photography by Daniel Funaki The New Los Angeles Folk Festival was held at the Historical Monument 157 in the heart of Lincoln Heights. Within the hustle and bustle of the city was a tranquil place where the best of Folk musicians came together to play in an open air venue where guests sat on couches [...]

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photography by Zane Roessell We Are Scientists performed at The Troubadour on Friday August 6, 2010. The band played a riveting set that combined songs off their new album Barbara with fan favorites such as “After Hours.” In addition to their fine musicianship, their banter between songs, which ranged from Budweiser’s status as the “King [...]

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Ty Segall – photography by Rachel Carr Visiting from their home city of São Paulo, Garotas Suecas—they’re five Brazilian boys and one girl, despite their name being Portuguese for “Swedish girls”—successfully started a few people dancing. But it was headliner Ty Segall who really drew the crowd to the foot of the stage, despite a [...]

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Fitz and the Tantrums – photography be Debi Del Grande Photos from Day 2 of Sunset Junction including: The Deadly Syndrome, Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros, Fitz and the Tantrums, Leslie and the Badgers, Mayor Hawthorn, Red Cortez, and Wheel House.

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Saint Motel – photography by Debi Del Grande Photos from the first day of Sunset Junction including Andy Clockwise, Chief, Dam Funk, Eastern Conference Champions, Ferocious Few, Ghostland Observatory, Moses Cambell, Saint Motel, Silverlake Chorus.

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Wolfmother – photography by Carlton Beener Sunday at Lollapalooza started off wet, very wet. The original forecast showed possible showers at night but by the time you woke up Sunday you could tell it would be much sooner. The rain was coming down before doors opened turning the already damp ground into mud. The crowd [...]

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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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AFI – photography by Carlton Beener Saturday at Lollapalooza was a big day for some local LA bands. The Soft Pack opened the massive second main stage at 12:30, practically morning for most people there but they had a decent sized crowd. The Sony Bloggie stage saw both Warpaint and Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic [...]

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photography by Lindsey Best Simon Joyner is a songwriter from Omaha, NE who is credited with being one of the most influential driving forces behind many of the bands and musicians that have come out of the Omaha music scene. Playing a series of house shows in support of his most recent release, Out Into [...]

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photography by Ward Robinson MGMT performed at The Greek on July 16. MGMT is a big fancy band now, but they still brought crowd-moving magic to the stage. The Greek is a gorgeous venue and it was a gorgeous night: they filled it all with familiar songs and warm, simple joy.

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