See also: Coachella 2012 Sold Out The Coachella 2012 full lineup was just announced. Go crazy! Headliners include The Black Keys on Friday, April 13th and 20th; Radiohead on Saturday, April 14th and 21st; and Dr. Dre and Snoop Dogg, Sunday April 15th and 22nd. Full lineup below.
PHOTO BY ERIN BROADLEYThe Venice Beach Boardwalk is about to get a little weirder.What could be more fun-lovin' and lighthearted than a local celebration of national Go Topless Day, in which a bunch of free-titted gals (save for pasties, some engineered to look "EXACTLY like nipples") march d ... More >>
Booth 105 at DesignerCon was a little different from most of the vending stations at last Saturday's toy and art convention when we passed it. There was no one standing behind the table to answer questions or sign autographs, no huge crowd looking for discounted items. There was, however, a lot of t ... More >>
Just like the monkey saysThe Melvins have just announced they will be playing a Spaceland residency every Friday in January 2011. LA Weekly's Erin Broadley recently talked to Buzzo about their current wave of success (Billboard 200 album? check), and he continued extolling the virtues of bei ... More >>
If we were to make a list of the ultimate '90s goth movies, The Craft would be near the top of it. After all, what Fairuza Balk's character, Nancy Downs, did to her uniform was downright inspiring for spooky teenagers forced to wear the same thing as everyone else in high school. With that in mind, ... More >>
El-P gives big ups to L.A.The bass starts in your eardrums, a deafening but not piercing rumble that then travels down your throat and slowly coils itself around your vocal chords, thick like dubstep molasses. Next it sinks into your chest, heavy like regret on prom night. It speeds up, rever ... More >>
Childrens Hospital, comedian Rob Corddry's series that began life on the web and launched its cable television debut on Adult Swim Sunday night, is what might happen to your favorite medical show if you left in all of the steamy relationships and cut out the medical bits. Erin Broadley
Cage (Erin Broadley)We're three acts deep at the Roxy, sipping wine in the VIP area and waiting for headliner Chris "Cage" Palko to take the stage, as L.A.-based rapper Intuition wraps his set before the packed, all-ages crowd. We're also waiting for our pal (and L.A. Weekly guest columnist) ... More >>
Saint Motel's A/J Jackson (Erin Broadley)Tracking down Saint Motel at the band's recording studio isn't exactly easy. Deep in Pasadena, the entrance to Crown City Studios lies hidden in a dark junkyard alleyway, abandoned and eerie like a CSI episode just waiting for you to stumble headfirst ... More >>
Dead Man's Bones (Erin Broadley)West Coast Sound was there for Dead Man's Bones' two-night, all-ages stint at the Eagle Rock Center for the Arts last weekend. Quoth reviewer Erin Broadley: Ryan Gosling and Zach Shields took the stage as Dead Man's Bones Saturday, June 26, for the first of t ... More >>
"I've got a disease and the only cure is more piano," Ryan Gosling half-joked into the mic as he raised one eyebrow and took a seat before a vintage, deconstructed piano. The sound-man obliged and the audience cheered for the full-bodied, moody organ sounds that are signature of Dead Man's Bones' se ... More >>
Erin BroadleyHarrison Ford (Han Solo) and Peter Mayhew (Chewbacca) together again Last night, stars and fans of The Empire Strikes Back gathered at Hollywood's Arclight Theater for a one-night-only screening of the classic film. The Empire Gives Back, a benefit for St. Jude's Children's Hospi ... More >>
View more backstage and concert photos in our "Street Drum Corps, 30 Seconds to Mars @ The Greek, Pt. 1" and "Pt. 2" slideshows. Erin BroadleyStreet Drum Corps' Adam Alt, Bobby Alt and Frank Zummo on the VIP patio at the GreekIt's late. It's cold. Our ears are ringing and everyone is tired, ... More >>
Robbie Conal"Read My Apocalips"You've seen his work before. Perhaps in a gallery like Track 16 or wheat-pasted across some L.A. street-side, traffic light switching box. Perhaps you saw 2002's rare "Secretary Of Offense" poster depicting a wrinkly Donald Rumsfeld and Dick Cheney posing as "Dr ... More >>
Erin BroadleyGet Busy CommitteeHip-hop group Get Busy Committee has no shortage of back-up these days. At yesterday's pre-party to hype tonight's May 12 Viper Room gig, the trio had major support from digital music pioneers Topspin Media, original game-changers MySpace Music, big man on camp ... More >>
Peter Gabriel returned to Los Angeles for a date at Hollywood Bowl this weekend, but that wasn't all. See where we went below. Peter Gabriel @ Hollywood Bowl Timothy Norris Peter Gabriel and the New Blood Orchestra performed the legend's latest album, Scratch My Back, at the Hollywood Bowl F ... More >>
Timothy NorrisMike PattonIt's half-way through Faith No More's Saturday night set at Coachella and Mike Patton is already being groped and grabbed by the audience. No sooner had the band begun to wind down its cheeky rendition of Michael Jackson's "Ben" than the crooner leapt into the pit of ... More >>
Prior to the 2nd Annual Streamy Awards on Sunday, April 11, L.A. Weekly camped out on the red carpet with a video camera and asked nominees, presenters and winners what best piece of advice they'd give to someone just starting out who wants to create their own web series. We figured you wouldn't w ... More >>
Erin Broadley(L-R) Nerdists Chris Hardwick, Adam Savage, Matt Mira and Jonah Ray at LargoThat venerable 21st century form of entertainment known as the podcast can be as wonderful (so much variety... and usually, free!) as it is frustrating. With hundreds upon hundreds of podcasts available o ... More >>
View more photos in the "L.A. Twestival @ The Roxy feat. Metric" slideshow. Erin BroadleyTwitter festival = Twestival charity eventThe Twitterati of Los Angeles came together Thursday night at this year's L.A. Twestival to raise money and awareness for Concern Worldwide, "an international ... More >>
Josh "CuriousJosh" Reiss From hip-hop to pop to some of the craziest electronic music around, L.A. Weekly's writers and photographers caught the big parties of the weekend. Down on the Sunset Strip, Metric played a secret show for Twitter fundraisers. Jay Z sold-out Staples Center. Meanwhile ... More >>
Erin BroadleyBottoms upSXSW is equally known for the amount of alcohol people consume as it is for music. Let's put it this way: we came, we saw, and some of them puked. Here are our "Top 5 Wasted Musician Moments at SXSW," including GZA, Death Set and an honorary nod to Bill Murray.
Last week, L.A.'s music (and music journalist) community headed to Austin, Texas for South by Southwest. The annual music event brought together up-and-comers with rock veterans for days and nights of concerts. Check out what our team saw over the weekend. Courtney Love Is Back Erin Broadley ... More >>
It's one thing to hang out at the legendary Sunset Strip haunt Rainbow Bar & Grill and try to soak up as much metal as humanly possible. But when you're there in the afternoon for the announcement of Revolver's Golden God nominees and you realize that the guy who walked past you is Rob Halford, the ... More >>
Erin BroadleySlash... not on a jet to VegasThere's an old photograph in Slash's autobiography of him and actor Charlie Sheen on a private jet, where they're probably headed to Las Vegas. Sheen wears the guitar legend's signature black top hat and mugs for the camera, while Slash, Heineken in ... More >>
Tool-man Maynard James Keenan just posted his new Puscifer music video as a preview of next week's digital EP "C" Is for (Please Insert Sophomoric Genitalia Reference HERE). (That's what he's calling the record. It's not us being Victorian. We can say "cock" all we want. Cock cock cock cock.) Our ... More >>
What's better than watching Biff Griff get arrested outside the clock tower while chilling on your hoverboard? Nothing, actually. But sneaking into a parking lot at the Universal Studios back lot to play inside the original Back to the Future DeLorean time machine is pretty damn close. Check out the ... More >>
LA 101 at Gibson Amphitheatre featuring Silversun Pickups, Dandy Warhols, Matt and Kim, Dengue Fever Tuesday, November 3, 2009 Better than: Watching Biff Griff get arrested outside the clock tower while chilling on your hoverboard. Erin BroadleyMatt and Kim backstage"Okay everyone, for this ... More >>
Halloween in Los Angeles can be overwhelming, so many parties to attend, so many elaborate costumes to catch our eyes. While the costume party madness began for us over a week before the big day, the festivities didn't kick into full gear until Thursday night. Keep reading to find out what we did. ... More >>
Check out more photos in Erin Broadley's "Grimm Fairytale Ball" slideshow. Some photos are NSFW. Erin BroadleyYou can pack thousands of scantily clad party people into a theater and give them Deadmau5 and Justice, but no mega-party can compare to goth clubs during this spookiest of holiday ... More >>
Live review: Flaming Lips at the Montalban
View more photos in the "Cardboard City West: Cage and Yak Ballz @ El Rey" slideshow. The demographic of fans lined up outside the El Rey for Definitive Jux rapper Cage's show on July 18 betrayed little of the artistry and showmanship that would eventually transpire inside. Comprised mostly of a h ... More >>
Erin BroadleyGary Busey joins the cast of Point Break Live! on stage Actor Gary Busey made a special appearance at the Dragonfly on Friday night for the May 22 performance of Point Break Live!, the wildly popular punk-rock stage adaptation of the 1991 action flick Point Break that starred Busey as s ... More >>
View more photos in the "Video Game Girls Burlesque @ Bordello" slideshow. Erin BroadleyLucy Fur as The Legend of Zelda's Link and Princess ZeldaIt was geek night at Bordello last Saturday when burlesque troupe Devil's Playground hosted its first Video Game Girls event. Combining arcade-inspired t ... More >>
Click here for more photos in the Girls in Tech slideshow. Erin BroadleyGirls in Tech at The Must BarA very powerful female once mused, "There is a special place in hell for women who don't help each other." Fortunately, the opposite was the case last night at the Girls in Tech "New World of PR" e ... More >>
S. TaylorHalo soldier reads up on Los Angeles at SXSWi ScreenBurn ArcadeAlthough we arrived back at LAX last night exhausted and missing Austin, we felt no symptoms of the dreaded SXSW SARS. Los Angeles was the new girl in town at SXSWi, and this was LAWeekly.com's first time covering Interactive. J ... More >>
Erin BroadleyMashable.com's Pete CashmoreWe were at it again last night, and the party pings did not stop coming. Bumping into Fast Company guru Robert Scoble and PR impresario Brian Solis in the Hilton Hotel lobby after listening to an enlightening Core Conversation organized by Digg's marketing mu ... More >>
View more photos in the SXSW Games and Girls slideshow. Courtesy of Mashable.com and Wm. Marc Salsberry, @wmmarcJulia Allison behind the decks at the Facebook partyAfter a full day of paneling and working hard to bring you fresh SXSW daily, we decided that it was time to play hard. Convening in the ... More >>
View more photos in the SXSW Parties: Bigg Digg Shindigg Driskill Flashmob slideshow Erin BroadleyL.A. Weekly's Alexia Tsotsis and Digg's Kevin RoseAfter spending long afternoon holed up in the Hilton lobby getting our blog on, LAWeekly.com decided to hit the streets of Austin to find out where ... More >>
Erin Broadley No, it's not the new Twitter (according LAWeekly.com sources that's mobile phone app foursquare) but a Dutch woman giving away weird things in the Hilton lobby is so totally #SXSW that we thought it was newsworthy. Why? Because when you have to ask someone "is that your stack of busin ... More >>
Erin BroadleyUser generated SXSW fortune cookie After getting lost in the cavernous Conference Center and desperately seeking help from one of the SXSW volunteers in order to find the inconveniently located Room C (thank you so much Natalie Shanks), I attended my first panel of the day, "User Genera ... More >>
Erin BroadleyAlexia Tsotsis with Brian SolisAfter we were inspired by the How to Rawk SXSW panel, Web Editor Erin Broadley and I decided to get our blog on at the TechSet blogger lounge - after winding our way to the "Being John Malkovitch"-esque semi third floor we found our way to the Tech S ... More >>
Erin BroadleyEvacuation ChairBetween 7-9 p.m. is a crazy time at SXSWi Austin; everyone is drinking at the free happy hours trying to chat, tweet, and ping in order to find the night's parties, hookups, and alternate sleep opportunities. Two that are on our radar right now are the Techset party at ... More >>
Erin BroadleyEngine Collision Fest director Burke Roberts and Wu-Tang Clan's Raekwon Hollywood parking lots are overpriced, especially considering the 10-20 bucks you shell out will get you a big dent in the door, or worse. Last night, in the parking lot of art gallery Studio 1636 off Wilcox and Ho ... More >>
Erin BroadleyIf failure frees the ego then what does success do? At the second sold out Mindshare LA last Thursday, the answer to that question was "stimulate the senses" as the event grows into its unprecedented popularity. In tribute to the recently passed Valentine's Day, this February's Mindshar ... More >>
View more photos in the Alice in Wonderland burlesque slideshow. Erin BroadleyCourtney Cruz as the Mad HatterBefore the Devil's Playground "Wonderland Burlesque and Cabaret Show" took center stage on Saturday, the near-capacity audience at Bordello was already getting randy. In one dimly-lit booth ... More >>
Erin Broadley Something really weird is going on with the Airborne Toxic Event, like, next-level kinda stuff. All the sudden the band that many jealous Angelenos love to hate -- and just as many pine to chant along with -- is selling out East Coast venues, is stomping across Europe and making legit ... More >>
Photo by Erin Broadley. Click image for entire slideshow. If today was a training session to help government and emergency personnel understand how to react to a 7.8 Big One hitting Los Angeles, and to get Angelenos revved up about earthquake preparedness, it looks like they still have quite a way ... More >>
all photos by Timothy Norris Something big happened that resulted in lots of great music echoing across the land, a Tuesday night became a virtual New Year's Eve, and we rejoiced, as we always do, with music. Erin Broadley snuck backstage and hung with the Eagles of Death Metal before their Jimm ... More >>
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