photography by Benjamin Hoste Local heroes Local Natives performed to a sold out crowd Saturday night (the second of two back to back sold out nights), September 18th at the Fonda following closely on the heels of a breathtaking and well received performance at FYF Fest earlier in the month. Ever since the band name [...]

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Silversun Pickups – photography by Benjamin Hoste Silversun Pickups wrapped up their national tour with tour mates Against Me and Los Angeles locals The Henry Clay People in August at the Greek Theatre. The enthusiastic crowd responded warmly to recent tunes off Silvserun Pickups’ lastest release Swoon as well as older songs.

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photography by Benjamin Hoste The Like performed to a packed house on Saturday, June 19 at The Troubadour to celebrate the release of their new album Release Me which hit stores last week. Their performance was exuberant beyond expectations and quickly and easily captures the imagination of the audience, many of whom joined them on [...]

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photography by Benjamin Hoste Real Estate headlined the Woodsist Fest both in Big Sur and when they played the Echo/Echoplex on Tuesday, June 15. Real Estate is one of those rare bands that takes a promising record and delivers a live show to remember and Tuesday was no exception.

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photography by Benjamin Hoste The Henry Clay People didn’t quite sell out Spaceland for their record release show last night, June 8, but they did gather a large crowd that sang along with ease and joy. Their show was peppered with a number of covers and guitarist Steven Chen from The Airborne Toxic Event joined [...]

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photography by Benjamin Hoste LCD Soundsystem played to an eager, sold out crowd, but didn’t seem to be able to get the things completely off the ground. Plagued by an unruly electric piano early in their set, they were forced to borrow equipment from openers Holy Ghost. Not to say that the show didn’t have [...]

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photography by Benjamin Hoste Japandroids performed to an eager crowd at The Echoplex on April 22, but opening the show and blowing people away with their antics were No Bunny. Videothing was on site creating awesome projections as well.

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photography by Benjamin Hoste This was my second year at SXSW and it was just as fantastic as last year. Part of my strategy for enjoying Austin this time round was to: a) drink less free booze, b) carry around less crap, and c) try and relax and see more bands I’ve never heard of. [...]

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photography be Benjamin Hoste I had to camp out and wait few a through lousy acts and a couple good ones to see Band of Skulls at 1:00am at Maggie Mae’s, but it was definitely worth it. They really brought their album to life and gave the performance of SXSW for me.

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photography by Benjamin Hoste We Were Promised Jetpacks captured my heart at SXSW and I only wish I got seen them in Los Angeles when they passed through at the beginning of March. Their record is fantastic as well.

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