Sunny Day Real Estate

Five Buzz Bands Pitchfork Insists We Like, But That We Can't Get Into

Every season, a handful of bands dominate Pitchfork's news posts, features and attention. The blog is frequently viewed as the "tastemaker" of the independent music microcosm -- and with tantalizing headlines and by-the-minute updates via Twitter, we feel a strange amount of pressure to love Pitchf ... More >>

Top 5 Things to Do This Weekend in L.A.

​ [Originally posted March 4, 2011] So much stuff happening this weekend, we had a hard time picking just five! The weather is warming (slightly), spring is in the air, and it's a good time to get out there and see some shows before spring break madness descends on the city and it's filled w ... More >>

Bee Here Now

The subtle charm (and rewarding beauty) of Sea of Bees

Review: Coathangers, Surfer Blood Dominate Echo Park's Waved Out Festival

​Score one for the blogosphere. On Saturday, L.A. music blog Aquarium Drunkard invaded Echo Park to throw its first ever festival. Waved Out drew hundreds of kids out to the East Side, and they spent the day running up and down the stairs that adjoin the Echo to its larger, sub-Sunset cousin ... More >>

Coachella Confirmations Begin to Trickle In, Rumors Abound

The Coachella message board is doing a good job of tracking the upcoming Coachella Music and Arts Festival in Indio. Now's the time that bands begin leaking confirmations, revealing their hands on MySpace, Twitter and Facebook, and basically spilling the beans one way or another. For example, this f ... More >>

Sunny Day Real Estate Prove Their Influence at the Fonda

By Rita Neyter Before the guy-liner, shitty angular haircuts or Pete Wentz, Emo had Sunny Day Real Estate, a bunch of ordinary looking guys from Seattle with whatever haircuts, making music that was, well (what else?), emotional. But despite their understated image, the influential group has had en ... More >>

Rock Picks: Steve Earle, Polvo, These Arms Are Snakes, Correatown

Also, Bob Dylan & His Band, Motorhead, John Doe & Exene Cervenka and others

Division Day's Startling Reinvention

L.A. band’s new Visitation is an album apart

Upcoming Shows

Ryan Adams - Royce Hall, Jan. 30 & 31 Dave Alvin - McCabe's Jan. 18 & 19 Autechre - Echo, April 4 Bad Religion - House of Blues, April 4 & 5 Big Sandy, Deke Dickerson - Safari Sam's, Dec. 28 Black Heart Procession - Spaceland, Jan. 11 Black Mountain - Troubadour, Feb. 5 Built to Spill, Meat P ... More >>

Music Picks

For August 24 - 31

Pickup Artists

The Silversun Pickups are feeling ever so much better, thank you

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