The Troubadour was slowly filling as King Tuff  and opener, Tropa Magica (fka Thee Commons) lined up across the infamous West Hollywood stage. The six-piece band (Tropa Magica) complete with keyboards and violinist immediately warmed up the crowd with their care-free party vibes. Tropa Magica’s music is described as psychedelic cumbia-punk and they are one hundred percent […]

“Are you filled with joy?” asks Kyle Thomas, also known as King Tuff. Crowds were restless at the Teragram Ballroom last Thursday night, buzzing for the polished rock acts of the night. SASAMI, formerly of Cherry Glazerr, opened up the night, with retro outfit Cut Worms filling in the middle slot. By the time King […]

L.A’s favorite garage punks, Wavves, hit the Echoplex stage this past Tuesday for a wild sold out show. Garage punk never seems to get old in L.A, and thanks to this show being all-ages, the crowd was full of young energy. Kicking off the night was Florida’s Jacuzzi Boys with their electric and psychoactive performance […]

Among those who create surf inspired music, Wavves is one of the few who wear the throne. Nathan Williams (guitars) and Stephen Pope (bass) mix grunge, surf rock, and a bit of pop to cause heads to bob accordingly. Their fourth album titled Afraid Of Heights, was released earlier this year in March with which […]

Day three of Outside Lands was all about trying to see, do and eat as much as possible. Despite all the overlapping set times and big crowd (just as big, if not bigger than Saturday), I bounced around to try and catch at least a little bit of everything. Foals rocked an impressive early set, […]

Oh, yes. This is going to go the fuck off! Wavves are headlining the Echoplex on Tuesday, October 15 and will be joined by King Tuff and the Jacuzzi Boys! Bring your helmet, shit’s gonna get raucous in the pit. Tickets to Wavves with King Tuff and Jacuzzi Boys at the Echoplex are priced at […]

Check out our photo gallery of Burgerama II featuring photos of Ariel Pink’s Haunted Graffiti, King Tuff, White Fence, Fidlar, Hunx and His Punx and Beachwood Sparks. Unfortunately, we didn’t get to spend much time in the Constellation Room at Burgermaa because the putrid smell of rotting body odor in a room where the heater […]

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 […]

The chilly L.A night didn’t stop The Echo crowd last night from dancing and jiving to King Tuff‘s rockin’ performance. Zig Zags and The Lovely Bad Things started the night right, bringing in lots of energy to get the crowd moving. The show was a blast! Check out our photo gallery below of King Tuff, […]

Win Tickets to King Tuff at the Echo – December 13, 2012 Garage rock artist King Tuff (Kyle Thomas), will be dominating the Echo on Thursday, December 13. Tuff’s been busy as of late, with the release of a 2 song EP mere months after his highly acclaimed self titled album release from Sub Pop […]

Vermont’s King Tuff will be tearing up the Echo stage on Friday, July 27.  On tour now in support of their kick ass self titled debut (peep the Grimy Goods review here), it is apparent that the furiously energetic garage-fuzz of King Tuff rocks hard.  Catch them live and get wild!  Jaill and The Coathangers […]

    Whether you want to label it freak-out garage fuzz or some kind of miscreant pinhead-cretin-pop, it’s obvious King Tuff has unlocked the formula for plain old good time rock-n-roll.  In the words of Henry Frankenstein, it’s moving, it’s alive — it’s aliive!! A self-proclaimed troll who calls his guitar Jazzy Jew, Kyle Thomas […]

I’ve never been one for the fusion of rap and rock in the likes of Limp Bizkit, P.O.D. or any other of those crappy bro bands for that matter. But I do however, love this new psyche hip hop compilation that came across my inbox this morning. Free for you to download in all its […]