Brooklyn (New York City)

Top Five Acts at Paid Dues 2013

A few months into 2013 and we're less than a week away from the first big live hip-hop experience of the year. Last year was filled with immensely enjoyable shows all across Southern California, from Nas at Rock the Bells to Juicy J and ASAP Rocky at the Observatory. And, here we are, ready to start ... More >>

Holychild Dish Out West African Rhythms and Rock Renditions of Miles Davis

Elizabeth Nistico and Louis Diller's story is not too uncommon--boy meets girl in college; girl graduates and moves from Washington, D.C., to Brooklyn; girl commutes to Washington, D.C., while boy finishes up school; girl decides to say, "Screw it" and sells all of her belongings so she can move bac ... More >>

Top 10 Concert Films Every Music Writer Should Own

For music fans, there's nothing better than seeing your favorite band or checking out an up-and-coming act in person. While the records serve as a tangible finished product that fans can jam on until eternity, the live show experience explains more about a band than their recorded work. With concert ... More >>

Top Five Concerts in OC This Week

Monday, February 11 St. Lucia The Constellation Room For the purposes of this blurb, St. Lucia is not the Swedish figure known for wearing a wreath of candles in her hair bearing gifts for Scandinavian children. Rather, it's the nom de plume of musician Jean-Philip Grobler (doesn't sound pretenti ... More >>

Ra Ra Riot

The Observatory

On The Line: Emily Corliss of Pizzeria Mozza, Part One

We fondly remember when our team was stalking the progress of Pizzeria Mozza off PCH. Vague answers to inquiries and liquor license delays kept us waiting for what felt like forever. Now that they've been open a while, we are able to catch the attention of Emily Corliss. Plucked from the LA locale, ... More >>

Love Is a Balloon

[Hey, You!] Spreading the love, one inflatable puppy at a time

New York Board of Health Bans Large-Format Sodas, Cures Obesity

Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg of the City of New York would like you to know that the obesity crisis has reached its end, thanks to the genius of his Board of Health.You see, the chief driver behind obesity is extra-large sugary sodas, not lack of exercise and portions that could feed entire provinces ... More >>

Sriracha Water Bottle Sells Out

A small Brooklyn-based bike shop called Gage DeSoto had a hit on its hands when it started offering the water bottles you see above with the familiar green cap and rooster print. By the time it hit Reddit and Pinterest two days ago, the bottles all but sold out.

Spike Lee Returns to His Stomping Grounds for 'Red Hook Summer'

The Brooklynite revisits a familiar panoramic

Juicy J, Smoke DZA, Joey Badass, Fat Trel - The Observatory - 8/4/12

See Also*Did MTV Really Snub Waka Flocka Flame's Rapping Rooster?*Big K.R.I.T. Keeps His Beats Homemade and His Rhymes Country*Slaine Opens Up About New La Coka Nostra Record, Friendship w/ DJ Premier and La Coka Nostra Without EverlastThe lineup the Smoker's Club tour at the Observatory read like a ... More >>

Simmzy's Is Breaking Down the Wall

The Manhattan Beach icon has replaced Shore House Café, and all is now right in Belmont Shore

Kimera Promotes Weekly Beer Flights

Dispel those road rage tendencies on Hump Day by shortening your time spent lining up for the metering light. Park yourself by the Google building for a cold beverage, or five, thanks to Kimera's Wednesday-night beer tastings.Launched last week, this alternate universe Happy Hour deal will run you $ ... More >>

Popular Manhattan Beach Gastropub To Open Second Location in Belmont Shore This Thursday

We OC-dwellers may not yet be familiar with Simmzy's, but the people of Manhattan Beach are. It's one of their most popular gastropubs and now that popularity has allowed the restaurant to expand southward into Long Beach's Belmont Shore.

The Cults to Play Free Show at Brea Mall

​UPDATE: According to Lamb & Flag, the show has  been moved to Sunday, March 25.  Original post, March 19, 2012, 2:44 p.m.: The Cults may now be based in Brooklyn, but they grew up in Southern California, and they come back to play a slew of shows in the area. Before their actual gig ... More >>

The Worst Moments from SXSW 2012

The last few days, Village Voice Media's indefatigable music staff has been regaling you with stories of the best from SXSW 2012. In the midst of these discoveries, we've been culling another list: the worst shit. The acts that ranged from huge bore-fests to downright lame. Below, you'll find our cr ... More >>

Nameberry Is a Baby Name-Pedia

[Trendzilla] The website that has every possible baby name known to man—even Fitzwilliam

Brunchables: Hipster-Approved Lunchables!

​Slow clap for the comic geniuses at College Humor who produced this spot-on fauxmercial. For the new generation of hipsters, there's Brunchables, developed at Oscar Mayer's Brooklyn headquarters. Look what's inside: Eggs benedict with with fresh radicchio! Kale! Salsa verde! A pouch of mimosa! A ... More >>

New Artists Just Added to SXSW's 2012 Lineup

Mary Bell/OC WeeklyDelta Spirit at BuskerFest in Long Beach in 2010​South By Southwest revealed a whole slew of new acts confirmed to play at official showcases during the annual music and film conference in Austin. This is the third list of musicians to be released. The venues and dates they ... More >>

Five Shitty Corporate Ripoffs of Regional Food Favorites

ProfessorSalt.comWhat real bagels should look like​ You know what bugs me about chain restaurants? It's the way they co-opt the names of distant regional foods and market their shitty versions as the real thing to people in a different part of the world who don't know any different and grow up thi ... More >>

Dick Valentine of Electric 6 on their New Record, Sasha Baron Cohen as Freddie Mercury and the Stock Market

​Propelled into the national rock arena during the Detroit renaissance at turn of the millennium, Electric Six garnered significant critical acclaim for its up-tempo, sexified take on classic garage rock. Despite shuffling band members through the years, Electric Six has maintained an impressive l ... More >>

Crytal Antlers to Tour with Wu Lyf

Mary Bell​We've been loving Crystal Antlers' sophomore set Two-Way Mirror, to death (read all about it here), so we're excited to hear that the Long Beach band is touring with Wu Lyf this fall. (Incidentally, Ikey Owens of Free Moral Agents produced the album.) Jonny Bell, chimney sweep by ... More >>

May McDonough & Co. Produce Folk With Spokes

[Locals Only] The Long Beach singer/songwriter on Fat Albert, hipsters and Woody Allen.

Between Us Chickens

South Coast Repertory

Web Extra: Matt Pond Brings Wintery Songs of Heartbreak to Chain Reaction Tonight

Jeremy BaldersonMatt Pond, left, leaves the trees for Anaheim's strip malls tonight​Sometime during winter 2009/2010, the namesake of Matt Pond PA took to a cabin in Bearsville, New York to assemble The Dark Leaves. But even for a New Hampshire-bred indie/folk rocker who is admittedly not all that ... More >>

Laguna Beach Music Festival

Various Locations

Silverlake in Pomona

Glass House

Drunk After Work: The Copper Door

A beautiful, hip dank...​The Place: The Copper Door, 225 1/2 N. Broadway, Santa Ana. No phone number.The Hours: Thursday-Saturday, 8 p.m.-2 a.m.The Deal: None on the pricing bit, no food: just a tasty jumble of craft beers.

Around the World in Seven Venues, at Filter's Culture Collide Festival

​Cloning won't be necessary to see every band participating in the Culture Collide Festival in Los Angeles. Through some organizational tic-tac-toe, a number of the acts play multiple shows over the next four days scattered around the east side. Despite the abundance of gigs, those who don't stra ... More >>

Ratatat

Fox Pomona

Lightbulb Mouth Radio Hour

The Basement Lounge

Special Comida Edition

[¡Ask a Mexican!] Where to get Mexican food in NY and how Mexis take their coffee

Another New Food Truck Debuts in OC This Week (UPDATE!)

TheLimeTruck.com​For those who think this food truck trend has reached saturation, here's another one that debuted in OC last week. Called The Lime Truck, this roach coach markets itself as serving "California beach cuisine." At the helm is Jason Quinn, a young chef who once worked at Charli ... More >>

Hold Steady, LCD Soundsystem, Caribou: There Is So Much Free, New, Amazing Music Right Now

​This past week has been like Hanukkah for anyone in love with good, modern music. Seemingly each new day recently has seen a different and excellent band putting up their new albums for free streaming. Better than gelt!Right now, the Hold Steady is getting my day off to a good start in ... More >>

Beyond the Headliners

[Coachella 2010] Nine acts that stand out from the sweaty, dusty crowd

The Antlers to Play Detroit Bar; Don't Miss 'Em This Time, Okay?

We missed those sneakers.​Last October, we got all psyched that Brooklyn buzz-band the Antlers--who, in this reporter's opinion, made the best album of 2009--were coming to the Glass House. We did not, however, end up going to that show at the Glass House. Some nights, Pomona seems farther away th ... More >>

Morning Benders

Detroit Bar

Shamrocks and Shenanigans at Sharkeez, TODAY!

​Is it just us, or is this what every St. Patrick's Day should look like? Snicker-worthy stereotypes abound on this flier for shamrocks and shenanigans, a St. Patty's celebration full  of drunkenness and leprechaun debauchery over at Sharkeez.Aside from the fact that Sean Connery looks really ... More >>

Cyrano de Bergerac

Claire Trevor Theater

Brooklyn Rider

Irvine Barclay Theatre

Chairlift

Detroit Bar

Collected Stories

South Coast Repertory

Asobi Seksu

Detroit Bar

Shake 'n' Bake

CSS

California Dreaming

Golden Animals

Ahead of the (Back)Pack

The Freshly Dipped Tour

Grub Guide

This week in bringing back a bigger dining guide

This week in north North County

Love Your CountryEat American

A Guide to Orange Countys Best U.S. City Meals