Jovanotti at the Santa Monica Pier – Los Angeles

For all you Italio-philes who love Jovanotti or even know who he is, rejoice! The advent of the international rappers has come! He will be making his Los Angeles debut on the Santa Monica Pier tomorrow – tonight he’s playing at the Viper Room, along with Chilean-French rapper Ana Tijoux.
There’s just something so refreshing about [...]
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 [...]
Atmosphere Keeps On Keepin’ It Real

At the Atmosphere show, the first thing that struck me was how young the crowd was. And how cool Slug was for talking to the people in line before the show like he’d known them for years.
Fast forward to the show. Two guys walked out, people screamed, I thought they were Atmosphere’s roadies or techs, [...]
Atmosphere Plays the Palladium

One of the biggest indie hip-hop acts, who has successfully kept it indie the whole time, is playing this Wednesday, Aug. 19 at the Hollywood Palladium, on the When God Gives You Ugly tour.
I’ve known about Atmosphere since college, when an ex-boyfriend was in love with him. Into hardcore punk at the time, I didn’t [...]
Lord T and Eloise Raise the Roof 1760s-style
Alright, folks – think you’ve seen it all in LA? Think you’re too jaded to do anything but sit around watching the instant download Netflix at home? Git yer ass out to Lord T and Eloise. Love ‘em, hate ‘em, it’s sure to be a memorable show.
“Part social commentary and part performance art, Aristocrunk rappers Lord [...]
Cafe Tacuba at Gibson Amphitheatre

Cafe Tacuba will be ripping up the Gibson Amphitheater tomorrow. If you’re not familiar with these guys, you be familiar now! They’re one of, if not the most crackin’ Mexican hip-hop/ska/rock/Latin band around – they tap into so many different influences and traditional Mexican genres, that they could be considered experimental, mixing norteno and cumbia with new [...]


