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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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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UK’s Howard Jones brought his re-mastered classic albums Human’s Lib and Dream Into Action in their entirety at The Music Box. A classically trained pianist, Jones applied his technique to the early synths particularly the Roland Juno 60, the Jupiter 8 and the Moog Prodigy. He also pioneered the classic Roland 808 drum machine and [...]

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Those good time garage punkers The Black Lips came to The Music Box on June 24, 2011 in support of their latest baby Arabia Mountain and as expected, the crowd completely let loose. Bodies constantly flew over the rail, moshing was in full force, some lucky ones got to the stage, toilet paper flew in [...]

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You might as well have spritzed me with the latest fragrance because every jiggling skanky ho trying to get in to the show made my eyes tear with their excess of fake perfume. I was really crying that I couldn’t dance to a live version of your first album with a bunch of nerds.

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A couple of days after the record release party for Speed of Darkness at their original stomping grounds, Molly Malones, the beloved L.A.-based Irish band Flogging Molly played to a sold out frenzy of a crowd at the Music Box. If you ever want to feel like part of a family, go to one of [...]

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By the time the Furs opened their hits set with “Sister Europe,” the heart Butler made over his crotch with thumbs and forefingers as he bumped and ground stood for the collective swoon that lasted through “Love My Way,” “Heaven,” “India,” and other catalog cuts.

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Part of L.A.’s musical family came back to town with sold out shows at 5 different venues. We caught up with Airborne Toxic Event at The Music Box. New haircuts, slicker outfits, polished steps and new tunes from their second album, All At Once, made the night special. They may have toured the world and [...]

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Devotchka’s packed show at the Music Box fulfilled all our senses. From the dreamy backdrops to the aerial artists, Nick Urata and company gave us a little bit of their gypsy punk, folk, bolero, mariachi tunes, including a few from their very latest, 100 Lovers. The multi-instrumentalist band makes the magic happen with all kinds [...]

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Beach House & Papercuts photos by Lindsey Best. Setlist: 1) Gila 2) Better Times 3) Walk in the Park 4) Silver Soul 5) Norway 6) Master Of None 7) Love Of Mine Astronaut 9) Used To Be 10) Zebra 11) (new song) 12) Heart Of Chambers 13) Take Care Encore: 14) Real Love 15 10 [...]

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