Joey Maloney

A still from the closing scene of White Stripes: Under Great White Northern Lights. The hope and dream that the White Stripes would make up that cancelled 2007 Forum date can now be put to rest as the band formally announced their split today. It was not a split for the classic “band breakup reasons” as a statement on their website states, “The reason is not due to artistic differences or lack of wanting...

One week after music die-hards make the annual pilgrimage to Indio for The Coachella Valley Music & Arts Festival, a new fest will rock the Empire Polo Grounds. This gathering, however, will be a decidedly heavier affair. And by heavy I mean, pure, face-melting, metal destruction. On April 23rd, the Big 4 Festival, featuring Anthrax, Megadeath, Slayer and headlined by Metallica, will make its first and only American stop. After 7 European dates last...

The hottest musical performances of the very cold Sundance 2011 opening weekend have been at Bing Bar. Continuing the trend of Grammy nominated awesomeness, SPiN Galactic and Continuum Entertainment Group presented Cee-Lo Green on Sunday night. Green and his 5 nominations for "Fuck You," delivered a short but packed set that included the Gnarly Barkley hitmachine "Crazy" and a sweaty, in-the-crowd, sing-a-long, dance party. PREVIOUSLY: LAist @ Sundance 2011: Lou Reed, 01/23/11 LAist @ Sundance...

Rock and Roll hall of famer and former Velvet Underground frontman Lou Reed performed at the 2011 Sundance Film Festival's "Celebration of Music in Film." Only 300 or so lucky attendees were let in, some of whom waited in 20 degree temperatures for as long as two hours. Those who did make it in were treated to a set of nine songs with about half coming from the Velvet Underground catalog. PREVIOUSLY: LAist @ Sundance...

Bing Bar banked another standout performance by a 2011 Grammy nominee on Saturday night with female firecracker songstress Florence + The Machine. Hundreds of people waited in the freezing cold to be in the place to be and to catch the red-haired singer in a space no bigger the Echo. Florence Welch's vocals starred and soared backed only by a harp and an acoustic guitar during the 9-song set, which featured a cover of the...

Night two of Sundance was all about 2011 Grammy Award double nominee/performer, Janelle Monae at the Bing Bar Music Series. The R&B songstress held court during an exclusive set that included hits "Tightrope" and "Many Moons" at one of the oldest buildings in Park City....

LAist has left the summer-like temps of the Southland and ventured into a far colder version of Hollywood, the blustery and frozen mountains of Park City, Utah for the 2011 Sundance Film Festival. A huge slate of music compliments this year's film offerings. Night one kicked off with a throwback performance from Long Beach's own Snoop Dogg. Stay tuned wintery updates throughout the weekend....

After nearly a year straight of sold out shows worldwide, 30 Seconds to Mars, led by Jared Leto, returned home to the Los Angeles area with a date at the historic Fox Theater in Pomona Friday night. “This is the best date we have had on tour so far! But don’t tell anyone that,” Leto told his adoring “Echelon”, the group of die hard Mars fans. The actor-singer has made it clear in the past...

Night Two of the 2010 KROQ Almost Acoustic Christmas, could also be dubbed "Hipster Night" as many of the bands featured were or are indie darlings and nearly all have played that big festival in the desert. From the french synth-pop sensations Phoenix to local favorites Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros, the spectrum of performance was much more broad than that of the more straightforward rock of Night One. Also featured were Florence +...

Packing 19 bands in two nights is no small feat, but each year KROQ's Almost Acoustic Christmas does just that on their revolving stage of wonderment. This 21st installment of the annual Christmastime event kicked off with performances from the Smashing Pumpkins, Social Distortion, My Chemical Romance, Bad Religion, Jimmy Eat World, Cake, The Dirty Heads, Anberlin and A Day To Remember on Night One....