Returning for its fourth year at Doheny State Beach in Dana Point the annual Ohana Fest remains a quintessential festival amongst the many that have cropped up in Southern California in recent years. With its placement on the shores of one of the state’s picturesque beaches, surrounded by palms, and constantly caressed by cool weather […]

Nick Valensi of The Strokes has a new band called CRX, and they’re playing two L.A. dates at The Hi Hat and The Satellite!   If you were part of the fortunate group of people who recently experienced The Stokes at the Wiltern,  you probably got yourself a Nick Valensi fix. Well now you can […]

Last night, in an effort to support the end of homelessness campaign, The strokes played a beautiful set at the Wiltern. As the one-and-only Los Angeles performance for the Strokes in 2016, the band vowed to support the needy. With a hefy ticket price, 100 percent of net proceeds were donated to The Downtown Women’s […]

This week’s must-see shows are plentiful. It looks like The Echo/Echoplex is slaying the ace bookings this week! On the underground tip we recommend Black Milk at The Echoplex, CG Roxanne and the Nightmares at The Hi Hat, Oh Pep! at the Bootleg, ELOHIM at The Echo, Mind Meld at The Echo, C.W. Stoneking at The Echo, […]

  The annual christening of Governors Ball with scattered light showers (a deceptive foreshadowing of the weekend’s coming torrential rains) began early Friday morning as fans shuffled across the Robert F. Kennedy bridge towards the center of Randall’s Island. Quick security checks, free protein bars, and the cool drizzle had fans in high spirits as […]

Strokes’ guitarist and solo musician, Albert Hammond Jr. has shared his new song “Losing Touch.” The track is the second song to be revealed from his forthcoming solo album Momentary Masters, out July 31 via Vagrant/BMG. Hammond’s third full-length record is preceded by Yours to Keep (2006) and his last solo album, ¿Cómo Te Llama? which […]

The Strokes It takes a music festival like Shaky Knees to really put into perspective what makes bigger festivals like Coachella sometimes annoying to deal with. The much smaller rock-driven Atlanta music festival brought a laid-back vibe from the outset and didn’t lose that momentum when The Strokes took the stage at 9:45 PM to […]

Grimy Goods contributor Mark E. Ortega is embarking on a six-week music festival tour around the United States. That all begins with Shaky Knees Music Festival this weekend in Atlanta, and Mark has a preview of the festival below. Let’s face it: there are an insane amount of music festivals these days. After seeing the […]

Following the drop of Tyranny, the new album by The Strokes frontman’s most recent experimental rock side project, Julian Casablancas + the Voidz, the band has awakened audiences across the US, playing festivals and sold-out shows all summer. Last night at the Regency Center in San Francisco, Casablancas and company unleashed a wild storm of […]

Julian Casablancas and Albert Hammond Jr. did double duty at FYF Fest, playing with The Voidz  and Albert’s solo act (respectively) on Saturday night before headlining the festival’s final night with the rest of The Strokes. The crowd grew uneasy as 10-15 minutes passed after the listed 10:25 pm start time, but once they took the […]