Photos by David Benjamin When WAVVES plays, we try to be there. Coming off the release of the latest Afraid of Heights, the guys headlined Red Bull’s third installment of their Sound Select series at the Echoplex.

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Photos and words by Debi Del Grande Mayhem at The Echo as London’s Palma Violets rolled in and had the place in a frenzy. Now I get what the fuss is all about.

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Photos and words by Scott Sheff Thirty years may have passed since they came onto the scene, but that didn’t stop veteran grunge/punk rockers Mudhoney from delivering a fast-paced, high energy set for a packed house at The Echo. With fans passing out before the show and the smell of vomit wafting through the air, [...]

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Photos and words by Scott Sheff There are some bands whose names mirror their music, and such is the case for the all-female quartet from London called Savages. The hard-hitting, industrial-style post-punk band played to a sold-out crowd at The Echo before heading off to the big stage of Coachella, and unabashedly ripped through a [...]

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Photos and words by Scott Sheff Empty cans of PBR, stage diving and a little nudity were just part of the festivities on-hand at The Echoplex as Canadian Mac DeMarco and his irreverent blend of indie rock took the stage—and the crowd—by storm. From start to finish, DeMarco and company kept the energy high as [...]

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Photos by Brittany Kalaj Margulieux Setlist: Pines Locusts Harsh Realm Sore Eyes The Dark Age Thick as Thieves Perennials Dyed in the Wool Devil Knows Gun Shy Almanac/Ballad of the Golden Hour

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Photos and words by Scott Sheff It was a flashback to generations past at The Echo. Headlining the night was Foxygen, a modern-day twist on the psychedelic sounds found in classic rock from the ‘60s and ‘70s. Led by the duo of Sam France (vox) and Jonathan Rado (guitar/keyboards), Foxygen is a journey into yesteryear [...]

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Photos and words by Debi Del Grande If you like your punk dark and in-your-face, than you were probably at The Echoplex catching the brief, but intense Iceage show. Pop punk, they are not. This set was around 35-40 minutes, actually much longer than the previous set at The Echo. The Danish group’s latest album [...]

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Photos and words by Scott Sheff Jamie Lidell worked his magic behind a futuristic-looking, metallic DJ booth, hiding his gear from sight of the audience and making for a clean stage presence. Sporting a knee-length trench coat throughout the night, Jamie rotated from behind the booth to the front of the stage to groove with [...]

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Photos and words by Brittany Kalaj Margulieux Fitted jeans, leather boots and just-unkempt-enough facial hair. Seattle’s Ivan & Alyosha played to a packed house at The Echo. And even though they had to wake up at the crack of dawn for Morning Becomes Eclectic, they didn’t skimp on the encore.

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