Los Angeles quartet OK Go, a band famous for their imaginative music videos, recently took to "Sesame Street" to teach youngins (and their parents) about the three primary colors. more ›

Ladies and gentlemen, your video lunch today is positively Muppet-ational, thanks to L.A.-based band OK Go and a most sensational, inspirational theme song you know and love, rocked out 2011 style. more ›

Chicago's Lollapalooza 2011 kicked off three days of rock revelry on Friday, August 5 with a huge showing by some of LA's hottest homegrowns and transplants including Foster The People, OK Go, Delta Spirit, Skrillex, A Perfect Circle and more. Today's video lunch buzzes, tinkles, claps, whammies, and goes wub wub wub all the way home. more ›

OK Go has been making ridiculously weird and awesome music videos for some time but the LA-based band's latest video has an interactive element that allows YOU to tell THEM what to do and watch as it renders before your eyes. We even created a video dance message for you. more ›

Have a post turkey parade with the boys of OK Go, catch the late (5pm, kidtime) show of Yo Gabba Gabba, get downright vintage with the Bruce-loving Brits of Herman's Hermits at the Canyon Club, take a Hellride with Mike Watt in Santa Monica, and head out across the sea for a Weezer performance of 'Pinkerton.' more ›

The route is top secret. The garb is primary colors. The headwear and instruments are rigged to glow. The mission is clear: have a parade of live music, have a good time, have the route spell out OK Go. more ›

Another awesome music video from OK Go, featuring eighteen hours of the band dancing combined with eight full days of LA skyline footage. more ›

Yesterday OK Go debuted a new video that is making a colorful splash. After the band's history of memorable stunts, they may have outdone themselves for "This Too Shall Pass" off of the "Of the Blue Colour of the Sky" album. Filmed in a two story Echo Park warehouse, the eye popping spectacle was directed by James Frost... more ›

The Pixies with Flea on bass instead of Kim Deal?! Followed by The Pixies with Weird Al singing instead of Black Francis? No, it’s not a horrible nightmare followed by the greatest dream ever - It’s two of the “surprises” promised at tonight’s Winston Calling benefit at the Echo. more ›

Tomorrow music magazine Under the Radar will auction off handmade protest posters by some of indie music's biggest names. In the photos from the project, the musicians, hold their posters to shout there message loud and proud. Brit Daniel from Spoon show off his his 'VIVA LA RAZA' poster, Sharon Jones pleads "END THIS WAR NOW', and OK GO warns 'THEY BANK ON YOUR APATHY' . more ›

A.C. Newman and Blaine Thurier of Vancouver's finest supergroup, The New Pornographers, have issued a challenge: Translation: Make a better video than the band can, put it on YouTube, and win an iPhone... or something. (We're wondering if that "something" might include signed Neko Case undergarments, as recent history reminds us that even her used corset is worth as much as an iPhone. The New Pornographers admit that they're not OK Go when it comes... more ›

We have said repeatedly on this blog that record labels have no excuse to continue to ignore music videos to help market their artists. Not regular ones. Not tired, stale ones of the band pretending to perform interspersed with slow-motion narratives using actors and over-saturated colors. After all these years have you still not learned shit from OK Go? Here we have a beautiful example of how you don't need a big budget, you... more ›

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Valentine's Day is only a few days away, and we here across the Gothamist network wanted to express would like to tell you, in the spirit of the holiday, just how much we love you, our readers. Don't let it get to your heads, though. There are plenty of things we love, you included. Just be glad you're not amongst the things we hate. more ›

So if you don't feel like driving that hour+ to some party in the Valley, or to some party anywhere in Los Angeles, you can always turn on the TV. There's nothing like watching the 3-hour tape-delayed disco ball drop to reaffirm your existence. Tomorrow - Sunday - New Years Eve "Twilight Zone Marathon" (SciFi, ALL DAY) "Seinfeld Marathon" (TBS, ALL DAY) "Marx Brothers Marathon" (TCM, starting at 5:15 p.m.) (other marathons include "Ace... more ›

Straight from my iPod: 1. Justin Timberlake - SexyBack The pinnacle of guilty pleasure straight from MTV's Total Request Live fame. Still a great club banger. 2. The Fray - Look After You All of their songs sound the same but this one hasn't lost its replayability. 3. The Dixie Chicks - The Long Way Around There is nothing to feel guilty about listening to the Dixie Chicks. They kick ass. The only reason... more ›

Sometimes we're just in the mood for a little rock n' roll. Not indie, not electro-punk, just some good ole rock. And where would we head for such an adventure? Uhm hello The Viper Room. Back when we were green to Los Angeles, and had heard of about four place in LA, The Viper Room was definitely one of them. Now we know some argue it's past its prime, but show some respect to your elders kid. Their is no denying the street cred of The Viper Room in rock circles. more ›

Bowling for Soup - The Great Burrito Extortion Case (Jive) J.J. Cale & Eric Clapton - The Road to Escondido (Reprise) The Chelsea Smiles - Thirty Six Hours Later (Acetate) El Goodo - El Goodo (Empyrean) Europe - Secret Society (Sanctuary) The Evens - Get Evens (Dischord) Foo Fighters - Skin and Bones (RCA) Josh Groban - Awake (Reprise) Jim Jones - Hustler's P.O.M.E. (Product of My Environment) (Koch) Librarians - Alright Easy Candy... more ›

NOTE: MOST NETWORKS WILL HAVE ELECTION COVERAGE STARTING AT 10:00 PM "La Strada" (IFC, 7:30 p.m.) A night of Italian neo-realist cinema continues with the story of wife-beating circus brute Anthony Quinn. Antonioni's "L'Avventura" follows "Dancing With the Stars" (ABC, 8:00 p.m.) The death march continues, 3 teams left "Nip/Tuck" (FX, 10:00 p.m.) OK, so Julia's effing a dwarf now and Sean gets to meet his own personal devil in person personally "The Daily... more ›

Kill Hannah, Matt & Kim, Rocket @ Safari Sam's Jennifer Glass (pictured) @ Hotel Cafe Pete Yorn @ Roxy Leroy Powell @ Viper Room Go Betty Go, Northern, Pop Kids @ Key Club Solare 3, Drew Gasperini @ The Derby Stars of Track & Field @ Spaceland Jill Sobule, Julia Sweeney @ Largo Plot to Blow Up the Eiffel Tower @ Troubadour The Triggers, Society's Parasites @ Echo False Containment, 2ND, Azrael's Bane @... more ›

Today begins a new feature that we're sure you'll enjoy. more ›

Don’t blink the first time you look for The Echo or you might miss it. Sans sign on this stretch of Sunset Boulevard you could be half-way to downtown or Silverlake. But when you do find it, there is every reason to believe you could become a regular. This little sister to Spaceland, The Echo has the same free Monday night thing going on. Parking on most night can be found within a block along Sunset or on a side-street. more ›