I just got word via Rolling Stone Magazine that MGMT is working on their new album. The eighteen-year-old girl inside of me is screaming and shedding an obsessive tear of excitement right now. Oracular Spectacular was my favorite album for six months straight until my boyfriend, best friend, neighbor and I-Pod banned me from it [...]
It seems we’re all on a budget these days, and finding cheap things to do around town–or, better yet, free things–is a definite plus. A city the size of Los Angeles brings a slew of free entertainment, both good and bad.
Jazz night on Fridays at the LACMA tops the list of [...]
Austin knows music. As a city dubbed the “music capital of the world,” Austin has to keep an ever-evolving line-up of fantastic sounds for their well-versed residents. Although there doesn’t need to be a season to bring a fantastic group of artists to the Texas capital, the summer months always seem to bring a wave [...]
The start of summer always brings an abundance of musical goodies to the Los Angeles area and this year’s line-up is no exception. From the Peter Fonda to the Hollywood Bowl Los Angelinos are spoiled with not only fantastic shows, but amazing venues housed in old theaters or canyon-side amphitheaters that only enhance the concert [...]
Hipster fest at it’s finest. Dance party at it’s best. This is Ratatat. The vocal-less, electronic-rock duo made up of Mike Stroud and Evan Mast. Ratatat graced Los Angeles with their cooler-than-thou presence at the Hollywood Palladium last Saturday (April 4th) and put on a hell of a show.
Both painfully thin and clad in the [...]
If you’re bank account even slightly reflects the state of the U.S. economy, you too can’t afford to take a vacay over to London this summer and spend anywhere from $500 to $94,000 (yes, you read that right) on tickets to see the King of Pop himself. I know it’s sad news, but if we’ve [...]
Vampire Weekend rocked my face off. Ditto MGMT (minus the crazy influx of fourteen-year-old classic Wayfarer Ray Ban wearing faux-hipsters). Ditto David Byrne (minus the distracting dancers in white that needed a few more lessons before getting on stage with the legend that is Mr. Byrne). Ditto CSS (What can I say? It’s hard to [...]
New York City begins on a near flawless note with “St. Petersburg.” Reminiscent of the brilliance of Talk to the Bomb or the freshman Brazilian Girls. A whistle and an afro-beat followed by a dreamy, innocent escape while Sabina Sciubba sings in her sexier-than-thou tone “Do you like my accent?”
Sadly, at an accelerated speed hell [...]
It was an uncharacteristically warm night for the Hollywood Bowl in November. I wore my new black Marc Jacobs Paddington Bear-esque coat and black vintage Luchese boots, knowing even before I left the house they were unnecessary, but donning them anyway as a certain homage to the man of the hour. Sweat plastered down my [...]