Blackalicious   Once the Blackalicious fans, new and old, found out that the show, originally slated for The Echoplex, had been moved upstairs to The Echo, they streamed in from Sunset, ready for a one-of-a-kind show. Seeing each other in dollar sign knit caps, argyle sweaters, brand new Lands End Duck Boots and a bar […]

Conan O’Brien kicking off George Fest Fans of all ages, backgrounds and styles came out to the Fonda Theatre Sunday night to attend the first ever GeorgeFest: a night to celebrate the music of George Harrison. It also coincided with a major reissue of George Harrison’s first six solo albums, released between 1968 and 1975 on […]

NYC’s Jon Spencer Blues Explosion recently released Meat And Bone, their first studio album in eight years and you can hear this explosive set of raw, rock n’ roll songs live when they headline The Echo on Wednesday, April 16.  Expect nothing less than a fiercely, wild, adrenaline fueled night of blues, garage, punk rock […]

Comedy and music festival extravaganza Festival Supreme at the Santa Monica Pier read like a who’s-who of today’s comedy scene, featuring performances on three different stages by Tenacious D, Triumph the Insult Comic Dog, Zach Galifinakis, Sarah Silverman, Tim & Eric, Adam Sandler, Tig Notaro, Demetri Martin, Garfunkel & Oates, Neil Hamburger, Patton Oswalt, and Eric Idle, just […]

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, […]

Day two of Outside Lands Festival featured sets from Milo Greene, James McCartney, Youth Lagoon, The Growlers, etc. and massive crowds came in to experience it. Jurassic 5‘s bombastic set included revamped classics such as “I Am Somebody” and “Concrete Schoolyard” and had folks dancing every which way. J5 did a somber but powerful “Freedom” tribute […]

Outside Lands 2013 kicked off on Friday, August 9 at Golden Gate Park in San Francisco. The crowds and clouds began to roll in heavy and the day kicked off with beers flowin’ (first stop, beer tent!) and feet dancin’ to the sweet sounds of a Grimy Goods fave, The Heavy.  Headlining the Sutro stage […]

  What better way to spend a Friday night in L.A. besides dancing your ass off?  Oh, that’s right there is no better way!  The packed El Rey Theatre  for The Heavy’s headlining gig on Friday, September 7 was proof of that and I have never seen more folks dance, clap-along and have a good […]

Have you been missing some Spoon in your life? We have and just as we were wondering what the hell happened to them, we got received word of Brit Daniel’s new “supergroup,” Divine Fits. The first time we heard their song, “Would That Not be Nice,” we automatically thought — SPOON! However, “It’s a Thing Called […]

Los Angeles’ Wildcat! Wildcat! are comin’ in hot! The trio have been holdin’ down a tight residency at the Echo this entire month of August and last Monday’s show was a packed house. If you’re into bands like Passion Pit, Grizzly Bear, Yeasayer, and M83 — you need to get on one of their final […]