Archive for April, 2012

Best of Coachella 2012

Best of Coachella 2012 review recap

So it took us a few days to recover from the desert heat, long journeys of our Bay Area based writers, and to synthesize 6 days of music at Coachella and 4 nights of shows in Los Angeles in between.  We’ve finally did it and can present to you the Best of Coachella 2012.  We [...]

New Kasabian videos: Fonda peformance on Last Call tonight & “Man Of Simple Pleasures” music video

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We have a quick round up of new Kasabian videos for all you LSFs out there.  The band’s latest music video was released this past weekend while we were at Coachella rocking and freaking out to their live show in the desert.  Kasabian played three shows in the Los Angeles area over the past week, [...]

Coachella Primer: Part 12 (of 12) – Tupac

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In the final piece of our 12 part series getting you ready for the best & most entertaining acts at Coachella 2012, we really take it up a notch.  The whole world knows now that Tupac is back!  Apparently he has been hanging out with those creepy anti-aging dudes who advertise in Southwest Magazine every [...]

Live Review: Refused @ The Warfield 4/18

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What frequency are you getting? Is it noise or sweet, sweet music? We’re all dressed up, we’ve got somewhere to go! Refused party program! Boredom won’t get me tonight! CAN I SCREAM?! Refused are NOT fucking dead—and their show at the Warfield in San Francisco last night proved it. After a 14-year respite, the band [...]

First Look: Crocodiles – Endless Flowers

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“Relish in the panty dropping sounds,” says San Diego’s Crocodiles in their teaser video for their upcoming album Endless Flowers.  The quote perfectly describes the rawness of this band’s sound in the previous two albums, Summer of Hate and Sleep Forever, and Endless Flowers will most certainly run along side that.   Check out the [...]

Live Review: Kasabian @ Fonda Theatre 4/17

Kasabian Fonda Theatre Live Show Concert

To put this in perspective, the last time Kasabian played in Los Angeles the Fonda Theatre was still called the Henry Fonda and George W. Bush was only halfway through his second term.  It was October 11, 2006 and Kasabian was in support of their third album Empire.  It took almost six years for Kasabian [...]

Watch The Flaming Lips & New Fumes in “Girl, You’re So Weird”

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If the music video can’t even stay up on You Tube because of content warnings, then you know it has to be good!  Check out the totally NSFW video for “Girl, You’re So Weird” featuring The Flaming Lips and New Fumes.  This is the “single” from The Flaming Lips’ Record Store Day release The Flaming [...]

Show Alert: Jack White @ Mayan Theater 4/30

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[ April 30, 2012; 7:00 pm; ] Remember when you totally blew it and missed out on those Jack White tickets for his May shows at The Wiltern.  Remember when you were totally bummed about it, and your responsible ticket-buying friends made fun of you and sheepishly waved their sold-out tickets in front of your face?  Remember when you got tickets tomorrow [...]

Top 5 bands to see at Coachella in the rain

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So it looks like the gods have had enough of Coachella and Goldenvoice thinking they can just do whatever the hell they want.  Two weekends?!  Are you serious?!  Haven’t we given you enough already!  How many times do you want to collect $350 during this recession from the poor people of earth?  Oh, as many [...]

Lollapalooza books Black Sabbath for their only US appearance

Black Sabbath Lollapalooza US date

How big is the smile on Perry Farrell’s face this morning?  Even though the 2012 Lollapalooza lineup was effectively leaked yesterday, today the festival put the final stamp of approval on a lineup that trumps every major US festival so far this year.  While Coachella boasts an extremely deep lineup, and Bonnaroo features some amazing [...]

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