Crowding into the cozy, dimly lit confines of The Echo Thursday night felt, as it often does, more like a small house show rather than a well-known L.A. venue. A virtue in my book, as a space so small allows for a highly intimate exchange to occur, in which performer and spectator seem to experience […]

Thurston Moore Band Thurston Moore has a new band, a new album and apparently, a new outlook on songwriting. His latest effort, The Best Day set for release by Matador Records on Oct. 21st 2014 is already being sampled by fans on his current tour throughout the US and Europe (and you can stream it […]

Kim Gordon of Sonic Youth and  Boston’s free­noise guitarist, Bill Nace have come together to form Body/Head — an improv based duo, inspired by Syd Barrett era Pink Floyd and filmmaker Catherine Breillat. This should be very interesting to say the least. Body/Head will headline the Echo on Thursday, Sept. 12 and the show is 18-and-over. Supporting […]

*****UPDATED INFO***** Buy Your Tickets! Tickets for “The Lost Weekend” aka Matador’s 21st birthday celebration at The Palms will go on sale this Friday, July 9 at 9am, PST. An initial quantity will be on sale Friday for $199 (for all three days of music). After the $199.00 tickets sell out, the price increases to […]