A set full of the classics would’ve been enough to sate most fans, as they did with last year’s massive Joshua Tree anniversary tour (which was advertised on countless shirts and jackets throughout the crowd). However, U2’s luxury seat at the top of the touring market has never left them content to rest on their laurels – even that legacy production was breathtaking and dramatic, and they’ve dropped a new record, Songs of Experience, since then. ►

Nada Surf brought their 15th anniversary celebration of Let Go for a sold out evening at the Moroccan Lounge. ►

Photos of May 4 show by Debi Del Grande Words by Cheryl Cheng “Love is all over this house tonight!” Yeah Yeah Yeahs singer Karen O noted during her set at the Hollywood Bowl on May 5. It was the second of two sold-out shows… ►

“The first time I played here, I was 16 and I made some questionable fashion choices.” It’s hard to imagine that the polished musician on stage could have ever been a teenager with dyed black hair and ripped fishnets. ►

Photos by Stephanie Port Words by Madison Desler “So you guys know the band’s not coming out, right?,” reigning indie darling Angel Olsen asked last night at The El Rey Theatre, where she performed an intimate solo show without her usual, besuited sidemen. It was… ►

Photos by Debi Del Grande Words by Madison Desler As soon as fuschia-haired, glitter-gloved Arrow de Wilde was thrown up on the Lodge Room stage last night, the packed crowd was in the palm of her hand. As the frontwoman of the young and carnivorous… ►