Bonnaroo Music & Arts Festival

UPDATE: The Steelwells On the Cover of the Rolling Stone?

UPDATE: Today is the last day of voting! Give our local boys some love before midnight!​The editors at Rolling Stone picked 16 bands to compete in a contest for Best Unsigned Artist. The prize includes one of the biggest honors any musician can garner: the chance to grace the cover of Rolling ... More >>

Junip Release New Track From Forthcoming EP

Junip.net​Back in September 2010, I interviewed Swedish indie-pop group Junip for Magnet Magazine. Vocalist/guitarist José González was pleased to tell me that, after four years of inactivity, they reunited to record their first full-length album Fields. The trio--González, ... More >>

On the Road Again

Apparently, you can teach the Yard Dogs Road Show new tricks

Ten Most WTF Music Stories of 2010

​We twittered, shared and reposted all these stories ad nauseum in 2010--for a good reason. This year, trashy viral videos made more of an impact than the Grammys, and Antoine Dodson was more memorable than Beatles songs finally getting on iTunes. So the line  blurring of talent and fame is m ... More >>

All Disasters Aren't Created Equal: Six Reasons the Music Industry Isn't Singing Over Spilt Oil

​Every summer has its Big Story This year, it's the BP oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, an ecological and financial disaster that is quickly reaching such staggering proportions that the human mind can't comprehend it. It's like trying to count grains of sand on a beach -- or in this case grains o ... More >>

A Mystery No More!

Discover Miike Snow, so very disco

Ice Cream Man, Back Online

Photo by Craig Hattori​It's almost summer, so you know what that means: Ice Cream Man Matt Allen is back. Officially, too, in the web series called Road Trippin' With Ice Cream Man on Babelgum. The Long Beach resident is going to be at all the music festivals, giving away free ice cream and hangin ... More >>

Getting Dressed for the Fest

[Trendzilla] Say yes to cotton, no to bikini tops

Lil Wayne Eludes Jail with Toothache, Bonnaroo, Crossroads Guitar Festival, Bright Eyes

Lil Wayne eludes jail--for now--with toothache. Or something like that. Hilarious. Jay-Z, the Dead Weather and Phoenix are among the Coachella acts performing at Bonnaroo, which also has Dave Matthews Band (yawn), Weezer, Stevie Wonder, Kings of Leon, Flaming Lips, Regina Spektor, Kid Kudi, Miranda ... More >>

Incoming: Matt Vasquez of Delta Spirit Solo Show at Detroit Bar

When Delta Spirit played Detroit Bar back in March, the Costa Mesa venue was as packed as it's ever been. Like, "I have the sweat of 200 strangers intermingling on my skin" packed. So it stands to reason that post- the San Diego band's national tour with the Shins and their spot at Bonnaroo (with a ... More >>

TONIGHT: Erykah Badu at the Grove of Anaheim

The Grove of Anaheim will surprise you sometimes. They'll go a couple weeks without too many shows of note, then they'll come at you with a bunch of stuff all at once, and you're like "hey! Grove of Anaheim! alright!" This is one of those weeks: tomorrow, Taking Back Sunday. Friday, B-Real of Cypres ... More >>

LowBallVideoChatter: Delta Nove (Playing Downtown Long Beach Tomorrow Night)

Tomorrow night, of course, being New Year's Eve.But what better band to ring in any year with? Delta Nove have been playing around in assorted Long Beach and OC clubs for at least a good decade. I caught them once when they were playing a party on the rooftop patio of some condo high-rise during the ... More >>

[Locals Only] The Good Fiction

Both Hands

Ani DiFranco

[Trendzilla] Summer-Music-Festival Hippiewear

Hotter Than the Temperature at Coachella? Black Lips, Animal Collective, Duffy and 43 More

New Kicks

DJ Z-Trip enters the Blend Zone with his All-Pro soundtrack

Grease Bandits

How I learned to stop worrying and love the grease

Name Dropping

Be Your Own Pet

Mediocre? You Can't Be Serious

In defense of Coachella

The Fabulous Masonaires

Groove Ensemble and Take Back, tonight!