Jack White

The 10 Douchiest Drummers of All Time

What would music be without a beat, a rhythm or a backbone? Though they qualify as the first instruments ever created, the drums are probably the last thing most music fans can live without. And while we worship plenty of drummers in modern music, there are some Gods of Thunder that might actually d ... 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 >>

OC Music Awards: Night 6 Rock Acts Leave Us Both Satisfied and Scarved For Life

OC Music AwardsSegerstrom Center, Founders HallFeb. 12, 2013Night six of the 2013 Orange County Music Awards featured performances both raw (Jeramiah Red) and electrically charged (Devious Means.) Though not all of the five bands hit the high mark set by the aforementioned groups (we'll talk about S ... More >>

Reggie Watts' Humor Might Hurt Your Head

When it comes to the humor this beatboxing madman, it's best to not overthink it

Wanda Jackson - The Observatory - December 29, 2012

Wanda Jackson The ObservatoryDecember 29, 2012 Over the past few years, Wanda Jackson's career revival has been unparalleled. The singer has lived through the many changes in both the sound and face of music, and will likely be the only person in modern music to truly say that she's seen it all. ... More >>

Video: Douglas and the Furs Jam Out and Talk About Their Jack White Caper

The time has come once again for ye brave, music-loving souls to come from all parts of OC to check out a band you've never heard before, because we say so. The third installment of Plugged Into Local featuring Douglas and the Furs happens this Monday (Sep. 24) at Commonwealth Lounge in Downtown Ful ... More >>

Douglas and the Furs Headline Plugged Into Local at Commonwealth Lounge Sep. 24

See Also:*[Locals Only]: Douglas and the Furs*Douglas and the Furs Surprise the Shit out of Jack White Fans at the Wiltern*[Slide Show]: Plugged Into Local with Billy Kernkamp at Timeout TavernAfter a summer of releasing music, playing guerrilla-style gigs and generally busting their asses, we figur ... More >>

Spare Notes: Douglas and the Furs, 'Douglas and the Furs EP'

See Also: *Video: Douglas and the Furs Surprise the Shit Out Of Jack White Fans at the Wiltern*Locals Only: Douglas and the Furs*Top Five Hits: Left of the Dial in Seal Beach[Editor's Note: This new Weekly music feature highlights outtakes and personal stories from bands who just finished working th ... More >>

Four Reasons Lollapalooza Needs EDM

By: Ian TraasSee Also:*[Slideshow] Lollapalooza 2012: The People*Justice at Lollapalooza, 8/5/12*Ten things your Lollapalooza outfit says about youWith every year that passes, it feels like electronic dance music gains a bigger foothold in the summer festival circuit, and the climb in popularity was ... More >>

Top Five Hits: Bionic Records in Fountain Valley

Hardcore, Canadians and Europeans, oh my! This week we've got a host of international bands from the top five selling records of Bionic Records, 6012 Ball Road in Buena Park, (714) 828-4225. Most of them are pretty hardcore, but nothing's sold more than American hardcore band Nile's latest record, A ... More >>

Newport Beach Film Festival News and Notes

Random notes, observations and stuff plucked off the cutting room floor from the Newport Beach Film Festival, which runs through Thursday night.The hierarchy of the Episcopal Church and the Anglican Communion is the main antagonist in Macky Alston's excellent documentary Love Free or Die, which is a ... More >>

Lollapalooza Lineup Released: Black Sabbath Reuniting!

In an attempt to possibly take some of the spotlight off Coachella this week, Lollapalooza released a "same, same but different" lineup for the eighth installment of the Chicago festival in Grant Park. As at Coachella, the Black Keys and At the Drive-In are performing. But unlike Coachella, the Red ... More >>

Alert: SXSW Coverage Ahead

"What I want from each and every one of you is a hard-target search of every gas station, residence, warehouse, farmhouse, henhouse, outhouse and doghouse in that area." -- Tommy Lee Jones, The Fugitive You don't have to spend much time at South By Southwest to know that all of the above building ... More >>

Wanda Jackson, the Growler

She ain't called the Queen of Rockabilly for nothing

G. Love On Working With the Avett Brothers for His New Album, Why Little Kids Rock, and His Special Hot Sauce

​Garrett Dutton (a.k.a. G. Love) is the front man for the hip-hop/blues/rock band G. Love and the Special Sauce.  The Philly native has spent the past year touring in support of his newest album, Fixin' to Die, which was produced by fellow rockers the Avett ... More >>

Top Five Hits: Creme Tangerine in Costa Mesa

​ Here are the top five selling records this week from Creme Tangerine at the Lab, 2930 Bristol St. in Costa Mesa, (714) 932-0552.The number one spot this week goes to the Black Keys' Rubber Factory Picture Disc LP.

Top 10 Noel Gallagher Songs While in Oasis (Bonus: and His 10 Funniest Quotes!)

​ Things you should know by now: Noel Gallagher is a rock & roll star. He is no longer in Oasis. Although his little brother Liam was the face and main voice of Oasis, Noel was the leader. Noel only sang lead vocals on about 15 percent of the songs, but he wrote about 95 percent of them. Noel ... More >>

Filmmakers Wanted At Taco Asylum

tacoasylum.com​Costa Mesa's taco asylum welcomes independent filmmakers looking for a space to screen their projects. With productions costs being what they are, you're going to turn down a free screening room with a big HD screen? And one that serves great beers and food to watch by? There is a c ... More >>

The Mumlers at the Commonwealth Lounge Last Night

​The Mumlers June 20, 2011 Commonwealth Lounge, FullertonSan Jose's The Mumlers, whose vintage-rock stylings were the point of focus in Fullerton last night, represent an interesting bit of musical irony in the post modern indie scene: they sound incredibly soulful--for a bunch of disaffected pro ... More >>

Thy Squid Play Squid Rock City!

[Locals Only] The LBC trio talk influences and working with Ikey Owens of the Mars Volta

Foxxhound Keep It Together

[Locals Only] Despite the unlikely pairing, this folksy duo make their music work

Burger Records' Sean Bohrman Knows He Will Put Out a Lady Gaga Tape Someday

John Gilhooley / OC WeeklyBohrman, right​Researching this week's cover story brought us into conversation with Sean Bohrman, the Thee Make Out Party member who co-founded Fullerton-based Burger Records nearly one year ago. When we called him on September 3, we caught him in the middle of a veritab ... More >>

[Year In Review] The Top 10 Songs of the Decade

TONIGHT: Deerhunter at Detroit Bar, the Dead Weather at the Glass House

​There's something about every August 27, 2009, that makes it a big night for shows. The warm weather? The fact that it's Street Scene eve? Pent-up Ted Kennedy/Dominick Dunne mourning? Who knows.

[Summer Guide] Twenty Summer Shows That Should Be Fun (Or Fun to Make Fun Of)

[Summer Guide] Harry Potter and 39 Other Movies We Can't Wait to See This Season

Incoming: Cake, Band of Horses, Coming to Fox Theater, Dead Weather at Glass House

Back in 1996, it seemed like a pretty good bit that, post-"The Distance," Cake would wind up as a one-hit wonder. Yet the Sacramento band became one of the most reliable commodities in modern rock, which resulted in a ton of slightly amusing novelty hits: "Never There." "Sheep Go To Heaven." "Short ... More >>

Losing Your Coachella V-Card

Apatow-comedy parallel alert! By my age, most rock-lovin' dudes who grew up in Southern California are able to sit around -- maybe at a beach bonfire, maybe around a Lake Forest hookah set-up, or maybe over a steaming bag of Pedro's Tacos -- and swap tales of how "experienced" they are with the Coac ... More >>

[Locals Only] Mothers Sons

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

[hits!] Top-Selling Records at Rhino Records

Jay Reatard's Subversive, Parallel-Universe Pop Comes to the Glass House

[CD Review] Beck

Odelay—Deluxe Edition (Geffen/UMe)

Trendzilla

Side Boobage! And other good fashion stuff from 2007

49th State Blues

Portugal. The Man Prove That Alaskans Got Soul to Burn

Spencer's Gifts

Electric Six are still pumping irony

Diary of a Mad County

Feb. 14-Feb. 20

Locals Only

The Colour, Between Earth & Sky, available Feb. 6 on Rethink Records<

Things You Already Knew

Neighborhood Festival

Everything Is the Stooges

Whos a Black Sheep?

Nightlife and more
Sept. 22 - Sept. 29

Revenge of the Rednecks

There was a time when Southern rock was a reveille for radicals

KILL YOUR FANS

July 21 - July 28

BECK

Guero (Interscope)

Lets Give

God bless Loretta Lynn

Eight Days

Tyrannosaurus Wrecks

The Hives: Not new, not favorite

Pounding Out The Passion

Long Gone Johns Sympathy For the Record Industry turns 15

The Spector Watch

Tears, Glam & Revelations