The skies were grey and the weather crisp but that was no hindrance for the 30,000 people that attended the second day of the sold out Cali Roots Fest on Saturday May 24, 2014. The streets surrounding the fairgrounds were packed full of people desperate to find parking so they Read more…
If you’re an educated, thoughtful individual who holds any respect for The Knife as either a musical or a political entity, then I strongly recommend that you avoid attending their current live incarnation, the Shaking The Habitual Show. Touting itself as an ostensibly political piece of performance art espousing socialist, Read more…
It seems like you can’t talk about Deafheaven without talking about whether it’s shoegaze or “real” metal. The delicacies of classification are both inane and intricately complex, and we could go on for hours and hours about which genre Deafheaven better fits into. But after seeing them at the El Read more…
(Guest Review by Matt Edmund) The word is “Saudade”. While there’s no direct English translation, the word comes from the Portuguese and Galician language and describes the feeling of deep emotional longing and nostalgia, perhaps for a lost lover that you know will never return. The word has been long Read more…
After spending the last two years pursuing side projects, touring in relentless fashion (including a 7-night stint in San Francisco), and dropping the occasional remix, but for the most part flying under the radar and leaving a noticeable rift in the EDM space/time continuum, Skrillex has burst back from the Read more…
I guess Monday isn’t a slow night for some bands. British pop-rockers The Kooks sold out a double billing — including a midnight show — at the Troubadour Monday night, packing the classic venue with two tiers of screaming young fans. They definitely nailed the secret formula for a two-show Read more…
No one’s more taken aback by Phantogram’s explosion of popularity than the band’s promoters. Last Tuesday, the band finally released their second LP, Voices, after the better part of a year of songs dropping with no release date attached. They were booked to support the album at the Wiltern – Read more…
The Devil Makes Three came to the House of Blues on Sunset this past weekend for the second to last show of their West Coast run. In support of their fourth studio album, I’m A Stranger Here, its clear that the Santa Cruz based band is more popular than ever. Read more…