodge […]

Tame Impala bassist and backup vocalist Cam Avery will headline a show at the Masonic Lodge at the Hollywood Forever Cemetery on Thursday, April 7. The Aussie musician is a jack-of-all-trades, having served as a founding member of POND as well as The Growl. There’s a certain lounge-ish aspect to Avery’s solo stuff, as evidenced […]

Years ago, I discovered singer-songwriter Matt Corby via the Australian radio station TripleJ’s Like a Version segment – which is when a musician stops in and performs an original song and a cover on their air. His cover of The Black Keys’ “Lonely Boy” was solid, but it was his original song “Brother” that had […]

Will Sheff, the moppy-haired frontman of Okkervil River, made his return to the Masonic Lodge at the Hollywood Forever Cemetery late Sunday night for an intimate celebration of Black Sheep Boy‘s ten-year anniversary. Under dim chandelier lights Sheff plucked and tenderly fingered at the heartstrings of fans seated inside the lodge; with only his guitar and a […]

Halloween is the most wonderful time of the year to indulge in the best tricks, treats and music that Los Angeles has to offer. Hell, Halloween is the new Christmas, and it seems like no coincidence that it also happens to fall during the beloved month of Rocktober. Why not splurge a bit on concerts, events, and […]

It was a perfect day to be in a cemetery to watch a bad ass concert by a bad ass band: Modest Mouse at Hollywood Forever Cemetery. Lead singer, Isaac Brock was a madman on stage, listening to the radio plays of Modest Mouse doesn’t really give you the full scope of what Modest Mouse […]

After seeing them play at a handful of festivals this year, I was convinced: Tame Impala was meant to be seen outdoors. Thursday night, the Australian psych-rockers headlined their first of two nights at the renowned Hollywood Forever Cemetery and it couldn’t have gone much better. A sheet hung in front of the stage and […]

Butch Walker has announced a Los Angeles show date at The Masonic Lodge at Hollywood Forever on Tuesday June 16, 2015. According the to singer-songwriter’s Twitter account, he’s going a bit stir crazy and is need of a tour run! Oh my god I can’t take it I need to go on tour and play […]

Kaki King has announced a special performance date at the Masonic Lodge at Hollywood Forever on Saturday, April 4th. The show will celebrate Kaki King’s innovative new work, The Neck is a Bridge to the Body. Teaming up with leading visual performance masters, Glowing Pictures, the new show will feature an innovative, immersive multi-media production […]

The Day of the Dead celebration at Hollywood Forever is a staple Los Angeles festival that grows bigger every year. The cemetery is completely transformed with Aztec ritual dancers, live music stages, kids’ craft corners, face paint tents, art vendors, and all of the fresh churros one could eat. This past Saturday, the theme was […]

I have a confession, dear Internet. Lately, it has been difficult for me to love music with the same fervor I once did. Much of this is due to recent global events that, try as I might to ignore them, have seeped into my consciousness making me painfully aware of the limitations of the musical […]

Earth has announced a slew of tour dates with a headlining performance in Los Angeles at the Hollywood Forever Cemetery. The band will hit the famed outdoor venue on Thursday, Sept. 11 with support from King Dude (scroll down for more tour dates). With nearly all instrumental music, Earth will deliver a chilling performance of experimental […]

Phantogram at Hollywood Palladium — Photo by Farah Sosa It seems Phantogram can not get enough of Los Angeles, and Los Angeles can’t get enough of Phantogram. The electro-pop duo has just added an additional L.A. date, this time it’s at the Hollywood Forever Cemetery! Phantogram will headline Hollywood Forever on Friday, Sept. 5 with […]

The ultimate 70s love child, Linda Perhacs is bringing her legendary psychedelic folk to the Masonic Lodge at Hollywood Forever on Thursday, March 27. Her 1970 debut album (which was only on vinyl up until the first reissue in 2005), Parallelograms was reissued again in 2008, this time at a far more better quality than […]