LA-based electro pop duo Kisses, a small, newfangled splinter of Princeton (LAist Interview), will be taking on the Echoplex with Oakland-based experimental electro outfit Hawnay Troof. LA-based electro-infused indie rock trio the Delta Mirror are poised to grace Spaceland. And, lastly, local psych-infused rockers Sky Parade, which of course is led by former Brian Jonestown Massacre bassist Tommy Dietrick, will be headlining the Bootleg Theater. But we strongly kicking the FYF festivities into gear by attending the official pre-party at Grand Star Jazz Club in Downtown. LAist favotires, Spanish electro pop outfit Delorean and local indie pop quartet Superhumanoids are slated to perform. We've heard through the grapevine that Brooklyn-based shoegaze-infused electronic trio School of Seven Bells (LAist Review) are the special guests tonight. more ›

Tonight retro 60s folk artist Graham Forest will be headlining Spaceland. LA-based electro pop duo Kisses, a small, newfangled splinter of Princeton (LAist Interview), are poised to perform at La Cita for this week's edition of Dance Right. And, lastly, local indie rock outfit Woah Hunx (LAist Review, #2, #3, #4) will be taking on the Echo. But we strongly suggest heading over to the Troubadour to catch LA-based electronic chanteuse Nite Jewel, who recently released a new EP entitled Am I Real?. LAist favorites and recent collaborators Teen Inc., a duo of brothers who both spent stints as studio musicians for the likes of Raphael Saadiq, Cee-Lo and Pharrel Williams, are slated to kick things off. 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 LA-based actress/musician Juliette Lewis will be gracing the Echo with none other than Parisian indie pop octet Tahiti Boy and the Palm Tree Family. LA-based electro pop duo Kisses, a small, newfangled splinter of Princeton (LAist Interview), are poised to perform in-store at Origami Vinyl, ringing in their forthcoming 7"—2010's Bermuda. And, lastly, LAist favorites Whispertown 2000 (LAist Review, #2) will be taking on the Silver Lake Lounge with female-fronted, bicoastal indie rock quintet, "both figuratively and technically," All Wrong and the Plans Change. But we strongly suggest heading over to the Henry Fonda Music Box to catch Philadelphia's own psych rockers Dr. Dog (LAist Review). Rhode Island-based rockers Deer Tick and Brooklyn-bred singer-songwriter Pepi Ginsberg are slated to kick things off. more ›

I am a peanut butter freak. And my Mom knows it. No matter how old I get (and I’m waaaay past the age of consent), she makes my favorite cookies – Peanut Butter Kisses – when I come home for Christmas. Typically, I’ll be sleepwalking through the door straight from a redeye from LAX to the east coast with nothing but the sofa is calling my name. But there’s always a stack of PB Kisses on the counter that need a little loving before I can sleep. Who am I to disappoint my mother? (Don’t answer that.) more ›