This past Friday, The Forum in Inglewood hosted a sold-out night with Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers. Schooling the world on how real legends handle a stage, this was the first night of two back-to-back sold-out performances with Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers. Petty’s presence and performance was outstanding, keeping the crowd engaged at all times. […]

Once again Eagle Rock Music Festival produced by Center for the Arts Eagle Rock and presented by Councilman José Huizar, took over the streets of Colorado Blvd showcasing innovative, multicultural and local music as they have every October for the past 16 years. Featuring performances by Aloe Blacc, Quetzal, Maya Jupiter, Subsuelo, Buyepongo, Viento Callejero, Myron and E, […]

With dashes of summer still in the air and a perfect evening at the beach, the Twilight Concert Series at Santa Monica Pier has come to an end. If you didn’t attend, trust, you missed out Big Time! Going strong for 30 years, Twilight’s last show of the season was a hot, sweaty, and loving […]

Dirty Laundry TV had their 5th anniversary show last night at the Satellite and they put together a delicious lineup to mark the occasion. I got to the show early enough to catch the Abigails but their lead singer, Warren Thomas was conspicuously absent from the lineup. Word on the street was that he was “sick”. […]

Los Angeles sweethearts and Grammy winners La Santa Cecilia has been one of the most awaited shows at the Santa Monica Pier’s Twilight Concerts series. Their revolutionary lyrics filled with wit and stories portraying daily life have made an impact not just on music lovers but those in communities who identify with their messages in solidarity with […]

The Echoplex was packed this past Thursday for a night of rowdy rock ‘n’ roll with heavy elements of folk, blues and country. The raucous boys of Deer Tick left their Rhode Island digs to embark on an epic tour performing tracks off their latest album Negativity (Partisan Records) along come classic heavy hitters that had the crowd […]

OK Go performed to a sold-out show last night The Echo. The band performed classic favorites as well as new tracks from their forthcoming album, Hungry Ghosts set for release this October. Complete with all the sweet tunes, OK Go served up fans with an endless blast of confetti which will surely be found in many more Echo shows […]

The summer concerts have started and one of our favorite spots to feel the sun, ocean breeze with incredible music is the Twilight Concerts at the Santa Monica Pier.  Last night Yuna, a charismatic young singer from Malaysia, took over the stage and conquered the crowd with her soft vocals and soothing presence. Her music has dashes of […]

The Fonda Theatre hosted a night of all kinds of lovely by having Yann Tiersen’s last stop on his U.S. tour promoting his latest album, Infinity. Tiersen is a French musician and multi-instrumentalist from the Brittany region of France. Often confused as a soundtrack composer, Tiersen’s music transports us to serene places through minimalist and precise notes. As […]

Rodrigo Sanchez and Gabriela Quintero, best known as Rodrigo y Gabriela, put on an smoldering performance last night at The Hollywood Palladium. With healthy lines going around the block of the Palladium, eager fans excitedly waited hours ahead of set time just to grab the perfect spot. From the moment Rodrigo y Gabriela set their feet on the […]

Last night, Los Angeles witnessed a sensational break-out performance that has been sold-out for months at one of our favorite venues, The Echo. Kelela (Mizanekristos) made her Echo debut last night, if you weren’t there you truly missed out on an epic show from a very promising new artist. She has a second  sold-out performance at […]

Headlining the Echo last night was the gorgeous singer-songwriter, Angel Olsen who with her pitch perfect voice, captivated fans from start-to-finish. Opening up her performance with one of her singles off her highly-praised album, Burn Your Fire For No Witness, was the track, “Unfucktheworld”. Her other bandmates, Emily Elhaj (bass), Josh Jaeger (drums) and Stewart Bronaugh (guitars) accompanied […]

Were you at the Bootleg Theater for Kiev’s Falling Bough Wisdom Teeth record release show ? With gorgeous mind-bending visuals by Brother Brian, Kiev delivered an intense performance full of compelling indie rock whisked with hypnotic tones of psychedelia. It was truly a blissful performance that got the best of all your senses. Packing up […]

It had been four long months that we had to calm are insatiable craving for the Pack A.D. The last time we saw the ferocious rock “n” roll duo was in a packed room at Taix during Culture Collide. It’s definitely not the best place to see a band as talented and energetic as the […]

Detroit’s multitalented soul singer/songwriter, Mayer Hawthorne, joined Sonos Studio to celebrate his first Grammy nomination. The evening was gracefully orchestrated by him chatting about the artwork of his past and recent albums, with plenty of emphasis to his love for vinyl. In his own words “Vinyl is not perfect. It has hiss, pop and crackle … Life […]

The photographers at Grimy Goods shoot a lot of shows (I mean A LOT). After spending a day going through all of our 2013 live music photo galleries, we’ve selected our best concert photos of 2013. From tiny underground shows to huge arena shows, the talented photographers at Grimy Goods cover the L.A. music scene […]

Were you at last night’s Flaming Lips, Tame Impala and White Denim show at the Greek? It was visually explosive and one of the best show I have been to all year! I have listened to Tame Impala’s albums so endlessly during auspicious moments over the years, that seeing them live brought a wave of nostalgia; leaving me […]

Whenever you wanna get a really good dose of reggae in Los Angeles, DubClub at the Echoplex is the place for all your reggae and dub cravings. You hit the spot and two steps in you’re already feeling irie. This past Wednesday the Mexican reggae band Antidoping got to warm up the Echoplex with their ska-reggae […]

No summer is complete until you’ve had some beach time. In Los Angeles, the Twilight Concerts at the Santa Monica Pier bring that summer breeze and salty air you crave and they serve it up with some amazing aural delicacies of live music, not to mention some killer beach sunsets! And did we mention it’s […]

This past Friday, the Mint was filled with the warmest vibe hosting an evening with poet-activist, Visu Mahlasela also known as “The Voice.” It was not only the music, but his message filled the room with educated followers eager to listen to the messages that Visu brought from his beloved, South Africa. Performing various songs of his already […]