Rock n’ Roll Fantasy Camp’s FEELIN’ IT!!!!
I checked out the Rock n’ Roll Fantasy Camp show at the Key Club the other night, not knowing what to expect. I heard Bret Michaels and Kip Winger would be there, and all my endless hours of watching Metal Mania at 2am prompted me to somehow think this would be cool. Or at least [...]
The Robotanists Emerge!
The Robotanists have just finished their album of covers inspired by Los Angeles, called Shapes and Variations (available on Itunes on April 6, and on CD on March 30). What these clever robot botanists have done is taken popular, in some cases much overplayed songs, and changed the lyrics up to make it about LA, [...]
Homework Monday (attendance mandatory)
One of the hardest working bands in LA OLIN and the MOON are either performing, recording, rehearsing, partying or unconscious.
Like a vision from a fairytale: SILVER PHIAL
I defy you to hold on to that existential angst once the sound of Silver Phial wafts your way.
UCLA radio (.com) for indie music?
Every Sunday morning DJ Octoon arrives at the UCLA radio studios at a bright and way-too-early hour (for most partyin’ indie rock fans) to crank up his show: “I’m in a Band..”
Rise From The Rubble Haiti Benefit Concert
Rise From the Rubble Haiti Benefit Concert – do your part to help those in need in Haiti, and listen to some great music while you’re at it.
Voices from the Rubble partners with Center for Lupus Care to give relief to the victims of the Haiti earthquake for a momentous night while catching some of [...]
SOUP Kitchen 7
The indie music event that’s been taking hold in LA these days, the SOUP Kitchen, has been consistently presenting some of the best new and emerging bands in Los Angeles. The most recent SOUP Kitchen show, SOUP Kitchen 7 was one of the most successful yet, featuring a wide variety of genres, from garage punk [...]
Megadeth Is God
Remember Megadeth and how much they absolutely rocked ever since frontman Dave Mustaine got kicked out of Alcoholica for being alcoholic, got pissed off and vowed to create a bigger, better monster than Metallica, and then, as if by magic or a decree from above, the world was blessed with Megadeth? Remember that? Get ready [...]
Eek!!! A Mouse!
Eek A Mouse is back and playing at the Air Conditioned Lounge in Venice! Tomorrow! If you’ve ever seen Eek A Mouse, you know that the performance depends entirely on if Eek feels like playing or not. I saw Eek once at the Malibu Inn, and he slept through the performance – his band was [...]
Milk & Honey- JDub Party in LA
Back at it again with another monthly party, JDub features Luke Top from Fool’s Gold and a free open vodka bar. I’ve wanted to see Luke ever since I started hanging out with his brother Peleg Top, who I think is a most excellent human. This party looks promising for sure.
JDub Records Presents: Milk and [...]
SOUP’s On! SOUP Kitchen 7 Is Here!
After a long, long, long, wait, you can wait for the long-awaited SOUP Kitchen 7 no more! SOUP Kitchen 7 features, once again, the absolute best in LA’s emerging art, music, and film, performed live right before your very eyeballs!
SOUP Kitchen 7 @ Neon Venus Theater
7023 Melrose Ave @ La Brea (by Pink’s!)
Saturday, Jan. 23, [...]
Area 33 NYE was…Cozy!
In my estimation, Area 33 was the place to be for NYE in LA. At any point in the night. This new venue in Culver City seems like it could very well be the replacement Space Island, or at least that’s what I hoped. Space Island was such a cool venue, with 3 separate DJ [...]
Jen Gloeckner – Mouth of Mars
If you haven’t heard of Jen Gloeckner, you need to. There’s something about the way her dreamy music comes together that makes it altogether unique and completely fresh. I recently got my hands on her 15-track CD, Mouth of Mars – an entirely beautiful collection of songs like the voices of delicate hidden curios telling [...]
Bootie LA – NYE Style!
Bootie LA is back and doing it up right for New Year’s Eve. It’s your time to mash up all the years of the decade into one spectacular night. There’ll be a balloon drop, free champagne, noisemakers and hats for everyone, confetti, free CDs, and the most mashed-up mash ups you’ve ever heard! If music [...]
The Evening of Sinister Amusement
The Evening of Sinister Amusement at Hollywood’s Unknown Theatre was a little sinister, a little amusing, and all in all some great entertainment. After a long, long, (maybe I got there too early?) long time to get started, in which I was subject to way too much Ramones, the night finally opened with films by [...]
Affliction Tour with DANZIG!!!!
Check out the Affliction Tour THIS SATURDAY, featuring Glenn Danzig, Pennywise, and T.S.O.L at the Long Beach Convention Center. I’ve seen the tickets listed from $5 to $64. But it’s Glenn Danzig! And that’s reason enough for anything.
Remember little Glenn Danzig? The net gestalt of his career has been that of a heavy metal teddy [...]
Warner Drive at the Dragonfly
Ahh, Warner Drive. I’ve seen this band a few times, in LA and in Las Vegas, and they’re never failed to a) put on a great, hyper-energetic show that amplifies the music, and b) bring hordes of adoring female fans who swoon over Johnny Law and his rotating line-up of musicians. From what I hear, [...]
Arias With A Twist: Drag Diva Takes Redcat
“Arias with a Twist” is a whacked-out show that demands your attention by employing quick wit fused with extremely imaginative staging. This is all held together by the soaring song stylings of this demented (and very talented) singer.
Are You Ready for Crooked Still’s Bluegrass!?!
So I absolutely love bluegrass music, for its technical prowess (when you’re good at bluegrass, you’re GOOD) and for the warmth it emanates that melts even the iciest, death-metal hearts. Bluegrass is just fun – you can tell the people who play bluegrass really love the music, and if the audience starts dancing, you’ve got [...]
Chi Ling Cheng Special Needs Trust
Last year, Deftones bassist Chi Ling Cheng was involved in a horrific car accident that left him in a coma. He was re-admitted to the hospital for an infection, and is currently in a minimally-conscious state. On Nov. 19 & 20th at the Avalon, the Deftones will do what bands do in these kinds of [...]
Space Cowboy is Digital Rock Star
Space Cowboy’s album, Digital Rock Star is designed to get your ass shaking on the dance floor in a shimmery sparkly gold dress. The Space Cowboy sound teeters between the acid-fueled rave heyday of the early 1990s – when party heads dressed up like their favorite childhood cartoon characters caught in the throes of a [...]
Julian Casablancas Residency at the Palace
Remember back in …maybe 2000, 2001, when the Strokes first hit big, and garage rock took off for the first time since 1976? There was a slew of bands to follow in their footsteps, none to ever quite reach the proportions of the Strokes. The Hives came close in my estimation, and the Vines came close in [...]
Hofesh Shechter Dance: Powerhouse Transformative Performance
The buzz in LA today is unquestionably Hofesh Shechter Dance Company, who delivered a stellar performance tonight at Royce Hall.
YouTube Hofesh Shechter Uprising
There are transformative performances that represent those truly immersive moments when something brilliant, inventive and relevant unfolds onstage. In dance for me it was Sankai Juku, but I felt the same with Brain [...]
Moby Is Poised to Inherit The Earth
He’s just so goshdarned meek! I’ve never been a fan of Moby, but I will admit his music is pretty good to work to. I worked in a jewelry store once where the only CD we could find in the store was the one where Moby re-did all the old gospel songs, and we played [...]
