As high as everyone was—and I mean everyone—at The Wiltern, the chemistry produced between Wiz Khalifa and Snoop Dogg was undeniably potent. With scenes from their new movie, Mac And Devin Go to High School, playing between sets, the two rappers flowed over beats on stage, and welcomed everyone to the party. Khalifa brought his [...]

The last time The Kooks came to town, back in June, the band filled the Troubadour with girls screaming over Luke Pritchard.  This time around, the boys played two sold out nights at The Music Box to the same screaming girls, but with some added guys in the mix.  A riser was added to the [...]

After a tease at FYF, Girls returned to L.A.’s Music Box with its critically acclaimed baby Father, Son, Holy Ghost. With his blonde messy locks falling over the side of his face and quiet demeanor, Christopher Owens had the room at full attention the entire night.  Owens’ passion in his songwriting comes through clearly live. [...]

all photos by debi del grande What could a talent such as Sting possibly do after one of the most successful musical careers in history? The former English teacher has pretty much done it all musically as well as being an activist, actor and philanthropist. I mean, he mastered the lute. Thankfully for fans, Sting [...]

all photos by debi del grande With the name obviously inspired by the Smith’s song “Girlfriend in a Coma,” I was wondering if this was going to be another band relying on props and gimmicks and not really much talent. But I recalled that I had caught the band a long time ago opening for [...]

If you were on the mailing list of the Pixies, you were kindly rewarded with a link to buy tickets (sans service charge) of an intimate “La La Love You” to be held at The Music Box. Of course, it sold out in minutes. The day of the gig, the band asked for requests via [...]

It’s not every night you get three solid bands in one gig.  The long-awaited return of We Were Promised Jetpacks with openers Royal Bangs and Bear Hands at The Music Box proved that it can happen. The last time the Scottish lads of WWPJ performed in L.A. was at The Troubadour two years ago.  You [...]

The synopsis: After a 30 year separation, father and son reconnect for a grueling 500-mile bike tour. In a confrontation of the past, these two men struggle to find a future. Can they see beyond their polar opposite views? Beyond This Place is a complex and emotionally dense film about family, forgiveness, and the arduous [...]

Wild Flag may be a fairly new band (self-titled album just came out), but members Carrie Brownstein, Mary Timony, Rebecca Cole and Janet Weiss have been rocking in other solid bands, including Sleater-Kinney, Autoclave, and Helium. Drummer Weiss has also contributed to Stephen Malkmus and The Jicks and Bright Eyes’ albums. Put these four punk [...]

Tune-Yards It only made sense for Cut Chemist to open for Merrill Garbus aka tUnE-yArDs at The Music Box since Garbus will be on his upcoming album.  The love was returned when it came time for tUnE-yArDs to perform “Gangsta” off  2011′s W H O K I L L. Cut Chemist came out and threw [...]