This past weekend, I made the journey up to San Francisco from Los Angeles to the Outside Lands Music and Arts Festival in Golden Gate Park. Here is my story. FRIDAY 12:35 p.m. Looking for parking in the Outer Richmond, a foggy neighborhood with limited spaces. K-Flay is on in 10 minutes. Fuck. Is that
Start your weekend off right with music from artists featured this week on BestNewBands.com! “Say Goodbye” – Falcon Liz Livengood reviewed the band’s self-released album, Disappear.
I listened to Falcon’s self-released album, Disappear, one morning while puttering around. I couldn’t see my computer as the tracks played, and more than once, I thought I had left my iTunes on shuffle. I heard songs that sounded like Placebo, Arcade Fire, MGMT and Ratatat. But here’s the rub: Falcon’s songs were written well
Sometimes you’re looking for a live show in the city of angels and the normal Sunset Strip venues just aren’t going to cut it. GPS yourselves right over to Silverlake tomorrow evening and make sure you get to the Satellite (formerly Spaceland) early (Early- as in before or on time. Not fashionably late. Not change
With headlining acts such as MGMT and Gogol Bordello, the last thing on a concertgoer’s mind is renewable energy. However, sustainability and music aren’t totally unrelated: as support for eco-friendly practices grows, so does the number of retailers and event organizers scrambling to meet consumer demand. Here’s a look at five major music festivals that
There are few times in the day when we experience the true feeling of repose. It lasts but a few seconds, between waking up and rubbing the sleep from your eyes (and conversely, between closing your eyes and falling asleep). Pomegranate manages to capture just that – a dreamy, half-conscious state of mind – in
If 1970’s electrofunk had a scandalous cradle-robbing affair with MGMT style contemporary experimental pop, you’d be given a little blessing in the form of Gamble & Burke. But hey, retro is the new now and good music never goes out of style- no matter what the vintage is! Take their surprisingly addicting “the kid is
Picked By: Lauren Novik As seems to happen more often than not- the City of Angels is turning into the City That Never Sleeps, and offering residents way too many choices to appease their musical craving. This Tuesday, October 12 the Viper Room will play host to ShowListLA’s lineup that promises to be a rocking
Photo By Christina M. Felice Vanaprasta rockin’ since 2008 is an L.A. based band about to serenade SSMF with their incredibly sweet somewhat ambient soulful sound. They’re vintage rock goes perfectly with the vocals- never overpowering but complimenting to the songs themselves. Vanaprasta (Collin Desha, Steven Wilkin, Taylor Brown, Cameron Dmytryk, and Ben Smiley) were
When I heard that MGMT was releasing a new album, a sequence of memories suddenly flashed before my eyes. Memories of house parties in the summer, when someone would play “Kids” and send the whole lot of us bouncing off the walls and loudly singing lyrics that none of us would ever really get. I