Jimmy Eat World

Jimmy Eat World: Hungry, Hungry Heroes of Alt-Rock

The Mesa, Arizona, natives return for another bite of the alt-rock apple

KROQ Weenie Roast 2013 Lineup Announced

The Weenie Roast lineup was just announced this morning. Headlined by the Black Keys, this year's 106.7 KROQ FM concert at the Verizon Wireless Amphitheater on May 18 is about to go on sale. View the full lineup below.

Record Store Day

Fingerprints Records

Fingerprints Celebrates Record Store Day With Jimmy Eat World, Best Coast and More

If you're like us, the arrival of April means Record Store Day is almost upon us. On April 20, our favorite LBC music shop Fingerprints is celebrating in a big way. This year the shop's in-store performance lineup boasts FM alt-rockers Jimmy Eat World along with L.A.'s own Best Coast, Grammy-winning ... More >>

Finch Get Fired Up Again

The post-hardcore outfit reunites for the 10th anniversary of their album 'What It Is to Burn'

Doheny Days: Day One - Doheny State Beach - September 8, 2012

Doheny Days--Day OneDoheny State BeachSeptember 8, 2012See Also:*Milo Greene Made Their First Full-Length Film With Zero Movie Making Experience*Wayne Coyne Says 2013 is the Year of the Flaming Lips*Jane's Addiction and the Flaming Lips to Headline Doheny DaysThere's a bittersweet taste that accompa ... More >>

FYF Fest 2012: Five Reunited Bands We Really Want to See

See Also:*FYF Fest Two-Day Line-up Announced*The Growlers Announce New Album Release* Pacific Festival: The Dunes AnnouncedPlenty of people tend to associate FYF Fest with bands that will soon be filling their iPods with fresh sound for the fall. This year, its lineup of subterranean, local and ... More >>

Jane's Addiction and The Flaming Lips to Headline Doheny Days

Boy, oh boy, this year's edition of Doheny Days is looking mighty strong. Yesterday, KROQ confirmed the lineup for this year's festival, which will be taking place on Sept. 8-9 at Doheny State Beach in Dana Point.Headlined by Jane's Addiction and The Flaming Lips, the lineup for the alt-indie-regga ... More >>

Matt Pryor Ditches His Band

The Get Up Kids singer gets ready for the annual Where's the Band? tour

Katy Perry and More Showgazing

[Mental Notes] Highlights from the U.S. Open of Surfing with Jimmy Eat World, plus the Yost's reopening with Unwritten Law

Jimmy Eat World at the Nike U.S. Open Of Surfing on Friday Night

Christopher Victorio/OC Weekly​Check out our slideshow here!Jimmy Eat WorldAugust 5, 2011Nike U.S. Open Of Surfing You know you're a true Jimmy Eat World fan when you arrive at the arena at least three hours prior to their performance, and put up with constant mosh pits, crowd surfing, fights, a ... More >>

The Static Jacks Play Free Show at US Open of Surfing After Party

​There's free music everywhere at the US Open of Surfing--not only are MGMT and Jimmy Eat World performing at the main stage, but there's also after parties galore. "Buck Up Chuck," hosted by Converse and Fearless Records, will be held at the Black Bull Chop House (300 PCH, Suite 112, Huntington B ... More >>

We Are the Arsenal Are Big in Fullerton

[Locals Only] Next up: The world

MGMT, Jimmy Eat World, the Sounds Headline US Open of Surfing

Andrew Youssef/OC Weekly​Ok, so if the Nike US Open of Surfing schedule had gotten to us sooner, it would've had a prominent role in our summer guide music quiz, highlighting the best show this summer for the kind of music fan you are. Since it didn't, you're just going to have to settle for this ... More >>

The Ready Set Explains His Stage Name: 'It Means Being Ready to Set Your Inhibitions and Fears Behind You'

Roberto ChamorroThe Ready Set​If you're a white-dude pop artist not named Justin Bieber, you need a band name-like moniker, like Owl City (Adam Young) or Never Shout Never (Drew Ingle). Hence, The Ready Set, aka Jordan Witzigreuter. The 21-year-old from Fort Wayne, Ind. had an ubiquitous pop ra ... More >>

KROQ Almost Acoustic Christmas Night One at the Gibson Amphitheater Last Night

Andrew Youssef/OC WeeklySmashing Pumpkins headlined. For more photos, check out our slideshow here.​KROQ Almost Acoustic Xmas Night OneDecember 11, 2010Gibson AmphitheaterIt doesn't feel like the end of the concert year until KROQ throws their annual Almost Acoustic Christmas shows at the Gibson A ... More >>

What You Missed: Almost Acoustic Christmas, Ice Cream Man Christmas Party, Operation Band Aid, Huntington Harbor Boat Parade

Andrew Youssef/OC Weekly​What'd you miss this weekend? We were busy with night one and two of KROQ's Almost Acoustic Christmas, Ice Cream Man's holiday concert (with the Crystal Antlers!) and party at the Prospector, Operation Band Aid (with Melanoid, Honeypie and more!) and the Huntington Harbor ... More >>

Fingerprints to Leave Belmont Shore

[Mental Notes] We predicted KROQ's Almost Acoustic Christmas lineup, and an interview with our local Justin Bieber

KROQ Announces Almost Acoustic Christmas Night One Lineup

Andrew Youssef/OC WeeklySmashing Pumpkins at the Gibson Amphitheatre in 2008​You know it's not officially Christmas until KROQ announces the Almost Acoustic Christmas line up. This year's holiday special is going to be held on Saturday, Dec. 11 and Sunday, Dec. 12 at the Gibson Amphitheatre.  ... More >>

Predicting the KROQ Almost Acoustic Christmas Line Up

Andrew Youssef/OC Weekly​It is that time of the year again when people start talking about who will appear at the KROQ Almost Acoustic Christmas shows. Traditionally held at the Gibson Amphitheater, the venue has a glaring hole in their calendar: there are no shows scheduled for Saturday, Dec. 11, ... More >>

Jimmy Eat World at the Fox Theater in Pomona Last Night

Andrew Youssef/OC Weekly​Check out our Jimmy Eat World slideshow here!Jimmy Eat WorldSeptember 28, 2010Fox Theater in PomonaJimmy Eat World brought the heat from their hometown of Mesa, Arizona to the Fox Theater in Pomona to celebrate the release of their seventh studio album, Invented. Finding c ... More >>

TONIGHT & THIS WEEKEND: The Killingtons at Alex's Bar and the Glass House

The Weekly and the Killingtons, taking it back to 2000.​A few weeks ago, we checked back in with JK Thompson, Christopher Muench and Mitch Townsend of the recently (and briefly?) reunited Killingtons. The Long Beach-based band once played with bands that have gone on to become big household names, ... More >>

Interview Extra: RX Bandits

In less than 24 hours, 4th of July celebrations will officially be in full swing. But if you're an RX Bandits fan, you're probably busy thinking about July 8th. Only five days until the band takes the stage in front of their rabid hometown crowd at The House of Blues in Anaheim along side Dredg on t ... More >>

KROQ's Weenie Roast

Verizon Wireless Amphitheater

KROQ Weenie Roast lineup announced

The 2009 version of KROQ's annual summer blowout, the Weenie Roast y Fiesta, is hitting the Verizon Wireless Amphitheater May 16. That's like less than two weeks away, so get on it. Bands include Weezer (who still don't have or bassist Matt Sharp back in the band, even though everyone knows they sho ... More >>

Weenie Roast Lineup Announced: Weezer, Jimmy Eat World, Kings of Leon

Andrew YoussefThe full lineup for KROQ's annual Weenie Roast show was released today, a whopping TWELVE DAYS! before the show itself. Seems kinda quick, right? Oh well. It still looks like a pretty good show, headlined by Weezer and Jimmy Eat World (pictured)--they toured together in 2001!--Kings of ... More >>

[Locals Only] Set to Sea Sail Across the History of Emo

TONIGHT: Bamboozle's Hoodwink at House of Blues, Anaheim

The Bamboozle Left festival is this weekend--as I was reminded of when I came into the office this morning, since I was greeted with a hat (yes, hat) full of candy from Wonka, one of their sponsors--but before things get started on Saturday and Sunday, tonight there's the "Bamboozle's Hoodwink" at t ... More >>

Last Night: Jimmy Eat World at Club Nokia

Photo by Andrew YoussefLast Night: Jimmy Eat World, No Knife at Club Nokia, Los Angeles, March 5, 2009.Better than: Hearing John Mayer do his song "Clarity."Preemptive justification: Sure, we don't really cover LA shows here, but I haven't reviewed one since Jenny Lewis at the Orpheum back in Octobe ... More >>

Musical Advent Calendar: The Long Winters, 'Christmas With You Is The Best'

I know it's a sore spot for many of you that lived 'round these parts while it was on the air, but not everything that had to do with "The O.C." was that bad. There was their many volumes of compilation CDs, for instance, which, if you can get past the murky ickiness of a TV show dictating to people ... More >>

Matt Costa Releases Second Single

The Malloys, the brotherly director-ly duo who've worked previously with artists like the Kooks, Jimmy Eat World, Cold War Kids, Santana, the White Stripes, Will Ferrell (?) and others, have teamed up once again with Huntington Beach's Matt Costa for the video to his second single, "Cigarette Eyes," ... More >>

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Jimmy Eat World at the Wiltern on 10/17.

OC photographer Christopher Victorio dropped by the Wiltern in LA last night to shoot Jimmy Eat World. He says he had a blast, though it was rather difficult to get his photos in with a rather large redheaded lady bouncing around in front of him. The group will be at the Anaheim House of Blues Thu ... More >>

Locals Only

Mission Viejo Band, Accomplished: Cavil At Rest get some jam in their pop

CD Review

The Appearance, Lost in Aurora (Adrenaline)

Wotta Country

DEC. 1 DEC. 8

Awe Yeah!

Homework before rock with Smoosh

Sonic Splendor

Start-up KUOL brings more local rock to the airwaves

I Wanna Riot! Sex Riot!

Moving Units and the punk rock poor mans aphrodisiac

Picnic Power

Nothing to Be Mad About

Good shoes, fair prices with Scarlet Crush!

Sense Field's Pain

Maybe Not Mr. Hardcore

Revelation Records Jordan Cooper still not sick of it all

Tenacious Pumpkins Anyone?

Crammed Down My Throat

The hating of Tenacious D

Kick Some Emo Ass!

More Les for Me!

Dont do the House like you did Lindas Doll Hut

Get Up Superstars

The Ska Parade World Turns

Our Crumb

Getting over the Girl, getting on with the music