Tonight local indie rockers Shadow Shadow Shade (formerly known as the Afternoons) will be taking on the Satellite with none other than Great Northern (LAist Review, #2) and LA-based lo-fi, punk-tinged, all-girl trio Wet & Reckless. San Franciscan disco pop quintet Sugar & Gold are poised to perform at the Bootleg Theater. And, lastly, Long Beach-bred one-man band Nima Kazeroun, who performs under the pseudonym So Many Wizards, will be gracing the hole-and-corner Pehrspace. But we strongly suggest heading over to the Echo to catch Long Beach-based indie rockers We Barbarians. LAist favorites, San Diegan buzz band LESANDS and San Juan Capistrano-bred indie rock outfit the Union Line are slated to kick things off. more ›

Tonight famed NY-based singer-songwriter/actor Sean Lennon will be performing at Largo at the Coronet alongside none other than Buffalo-bred singer-songwriter/actor Vincent Gallo. Local indie rockers Red Cortez (LAist Review, #2) are poised to grace Edgar Varela Fine Arts, or the "JungleRush Gallery," or whatever you want to call it, with LAist favorites Go West Young Man and Radars to the Sky (LAist Review, #2, #3). And, lastly, Onelinedrawing—the solo project of Jonah Matranga, best known as the vocalist for melodic hard rock outfit Far—will be taking on a three-night stint at the Knitting Factory's AlterKnit Lounge. But we strongly suggest heading over to the Bootleg Theatre to catch LA-based indie rock act Great Northern (LAist Review, #2), who will be performing to benefit the Pablove Foundation. LAist favorites Obi Best (LAist Interview, Review, #2) and Xu Xu Fang (LAist Review, #2, #3) are slated to kick things off. more ›

Tonight Berkeley-bred rock singer-songwriter John Fogerty, best known for his time with Creedence Clearwater Revival, will be taking on a three-night stint at the Hollywood Bowl. The Echo & Echoplex will be hosting a benefit for booker extraordinaire Jennifer Tefft, which features She Wants Revenge, Black Rebel Motorcycle Club (Canceled!), Great Northern, Dead Meadow, LA Ladies Choir, Rocco Deluca, Nico Stai, Useless Keys and Living Things. And, lastly, San Franciscan psych rockers Citay are poised to grace the Silver Lake Lounge. But we strongly suggest heading over to the UCLA Hammer Museum to catch the first night of the summer concert series 'Also I Like To Rock.' LAist favorites Amazing Baby are slated to rock, as well as Band of Skulls. more ›

At first glance, the pairing of Great Northern and Dears seems like an unlikely duo to grace the same stage. Still, there they were on May 23, each taking their turn trying to wow the Echoplex crowd who learned, after a sometimes amazing, but more often average show, that the bands' similarities far outweigh their differences. more ›

Tonight Long Beach-based funk troubadours War will be headlining the Greek Theatre. NY's own electroclash duo Fischerspooner are poised to grace the Avalon. And, lastly, Montreal-based indie rockers the Dears will be sharing the stage at the Echoplex with hometown heroes Great Northern and Eulogies (LAist Interview, Review, #2, #3). But we strongly suggest heading over to Spaceland to experience Ann Arbor's crown jewel, a relatively diminutive post-afrobeat outfit by the name of Nomo (LAist Review, #2). Swedish indie pop act Those Dancing Days are slated to kick things off. more ›

Tonight legendary Scottish rockers Primal Scream will be performing at Club Nokia in Downtown with Brian Jonestown Massacre in tow. LA-based buzz band Great Northern are poised to rock the Silver Lake Lounge in anticipation of their forthcoming 2009 release, Remind Me Where The Light Is. And, lastly, local electronic mastermind Nosaj Thing will be gracing the Echoplex with his burly beats. But we strongly suggest heading over to the Roxy to ring in 2009's Fist of God, the sophomore release from Toronto-based electronic duo MSTRKRFT. more ›

Los Angeles-based music blog Confession of a Would-Be Hipster has compiled its first compilation, appropriately entitled Plastic Snow, just in time for the holidays. The sixteen-track disc features wintry tunes by some of the best bands the local music scene has to offer, including Great Northern, Earlimart (LAist Review, #2), Princeton (LAist Interview), Pierre de Reeder (of Rilo Kiley fame), The Monolators (LAist Review), Let's Go Sailing (LAist Interview, Review) and Letting Up Despite Great Faults. And as if that impressive cast wasn't enough, 100% of the profits from Plastic Snow go to benefit Los Angeles' longest running homeless shelter, Midnight Mission. Dropping a measly ten dollars has never felt so good! more ›

Last weekend, the 10th Annual Port of Los Angeles Lobster Festival took place in San Pedro. Last year's festival featured performances by notable local indie artists Eagle and Talon (MySpace), Great Northern (MySpace), and Bodies of Water (MySpace), and this year's lineup was no different with The Henry Clay People (MySpace), Craft Club (MySpace), Oliver Future (MySpace), Rocket (MySpace), Robert Francis (MySpace), The Weather Underground (MySpace), and The Monolators (MySpace) filling out the majority of the three-day roster. more ›

Stoking the flames of independence, KCRW released its latest compilation album from live Morning Becomes Eclectic performances cut from twelve different in-studio acts. Crowd pleasers like The Shins and The Swell Season imbibe the album with not so new takes on their even older songs while Spoon and Indie Brits, The Orange Lights dig deep into their live repertoire to deliver interesting versions of their already strong songs. more ›

Last month, Joe Fielder, whose local music blog Radio Free Silver Lake has been in existence since February 2006, celebrated the second anniversary of his monthly Let's Independent! event, at Boardner's (MySpace) in Hollywood, with performances by Death to Anders (MySpace), The Savages (MySpace), and Xu Xu Fang (MySpace). more ›

Blind Boys of Alabama Christmas Concert, Belly Up Tavern 12/19/06 more ›

I've always been intrigued by other "best of" lists, but this year I decided to take it to a whole new level. I e-mailed a handful of bands that I've seen this past year in order to unearth what exactly captivated them in '07. As music listeners, it is our duty to take a keen interest in our favorite musician's influences. After all, they rocked our little world, might as well see what rocked their little world. Therefore, this is an act of paying it forward to those hardworking, underpaid musicians who truly made a difference within the music scene this year. more ›

I've always been intrigued by other "best of" lists, but this year I decided to take it to a whole new level. I e-mailed a handful of bands that I've seen this past year in order to unearth what exactly captivated them in '07. As music listeners, it is our duty to take a keen interest in our favorite musician's influences. After all, they rocked our little world, might as well see what rocked their little world. Therefore, this is an act of paying it forward to those hardworking, underpaid musicians who truly made a difference within the music scene this year. more ›

Rock Insider, a blog dedicated to music and life in Los Angeles, shares a top ten list: The Best Los Angeles Albums of 2007. We are happy to report that some LAist local favs made the list including Sea Wolf, Great Northern, Eleni Mandell, The Valley Arena and The Deadly Syndrome. No more choose-your-own-price for Radiohead's "In Rainbows" album starting on Monday. The band, who had previously written off Apple iTunes, is currently in talks... more ›

I've always been intrigued by other "best of" lists, but this year I decided to take it to a whole new level. I e-mailed a handful of bands that I've seen this past year in order to unearth what exactly captivated them in '07. As music listeners, it is our duty to take a keen interest in our favorite musician's influences. After all, they rocked our little world, might as well see what rocked their... more ›

You might recall that right around Labor Day we celebrated KCRW's 30th anniversary of Morning Becomes Eclectic with a series of interviews with a handful of their on-air personalities. Today we are lucky enough to get the Top 10 list of Nic Harcourt's top albums of 2007. We are very happy to see that he's just as down with local kids Sea Wolf and Great Northern as we are. Not only that, but atop his list is another local girl, Jesca Hoop! more ›

Of Montreal - "Gronlandic Edit" Of Montreal, Grand Buffet, MGMT @ Avalon Phantom Planet, The Hives @ Staples Ween @ The Wiltern David Allan Coe, Dos @ Knitting Factory Gram Parsons @ Amoeba Valient Thorr @ Spaceland Ben Harper @ Orpheum Great Northern, Robbers on High Street @ Echoplex Peanut Butter Wolf @ El Rey Ima Robot, The Airborne Toxic Event @ The Roxy Hello Stranger @ The Viper Room Mason Jennings @ Troubadour... more ›

The man responsible for killing a woman and her two young children in a street-racing accident last month has been tracked down and arrested in Mexico; Martin Marones is expected to be charged with three counts of murder. So many questions! Has "Heroes: Origins" been shelved? Or just "postponed" due to the writers strikes? Will we ever find out who's been offing the group of twelve? And what's up with this ADAM guy??? Two... more ›

I hate contests. Hate. LAist doesn't need them, lots of you don't appreciate them, it's not what big blogs do, and we have quietly become a big blog in this town. But I love Great Northern. Love. I first saw them at SXSW in March, and it's been nice to watch them get on the cover of the Weekly (and the drummer at that), and it's great to see them continue to make good... more ›

When Low vs. Diamond's lead singer Lucas Field sauntered on the stage and meekly opened the show with "Life After Love," I knew immediately that despite the head bobbing and dancing from a few, LvD’s live act would neither expand upon its sound nor translate to the crowd what exactly they were trying to do. more ›

LA Times staffer and Buzz Bands blogger Kevin Bronson's story "Taking the L.A. indie rock scene personally" hit stands last Thursday. By means of an intimate portrayal, Bronson set forth his pick of indie rock up-and-comers for L.A.'s indie rock scene in 2008. While I completely admire that he would put his neck out there for three rather small, entirely worthy bands (The Airborne Toxic Event, Castledoor, and The Deadly Syndrome) at the forefront of... more ›

Need a reason to ride Metro? Tonight you can catch a bus or subway to Hollywood and surface to find Ladytron about to rock your socks off. Global Inheritance, a multi-faceted non-for-profit (also involved in this weekend's Swerve Fest) is back with their second in a series of Public Displays of Affection. Last October's inaugural PDA event fully vindicated the subways-are-fun philosophy lifestyle -- with DJ's, dancing, and a live set from Secret Machines.... more ›

Fuck Yeah Fest has officially ended and it was Fuck Yeah-tastic. I was on my feet for nearly seven hours, regularly traversing Sunset Blvd to see ten bands perform on Sunday. Between eight rolls of film and hundreds of digital pictures, this is day two through my lens.... more ›

The Blood Arm - "Suspicious Character" Fuck Yeah Fest: Deerhunter, Foreign Born, The Nice Boys, Indian Jewelry, Midnight Movies, The Blood Arm, Great Northern, Darker My Love, Bad Dudes, others @ The Echo Macy Gray @ Hollywood Bowl UB40, The English Beat, Elan @ The Greek The Brand New Heavies @ House of Blues The Real McKenzies, Crosstops, Dynamite 8 @ The El Rey Strunz & Farah @ Catalina Bar & Grill House of... more ›

released August 21st, 2007 more ›

Cheap Trick - "Magical Mystery Tour", Tokyo '92 Cheap Trick, The Hollywood Bowl Orchestra @ Hollywood Bowl (some Beatles thing) Great Northern, The Comas, Twilight Sleep @ Spaceland KC & the Sunshine Band @ The Canyon The Adolescents, Channel 3 @ Safari Sam's Tim McGraw, Faith Hill @ The Honda Center CunninLynguists, Tonedeff, PackFM @ The Roxy Guitars & Saxes, Warren Hill, Diane Schuur @ Rainbow Lagoon - Long Beach Jazz Fest Raine Maida,... more ›

Great Northern Great Northern, The Upside Down, CoCo B's @ Little Radio (noon) Neil Hamburger, Dr. El Suavo, TV Sheriff @ Spaceland Hugh Cornwell @ Galaxy Theatre The Lovell Sisters @ McCabe's The Paul Green School of Rock @ The Roxy Street Trash, Geisha Girls, Le Face, The Diffs, The Hitz @ The Knitting Factory The Ramonas, The Outskirts, Adam West The Bat @ The Airliner Dukes Of Doom, The Perfect Black, The Plague,... more ›

So I went to see The Veils play with The Comas last Friday at Spaceland. I have been an Echo-show-goer so much more lately that I didn't even know (or forgot) that Spaceland removed that first middle wall, which cut back on available seats, but made the whole place seem a lot bigger. Asher went on first and their sound reminded me a little bit of Keane, but unfortunately without the soaring vocals, and... more ›

Summer is officially less than three weeks away but Little Radio (a web station and CD manufacturer) has already started its second annual Summer Camp (June 3rd- August10th) where every Sunday of the season Bands, Beer, and Booze along with food provided by Hot Knives will be the main event. more ›

Arcade Fire ruled last night, heres some video and some pictures and a review of last night's great show. We will have even more photos later here on your favorite blog. Arcade Fire @ Greek Theatre Great Northern @ The Troubadour Mary Timony, The New Trust @ The Echo The Brombies @ Viva Cantina Intervention, Native Root @ The Derby The Randies, Porterville, Bobot Adrenaline, Chissum, Worthington @ Safari Sam's A Kiss Could Be... more ›