Music Festivals

Worst Idea Ever: Travel Dating Site Calls Coachella a Great First Date

Ladies travel site Misstravel.com recently named named Coachella the number one music festival at which to go on a first date. For so many reasons, this is a terrible idea. Issue number one is that unless you have some day pass scenario worked out, a first date at Coachella means that you're autom ... More >>

Music Cruises Hit the High Seas, But Who Can Afford Them?

All aboard a tiny, star-packed boat

Music Picks: Eagle Rock Festival, New Order, Madonna

Make Music Pasadena - Old Town Pasadena - 6/16/12

Make Music Pasadena Festival Old Town Pasadena 6-16-12 With the Sunset Junction Festival filing for bankruptcy and the Silver Lake Jubilee upping admission to $20 a head, one's options for quality summer music festivals in L.A. have dwindled a bit. Meanwhile, at this point the only two free festiva ... More >>

Why Did Goldenvoice Purchase a Bunch of Land Near Coachella?

See also: Coachella 2012 Lineup Goldenvoice announced Sunday that it has purchased 280 acres of land in Indio, ensuring that the Coachella and Stagecoach music festivals will be enjoyed by generations of girls in spirit hoods and dudes in speedos and fanny packs The purchase includes El Dorado P ... More >>

The Worst Moments of SXSW 2012

See also: *The Best of SXSW Music: Saturday 3/17/2012 *Ten Awesome Concert Posters at SXSW Spontaneous tattoo at the S.O. Terik-Filter showcase On Friday, Samantha Urbani from Brooklyn indie band Friends did something to a fan he might forever regret. At the S.O.Terik-Filter showcase, beneath a bl ... More >>

Metallica, Slayer, Megadeth and Anthrax Play Coachella April 23

Lina in L.A.: West by Westwest

LinA in LA: In Line At Low End Theory, and DJs From France, LA and Beyond (Wonderland)

We don't wanna hear the phrase, "everybody's at South By" this week, okay? Yes, Austin's mega music fest, South By Southwest, is well underway and many LA promoters, bands, DJs and musicheads are there BBQ-ing and boozing their brains out. No doubt, many turntablists and producers are still recoveri ... More >>

HOW DO YOU TAKE YOUR JAZZ?

X Japan in the U.S.: From Anime Conventions to Lollapalooza to a North American Tour

Saturday night, X Japan will play live at The Wiltern. It will be the band's first full concert in Los Angeles ever. This is despite the fact that the band initially formed in the early 1980s and went on to become one of Japan's greatest rock acts, launching the visual kei movement in the process. S ... More >>

Guitar Icon Slash Talks 2010 Sunset Strip Music Festival Honor, Hollywood Survival Tips, and Stealing His First Top Hat

Erin BroadleySlash at Guitar Center on Sunset Blvd.​It started as just another night on the Sunset Strip in the early '80s. A 17-year-old Slash borrowed his mom's car to party at the Rainbow with Steven Adler. Fake IDs in hand, they got to the bar only to find out that it was "ladies' night." ... More >>

Filter Frontman Richard Patrick Talks Headlining Gig at Sunset Strip Music Festival and New Album 'The Trouble with Angels,' Rejects Mellowing with Age

Filter's Richard Patrick​File this under one of those "only in L.A." moments: You're at a concert with your arms crossed cooly, head nodding up and down, perhaps even stomping your foot once the chorus to your favorite song kicks in. Then suddenly, the Terminator T-1000 (yeah, the liquid silve ... More >>

M.I.A.-Headlined HARD LA Festival Has Been Cancelled, Some Acts to Be Rescheduled for August 7th (UPDATE: Not M.I.A.)

​[UPDATE: HARD fest publicists are confirming that M.I.A. will not be playing the August 7th date.] The publicists for next weekend's HARD LA festival have released the following statement: Due to events beyond our control, HARD LA M.I.A. July 17 has been cancelled. Thanks to the continued ... More >>

Five Ways Organizers Can Make Coachella A Better Experience

Dennis Romero​Following reports of three-hour waits to get in, a bizarre appearance by Sly Stone and a dirt-lot parking situation that had festival-goers walking for up to an hour in desert dust to get to their cars, the Los Angeles Times declared the 11th annual Coachella festival a rousing s ... More >>

SXSW Highlight Reel: Matthew McConaughey is a Dick

View more photos in the "Mariachi El Bronx, Dillinger Escape Plan, She Wants Revenge, Warpaint" slideshow. Erin BroadleyTropic Thunder screenshot at Red 7: the closest we got to taking a photo with Matthew​Matthew McConaughey may not be the first person you think of when it comes to SXSW. How ... More >>

10 Headlines You Will Never See After SXSW

Craig Hlavaty"SXSW Attendee Doesn't Want That Free Beer" 1. "Random Guy With Guitar On Street Signed To Major Record Label" 2. "AT&T Makes Up For Past SXSW Coverage With Zero Dropped Calls, Lightning-Fast Connection" 3. "Wristband Holders Have Nothing But Love And Respect For Badge Holders" 4. ... More >>

Over the Weekend: L.A. Takes on Austin

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 >>

SXSW Interview: The Henry Clay People on Getting Signed, NoFX's 'Punk in Drublic,' and Being Really, Really Tired

​Glendale's Henry Clay People may end this South By Southwest able to brag that they were the hardest-working band in Austin. The sibling-led shout-rockers (who were just signed to TBD records, home of Radiohead) will have played 11 shows in 4 days. They've still got two more to go today. We ... More >>

Beardos, Bloggers, and 'stache girls: SXSW by the Numbers

Beardos, Bloggers, and stache girls: SXSW by the Numbers

Over the Weekend: Star Warz, SXSW, HARD 13, Black Rebel Motorcycle Club

Despite the legions of Angelenos headed to Austin for this year's South by Southwest, the city hasn't slowed down one bit. We started the weekend with Devil's Playground's latest Star Warz show and finished with fist-pumping jams at Hard 13. Devil's Playground Presents Star Warz Josh "CuriousJosh" ... More >>

Plancast at SXSWi: Nothing Says Body Shots Like a Bar Full of Tech Reporters

Photo by Laughing Squid/ Scott Beale​ By Irene McGee It's that time again: the annual liquid re-union that is SXSW has begun. While the more massive crowds show up for the music festival on the 17th, SXSW is also home to the world's biggest tech-fest, SXSWi, which run ... More >>

LA Weekly at SXSW: Party with Us at La Zona Rosa with The Pains of Being Pure at Heart, The xx, Superchunk and Surfer Blood

Well, we're going to be very popular in Austin come South by Southwest time. The reason? Our annual SXSW fete, held each year at La Zona Rosa, will feature -- get this -- the xx, Superchunk, the Pains of Being Pure at Heart, and Surfer Blood. It will take place on Friday, March 19, from 12pm - 5pm. ... More >>

Abstract Truths

Sunset Strip Music Festival: The Freaks Come Out During the Day, Too

View more photos in Timothy Norris' "Sunset Strip Music Festival" slideshow. God bless the Sunset Strip. Hipsters can pooh-pooh it all they want as they ride their purple-tired fixed-gear bikes through Silver Lake, but for a sheer what-the-fuh!? parade of humanity, nothing beats the Sunset Strip. ... More >>

SxSW Live: A Bizarro Night of Metallica and Devo

View live photos in the "Metallica Thrashes Stubb's" slideshow.On Friday night in Austin, something very weird, maybe even life altering, happened: Metallica and Devo played inspired concerts in the same Texas town, only a 15-minute walk apart, and almost perfectly back to back. Devo's Booji Boy It ... More >>

SXSW and the Future of Media: Guy Kawasaki on how L.A. Weekly Does it Right

Alltop CEO Guy Kawasaki gave a shout out to L.A. Weekly, the Village Voice and SF Weekly right before his March 17 SXSW keynote with Wired editor Chris Anderson regarding Anderson's upcoming book, Free. In Kawasaki's pre-keynote video interview above with Viddler.com, the interviewer (referring to ... More >>

SxLA: Los Angeles Interactive in a Post-Network, Post-Geographical World

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 >>

Notes from the Road: Yak Ballz and Kosha Dillz Survive Root Canal, Arrive at SXSW

Though I just returned to L.A. from Austin, Texas after a week working SXSW Interactive with the top players in tech and social media, it doesn't mean I'm not rocking SXSW Music in spirit. When I found out that my early return home meant I'd be missing hip hop acts like Yak Ballz, Kosha Dillz and Ca ... More >>

Over the Weekend: SXSW, Absinthe Tasting, L.A. Fashion Week, Comedy is Dead

Whether you were in Austin, Texas for the kick off of the SXSW Film and Interactive Festival and Conferences or in Los Angeles for the madness that is Fashion Week, it is safe to assume you didn't get much shuteye over the weekend. L.A. Weekly worked overtime in both cities Thursday through Sunday t ... More >>

LA at SXSW Tip #4: Dawes, a Fine Purveyor of West Coast Harmonies

Dawes "Love is All I am" from THE FEAR on Vimeo. In our ongoing effort to highlight a few of Los Angeles' rising and/or under-appreciated and/or overlooked artists heading to Texas this week for the SXSW Music Festival, we bring you Dawes. MySpace-profile views: 123,340 Dawes could only spring fr ... More >>

SXSW Interactive: Twitterati, iPhone Socks and a Don't Mess With Texas Breakfast

SXSW convention center full of LA Weekly issues... even the old ones LAWeekly.com's first day at SXSW started early as I couldn't wait to get up and start my morning with a huge breakfast -- which of course led to the requisite dash for Pepto-Bismol because my body isn't used to a Texas "small," ba ... More >>

SXSW Random Photo of the Day: The Evacuation Chair: March 13, 2009

SXSW Interactive Random Photo of the Day What: The Evacuation Chair Location: Inside the SXSW Convention Center, third floor hallway near women's restroomTop 5 Reasons Why You Might Need It:5) The TechSet Lounge's open bar ran out of beer and wine4) You realize your business card doesn't hold a can ... More >>

How to Rock SxSW Without Getting Lost or Losing Your #Skittles, iPhone, and Dignity

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 >>

L.A. Dee Dallapalooza

Birth of a Nightranger

Mass-ive Attack

Brick's Picks: Angel City Jazz Festival, Sweet & Hot Music Festival, and more

Coachella Wrap-Up: Is Santogold This Year's MVP?

If there was one transformative performance at this year's Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival, I'd say it was Santogold's Friday night statement-of-purpose. The festival, which wrapped up last night with a Pink Floyd flashback courtesy of Roger Waters and a furious day-long Sahara tent throwdo ... More >>

Coachella Day Two: Yo! Majesty and Rilo Kiley

Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival, Day 2 Yo! at the Gobi tent, 7:40 p.m. By Chris Martins Yo! Majesty kept it in their shirts. It's true - the Tampa-based, female-fronted answer to 2 Live Crew adroitly circumvented legal woes by neither rapping with their mams in the wind, nor outwardly wom ... More >>

Droog's Sun Sessions

Ringing in spring at the Standard

The Glowing Trough of Music: Five Days of South by Southwest

We laugh, we cry, we hate, we score some dirt weed, suck at the corporate teat, rejoice

Licensed to Ill

Mix and Mash

Neighborhood Music Fest and Nocturnal Festival

Super Fun Music Hour Podcast #10

It's not officially summer, but it sounds like it is

Masqued

Re-Tooled

Welcome to the Nuttwerx

Around the bend and back again with Fishbone

South By Shut Up

Dispatches from a SXSW neophyte