Lollapalooza

Hot Mouth Left LA Riots to Do Things on His Own Terms

Jon Pegnato has carried on by his DJ moniker Hot Mouth since he left the electro duo LA Riots almost a year and a half ago. But really, the project started about five years prior, before the LA native joined powerhouse EDM duo LA Riots and became the whirlwind success that he never saw coming. Eag ... More >>

30 Facts About Ke$ha We Learned From Her New Book 'My Crazy Beautiful Life'

By: Brian McManusIf you listen closely to Ke$ha's songs (and is there any other way to listen to Ke$ha? ), you already know quite a bit about her. She wakes up in the morning feeling like P. Diddy. She uses a bottle of Jack to brush her teeth (which sounds dangerous). Etc. Etc. So on. So forth. ANYW ... More >>

Ume's Lauren Larson On What It's Like To Get A Call From Perry Ferrell

Like other bands before them, Ume (pronounced ooh-may), took to Kickstarter in order to help fund their next album. Raising the necessary funds faster than you can say "trip to Seattle," the indie-garage band is planning a quick turn-around, with the album slated to be released in 2013. Not ones to ... More >>

Chino Moreno Says New Deftones Album is a Little Bit Meshuggah, a Little Bit Depeche Mode

"Change (In The House Of Flies)" from the Deftones' third album White Pony maybe the archetypical song for the band. It represented a shift from their primary aggressive in your face assaults to one of tortured beauty while retaining heavy elements to the song. Deftones have shed their Nu-Metal moni ... More >>

HARD Summer vs. Nocturnal Wonderland--Which One is Better?

See Also:*Skrillex Fans: Five Reasons They Suck*Five Reasons Why Skrillex Should Have Won Best New Artist at the Grammys *Coachella vs. Lollapalooza: Which is better? Summer may be nearing its end, but there is one more key EDM festival match up to be settled: this weekend's Hard Summer vs. No ... More >>

Summerland - Greek Theatre - 6/29/12

Summerland TourGreek Theatre 6/29/12 The nostalgia factor has always been an easy way for bands that have become culturally irrelevant to join forces in order to tour and make a quick buck. It's a tried and true formula that has worked since the one-hit wonders of the '60s realized that there was ... More >>

Shazam Predicts 2012's 10 Most Popular Summer Jams

Summer is just around the corner (June 20, to be exact), and with that comes summer mixtapes. There's nothing better than the sunshiny bliss that comes from driving with your windows rolled down, wind whipping through your hair, and upbeat, buoyant music blasting through your ste ... More >>

Bassnectar Rumbles Through Lightning In a Bottle Festival

Freeform artist Lorin Ashton reflects on the release of 'Vava Boom' and his journey in EDM

Coachella: Steve Diggle of the Buzzcocks' Punk Rock Guide To Beating The Heat

You're hot, uncomfortable, overwhelmed by the 106-degree temperature and don't know what to do. The good news? Buzzcocks guitarist Steve Diggle empathizes with you. As a veteran of the punk rock circuit and festival scene, Diggle knows a thing or two about surviving in the elements. Here are the fiv ... More >>

Coachella: We Are Augustines on Preparing for Indio and Geeking out to Radiohead

See also: *Our complete Coachella coverage*James' Tim Booth on Coachella vs. LollapaloozaWe Are Augustines' bassist Eric Sanderson says Coachella's second weekend is "much hotter and much sweatier," but playing the festival twice doesn't bother the Brooklyn band at all. Sanderson, along with drumme ... More >>

Lightning in a Bottle: Year-round Events, Expanding the Temple of Consciousness, and Even More Yoga! [BTW--Get Presale Today!]

Christopher Victorio/OC Weekly​Lightning in a Bottle, the 10-year-old music and wellness festival that takes place annually on May 24th-28th at the Oak Canyon Ranch in Silverado, is probably one of Orange County's best-kept secrets. Drawing from an eclectic selection of artists from the electronic ... More >>

Ritmo Machine Welcomes You with a Free Download!

​Cypress Hill's Eric Bobo and Chilean DJ/Producer Latin Bitman have joined musical forces to form Ritmo Machine. The seed of the collaboration was sown earlier this year when Cypress Hill performed in South America as part of the Lollapalooza tour. After getting connected, Bitman and Bobo set out ... More >>

Smashing Pumpkins at the Wiltern

​Smashing PumpkinsOctober 6th, 2011The WilternClick here to see more photos.When bands kick off a tour they are often rusty and display jitters of nervousness. Smashing Pumpkins displayed neither of those traits as they ignited the Wiltern with a two hour twenty-one song set ripe with deep cuts, f ... More >>

Pearl Jam's Ten Club: Are They Eddie Vedder's Copyright Police?

​We don't condone the violation of copyright law. But if you try to upload a video on YouTube featuring a live Pearl Jam or Eddie Vedder performance, chances are your account will be blocked due to a copyright claim filed by a third party. At least that's what happened when I attempted to upl ... More >>

Five People Who Plan to Buy the New Limp Bizkit Record

​Limp Bizkit announced that their first record in eight years, Gold Cobra, will be released on June 28 (coinciding with a tour of Europe, where they inexplicably maintain a fan base). Here in the US, it's a different story, with Fred Durst and company derided for the last decade as everything fr ... More >>

Portugal. The Man on Creating an Alter Ego and Writing an Album for Grandparents

Portugal. The Man ​ Portland indie rockers Portugal. The Man have just completed their sixth album, with the latest making its major record label debut this summer. Before their show at the House of Blues in Anaheim on Saturday, frontman John Gourley talks about the post indie record label life, ... More >>

Five More Ill-Advised Rock Reunions (Gen X Edition)

​ Like vampires, old bands are best left buried deep in the earth, secure in their lead coffins and unable to drain vitality from unsuspecting new victims. Either because their most desperate fans demand it or because their mortgage notes are past due, the rock bands of yore keep punching thro ... More >>

WTF of the Week: Billy Corgan Hits the Pavement

​WTF?This week, self-aggrandizing rock god and head pumpkin in charge Billy Corgan slammed fellow '90s alternative band Pavement via Twitter  [via Pitchfork Media]. The two seminal groups will be playing a show together in Brazil, and apparently Corgan is none too pleased. He predicts th ... More >>

Interpol Without Carlos D is Still Amazing, and Improbably Exciting

Jeremiah GarciaPaul Banks of Interpol​InterpolSept. 6, 2010Apogee's Berkeley Street Studio, Santa MonicaLast night, KCRW's invite-only Interpol showcase had two can't-miss qualities about it. Held at a studio in Santa Monica that housed only 150 people, it was the smallest venue I'd ever seen Inte ... More >>

FYF's Sean Carlson and the Art of Modesty

Flickr user Incase.Sean Carlson, FYF founder​If you look at the more than half-decade run of Los Angeles music shindig, FYF Fest, and the lineups strung together by founder Sean Carlson through the years, it's sort of mind boggling to consider he's only 25.  This year's show, which will featu ... More >>

Shooter, Straight Up

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

Fishbone Still Party Hearty

Except now they rage with everyone they've influenced

It's Reader's Choice!

[Summer Guide] Choose your own musical adventure this summer—regardless of time, money or personal taste, we've got the concert for you

Booka Shade's Groove Is In the Art

Arno Kammermeier and Walter Merziger want to move your body by making dance music for your soul

5 Great Acts That Suck Live

​The main reason Lauryn Hill's rumored Rock the Bells performance got everyone's panties up in a bunch isn't because it was untrue. It's because everyone misses The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill  Lauryn. Everyone knows her recent live sets have been harrowing--audiences were subject to two hour ... More >>

Medical Marijuana Advocate Chadd McKeen Seeks to Shake Up Costa Mesa City Council

Photo by Keith MayChadd McKeen, the man with the plan.​Chadd McKeen, the Weekly's current cover boy ("Growing Pains at Otherside Farms"), is not only working to change people's perception of medical marijuana providers through his Costa Mesa business that helps patients grow their own. He's also w ... More >>

Over The Weekend: Sonic Youth, Fox Theater, Pomona

The Hype: The acoustically-pristine Fox Theater in Pomona seemed to be a perfect launch pad for Sonic Youth's trademark feedback. Thanks to Mark Ibold on bass, the show also served as a miniature sneak peak of sorts of the highly anticipated Pavement reunion. Lee Ranaldo--which we recently interv ... More >>

Incoming: Metallica at the Honda Center

Way back when, there was this radio station called KNAC. They were based out of Long Beach and played metal. I was in middle school, so needless to say, I loved it.Every freakin' night, KNAC had a program called Mandatory Metallica. It was hosted by Poundin' Pat and it had this killer intro that wen ... More >>

[CD review] Matt Costa

Unfamiliar Faces (Brushfire)

Detroit Bass Baller

Ghetto-Tech Guru DJ Starski’s Hard-Cop Life

All's Fair in Love and OC

When it's the opening day of the Orange County Fair, you have plenty of time in traffic — an hour, in fact, just to get from Santa Ana to the fairgrounds — to realize just how poorly the 55 is designed. Immediately after some major road feeds into it, forcing a mass slowing as a new torrent of c ... More >>

From Hunter to Hunted

In his quest to free slaves around the world, Aaron Cohen thought hed seen it all. Then he went to Myanmar

Twenty-five Years of Reliable Service

Sonic Youth are old yet still great

Atoned and Re-throned

Jesus and Mary Chain resurrect the rock

My Morning Jacket at HOB Anaheim, 01/05/07

I haven't been excited by any music in a long, long time. Wait, wait. Was that pretentious enough for you? No? Well, how about this: I haven't been excited by any new music in a long, long time. But Friday night's My Morning Jacket show at the House of Blues, Anaheim was the first concert in awh ... More >>

The Costa Fame

A year ago, he was just Matt Costa. Now hes a singing sensation. Can a mere man survive having his dreams come true?

Vavak

Greatest Hits

The rock & roll hall of pain

No Blood for Wesson Oil!

The futures so fried youve gotta drive green

Chaos Brings Order

Music saved the Boo-Yaa T.R.I.B.E.

Rendered by Verse

Summer music haiku-o-rama!

Hella Coachella

Letters

Rape Him

They saved Kurt Cobains pain

Peripheral Interests

Perry is over bands, dude. Maybe you should be, too

Why Pearl Jam Still Matters

Yes! Pearl Jam!

Then & Now!

The Weekly Musical Time Capsule

When He Was Just a Little Rolling Stone

Early Dylan documents the creation of modern rock

When He Was Just a Little Rolling Stone

Early Dylan documents the creation of modern rock

New Adventures in Lo-Fi

Guided By Voices takes the alterna-rock world by surprise