UPDATE: Belle and Sebastian have added a second show date on Tuesday, Oct. 7 at The Theatre at Ace Hotel! GET TICKETS HERE! It’s been about four years since Belle and Sebastian had a Los Angeles performance. The wait is finally over, Angelenos! Belle and Sebastian will headline the The Theatre at Ace Hotel. Most […]

Alt-rockers Aimee Mann and Ted Leo have each had their own long and illustrious careers in the indie music world but their relationship with each other has since flourished via Twitter and a mutual love of early Thin Lizzy.  They’ve joined musical forces to form a super duo, The Both, who are ready to rock […]

J Mascis has announced a headlining solo date at the Echo on Friday Nov. 14! As the frontman of Dinosaur Jr. and member of Heavy Blanket, Mascis has announced plans to release his new album, Tied to a Star on Aug. 26 via Sub Pop Records. The follow-up to 2011’s Several Shades of Why, the […]

Get ready, Los Angeles! Brit-pop group Alt-J are back in L.A. with two headlining show dates this September. Alt-J will headline the Greek Theatre on Monday, Oct. 20 and the Fox Theater Pomona on Tuesday, Oct. 21. Alt-J are touring in support of their forthcoming sophomore album, This Is All Yours. As the follow up […]

  Lorde at Coachella 2014 — Photo by Monique Hernandez for Grimy Goods As previously reported, Lorde has announced a North American tour and a Los Angeles date was just now added. Lorde is back in Los Angeles with a headlining show date at the Greek Theatre on Monday, October 6th. Opening up for Lorde at […]

Lorde at Coachella 2014 — Photo by Monique Hernandez for Grimy Goods UPDATE:  Lorde is back in Los Angeles with a headlining show date at the Greek Theatre on Monday, October 6th. Opening up for Lorde at the Greek Theatre will be Majical Cloudz. Lorde is back in Southern California with a headlining show date at the Santa Barbara Bowl on […]

The Black Keys have announced their Turn Blue World Tour with a stop in Los Angeles at The Forum in Inglewood, Cali. on Nov. 6, 2014. Supporting The Black Keys at the Forum will be Jake Bugg! Other tour dates will include St. Vincent or Cage The Elephant. The tour Black Keys world tour will […]

This past Thursday, The Echo was packed with fans ready to thrash as Northampton, Massachusetts punk influenced fuzz pop band Potty Mouth took the stage with Syracuse noise punks Perfect Pussy and L.A.’s youngest (and raddest) rock duo, The Bots. Also on the bill were Utah-bred, Los Angeles newbies, Sego. As their second live performance, Sego delivered a fun dose of […]

Last night night, London’s M.I.A. brought the house down at the Shrine Auditorium & Expo Hall, overcoming the venue’s notoriously bad acoustics as she had the crowd moving their feet from the first moment. Words: Mark E. Ortega Photography: Farah Sosa The crowd started a chant of “M.I.A.! M.I.A.!” as they waited patiently. Finally, the […]

The Way Over Yonder festival at the Santa Monica Pier has revealed its 2014 lineup! Staged after the East Coast’s esteemed Newport Folk Festival, this year’s Way Over Yonder will feature more than 20 incredible acts including: Jackson Browne (Saturday headliner), Local Natives (Friday headliner), Lucinda Williams, Heartless Bastards, Houndmouth, The Barr Brothers, Linda Perhacs, […]