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How Muddy Waters and Howlin' Wolf Gave England the Blues

The American blues sound overtook England in the 1960s like no other. Limey guitar slingers like John Mayall, Peter Green and Jimmy Page worked up their tolerance to whiskey, mastered the blues scale and made more money than every American blues musician that came before them. In the early 1970s, tw ... More >>

Cat Power - The Observatory - January 22, 2013

Cat Power The Observatory 1/22/13 If there's only one thing to expect before walking into the venue before a Cat Power gig is that anything can happen. That could mean literally anything from walking out due to poor sound or a meltdown, but last night on the first night of the next leg of her tour, ... More >>

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The Observatory

Rock the Bells Day 2 - NOS Events Center - 8/19/12

See Also: *Rock the Bells Day 1 - NOS Events Center -8/19/12*Top Five Acts You Can't Miss at Rock the Bells*Juicy J, Smoke DZA, Joey Badass, Fat Trel - The Observatory - 8/4/12Rock the Bells Day 2NOS Events Center8/19/12Rock the Bells 2012 has come and gone, and with sunken, swollen eyes and sleep-d ... More >>

The Jackson 4 Will Record A New Album After Touring

This morning, Billboard.com confirmed our worst reunion fears: the Jackson 4 will not only be touring this summer, but working on recording a new album. Only one phrase can sum this up. ARE YOU FUCKING KIDDING? Although the Jacksons have a long and illustrious history of going against conventional ... More >>

DJs We Can't Wait to See at Coachella

Morgan Page April 13, 2012While in Miami for Winter Music Conference and Ultra Music Festival I got to catch up with Grammy nominated producer/DJ Morgan Page. Page was nominated for an International Dance Music Award in Miami for Best American DJ and Best Progressive Track for "In the Air" with Sult ... More >>

Mike Doughty Likes Being Alone

Nope, there will be no Soul Coughing reunions in the near future either

The Best of SXSW Music: Wednesday 3/14/2012

​If you're familiar with chaos theory, which in its basic form is the attempt to find patterns in the random acts of shit on Earth, then you may understand the difficulty that comes with describing a full day at SXSW. To break down the bright, scintillating chaos, Village Voice Media's roving musi ... More >>

Megadeth at the Gibson Amphitheater, Feb. 24, 2012

​​MegadethVIEW OUR SLIDESHOW HEREGibson AmphitheaterFeb. 24, 2012 With Megadeth's recent success (they just received their tenth Grammy for Best Hard Rock/Heavy Metal Performance), the multiplatinum metal gods Megadeth returned to headline the critically acclaimed Gigantour, showcasing metal's ... More >>

Four EDM Albums That Should Have Been Nominated for the Grammys

The Grammy nominees have been announced for this years Best Dance/Electronic Album. Not a bad selection this year -- nothing absurd like Party Rock from LMFAO; nonetheless, there are definitely better ones. Here are our picks for the notable EDM albums that should have made the list.

Korn's Jonathan Davis Says Obama Is an "Illuminati Puppet"

Getty image​Jonathan Davis, lead singer of Korn, says he feels Barack Obama has "basically dragged this country down into the worst it's ever been," and calls the president an "Illuminati puppet." The nu-metal band, who played Los Angeles last night, released their latest, a "dubstep" album, ... More >>

Missy Elliott Reveals She Has Graves' Disease

​Missy Elliott reveals she's had Graves' disease--an autoimmune disease that affects the thyroid--since 2008. Elliott told People Magazine that the symptoms came suddenly:  "I was [driving and] trying to put my foot on the brake, but my leg was jumping. I couldn't keep the brake down and almo ... More >>

Steve Popovich, Producer and Label Exec, Dead at 68

​Executive Producer Steve Popovich (best known for making Meat Loaf famous) died June 8  in his apartment inMurfreesboro,TN. According to Billboard, his cause of death has yet to be determined. He was 68.Popovich was born in Nemacolin, PA, in 1942. After his father passed away, his family mov ... More >>

'Lasers' Beams In at No. 1

​ It's now official! Grammy Award-winning rapper Lupe Fiasco can now claim a No. 1 album on his musical résumé, with first week sales of Lasers coming in at more than 204,000 copies. The Nielsen SoundScan numbers confirmed the expected, as the new release edged out and ended Adele's two-week rei ... More >>

Cold War Kids Are Ready to Step Up

Will 'Mine Is Yours' propel the former Fullertonians beyond their current midlevel stardom?

Hide Your Kids, Hide Your Wife

But not your WiFi! In 2010, the Internet was the medium by which we all went what the fuck?

Explaining the Shitty Economy Through LMFAO's 'Shots'

Christopher Victorio/OC Weekly​The Great Recession may have been long declared over, but the pain continues for many everyday people. For the curious, the bottoming out of the U.S. economy prompted inquiry into what the hell went down. The subject of economics, however, is all too often unnecessar ... More >>

The Anti-iTunes Stand: Why AC/DC, Kid Rock and Garth Brooks are Still Holdouts

​Seriously, we thought iTunes was going to announce something really cool today, but all it was, is that the Beatles are finally on iTunes. Ho-hum, maybe. You might think, who on earth is going to download the White Album in a new format AGAIN?  Well, a ton of people, apparently. After all, T ... More >>

Elton John and Leon Russell at Citizens Business Bank Arena Last Night

Christopher Victorio/OC Weekly​Elton John and Leon RussellNovember 5, 2010Citizens Business Bank ArenaWhen Elton John announced he was recording an album and touring with Leon Russell, long-time fans rejoiced. How often do you get to see one of the biggest rock stars in the world perform with his ... More >>

The National's Anthems

You can call the band's music dad rock, just don't call it uncool

Want an Elvis Potato Head? Go to Elvis Fest in Costa Mesa This Weekend

​Elvis Presley died this week 33 years ago, which is why the 11th Annual Elvis Festival, to be held at the Orange County Market Place at the Costa Mesa Fairgrounds, is planning a Hawaiian-style tribute to the King. (Elvis' movie "Blue Hawaii" was filmed on the islands of Oahu and Kauai; the soundt ... More >>

Over The Weekend: Bullet For My Valentine at the Grove of Anaheim

Andrew Youssef​The Hype: Armed with their latest album Fever, Bullet For My Valentine made a stop at the Grove of Anaheim for a sold-out show. Chiodos, Airbourne and Arcanium were packaged together as openers to span the different genres of metal to widen the overall appeal of the tour. The second ... More >>

Free Ticket Tuesdays! Bullet for My Valentine, Jeffree Star

ILG Press​"Hooray for free shit!" While everyone loves a freebie, know this: We're giving away some pretty esoteric prizes today. Fans of Welsh metal and/or smutty trash-untz-untz-untz dance-pop music will have a field day though: Bullet for My Valentine are performing at the Grove in Anaheim, whi ... More >>

Old 97's front man Rhett Miller brings acclaimed solo material to the Galaxy Concert Theatre, Santa Ana

Q&A: Atreyu Drummer Brandon Saller on New Solo Project, His Pal James Sullivan

Brandon Saller has spent the past decade-plus drumming, co-writing and singing backup vocals for Atreyu. The Orange County metalcore band's string of hit singles--"Ex's and Oh's" (2006), "Becoming the Bull" ('07), "Falling Down" ('08) and "Storm To Pass," off Areyu's latest album Congregation of t ... More >>

It's All Country Music, Faded Stardom, Liquor and Age in 'Crazy Heart'

Extended review!

Q&A: Marko DeSantis of Sugarcult

​Ever since forming in Santa Barbara a decade ago, Sugarcult has issued the kind of smart power pop that never really goes out of style. The band became stars of the modern rock scene while playing the main stage of Warped Tour in 2004. Green Day then chose Sugarcult to be the opening act for ... More >>

Last Night: Regina Spektor at the Greek Theatre

Timothy CochraneDon't be fooled! This picture was taken at the 2006 Latitude Festival in England.​Last Night: Regina Spektor at the Greek Theatre, Los Angeles; October 28, 2009.Better Than: Moving to Regina, the second-largest city in the province of Saskatchewan.MVP of the Night: Dancing dude tha ... More >>

Ranking Owl City Among Rock's Most Egregious Ripoffs

Pamela Littky​There are many reasons to dislike Owl City, the electro tweepop project spearheaded by Owatonna, Minnesota 23-year-old Adam Young. For one thing the moniker is horrible. You can name yourself after a town or a continent - say, Boston or Chicago or Europe - but you can't name yoursel ... More >>

Lady Gaga Announces Tour, Skips Orange County

​OK, so we all know by now that the Kanye West/Lady Gaga show at the Honda Center, once scheduled for November 15, isn't happening. Heck, the whole "Fame Kills" tour isn't happening. But even though Kanye is dealing with his own post-Taylor Swift issues, the hope still remained that the seemingly ... More >>

Chicago DJ Bad Boy Bill Goes Old-School, Releases an Album

Trying to Make Sense of the OC Music Awards Nominees

Everyone I've talked to about the OC Music Awards nominee list, released yesterday, seems to have the same reaction: Huh? Why are young, unsigned bands like The Jakes competing against veteran, internationally known acts like The Offspring, who had Billboard's #1 Hot Modern Rock Track for 11 weeks l ... More >>

Kevin Costner (Yes, That Kevin Costner) Added to Stagecoach

Kevin "Swing Vote" Costner--actor, Academy Award-winning director, former Orange County resident and apparent musician--has been added to the line-up for Stagecoach, "California's County Music Festival" (the "country Coachella;" it takes place on the Empire Polo Club in Indio the weekend after the b ... More >>

Jack's Mannequin to Play 'Secret' Show Tonight

Jack's Mannequin, the current project of Something Corporate lead singer and Dana Hills High School in Dana Point alumnus Andrew McMahon, is playing a "secret" show tonight at the Viper Room in West Hollywood. Why is "secret" in sarcastic quotation marks? Well, it's announced on both the Jack's Man ... More >>

Mötley Crüe Stage a Mötley Crüe Broadway Musical in the Inland Empire

OC Music Fest 09 Partners with Be The Shirt for Contest

What are you doing in May 2009? Not sure yet? Well, try to pencil in a few days for OC Music Fest 09, which happens in about 10 months in Irvine and promises to feature nearly 100 established and up-and-coming bands. In the meantime, you creative types may want to enter the Be The Shirt band/art ... More >>

Buzz Band's About to Take Flight

The Bird and the Bee bring brilliant bossa flavor to SoCal

All of This and Nothing

Psychedelic Furs, the Fixx and the Alarm bask in the An-glo of nostalgia

Locals Only

Strange New World

Farewell 2006!

JAMES BROWN! WHOS HE?
Gary Burger, 1966

Good White Boys

Johnny Rivers

Old School That Way

DJ Quik on and off the charts

Green No More

Laurels and Darts

Out of Nothing at All

The symbiotic entity-force of Air Supply

The 129 Greatest OC Bands Ever!: 1 - 50

White Riot

Eyedea & Abilities next-gen hip-hop

Shopping Mall Blues

Brother Yusef is a gutbucket superstar

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