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The Gibson Amphitheatre To Close Its Doors

The storied L.A. venue announced today that it will officially close in September following a special grand finale concert honoring its history. The full press release is available below...

The Five Best Concerts in OC This Weekend

Friday, March 1 Super Diamond House of Blues Anaheim Remember the movie Saving Silverman with Steve Zahn and Jack Black? It was about a couple of lovable loser musicians whose idol was none other than Neil Diamond, the psuedo-rock crooner from your parent's generation. Sometimes truth is stranger ... More >>

Being In a Band to Prove Something to Your Parents Is a Bad Idea. Period.

By: Jessica Hopper [Editor's Note: Are you a musician? Is your group having issues? Ask Fan Landers! Critic Jessica Hopper has played in and managed bands, toured internationally, booked shows, produced records, worked as a publicist, and is the author of The Girls' Guide to Rocking, a how-to for te ... More >>

Wayne Coyne Says 2013 Is the Year of the Flaming Lips

After breaking a Guinness World Record, the Oklahoma psych rockers have much more in store

Wayne Coyne Says 2013 Is the Year of the Flaming Lips

See Also:* Pacific Festival: The Dunes Announced* Boys Noize Talks New Album, Working With Snoop Dogg and Skrillex*Bloc Party Speaks: Why Bringing Their Guitars to HARD Summer is a Gutsy MoveAs the Flaming Lips pulled into New Orleans for the final show on a marathon, eight-city, 24-hour jaunt acros ... More >>

Gavyn Bailey Learns the Value of Being a Slow Grower

[Locals Only] The successful young singer/songwriter pledges to avoid teen-idol status

Over the Weekend: Norman Doray - Yost Theater - 6/24/12

Norman Doray June 24, 2012 Yost TheaterSee also: *Rusko and Andy C - Hollywood Palladium - 6/1/12 *Armin Van Buuren - Sutra - 5/28/12 *Bingo Players - Yost Theater - 5/22/12 This past Saturday, the Yost Theater in downtown Santa Ana hosted DJ Norman Doray, a fiery French selector who hit the dec ... More >>

Pennywise's Tribute to the Beastie Boys' Adam Yauch Is Punk as Fuck

See also: *Our review of KROQ Weenie Roast y Fiesta *Shiny, New Pennywise: Even without Jim Lindberg, their latest set is as fresh as ever *We Remember Adam Yauch, MCA of Beastie Boys, Dead at 47 We recognize it was a nice gesture. But Coldplay's tribute to the Beastie Boys' Adam Yauch at the Holly ... More >>

Gregory Alan Isakov Says Horticulture is a Lot Like Songwriting

 ​Gregory Alan Isakov is a singer-songwriter from Colorado who puts together delicate melodies that are also--at the same time!--lushly layered and well thought out. "I probably listen to too much Leonard Cohen," Isakov says over the phone from Colorado while trying to sort out his influences ... More >>

Felguk Talks About Coming To Orange County And Their North American Tour

​For five years, Felipe (Fel) and Gustavo (Guk) of Felguk have been tearing up clubs and festivals of all kinds. In 2011, the Brizillian duo was placed in the top 100 DJ poll by DJ Mag. 2007 proved to be a break out year, as they received a personal phone call from Madonna. This led to producing a ... More >>

Dave Grohl Clarifies His Grammys Speech

​"Rather than go to the best studio in the world down the street in Hollywood and rather than use all of the fanciest computers that money can buy, we made this one in my garage with some microphones and a tape machine...To me this award means a lot because it shows that the human element of m ... More >>

Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band Add Another LA Date

​Sweet! Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band added another show to their LA stop. Now they're also performing on Friday, April 27 at the Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena. The tour supports Springsteen's 17th studio album, Wrecking Ball, out on March 6, and tickets go on sale at all Ticketmast ... More >>

Lupe Fiasco: 'These Ain't Bars, This is Barbarity!'

​ When I first downloaded Lupe Fiasco's free Friend of the People mixtape on Thanksgiving, I had no clue what to expect. Like many fans of the rapper these days, everything new that he does comes with the preoccupation as to whether the music industry will clamp down and restrain his genius. The i ... More >>

Latin Alternative Explosion: Probable or Inevitable?

Sicilia WolfLatin Alternative Songstress Carla Morrison​ The music is great and the demographics are there for the taking, so is it only a matter of time before a Latin Alternative explosion occurs Stateside? Producer and songwriter Desmond Child weighed in with his opinion in a recent Al Borde pi ... More >>

Cut Copy at the Palladium Last Night

Courtesy of Patrick FortnerCut Copy​Cut Copy with Washed Out Oct. 12, 2011Palladium-Los AngelesStarting the performance 10 minutes late and ending the set 15 minutes early, buzz band du jour Washed Out put on as good of a set as possible given their brief act on stage. Chillwave musician Earnest G ... More >>

Austria: 'When the Weather's Hot, the Music Sounds Better'

​Austria, a Latin Alternative outfit from Argentina, is a week into its current Southern California tour that will keep the six-piece band busy around town until the 18th. Bringing their latest album Nada along for the ride, the band's sound was described to me as Coldplay en Español. With acoust ... More >>

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OC Music Awards at Slidebar Last Night

Christopher Victorio/OC WeeklyBLOK​Click here to see the slideshow!The unifying theme of last night's Orange County Music Awards showcase was high-energy performance. And for the most part, every band that played demonstrated a minimal level of competency, which was lacking in previous showcases. ... More >>

The OC Music Awards at the Lab Last Night

Christopher Victorio/OC Weekly​Click here to see the slideshow!OC Music AwardsJan. 26, 2011The Lab, Costa MesaLast night saw round two of the Best Live Acoustic Act category, and the competition was hit or miss. Of the five groups who performed, only two stood out.  Here's the breakdown.

Dynamite Walls Are On the Verge

Local band are ready to blow up for real

Red Sparowes Use Really Long Song Titles But Want to Be Concise Songwriters

​Red Sparowes have a history of matching their cavernous, righteously beautiful instrumentals with suitably lofty conceptual angles. The LA post-rock act is responsible for tracks with names like "The Sixth Extinction Crept Up Slowly, Like Sunlight Through the Shutters, as We Looked Back in Regret ... More >>

Athlete at the Detroit Bar Last Night

Andrew Youssef/OC WeeklyAthlete ​AthleteJune 20, 2010Detroit Bar, Costa MesaWatch our slideshow here!The Hype: Making their first ever appearance in Orange County, London's Athlete stopped by the Detroit Bar in support of their latest album, Black Swan. Anglophile indie rock enthusiasts everywhere ... More >>

Louks to Go is Lacking

​Part one of our promise to OC's non-wab mobile food trucks that we will review those who visit the Weekly's world headquarters in Costa Mesa every Monday. Next week: Taco Dawg.A great gyro is epic: pita bread stretching with meat, tangy with tzatziki sauce dribbling out from time to time to make ... More >>

Sander van Doorn to En-Trance Sutra Tomorrow

Capital T, small v​When Dutch techno-trance DJ/producer Sander van Doorn played Code in Newport Beach last October, the usually civil Thursday house night was so rammed (as van Doorn would say), promoters Giant had to turn people away.

[Locals Only] Stereofix and Their Catchy Modern Rock Head to Detroit Bar for a December Residency

'77 Million Paintings': From Brian Eno's Brain to Yours

Live Nation Going 'All-In' Today

The Fray kicking back.Sure, it's fun to hate Live Nation for being a giant corporation that seems to control every big concert tour in the world, but they're making it pretty tough to do so this summer. Since starting "no service fee Wednesdays" last month, they've (as one might guess) dropped those ... More >>

[Sound Guy] Digging Who's Onstage at OC Music Award Showcases—and Wondering Who Isn't

On-Sale Saturday: The Vandals, Lamb of God, More

On Oct. 18 in 1925, the Grand Ole Opry opened in Nashville, Tennessee. Truly an important day in the annals of music history - but will it be replaced in significance by these Oct. 18 on-sale dates for upcoming Orange County shows? Only time will tell. The Vandals Christmas Formal, Dec. 20 at the H ... More >>

On-Sale Saturday: Coldplay, Los Lobos and More

Sure, you're probably still reeling from yesterday's news that Chinese Democracy actually has a - gasp! - release date (insert joke about unlikelihood of that date being met, Best Buy exclusivity or free Dr. Pepper here), but there's plenty of shows with on-sale dates tomorrow if you manage to compo ... More >>

[CD Review] The Notwist, 'The Devil, You + Me' (Domino)

[CD Review] Radiohead, 'The Best Of' CD/DVD (Capitol)

65daysofstatic's Blend of Metal and Electronica Could Be Your Cure

Caws for Celebration: Nada Surf Are Better Than Ever

Something Rockin' in Denmark: Why HorrorPops left their homeland to reimagine American music

CD Review

Kanye West, Graduation (Island Def Jam/Roc-A-Fella)

Less Grunge, More Strings

Twelve years after 'Tomorrow,' Silverchair are distorting expectations, not guitars

All of This and Nothing

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

Cherub Rock

A toddler and her dad road-test alt-lullabies

Espanol Sung Here

WEB EXCLUSIVE!: Crossing over: whos doing it, whos not

Emotional Rescue

Sad songs they say so much

Keeping It Real

Bobby Brinkerhoff, Kiev

Live Review

SENIOR RECREATION, RICHARD SWIFT, MATT COSTA

Get Out!

Kill them all

Dead Hot Crazy

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Virgin Megastore Costa Mesa

National Compact Disc

Gorge Away

The light pours out of Bloc Party

This Godhead Life

Getting too close to Rodney Bingenheimer

SXSW Slices

Vignettes on a barbecue-sauce-stained notebook