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The Five Best Concerts in L.A. This Week

Monday, January 7 Feeding People THE ECHO Feeding People, who are in residency at the Echo this month, are barely weeks away from the February release of their second LP, Island Universe, and the few tracks out so far underscore exactly how cosmically one-of-a-kind this record will be. Universe so ... More >>

Music Picks: Lord Huron, Matthewdavid, Smell 15th Anniversary Party

FYF Fest 2012 Lineup Announced

See also: *M83's Anthony Gonzalez Makes Soundtracks, Without the Movie *The Descendents, Kid Dynamite, and Ty Segall at FYF last year *Pics from FYF Fest 2011: Death From Above 1979, Explosions in the Sky, Descendents, Simian Mobile Disco and More *Pics from FYF Fest 2010: The Rapture, Dead Man's B ... More >>

Music Picks: Smokeout Festival, Mike Miller Group, Zola Jesus, Saul Williams

Also, New Multitudes, Cool Moms, Alpha & Omega, Cloud Nothings and others

White Fence's Tim Presley Moves Retro Rock Forward

[Editor's note: Weekly scribe Jeff Weiss's column, "Bizarre Ride," appears on West Coast Sound every Wednesday. His archives are available here.] See also: Top 5 L.A. Garage Rock Bands Not everything needs to sound like the future. Not everyone wants to dwell in the present. In fact, some aim to a ... More >>

The Top Ten Los Angeles Albums Of 2011

​The best albums of 2011 from Los Angeles artists came from a suitably diverse Angeleno cast of characters; there are rappers and singers, legends and transplants, folks with great careers in front of them, and those who may have peaked this year. One thing's clear: it was unquestionably a gre ... More >>

Beat L.A.: Stream The Entire Compilation Here

​The new compilation Beat L.A. features current artists reimaging tracks by the classic alternative Los Angeles bands that helped shape the sound of the city. More than just punk, it features folks like Josh Klinghoffer of the Red Hot Chili Peppers doing Thelonious Monster's "Anymore" and No A ... More >>

Beat L.A. A Love Letter to L.A.

Music Picks: Fucked Up, Dolly Parton, Ty Segal, Fitz & the Tantrums,

Also, Soundgarden, Iceage, Earth, Wu Lyf and others

Crystal Antlers: Best L.A. Rock Album So Far This Year? Find Out Where They Play TWO Free Shows Tonight

Rebecca Smeyne ​Crystal Antlers' live show rocked my socks off during my first evening in town last Monday; and a good thing, too, because I was wearing sandals. (Not my best look.) It was the second date of their month-long Monday night residency at the Echo, which, you know, is free. Drumme ... More >>

Music Picks: Bob Dylan, Azalia Snail, Makabert Fynd, Seun Kuti

Also, No Age, Crystal Antlers, Imelda May and others

Music Picks: Tinariwen, Colbie Caillat, A.R. Rahman, Best Coast

Also, Monopoly, David Bazan, Gravespawn and others

Music Picks: NKOTBSB, Mixed Message, Earthless

Also, Catwalk, Holly Miranda, Darwin Dees, and others

New Crystal Antlers Video: "Summer Solstice" (New Album Coming In July)

Long Beach band Crystal Antlers have decided to greet the longest day of the year by releasing the video to a track appropriately entitled "Summer Soltice", off their new album Two Way Mirror. It's been a bit of a bumpy ride for Crystal Antlers. Their last (and first) full-length, Tentacles, was ... More >>

Babies, Lobster Balls, and Bands with Beards at the Silverlake Jubilee

Daiana FeuerMom says, "He takes his music very seriously"​ So the world didn't end on Saturday. And from the looks of this kid in the picture, he would have been very disappointed if the Rapture had taken place and he never got his chance to play at the Silverlake Jubilee in around 18 years. H ... More >>

The Secret Day Jobs of Indie Musicians

Have guitar, will work

Top 10 Best Musician Mustaches of 2010: Whiskers and Thigh Ticklers

Top 10 Best Musician Mustaches, Whiskers, and Thigh Ticklers

Rock Picks: DJ Spinna, Bodega Girls, Andre Nickatina, Elevated Suspects

Also, Hilary Hahn, People Under the Stairs, KROQ Almost Acoustic Xmas and others

Crystal Antlers Debut Soulful Breakdowns From Their Mexico Sessions

Crystal Antlers Debut Soulful Breakdowns From Their Mexico Sessions

Streaming Today: OFF! First Four EPs, Target Holiday Album with Best Coast, Darker My Love, Ceci Bastida, Crystal Antlers and More

above: the median point between today's two streams Two streams for you to gnaw on today! First: Tis please not the season already--didn't we just have Veteran's Day?--but Target has just released for streaming (and later potential download) a custom holiday comp full of exclusive tracks including ... More >>

This weekend: Rx Bandits, Band of Horses, Vampire Weekend, Muse, Abbot Kinney Festival, Epicenter Festival, Willie Nelson, Rancid, Waved Out II, Helmet

Rx Bandits​Few would have thought that the Orange County ska-punk kids who a decade ago started playing as the Pharmaceutical Bandits would grow up to be a Coachella band. But the quartet now known Rx Bandits has, their party in the desert last spring certifying Matt Embree and crew as musica ... More >>

Music Picks: Sunset Junction Street Fair, Lucinda Williams, Y & T, Tanya Morgan

Also, GZA, Jimmy Webb, Fol Chen and others

Music Picks: Ida & Michael Hurley, Rasputina, Hercules & the Love Affair

Also, Natalie Merchant, Earthless, Seu Jorge & Almaz and others

826LA and the Pity Party Look Out for the Kiddies [MP3]

Chickens in love in Echo Park (Cindy Bennett)​Over the weekend, the Echoplex played host to a mini-festival benefiting 826LA, the local branch of Dave Eggers' countrywide youth writing nonprofit. The curious event, which involved on-the-spot punk haircuts and an appearance from a heavy metal ... More >>

Rock Picks: Loudon Wainwright III & Richard Thompson, Miss Jilly, Mission of Burma, The Mountain Goats

Videothing: Crystal Antlers Cover Linda Perhacs at REDCAT

A few weeks ago a bunch of musicians and filmmakers got together at REDCAT to pay tribute to Linda Perhacs' beautiful 1970 Topanga folk record Parallelograms. One of the bands that played was Crystal Antlers, and our friends at Videothing captured it.

Linda Perhacs to Perform Live, Debut New Song Tonight (And Five Other Moments of Canyon Bliss)

For fans of semi-obscure Canyon folk music, tonight is a watershed moment. Linda Perhacs, whose single album from 1970s, Parallelograms, is a transcendent piece of Topanga beauty, will perform selections from the album for the first time ever. As well, she will debut a new song, the first she's unve ... More >>

Music Picks: Sky Saxon Tribute, Daddy Kev, Grace Jones, The Mekons

Also, Jarvis Cocker, Regina Spektor, Ida Maria, Themselves and others.

ROCK PICKS: CEU, GIRL IN A COMA, COLDPLAY, GRAVEYARD

Also, Amadou & Mariam,The Pains of Being Pure, Jason Collett, The Smithereens, and others.

Rock Picks: Erykah Badu, Peaches, The Church, Camera Obscura

Also, Au Revoir Simone, Patrick Wolf, The Field, Fortress of Amplitude and others

SXSW Overview: Where We Were, What We Saw, What We Missed

View the SXSW archives for complete coverage . Randall RobertsStrange Boys drummer Matt Hammer at the Beauty Bar It's all a blur, but a few snapshots remain. Many who follow the fest, of course, were there and damn sure weren't anywhere near the Internets. We were. We were blogging. Over the past ... More >>

Mess With Texas Party at Waterloo Park: The F-Yeah Fest Posse Hits SXSW, Pulls It Off Again?

Randall RobertsSaturday afternoon at the Mess with Texas party. Yes, they pulled it off. For the past three years, Sean Carlson and Keith Morris, in conjunction with Transmission Entertainers, the founders of Austin's renegade summer autumn Fun Fun Fun Fest, have thrown the Mess With Texas party ... More >>

LA at SXSW Tip #1: Is Fol Chen the City's Best New Band?

At least 171 Los Angeles-area acts will represent at the South by Southwest Music Conference in Austin, Texas, next week, and they range from metal (Ancestors, Metallica, Black Math Horseman), acoustic (Jim Bianco, Tom Brosseau, Tori Amos) and punk (Japanese Motors, the Mae Shi, DEVO) to hip-hop ( ... More >>

M. Ward, Gomez, Cursive, Crystal Antlers, Bear Hands to Play LA Weekly's SXSW Party

This is a good bill, huh?

Mika Miko Announce Release Date for We Be Xuxa on PPM Records

Mika Miko: They be xuxa. Given that they've been around since 2003, it's kinda shocking that LA's Mika Miko have released only one proper full-length. Yeah, they've had their cassettes and demos and 7-inches and compilation appearances and their fantastic 666 EP on Post Present Medium. Last year's ... More >>

Seminal Indie Label Touch & Go Lays Off 20, Leaving Crystal Antlers Without a Label and PPM Without Distribution

Very very sad news in the world of true-blue punk rock. Estimable Midwest label Touch & Go announced today that it was laying off its 20 employees and scaling back its operations. The label, responsible for releasing some of the great post-punk records of 80s, 90s and 00s, played home to legends, i ... More >>

The Crystal Antlers Play the Smell Tonight on the Eve of Their First European Tour

Long Beach's the Crystal Antlers will embark on their first European tour this Sunday, and to celebrate that -- and apparently something else that happened today -- the band gigs at the Smell tonight. Also on the bill are the Ancestors, Magic Lantern and Slang Chickens. click through for their E ... More >>

Crystal Antlers Sign to Touch and Go, Gig for F Yeah Fest Benefit Tonight

Long Beach's Crystal Antlers, "more metal than a fucking scrapyard," have signed to Chicago-based Touch and Go Records. Says the label in a press release: "So as it happens, we’ve been caught under the spell of that energy and floored by the burst of raw, soulful punk that is the Antlers debut E ... More >>

The 10 Best Non Hip-Hop Albums of the Half Year

Image Via Natalie Dee In case, you were wondering, I do have a pair of boombox pants and yes, they're quite comfortable. 10. King Khan & The Shrines-The Supreme Genius Of.... (tie) If my review of Khan's Pitchfork Fest set didn't convince you, this interview that ran today should seal the ... More >>

Sean Carlson Announces LA installment of F Yeah Fest, and it features a Scavenger Hunt (and, er, Insane Clown Posse)!

There is so much to be excited about the F Yeah Fest that I don't know where to begin. Let's start with Negative Approach, one of the great old school dirt punk bands. Or Toronto's Fucked Up, whose "Year of the Pig" EP from last year was an absolute epic marriage of hardcore punk and rock opera th ... More >>

Crystal Antlers, Pity Party and Imaad Wasif at Little Radio's Summercamp

All photos by Timothy Norris Little Radio kicked off their first Summercamp Saturday of 2008 with a pool party, DJs, plenty of Colt 45 and live set by these guys: Crystal Antlers Imaad Wasif The PIty Party: And loads of pool frolicking... Many more photos bikinis, dudes and debauchery ... More >>

Vice Magazine's Tales of Colt 45 at King King

Photos and text by Guelda Voien While Vice magazine represents many things, most prominent is the value on stupid, constant debauchery. Crystal Antlers do their thing In terms of pointless excess, their unlimited beer-fueled event Monday evening, "Tales of Colt 45," met the requisite expectat ... More >>

Michael Reich's Videothing.com Captures the Essence of L.A.'s Underground

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F YEAH FEST Announces Summer Tour

The Yeah Fest formerly know as Fuck has announced its summer tour across the Eastern, Southern, and Middle United States, and a little bit of Canada. Bands touring are Matt & Kim, Circle Jerks, Dillinger Four, The Death Set, Monotonix, Dan Deacon, Paint it Black, Team Robespierre, Brother Reade, Cr ... More >>

Crystal Antlers at High Voltage Party, Safari Sam's, 1/21/08

Crystal Antlers Safari Sam's, Jan. 21, 2008 The sparkling reputation of Long Beach’s Crystal Antlers drew me out to the High Voltage Magazine party at Safari Sam’s last night, and despite the clear lameness of the event (see below for unfortunate High Voltage missteps), Crystal Antlers deliver ... More >>