Lollapalooza 2011 saw a rainy end to the festival on Sunday August 7. LA artists Best Coast, Cold War Kids, Daedalus, Lord Huron, 12th Planet, and Little Hurricane braved the inclement weather to give a damp, yet hearty, adios to Chicago. more ›

Tonight Québécois post rockers Godspeed You! Black Emperor will be headlining the Music Box at the Henry Fonda Theater. LA-based lo-fi pop act Best Coast are poised to be a part of Global Green USA's 8th Annual Pre-Oscar Party. And, lastly, NY/LA-based folk troubadour Elvis Perkins (LAist Interview) will be gracing Royce Hall at UCLA. But we strongly suggest heading over to the Satellite to catch local indie rock outfit Last American Buffalo. more ›

Tonight local rockers Fistful of Mercy, a fledgling supergroup consisting of Dhani Harrison, Ben Harper and Joseph Arthur, will be concluding a two-night stint at the Masonic Lodge at Hollywood Forever. LA-based lo-fi pop act Best Coast will be doing the same at the Troubadour. And, lastly, Indianapolis-based indie rockers Margot & the Nuclear So and So's will be headlining Echoplex. But we strongly suggest heading over to the Music Box at the Henry Fonda Theater to catch Junip, an indie rock trio formed by critically-acclaimed singer-songwriter José González during his formative years. more ›

Tonight local rockers Fistful of Mercy, a fledgling supergroup consisting of Dhani Harrison, Ben Harper and Joseph Arthur, will be gracing the Masonic Lodge at Hollywood Forever. Norfolk-bred indie rock outfit Mae are poised to headline the El Rey Theatre. And, lastly, San Franciscan alternative country outfit Or, The Whale will be gracing Spaceland. But we strongly suggest doing whatever it takes to catch LA-based lo-fi pop act Best Coast, who will be performing at the Troubadour. It'll be your one of your last opportunities to catch them before they open for ... Weezer? Yeh, weird. LAist favorites, local post-punk act Dunes are slated to kick things off. more ›

Scorching heat and long line issues aside (shouldn't we be used to this for festivals anyway?), our friends at FYF did not disappoint in 2010. With an amazing lineup featuring an indie rock dream roster, the entire day was a chaotic party of three stages, VIP tents, food trucks, Sailor Jerry rum drinks, and all the bands you could want to see. Per usual, the photo pits were packed, the fans were rabid, and the beer was cold. Highlights included Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti killing "Round and Round" while the entire crowd sang back-up, Big Freedia with her Azz (literally) Everywhere, and !!! being !!!, short-shorts and all. A day so good it might just hold us over until FYF's next big show at SXSW 2011. more ›

There's no question that FYF Fest promoter Sean Carlson can assemble a musical lineup that arguably rivals or even surpasses many of the longstanding festivals, including the Sunset Junction Street Festival. But will this year's problems be resolved next year? more ›

"This year we hit a few growing pains. We can and will overcome these issues and continue to organize this festival that supports independent music in Los Angeles," FYF Fest promoter Sean Carlson wrote in an e-mail sent last Thursday to his e-mail list. more ›

Earlier this month, the seventh annual FYF Fest took place at the LA State Historic Park near Chinatown, and while the numbers -- 37 bands across three stages with 17 comedians and an estimated 20,000 attendees -- are impressive, the consensus among many was how disorganized the event was, as exemplified by tweets like "FYF = fuck you fans fest," "Almost 3 hours to get into @FYFFEST = FAIL," "@FYFFEST is like a hipster concentration camp," "Hey @fyffest maybe you wouldn't run out of water if you let us bring some inside. It's only 95 degrees. Jus sayin'," and "Fuck lines fest more like @FYFFEST." more ›

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Okay, so UK-based music news magazine NME last month released their list of best new bands of 2010. It, of course, named a handful of local bands. Now today comes music blog Stereogum's 40 best new bands of 2010. Once again, local heroes are named. more ›

There's so much new music out there, it's sometimes hard to pick who to check out. Today UK-based music news magazine NME released it's 50 Best News Bands of 2010 list -- as they describe it, "the 50 bands who've blown our minds over the past few months." more ›

Tonight local noise-infused rock outfit HEALTH will be headlining the Echoplex with none other than Houston-based noise-infused psych rock anomaly Indian Jewelry and LA-based lo-fi pop act Best Coast in tow. Former Dawes/Simon Dawes member, local singer-songwriter Blake Mills (LAist Review) is poised to grace Bordello in the outskirts of Downtown. And, lastly, Brooklyn quartet Suckers will be celebrating the release of their debut album, 2010's Wild Smile, performing for free in-store at Amoeba Music in Hollyweird. But we strongly suggest heading over to Spaceland to catch local indie rock outfit the Henry Clay People, who will be ringing in their latest effort—2010's Somewhere on the Golden Coast—which is set for release today via TBD Records. LAist favorites, LA-based alt-rockers Olin & the Moon (LAist Interview) are slated to kick things off. more ›

Tonight prolific Washington, D.C.-based rock outfit Ted Leo and the Pharmacists will be headlining the Troubadour. English indie rockers Field Music are poised to take on the Bootleg Theater with none other than LAist favorite, local prolific songwriter John Wood, who performs under the pseudonym Learning Music. And, lastly, LA-bred pop rock quartet the Like will be gracing the Smell in Downtown. But we strongly suggest heading over to the Echoplex to catch Florida-based surf-infused rock outfit Surfer Blood (LAist Review). LAist favorites, LA-bred lo-fi pop act Best Coast and local electro-pop singer-songwriter Active Child, among many others, are slated to kick things off. more ›

Tonight the City of Brotherly Love's own experimental synth-pop outfit Cold Cave will be headlining the Echoplex with Chicago-bred garage rock outfit Smith Westerns and local lo-fi pop act Best Coast in tow. Upstairs from the aforementioned show, Highland Park's own deep crooner Crooked Cowboy & the Freshwater Indians is poised to... more ›

Tonight Chicago-based pop punk outfit Alkaline Trio will be headlining the House of Blues Sunset in Hollyweird with Omaha-based indie rockers Cursive in tow. Local country-infused folk, twin-sister duo the Watson Twins (LAist Review, #2) are poised to grace the Bootleg Theater with none other than Long Beach's own pop songstress (and general lass) Jessica Dobson—otherwise known as Deep Sea Diver (LAist Review). And, lastly, the City of Brotherly Love's own experimental synth-pop outfit Cold Cave will be taking on the Glass House in Pomona with Chicago-bred garage rock outfit Smith Westerns, local lo-fi pop act Best Coast and Long Beach/Los Alamitos natives and recent Sub Pop signees Avi Buffalo (LAist Interview, Review). But we strongly suggest heading over to the Airliner in Lincoln Heights to catch Texan experimental electronic guru Ernest Gonzales, who will be performing for this week's edition of Low End Theory. more ›

This week Chicago-based multi-instrumentalist Andrew Bird (LAist Review) will be headlining USC's Bovard Auditorium. The City of Brotherly Love's own experimental synth-pop outfit Cold Cave are poised to take on the Echoplex with none other than Chicago-bred garage rock outfit Smith Westerns and local lo-fi pop act Best Coast. San Pedro-based indie rockers Dios (LAist Interview, Review, #2) will be ringing in their latest endeavor, 2010's We Are Dios, at the Troubadour with Signals (LAist Review) and the Henry Clay People (Review, #2, #3, #4) in tow. And, lastly, Portland-based pop-folk songstress Mirah will be gracing the Bootleg Theater. more ›

Tonight LA-based Cambodian rock outfit Dengue Fever (LAist Interview, Review) will be performing at the El Rey Theatre, sharing the stage with legendary ska outfit Hepcat and the Lions for KCRW's Haiti Relief Concert. Brooklyn-bred alternative rock sextet They Might Be Giants are poised to take on not one, but two shows at Largo at the Coronet. And, lastly, Brooklyn-based folk rock troubadour Langhorne Slim (LAist Review, #2) will be gracing McCabe's Guitar Shop in Santa Mon Mon. But we strongly suggest heading over to the Smell in Downtown to catch Brooklyn's own punk rock trio Vivian Girls. LAist favorites, lo-fi pop act Best Coast are slated to kick things off. more ›

This week Brooklyn-based buzz band Yeasayer will be headlining the Natural History Museum with none other than local indie rock outfit Warpaint (LAist Review, #2, #3) for this month's edition of First Fridays. Ann Arbor's crown jewel, a relatively diminutive post-afrobeat outfit by the name of Nomo (LAist Review, #2) are poised to grace Spaceland with Orgone, a proficient funk troupe that stunned us at Bumbershoot Festival in Seattle a few years back. English folk singer-songwriter Laura Marling will be taking on Largo at the Coronet. And, lastly, Brooklyn's own punk rock trio Vivian Girls will be performing at the Smell in Downtown with LA-based lo-fi pop act Best Coast in tow. more ›

Tonight London-based electronic singer-songwriter Imogen Heap will be performing to a sold-out crowd at Henry Fonda Music Box. Local indie rockers the Happy Hollows (LAist Review, #2, #3) are continuing their month-long residency at Spaceland. And, lastly, LA-based lo-fi pop act Best Coast will be gracing the Smell in Downtown. But we strongly suggest heading to Club Nokia to catch South Carolina-by-way-of-Seattle folk rockers Band of Horses. LAist favorites Warpaint (LAist Review, #2, #3) are slated to kick things off. more ›

Tonight legendary English singer-songwriter, best known as the founder and lead singer of the Who, will be headlining the Orpheum Theatre in Downtown. Long Island-bred pop punk outfit Brand New are poised to make their long-awaited return to Los Angeles, performing twice at the Hollywood Palladium as well with Atlanta-based indie rock act Manchester Orchestra and Portland's own folk rockers the Builders and the Butchers (LAist Interview) in tow. And, lastly, San Diegan garage rockers the Soft Pack (LAist Interview) will be taking on the Echoplex with none other than lo-fi noise-infused rock duo Wavves, Sacramento-bred psych quartet Ganglians and, of course, local lo-fi pop act Best Coast. But we strongly suggest heading over to Largo at the Coronet to catch Québécois singer-songwriter Patrick Watson. more ›

Tonight Portland's own experimental rock sextet Blitzen Trapper (LAist Interview) will be headlining the El Rey Theatre with none other than Baltimore-bred folk rock duo Wye Oak (LAist Interview) in tow. English psych-pop singer-songwriter Pop Levi (LAist Review) is poised to take on the Roxy with local experimental rock duo El Ten Eleven. And, lastly, LA-based alt-country troubadour Leslie and the Badgers will be closing out their residency at the Echo with local lo-fi pop act Best Coast. But we strongly suggest heading over to Spaceland to catch the final night of local indie rock outfit Saint Motel's (LAist Interview) month-long residency. LAist favorites, Burbank-based experimental psych folk outfit Gangi (LAist Review) and Silver Lake-based indie rockers Links are slated to perform as well. more ›

Tonight Levittown-bred rockers Brand New will be performing to a sold-out crowd at the Troubadour with none other than Dios (LAist Interview, Review, #2) in tow. NY-based rapper Cage is poised to headline the El Rey Theatre. LAist favorites, Chicagoist-approved electro rock trio Hey Champ will be gracing Bardot before they make the big trek home. And, lastly, Brooklyn-based dance band and art/performance collective Men will be taking on Spaceland with San Franciscan electro pop act Hey Willpower. But we strongly suggest heading over to Out of Asia to catch Beach Dazed, FMLY's twelve hour celebration of Los Angeles' music and arts community. LAist favorites Busdriver (LAist Review, #2), Best Coast, RJD2, Voxtrot and Haim will be performing, among many others. more ›

Tonight legendary English blues-rock guitarist and singer-songwriter Eric Clapton will be performing at Hollywood Bowl with Steve Winwood. Brooklyn-based buzz band Amazing Baby are poised to stop by Origami Vinyl early on in the evening. And, lastly, local country troubadours Leslie and the Badgers will be headlining Spaceland with none other than the Chapin Sisters and Olin and the Moon (LAist Interview) in tow. But we strongly suggest heading over to Echo Curio, which we rarely do, to catch Best Coast, an LA-based pop project of Bethany Consentino of Pocahaunted along with Bobb Bruno. NY-based folk rockers Soft Black are slated to kick things off. more ›