Tonight Long Beach/Los Alamitos natives Avi Buffalo (LAist Interview, Review) will be performing at the Airliner in Lincoln Heights. (Canceled!) LAist favorites Foreign Born (LAist Review) will be gracing the Detroit Bar in Costa Mesa with none other than English rockers the Veils. And, lastly, New Zealand-based rock outfit the Datsuns will be taking on Spaceland with locals Spirit Vine in tow. But we strongly suggest heading over to the Hotel Café to catch Portland-based songstress Laura Veirs. LAist favorites Mike Viola (LAist Interview) and Luluc will be performing as well. more ›

My friend's boyfriend started a band awhile back with his friends, and they practiced for what seemed like a very long time, always saying, "No, no, we're not ready yet", if I asked when they were gonna play a show. They called themselves Monolidic, because they're all Korean and Chinese. (Being white, I'm not even sure I can laugh at that, so I'm just relaying it expressionlessly.) By all appearances, he and his friends were "K-town boys", going out every weekend and closing out the bars, but I knew my friend's boyfriend was a big indie kid, and a fan of Okkervil River, Pavement, The Veils, etc, and that the group of them also went and sang Radiohead songs at noraebang till God knows what hour, sometimes destroying tambourines, Who-like, while they were at it. So I was really curious to hear what they'd sound like. But then I missed their first 3 or 4 shows, due to conflicting plans. more ›

Abe Vigoda, Screamin' Cyn Cyn & the Pons, Gay Beast, Bad Dudes @ The Smell more ›

Patti Smith @ Santa Monica Pier Public Enemy @ House of Blues Tony Bennett @ The Greek Delta Spirit, The Outline, Sparrow Love Club @ The Roxy The Detroit Cobras, Dan Sartain, The Willowz @ The Troubadour Stonehoney, Alejandro Escovedo, The Estate @ The Mint Bang Sugar Bang, Sin Serenade, The Prix @ Alex's Bar Gore Gore Girls, Midnight Movies, Irving, The Architects @ The Echoplex The Veils, Carina Round, Paul McLaney, Julia Darling... 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 ›

Prince @ Hollywood Roosevelt Bad Religion, Tiger Army, The Vandals, Pennywise, The Used, Circle Jerks @ Warped, Pomona Andre Williams, Flash Express, Shapes of Race Cars, Boatel @ Safari Sam's Richard Cheese & Lounge Against the Machine @ The Derby Sluts For Hire, Bimbo Toolshed @ Mr. T's Bowl Feist, Grizzly Bear @ The Wiltern The Veils, The Comas, Asher @ Spaceland Busdriver, Shwayze @ Montmartre Lounge Soccer Mom, 419, The Dedication @ 14... more ›