James Blake has announced a headlining show date at The Roxy in West Hollywood on Tuesday, December 9th! As part of a short tour that kicks off on November 30th in Paris, Blake also has tour dates scheduled in Brooklyn, San Francisco and Miami (more tour dates listed below). Since the released of his eponymous […]

On Monday we announced that the seminal, Swedish hardcore punk band — Refused — has reunited after 14 years and is slated to play Coachella. Yeah, Coachella. They posted a statement that explains everything here.  A lot of fans were worried if Refused was going to tour or not — or was it going to be a one-off at Coachella. Today, […]

Ryan Adams has announced some West Coast tour dates in mid-October! But wait, there are no Los Angeles dates on the tour schedule … wah! Or is there … hehehe This will be the singer-songwriter’s first time playing a full set in the U.S. in almost three years. However, we recently caught him as the […]

Last week we posted that Kanye West and Jay-Z have announced tour dates in celebration of their collaborative album, Watch The Throne. And what’s a proper tour with out a stop in Los Angeles? Kanye and Jay-Z will be performing at the STAPLES Center on an updated show date of Monday, December 12, 2011 (moved […]

UPDATE: New show date of December 12, 2011 at STAPLES Center. For more information and access to the presale password, CLICK HERE! They’ve both headlined Coachella and they both just cut a dope track with the amazing Otis Redding (listen here). Now two of the world’s most infamous rappers, Kanye West and Jay-Z have announced […]

Black Lips @ Casbah (San Diego) – Photo: Big Swig for Grimy Goods Our favorite wild boys are back! And out of all the MANY times we’ve seen these crazy boys play, we never get sick of them. The Black Lips return to Los Angeles (and Orange County) as part of their North American tour […]

After the release of their debut album in 2009, The Strange Boys and Girls Club, the Strange Boys have been busy touring in 2010 opening up for Deerhunter and Spoon as well as headlining their own shows. These kids even managed to make sometime with their busy tour schedule to cut their sophomore album “Be […]

Sweden’s eccentrically delightful, electro outfit, Little Dragon are returning to Los Angeles with two shows in 2011. You can catch Little Dragon at the Natural History Museum on January 7 or at the Echoplex on January 8. Both shows are going to be amazing and we hope to hear some of their new tunes from […]

When I received the press release this morning announcing “Deer Tick’s John McCauley and Ian O’Neil announce acoustic shows in January,” I was totally stoked! But then when I read the tour dates below the release, to my surprise there weren’t any LA dates. C’mon boys! Where’s your love for LA? It’s too cold in […]

We haven’t heard much from the avant-garde punk cabaret duo that is the Dresden Dolls for a few years now. As a long time fan of the eccentric duo, the last time I saw them or heard any new music from the Dolls was back in 2006 when I interviewed them for the cover story […]