Indie rock darlings Beach House have announced a series of “installation shows,” including one April 21 at a yet-to-be-disclosed location in Los Angeles. If you’re curious what the hell all of that means, Beach House has an explanation for you: “We are going to install a design we have created and play as a two-piece […]

One of the most prolific and diverse musicians around these days, Ben Harper is returning to his roots. The singer-songwriter has announced he will rejoin forces with his original band The Innocent Criminals for the first time in six years. Harper said on his website that they will play four shows at the famed San […]

1. DAVID BECKHAM — While this may have been one of the worst games in Super Bowl History, we can’t deny that all the action was in David Beckham, and not on the field. From horny housewives to jealous men, watching Beckham strip down to nearly naked in an H&M commercial was the most excitement about Super Bowl […]

Whoa! Did you know Delorean were kidnapped in Mexico last week? Apparently the Barcelona, Spain indie-pop darlings were held hostage for 30 hours in a Mexico City Hotel. After performing at the Mexican installment of the Mutek Festival, Delorean fell victim to what is being referred to as a “virtual kidnapping” where the band endured a […]

  It looks likes the funky, garage-thrashin’ “fat Indian man” that we all can’t get enough of is set to release a Merge debut later this year. King Khan & the Shrines is now part of the Merge family. Take a look below at King Khan’s statement about the merge with Merge: Rumors have been flying about […]

I woke up to some great news today in my Facebook inbox. An old high school friend of mine (mind you, I graduated ’98) notified me that she was watching the Morning News of KTLA Channel 5 Los Angeles while up at the butt-crack of dawn to nurse her newborn. To her surprise, she heard the […]

All aboard the S.S. Coachella — man, this is going to be a shit show. Get ready for music, drunks and debauchery over the HIGH seas. Click here for more info!

The Strokes at Outside Lands 2010 – Photo by Monique Hernandez UPDATE #2: A statement just posted by Sean Carnage: There’s suddenly been a lot of interest in next week’s Pehrspace show, co-starring Clipping (Captain Ahab + Rale), MC Gaff E (from the UK), DJ Baglady and Secret Friends. The headliners were to be a band whose moniker […]

This is terrible, terrible news. We just read the announcement via TV On The Radio’s Web site that band member Gerard Smith has passed away. Here’s to an incredible, multi-faceted musician who not only handled the bass with style and craft, but many other instruments as well. Cheers, may you rest in peace Gerard. Via […]

It looks like Mogwai will have to stay a little longer in Glasgow before they can embark on their U.S. tour. According to their Web site the band had to cancel five of their upcoming East Coast tour dates. They all will be postponed to sometime in October. But don’t worry Los Angeles, we still […]

Photo (Before): ReignmanP After reading numerous tweets this afternoon about the latest scandal in the Los Angeles street art community, I was outraged. Apparently, the city of Los Angeles hired a private graffiti removal service (Graffiti Control Systems) to ILLEGALLY remove one of the illest murals in L.A. Not only was this piece of work […]

Last week we received news that one of our FAVORITE bands, the Kills had just finished their fourth soon-to-be-released album. Today the Kills announced that their forthcoming album, Blood Pressures, will be released around the world (except the U.S.A.) on April 4 and in the U.S.A. on April 5. The album features 11 tracks that […]

One of my favorite songs where the unstoppable Atlanta natives, Big Boi and Cee Lo made a dope collaboration on, is “In Da Wind.” Although a song by the dirty South rapper, Trick Daddy, the jam features both Big Boi and Cee Lo and it is sick as shit! With that said, Big Boi and […]

With just a demo and a one minute and 25-second single, the Vaccines have been getting a lot of attention the past few months from indie blogs and UK media. Although not quite yet flooding the indie/underground airwaves in the States, you best believe these boys have some ruckus to stir up in the coming […]

Destroyer is coming to Los Angeles with a show at the Troubadour on Tuesday, March 22, 2011 in support of their 9th LP, Kaputt, set for release on January 25, 2011 via Merge Records. Destroyer will be supported by Philadelphia’s, The War on Drugs. Front man, Dan Bejar started Destroyer as a solo home-recording project […]

The soaring and endearing vocals of the lovely Sharon Van Etten made quite the buzz in 2010 and the echoes of her amazement only keep getting bigger in 2011. She put on a lush performance at the the Music Box back in November opening up for Junip. Her 2010 sophomore album Epic, is totally heartfelt, […]

Photo: Matt Fisher Happy Friday! This is funny news and total understandable considering, Wavve’s Nathan Williams’ love for the cannabis sativa. According to Pitchfork, Williams was arrested and put in jail in Germany yesterday after police found a bag of weed in his vehicle at a roadside check. Naturally, he was soon released on bail. […]

If this shit happens, this just may be the supergroup of all supergroups! Step aside Dead Weather and Monsters of Folk, it’s time for the true pioneers to form like Voltron and rock are faces off! Rumor has it that Jimmy Page, Eric Clapton, along with Joe Perry and Brad Whitford of Aerosmith are planning […]

A couple days ago we highlighted a compelling Web site by the name of Boscutti.com. It delivers daily newsreels with a great selection of music as their soundtracks. The images are both good and bad and cover some pretty heavy world news. “Using the music to lift the emotions is the point.  I was watching a […]

I personally don’t like to watch the news. Not only does it depress me, but it’s sometimes a bit of a lie: hiding ugly truths and pulling the wool over our eyes to make us forget about issues of far more importance. Fuckin’ politics and media gate keepers … uggg Check this shit out: Boscutti.com […]