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Live Review and Photos by: MARY GRACE MCKERNAN\r\n\r\nThe Swedish are coming! The Swedish are coming! On May 23rd, at the El Rey Theatre in Los Angeles, Shout Out Louds played to a pac...

New BOYS NOIZE DJ, Live Skull and Dog Blood Dates Announced, including Bonnaroo, EDC, Camp Bisco, Lollapalooza, HARD Summer, Electric Zoo\r\n\r\nThe -GO HARD- EP comes right when BO...

\r\nwritten by: Shosh\r\nphotos by: Crystin Wiegers\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nYou might think you don\'t know Youngblood Hawke but you\'d have to be living under a rock if you haven\'t heard their upbeat an...

This Sunday, May 26th come out and celebrate the Grand Opening of IHC Sundays at Drai’s in Hollywood! We’re going BIG, bringing in the heavy hitters DJ Sliink, a SECRET GUES...

The Echo Presents:\r\nPeace\r\nTeam Spirit, The Black Watch\r\nFri, May 31, 2013\r\n8:30 pm\r\nThe Echo\r\nLos Angeles, California\r\nThis event is 18 and over\r\n\r\n$12.00 - $14.00\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nTICKET G...

The Echo & FYF Present:\r\nJohn Talabot\r\nLemonade, DJ Mario Cotto\r\nThu, May 30, 2013\r\n8:00 pm\r\nThe Echoplex\r\nLos Angeles, CA\r\nThis event is all ages\r\n\r\n$15.00\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nTICKET GIV...

The Echo Presents:\r\nBlack Moth Super Rainbow\r\nThe Hood Internet, Oscillator Bug\r\nSat, May 25, 2013\r\n8:30 pm\r\nThe Echoplex\r\nLos Angeles, CA\r\nThis event is 18 and over\r\n\r\n$16.00 - $1...

Japanther is the music and art project of Matt Reilly and Ian Vanek, who are known for their unconventional live performances. The band has appeared alongside synchronized swimmer...

written by: Shosh\r\n\r\nSpose is pretty different than your typical rapper. He\'s a 27-year-old skinny white guy. He doesn\'t rap about drinking or clubbing or throwing money at strippe...

written by: Shosh\r\nphotos by: Crystin Wiegers\r\n\r\n\r\nIt was a two for one event at the Avalon last night. An aggressive crowd shoved its way to the Hollywood stage to start with a hi...

Neil Busch, former vocalist/bassist/songwriter in ...And You Will Know Us By The Trail Of Dead during that band\'s peak is back with a new band called LVMRKS whose debut album ...

Troy, OH metal act Miss May I will be direct support on Killswitch Engage’s summer tour, along with additional support from Darkest Hour, The Word Alive and Affiance. The tour ru...

Youngblood Hawke\r\nAvalon, Hollywood, CA\r\nWed, May 22, 2013 08:00 PM\r\nBUY TICKETS HERE\r\n\r\n\r\nTICKET GIVEAWAY\r\nGiveaway rules: To enter the giveaway, follow @ellenwoodep on Twitter an...

Coachella will be held April 11-13 and April 18-20, 2014, Goldenvoice announced Monday.\r\n\r\nAdvance passes will go on sale beginning Friday, May 24th at 10:00 am PST. Visit the fest...

\r\nTICKET GIVEAWAY\r\nGiveaway rules: To enter the giveaway, follow @ellenwoodep on Twitter and RT the giveaway post, and email @ contest@ellenwood-ep.com with name, twitter name, ema...

FILTER Magazine presents Local Natives live at the Greek Theatre\r\n\r\nCatch Local Natives live at the legendary Greek Theatre on Friday, September 13. Tickets are on sale now, w...

The daily band lineup for the second annual Kanrocksas Music & Arts Festival has been announced. The heartland’s newest major music festival--Kanrocksas--Friday, June 28 ...

RSVP HERE\r\nBAND PROFILES:\r\n\r\nDIGITALISM\r\n\r\nDigitalism is a German electro duo, founded in 2004 in Hamburg, consisting of Jens “Jence” Moelle and İsmail “Isi” Tüfekçi. Je...

Australian band of brothers Keith and Michael Jeffery of Atlas Genius return with a brand new cover, this time of Daft Punk\'s \"Get Lucky.\" They recorded the acoustic rendition of t...

After a sold out spring tour with Wavves, FIDLAR is thrilled to announce their debut fall headlining tour, with stops at Austin City Limits and Bumbershoot Festivals.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nJon Pa...

On Tuesday 2nd July A Grave With No Name will return with a new album titled Whirlpool on Lefse Records. Recorded over the course of a year at Holy Mountain Studios in London, Whir...

While nothing can compare to the fondness one has to their hometown, the temptation to live in sunny and glamorous Los Angeles is hard to resist. Some of LA’s newest residents in...

Having completed a limited series of events commemorating the February 26 release of Atoms For Peace\'s AMOK (XL Recordings) featuring Thom Yorke and Nigel Godrich, the full Atoms F...

Pet Shop Boys return in triumphant form with their new studio album \'Electric\', the first to appear on their own label x2 (via Kobalt Label Services). The album is the first Pet ...

Danish 4-piece, Pinkunoizu released their sophomore EP, Second Amendment, both digitally on Full Time Hobby and physically with a limited edition 12” heavyweight vinyl being offe...

Montreal\'s Young Galaxy are currently on tour in support of their brilliant new album Ultramarine. See below for a full list of dates. Today the band debuted the band\'s stunning Ni...

Bands as emotive and enduring as Tunng don\'t come around too often. Across their decade together, the group have honed their pastoral pop to perfection, winning over audiences and ...

Los Angeles, CA, May 13, 2013 - Cisco Adler and Tayyib Ali will release their six-song One Way EP on May 28 via Adler\'s very own Bananabeat Records. The first two singles, \"Ride Wi...

Singer-songwriter Kyle Andrews is still intent on making everyone smile - and thus he announces the release of his next album, Brighter Than The Sun July 23rd via his own Elephant ...

Los Angeles-based band Kiven have released a video for their hit single, \"Hope & Smoke.\" Directed by Edwin Eversole and Jack Murgatroyd at Hunt House Pictures, LLC., the video feat...

The Echo & FYF Present\r\nGold Panda\r\nD33J, Slayron (Peaking Lights)\r\nTue, May 14, 2013\r\n7:30 pm\r\nThe Echo\r\nLos Angeles, California\r\n$15.00\r\n\r\nTICKET GIVEAWAY\r\nGiveaway rules: To ent...

\r\nFYF Celebrates 10 Years With Sets From:\r\nMy Bloody Valentine, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, TV on the Radio, MGMT, Beach House, FLAG (Keith, Chuck, Dez, Billy & Stephen playing the son...

written by: Layla Marino\r\nwww.dropweirdsci.blogspot.com\r\n@Dropweirdsci\r\n\r\nWith Coachella’s 2 weekends of madness safely in the can, the summer festival season can commence, begin...

review and photos by: Shosh\r\n\r\nFleetwood Mac? (rubs eyes, blinks twice) Is that you? Nope, it\'s Rumours, the ultimate Los Angeles based Fleetwood Mac tribute band.\r\n\r\nTribute band...

written by: Layla Marino\r\nwww.dropweirdsci.blogspot.com\r\n@Dropweirdsci\r\n\r\nGreat White Buffalo has recently made their self-titled EP, released on January 30, available to stream fo...

written by: Layla Marino\r\nwww.dropweirdsci.blogspot.com\r\n@Dropweirdsci\r\n\r\nDead Leaf Echo are getting ready to release a new version of their single “Kingmaker,” on a new 7”. ...

written by: Layla Marino\r\nwww.dropweirdsci.blogspot.com\r\n@Dropweirdsci\r\n\r\nBon Iver’s Justin Vernon has recently teamed up with old writing buddies Phil Cook and Brian Moen to cre...

written by: Layla Marino\r\nwww.dropweirdsci.blogspot.com\r\n@Dropweirdsci\r\n\r\nBitch, formerly of Bitch and Animal, will be releasing her first solo album, called “In Us We Trust.” ...

Interviewed by: Mary Grace McKernan\r\n\r\nDave Stewart is a 21st Century Renaissance Man…when he’s not collaborating on a documentary with Stevie Nicks, he’s working on a graphi...

 \r\n\r\nEffectively conveying one’s feelings to music is a sought after goal of the most seasoned producers. Accomplished by some and mastered by a gifted few, we should all ta...

Live Review and Photos by: Mary Grace McKernan\r\n\r\nOn May 2, 2013 it was LIGHTS ON at the El Rey Theatre in Los Angeles. Lights played her acoustic album Siberia to a sold out crowd...

The wait is over! Depeche Mode, The Cure, MUSE, Kings of Leon, Atoms For Peace, Lionel Richie, Phoenix, Wilco and many, many more will be bringing their sounds to Zilker Park for b...

The Boxer Rebellion\r\nAvalon, Hollywood, CA\r\nFri, Jun 7, 2013 07:00 PM\r\nNO SERVICE FEES\r\nNO SERVICE FEES SPECIAL OFFER until Wednesday, May 8 at 10 PM\r\nJune 7 – The Boxer Rebellio...

Youngblood Hawke\r\nAvalon, Hollywood, CA\r\nWed, May 22, 2013 08:00 PM\r\nw/ Pacific Air (password – wakeup). \r\n$18 tix all in.\r\nNO SERVICE FEES\r\nNO SERVICE FEES SPECIAL OFFER until ...

May 8, 2013, 9:00PM\r\nGoldenvoice\r\nWoodkid\r\nwith The Shoes\r\nAt Fonda Theatre, Los Angeles, CA\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nTICKET GIVEAWAY\r\nGiveaway rules: To enter the giveaway, follow @ellenwoodep on T...

May 8, 2013, 8:30PM\r\nGoldenvoice\r\nProblem x IAMSU!\r\nAt El Rey Theatre, Los Angeles, CA\r\n\r\n\r\nTICKET GIVEAWAY\r\nGiveaway rules: To enter the giveaway, follow @ellenwoodep on Twitter a...

May 7, 2013, 9:00PM\r\nGoldenvoice\r\nMachine Gun Kelly\r\nAt Fonda Theatre, Los Angeles, CA\r\n\r\nTICKET GIVEAWAY\r\nGiveaway rules: To enter the giveaway, follow @ellenwoodep on Twitter and...

With a large gust of white confetti, Brooklyn-based electro pop group Avan Lava opened their set with “Tear it Down” from their 2012 EP “Flex Fantasy” to a screaming crowd ...

written by: Shosh\r\n\r\nGolden Youth is indie Californian duo (and BFFs) Stephanie Lauren and Kyle Monroe. In anticipation for their debut LP, they have recently released their second...

Wells, Maine - May 2, 2013 - Middle class rap hero, Spose, has announced that he will be releasing a new album, The Peter Sparker Mixtape, via his own label, Preposterously Dank ...

London synth-pop trio Sunless ’97 swirls and twirls Crystal Fighters’ euphoric single “You & I” into a new space and mind with this new remix. The original track, a “...

\r\nBushmills Village: 2nd May 2013: Breakthrough act of the year, British singer-songwriter Jake Bugg has today been added to the bill for Bushmills Live 2013,alongside headliners ...

Live Review and Photography by Mary Grace McKernan\r\n\r\nApril 25th, 2013 was a memorable day for Orianthi at the Hard Rock Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas. At 2:30PM the hotel unveiled...

Bud Light presents\r\nWill Downing\r\nBuy Tickets\r\n\r\n Day: Sat, May 25, 2013\r\n Showtime: 8:00 PM\r\n Doors open: 7:00 PM\r\n Days until show: 24\r\n Ages: All Ages\r\n Ticket Prices*: $3...

Goldenvoice\r\nPrimus\r\nChoose either Reserved Loge, GA Floor (standing) or GA Balcony (unreserved seats). GA Balcony tickets do not include access to the Floor or Pit areas. Pit wris...

Monster Energy Outbreak Tour\r\nXXL Freshmen Live: ScHoolboy Q &Ab-Soul\r\nplus special guests\r\nBuy Tickets\r\n\r\n Day: Sat, May 18, 2013\r\n Showtime: 8:00 PM\r\n Doors open: 7:00 P...

MTV Jams, Sean Healy & Bud Light present\r\nThe Life Is So Exciting Tour\r\nFabolous & Pusha T\r\n \r\nBuy Tickets\r\n\r\n Day: Fri, May 17, 2013\r\n Showtime: 9:00 PM\r\n Doors o...

Bud Light presents\r\nMotorhead\r\nAnvil & Kemical Kill featuring Nik Kai\r\nBuy Tickets\r\n\r\n Day: Tue, May 14, 2013\r\n Showtime: 8:30 PM\r\n Doors open: 7:30 PM\r\n Days until show:�...

Goldenvoice\r\nSuicidal Tendencies\r\nwith: Sick Of It All & Waking The Dead\r\nChoose either GA Floor (standing) or GA Balcony (unreserved seats). GA Balcony tickets do not include acce...

Bud Light presents\r\nSteven Wilson\r\nBuy Tickets\r\n\r\n Day: Fri, May 10, 2013\r\n Showtime: 9:00 PM\r\n Doors open: 8:00 PM\r\n Days until show: 9\r\n Ages: All Ages\r\n Ticket Prices*: $1...

\r\nThe Mad Decent Block Party have announced the lineups for their incredibly successful block party that\'s rolling through 13 cities this year featuring Major Lazer, Flosstrad...

In 2009 Spectrals began life as a one man band. That one man was Heckmondwike, Yorkshire resident, Louis Jones, and he played everything on his early releases himself. A number of ...

Representing the new wave of electronic artists sweeping through Australia’s dancefloors, Softwar have been tipped as “ones to watch” by Time Out Sydney magazine. No wonder -...

Earlier today, Rolling Stone exclusively premiered Tomas Barfod\'s exquisite remix of The Presets\' \"Fall.\" Head over to Rolling Stone to grab a free download of the track, and learn...

JOE SATRIANI ANNOUNCES U.S. TOUR STARTING\r\nAUGUST 29 IN SAN DIEGO\r\n \r\nTOUR WILL CRISS-CROSS THE COUNTRY THROUGH OCTOBER 26\r\nAND HITS LOS ANGELES ON AUGUST 31 AT THE ORPHEUM\r\n \r\nUNS...

Dan Deacon\'s new music video for his RSD single \'Konono Ripoff Nº1\' is a snap\r\nshot, time capsule and video yearbook of the Baltimore scene rolled into one. Like many of Deacon\'s...

Hot on the heels of the breakthrough success that was last year\'s single \'Crashed\' on Black Butter Records, Stay Positive -the primary creative vessel of producer Matt Farthing- re...

LOS ANGELES, CA - Kim Deal will release her second \"Solo Series\" 7-inch disc, \"Hot Shot\" b/w \"Likkle More,\" beginning at 12:01AM ET on Monday, April 29.  Only 1000 copies of this ...

Dubbed one of the 10 Los Angeles bands to know by Pigeons and Planes, the four-piece of rockers known as Great White Buffalo are favorably positioned to stir up the music scene in ...

The Echo & 89.9 KCRW Present:\r\nof Montreal\r\nWild Moccasins\r\nThu, May 9, 2013\r\n7:00 pm\r\nThe Echoplex\r\n\r\n\r\nTICKET GIVEAWAY\r\nGiveaway rules: To enter the giveaway, follow @ellenwoodep...

The Echo Presents:\r\nAkron / Family\r\nAvi Buffalo, M Geddes Gengras\r\nWed, May 8, 2013\r\n8:30 pm\r\nThe Echo\r\n\r\n\r\nTICKET GIVEAWAY\r\nGiveaway rules: To enter the giveaway, follow @ellenwoo...

The Echo Presents:\r\nBootie LA Cinco De Mayo Mashup Party!\r\nSat, May 4, 2013\r\n9:00 pm\r\nThe Echoplex\r\n\r\n\r\nTICKET GIVEAWAY\r\nGiveaway rules: To enter the giveaway, follow @ellenwoodep ...

The Echo, Moheak Radio, and Origami Vinyl Present:\r\nTamaryn\r\nThe Black Ryder, Dream Boys\r\nFri, May 3, 2013\r\n8:30 pm\r\nThe Echoplex\r\n\r\nTICKET GIVEAWAY\r\nGiveaway rules: To enter the g...

The Echo, BritWeek, IHeartComix Present:\r\nBritWeek with Little Boots plus guests\r\nAvan Lava, Feathers, DJ Paul V\r\nThu, May 2, 2013\r\n8:30 pm\r\nThe Echoplex\r\n\r\nTICKET GIVEAWAY\r\nGiveaw...

The Echo & Moheak Radio Present:\r\nMaps & Atlases\r\nYoung Man\r\nThu, May 2, 2013\r\n8:30 pm\r\nThe Echo\r\n\r\nTICKET GIVEAWAY\r\nGiveaway rules: To enter the giveaway, follow @ellenwoodep on T...

The Echo & BritWeek Present\r\nBritWeek with Chad Valley\r\nSki Lodge, Oddience\r\nTue, April 30, 2013\r\n8:30 pm\r\nThe Echo\r\nLos Angeles, California\r\n$10.00 - $12.00\r\n\r\n\r\nTICKET GIVEAWAY\r\n...

written by: Shosh\r\nphoto credit to: Crystin Wiegers\r\n\r\nAfter being displaced from the Echoplex due to a surprise Rolling Stones show, Brit Week headed to First Unitarian Church i...

written by: Shosh\r\nphoto credit to: Crystin Wiegers\r\n\r\nAd mist purples smoke and flickering lights, Crystal Castles played to a sold-out crowd at Hollywood\'s massive Palladium. Wi...

BLACK SABBATH\r\nCONFIRM FULL NORTH AMERICAN TOUR\r\n20 DATE TREK KICKS OFF\r\nJULY 25 IN HOUSTON, TEXAS\r\n\r\n2ND L.A.-AREA SHOW ADDED BY DEMAND!\r\nVERIZON WIRELESS AMPHITHEATER\r\nAUGUST 28...

DEBUT ALBUM A LIFE BY DESIGN? DUE JULY 23RD ON \r\nWARNER BROS. RECORDS\r\n \r\nFIRST SINGLE \"FIRST OF THE LAST\" OUT MAY 21ST\r\n\r\nDan Donegan, guitarist for multi-platinum, Grammy-nomina...

Atlas Genius will kick off its first-ever North American headline tour today, with a sold-out show at Emo\'s East in Austin, TX. The run includes sold-out nights in Houston, Santa B...

Los Angeles, CA (April 25, 2013) – Earlier this week, multi-platinum rock band BUSH launched a North American tour with a sold-out show at the Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion in ...

April 25th, 2013 - Los Angeles, CA: Singer, songwriter, composer, multi-instrumentalist, poet and political activist Serj Tankian is independently releasing two albums this summer...

Surrounded by her father\'s jazz and blues records in her childhood home of Concepcion, Chile, Soledad Vélez began to play guitar and sing at the age of 13, usually accompanying wh...

With the release of Cold Spring Fault Less Youth a little over a month away, Mount Kimbie is ready to release their video for “Made to Stray.” Directed by Australian artist and...

Sometimes, success comes easy. Other times, you have to grab life by the collar and make it happen. For San Antonio’s Wild Party, both could not be more true.\r\n\r\nThe indie power-...

Formed as a bedroom recording project by singer/guitarist John Robinson in 2008, Turf War became a full band in mid-2009 and began to grow a local following in their hometown of Au...

written by: Shosh\r\n\r\nAlready a chart topper in the U.K., LP \"Every Kingdom\" marks folk singer Ben Howard\'s debut in the U.S. Where lyrics and musicianship reign supreme, 24-year-o...

written by: Shosh\r\n\r\nAlready a chart topper in the U.K., LP \"Every Kingdom\" marks folk singer Ben Howard\'s debut in the U.S. Where lyrics and musicianship reign supreme, 24-year-o...

written by: Shosh\r\n\r\nWhen White Prism invites listeners to \"come and rest your weary heart\" on opening number \"Song 52\" of her self-titled debut EP, get ready to do so. With a soot...

written by: Layla Marino\r\nwww.dropweirdsci.blogspot.com\r\n@Dropweirdsci\r\n\r\nA number of EPs, mostly containing remixes from Major Lazer\'s debut album, “Guns Don\'t Kill People, Laze...

Eureka the Butcher, solo pseudonym of Marcel Rodriguez-Lopez (also of Zechs Marquise and The Mars Volta) announces the forthcoming release of his debut album. The recording, Music ...

The always expanding and incredibly successful expedition that is the MAD DECENT BLOCK PARTY will continue its ascent to outdoor festival extravaganza across North America this...

GIBSON AMPHITHEATRE TAKES A BOW\r\n \r\nRENOWNED LOS ANGELES VENUE WILL CLOSE ITS DOORS\r\nFOR THE FINAL TIME IN SEPTEMBER 2013\r\n \r\nVERY SPECIAL GRAND FINALE CONCERT LINEUP PLANNED\r\nAS...

In a collaboration born purely out of mutual-respect and the desire for warm weather tourin\', Julian Lynch and The Luyas are pleased to announce a special June co-headline tour. Fo...

Long Island, NY / Fullerton, CA- April 24, 2013- Night Verses, the 4-piece aggressive post-rock outfit, have just announced the release of their new album, Lift Your Existence, whi...

“You & I” draws the viewer in to a world where bohemian babes wade through tall grasses under a rainbow sky. Crystal Fighters’ signature romantic guitar plucking is the ...

Don’t let the Germanic name fool you, the first Italian band signed to HoZac and one we’ve been excited to unleash for months, Schonwald emerge here on their US debut single sl...

GRMLN is back with another new track from his upcoming debut LP. Album standout \"Hand Pistol\" is a catchy mix of polished-up Superchunk and poppier Jimmy Eat World.\r\n\r\nEmpire is GR...

\"Black Girl Toof\" is the manifestation of love and confusion. It is soul and rap and soul clap and booty clap. The White Mandingos are forever. Open your mouth and your heart. - fa...