Joy Division

The Five Must-See Shows in OC This Week

Monday, June 10Levitation RoomDetroit Bar Just as their name suggests, Levitation Room's music instills the listeners' ears with the light feeling of floating. The dreamy guitar and lo-fi projections of psychedelic rock and garage are reminiscent of deep 1960s-era rock, but still grounded in an alte ... More >>

Imagine Dragons on their Path to Success, Vegas, Meeting Flavor Flav and Getting Electrocuted

If you caught the lackluster Carell/Buscemi/Carrey comedy The Incredible Burt Wonderstone since it opened last weekend, you've quickly become well-acquainted with Imagine Dragons' "On Top of the World" if you didn't know the song already. The folky tune is utilized repeatedly in Burt Wonderstone as ... More >>

Pacific Air Keep Their Pop Above the Clouds—and Indie Trends

Brothers Ryan and Taylor Lawhon steer clear of attempts to let hype overshadow their minimalist sounds

Top 25 Greatest Orange County Bands of All Time: The Complete List

Go ahead, call us a bunch of culture-less, lily-white suburbanites with a partiality to flip-flops and right-wing politics. Those kind of labels never cease to amuse us. Because one thing that instantly dooms most of the tired cliches ascribed to OC is the music--the one-of-a-kind frustration, aggre ... More >>

Top 25 Greatest Orange County Bands of All Time: 14-6

14. Reel Big FishZany, wacky, ska-rooted (though they rock harder now) Reel Big Fish elevate self-deprecation to an art form, thanks to a malcontent lead singer in Aaron Barrett, who beats you to the punch with peppy lyrics like "I'll never be anything, anything at all." He lays down these anti-What ... More >>

The Five Best Concerts in O.C. This Weekend

See Also:*Free Ticket Wednesday: She Wants Revenge at the Observatory*The Hives - The Observatory - September 11, 2012 [w/Video]*Jim Norton Wants to Sleep With You, if You Can Stand His Sleep ApneaFriday, September 14She Wants RevengeThe ObservatoryIs that the sound of the 1980s reemerging from the ... More >>

The Static Jacks On Being Young, Dropping Out and Fearless Records

Michael Nika​Some bands devote short eternities to toiling away at their craft, playing shows wherever they can, and getting acquainted with industry folk, only for things to never really pan out. The Static Jacks aren't one of those bands. In 2007, the Westfield, NJ-based four-piece were in t ... More >>

Peter Hook to Perform Joy Division Albums in Entirety Next Week in LA

​The whole "band playing a classic album in its entirety" schtick is beaten to death by now, but regardless, the format works--aging bands stay on the "still relevant" side of the nostalgia spectrum, and casual fans don't have to sit through post-prime material generally reserved for piss-and-beer ... More >>

Princeton Are the PCH Preservation Society

They're the latest band with an LA album sound

Cold War Kids Go to Coachella

Artist Matt Maust is also a bass player!

Cold Cave at the Detroit Bar Over The Weekend

Andrew Youssef/OC Weekly​Check out our Cold Cave and Abe Vigoda slideshow here!Cold CaveSeptember 3, 2010Detroit BarPrior to their appearance at the FYF Fest in Los Angeles, Cold Cave unveiled their icy soundscapes inside the dimly lit Detroit Bar. Screaming oscillators and tortured synthesizers r ... More >>

As American As Existential Dread

Anton Corbijn turns the tried-and-true thriller inward

Free Moral Agents' Ikey Owens Has Control Issues

www.myspace.com/freemoralagents​Isaiah "Ikey" Owens--more known as the (Grammy winning) keyboardist for Mars Volta and occasional cohort of Flying Lotus, Danger Mouse, Crystal Antlers, Shuggie Otis, Sublime, Mastodon, EL-P, and Saul Williams--is a busy, busy man. But for now, he's concentrating on ... More >>

Morrissey Loves Girl In A Coma

​San Antonio's Girl in a Coma lifted their name from a Smiths song. If that bothered Morrissey, it never came up in conversation while the alt power pop trio was on tour with him in 2007 opening his shows on the east coast and in Europe.   "We didn't really have much creativity in com ... More >>

Shooter, Straight Up

Shooter Jennings lives up to his father's legacy by not doing what's expected of him

Last Night: Pop Noir at Detroit Bar, Costa Mesa

​Orange County dance rock trio Pop Noir closed their November residency at Detroit Bar with a gripping, good times performance that transformed this first-time attendee into a full-fledged fan. Singer/bassist/keyboardist Luke McGarry and twin brother guitarist Joe McGarry played precise, guitar po ... More >>

Last Night: Nine Inch Nails, Health at the Fonda

Chris VictorioDon't be fooled. This picture is from the Hollywood Pallaidum on Sept. 3!​Last Night: Nine Inch Nails, Health, at the Music Box at the Fonda, Los Angeles; September 8, 2009.Better Than: The two previous Los Angeles "Wave Goodbye" shows at the Hollywood Palladium and the Echoplex, if ... More >>

[Locals Only] Evening Hour

Super Bowl Partying with Colorado's Underminer

BY REX REASONSuper Bowl. SUPER Bowl. SUPER BOWL. You can try to escape this unique and uniquely American "holiday," but even if you ignore it, it hangs in the air. Since Super Sunday was the setting when I spoke with Jeff Reese of Fort Collins, Colorado's Underminer--in town tomorrow at Alex's Bar i ... More >>

The Top 10 Reissues of 2008

It's time to rank the best of what went around and came around again. BILLY JOEL The Stranger (Columbia/Legacy) As punk and disco exploded, the Piano Man's deeply unhip 1978 breakthrough proved that top-shelf Broadway/Brill Building songwriting could still sell - and, occasionally, rock. "Scenes ... More >>

Last Night: Jose Gonzalez @ OCPAC

Last Night: Jose Gonzalez at the Orange County Performing Art Center's Samueli Theater on September 25, 2008. Better Than: Shopping at IKEA. Download: "Killing For Love" video from the Jose Gonzalez website The "Off-Center" concert series at the Samueli Theater closed out their concert season wi ... More >>

Last Night: Vampire Weekend @ The Glasshouse

Last Night: Vampire Weekend at the Glass House September 16, 2008 Better Than: taking your garlic pills. Download: "Oxford Comma" from the Vampire Weekend homepage. Buzz and critical acclaim can be a double-edged sword. Vampire Weekend wielded the sharper side last night by performing a biting se ... More >>

Peter Hook's DJing at Detroit Bar Tonight

The Mancunian responsible for some of the most memorable bass lines ever for Joy Division and New Order, Peter Hook now maintains a lucrative little hobby DJing 'round the planet these days. From all accounts, Hook's quite the entertainer, if not the most skilled decknician ever to work a pair of ... More >>

[Locals Only] Amazing Reverb Engine, Driver (Deathstack Records)

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Surveying the (potential) sound-good hits of the summer

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OC Weekly offers sage advice to maximize your festival dollar

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Daniel Bremmer

a Huntington Beach-based DJ, designer, event curator and fish-taco connoisseur who recommends shopping for his favorite music at Noise Noise Noise or Dr. Freeclouds Mixing Lab, both in Costa Mesa

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