With the hit song and video “Somebody I Used To Know,” Gotye (born Wouter “Wally” De Backer) earned himself the hottest ticket in town.  But would the Belgian-Australian songwriter  be another musician thrown to the indie wolves only to be spit out after a massive hit? Couples, older folk and many attractive young hipsters packed [...]

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Alternative rock group Angels & Airwaves are currently on tour with their latest “LOVE, PART II” and had a recent stop at  the Avalon.  Vocalist/guitarist Tom DeLonge (Blink 182) with guitarist David Kennedy (Box Car Racer), bassist Matt Wachter (30 Seconds to Mars) and the recent addition of Ilan Rubin (Nine Inch Nails) on drums [...]

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Warpaint played a free intimate show at Space 15 Twenty along with DJ AJ English for the THVM Artists Series Installation. The set included two new songs, a helicopter and flying beer. —Debi Del Grande

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The last time I caught Dinosaur Jr. performing was at their main stomping grounds, The Troubadour.  Hardcore fan, musician, writer, actor, spoken word artist, and KCRW DJ Henry Rollins was up against the wall rocking out. That’s when I decided I better start carrying around earplugs. This time, at The Music Box, Rollins did a [...]

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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 [...]

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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 [...]

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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 [...]

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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 [...]

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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 [...]

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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 [...]

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