photography by Carlton Beener Hot Hot Heat continued their Wednesday night residency at the Bootleg Theater last Wednesday (June 23), this time bringing along Links and Eulogies. Eulogies were good but seemed a little mellow sandwiched between the faster charged sets of Links and Hot Hot Heat. If you haven’t made it out yet, you’ll [...]

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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 Chris Juarez One would never expect to see hundreds of kids drive hundreds of miles to visit a library. What was happening on this day to cause such an occurrence? (((folkYEAH!))) and New York-based indie label, Woodsist, decided to bring a music festival to the Henry Miller Library in Big Sur to showcase [...]

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photography by Alex Broadwell Phoenix and Dave Matthews Band ruled Sunday at Bonnaroo as the festival’s final day came to an end, drawing huge crowds to their respective stages. Dave Matthews Band closed out the festival with a subdued cover of Neil Young’s “The Needle and The Damage Done” and a blistering cover of Bob [...]

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photography by Ward Robinson Holy Fuck played the Troubadour on Thursday, June 10. Their tight, focused dance beats and brutal rave ups are an example of the best of new indie electronica. They use crappy Casio keyboards, a film splicer running a  looped spool of 35mm film, and bass and drums to turn out beautiful [...]

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photography by Graeme Flegenheimer What’s a better a way to end the work week than dancing with some jamming Spaniards? Nothing. Friday, June 11, Delorean sold out The Echo for a night of blissful jams that had the whole venue moving for their 45 minute set. While the set included everything from the Ayrton Senna [...]

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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 Lindsay Hutchens Buzzcocks performed at Club Nokia in Los Angeles, Saturday, June 5, 2010 on a stop during their “Another Bites” US Tour.  The band played their first two classic albums “Another Music in a Different Kitchen” and “Love Bites” in their entirety along with some of their biggest hits.  Original band members [...]

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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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