Monday night, there was a line like I’d never seen wrapped around The Echo to see Colombian-born and Virginia-bred singer Kali Uchis. Playing to a mostly younger crowd — which undoubtedly played perfectly into the hands of her 9 p.m. start time — Kali Uchis proved to be quite a performer with a large following […]

Long Beach’s Vince Staples is on the rise in 2015. As one-third of the Hip hop group Cutthroat Boyz, alongside fellow California rappers Joey Fatts, and Aston Matthews, Vince Staples has announced a FREE headlining performance at The Echoplex on Friday, January 16th. The show presented by Converse Rubber Tracks will include supporting act, Antwon. […]

The 3rd annual Camp Flog Gnaw Carnival took over the LA Coliseum Saturday, and I wish it had lasted more than one day. Packed with carnival rides, a skate park, artisanal (and not so artisanal) foods and designed-to-lose carnival games (with real-life swindling carnies!), you couldn’t hit everything if you tried, to say nothing about […]

Photo by Monique Hernandez Back for it’s 3rd year of madness and fun,  Camp Flog Gnaw Carnival is going off this Saturday, Nov. 8 at The Park at Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum. Hosted by Alchemist & Taco, the evening’s lineup will feature Pharrell Williams and Tyler, The Creator along with awesome performances: Rick Ross, Mac Miller, Earl Sweatshirt, […]

What to do this Halloween in Los Angeles? If you’re asking yourself this question, we have a list of the best solutions. Sure, you can go to a club, bar or house party — and we’re sure they will all be a fun time, but there’s nothing like celebrating Halloween with a damned good concert. […]

Hodgy Beats – Photo by Ryan Bussard Still slackin’ on Halloween plans? Well look no further, because Los Angeles’ very own alternative hip-hop heavyweights Domo Genesis and Hodgy Beats of Odd Future fame are set to stir up something wicked this Halloween with a headlining show at Jewels Catch One on Friday, October 31st.  Fellow […]

With Facebook, Twitter and all sorts of social media being the main way we communicate, we’re constantly interacting with others whether we’re texting, Tweeting or Facebooking. New words and acronyms are being created every day. While some are purely slang, other words have actually made it into the English dictionary. In the blog world, especially […]

Dodos The final madhouse of SXSW, Saturday, March 19 was probably the most action packed, fun adventure we had. Partially because of the rad music we were exposed to and the other part due to the great amount of old friends we ran into. It was such an awesome day and about 70 percent of […]