Pink Floyd

Why the Hell Is Phoenix Headlining Tonight?

This year as opposed to any other year of Coachella serves a reminder that the branding of the event is bigger than any of the bands playing, including headliners. While there was plenty of grumbling by younger, pre-Brit pop fans about The Stone Roses, overlooked is the head scratching move to put P ... More >>

The Five Worst British Import Bands

​ By: Gavin Cleaver While we might have done some wonderful things for y'all with Led Zeppelin, Pink Floyd, Black Sabbath and Radiohead, we have also sent you some terrible crimes against music. And while none of this really compares to Canada foisting Avril Lavigne and Nickleback on you, it's st ... More >>

The Use of Regret - A Novel in Concert

Fingerprints

Top Five Songs That Should Have Never Been Remade, According to Comedian Craig Shoemaker

It might sound random that a comic would open for a musician like Kenny Loggins but as Craig Shoemaker put it when he talked to OC Weekly last year, "It's actually not too random because a lot of artists did it. It's really a smart move because laughter cuts through any negative impatience." For som ... More >>

Top Five Hits: Creme Tangerine in Costa Mesa

This week we got in touch with Parker Macy of Creme Tangerine at the Lab, 2930 Bristol St. in Costa Mesa, (714) 932-0552.  Looks like Jack White is back in the game! Or at least he is at Creme Tangerine, where Blunderbuss earns yet another top spot.

Coachella: Let's Talk About Weed

by Molly BergenSee also: *Our complete Coachella coverage*James' Tim Booth on Coachella vs. LollapaloozaYesterday was 4/20. It was also Coachella. And so, the percentage of festival-goers who were stoned rose from a paltry 75 percent to a full 98 percent. (These estimates have a margin of error of ... More >>

3hree Things: My 12 Favorite Albums Of 2011, Vol. 3 of 4

Watch out for 3hree Things every Tuesday, in which Riley Breckenridge, drummer of Orange County's favorite local alt-rock band Thrice, gives his take on life in Southern California as an OC native.​Hello? Anybody out there? Is this thing on?So, uh...maybe rolling this out in four volumes wasn ... 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.

[UDATED: Irvine Police Squelch Attempts at Occupation] Corporate Abuses Prompt Large Irvine Rally

UPDATE OCT. 17, 4:45 p.m.:Brandon Ferguson​ Despite the fact that Irvine Police have told Occupy Orange County protesters they cannot camp in the city, the group seems determined to stay put. Several tents have been set up on the lawn located at the intersection of Alton Parkway and Harvard A ... 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.Topping the list are locals Dolphin City, whose LP came out earlier this year.

Curren$y to Release Stoner Opus

Pitchfork Media​Here's a story for all you hip-hop hotheads. Pitchfork Media is reporting New Orleans rapper Curren$y is set to release his latest "commercial mixtape," affectionately titled Weekend at Burnie's on June 28. (We get it, he spelled Burnies with a "u" in a delicious pot reference.) As ... More >>

Tag, You're It: Singer Justin Suitor From Railroad to Alaska Interviews Singer Brandon Seger From OMAHA

Tag, You're It is Heard Mentality's weekly interview feature. The concept is simple: One local artist picks another local artist to interview, then the interviewee becomes the interviewer of an artist of his or her choice the following week.Christopher Victorio/OC Weekly​Upon meeting Brandon Seger ... More >>

The Flaming Lips to Release New Songs in January

Myspace.com​Maybe it's a rip-off of Kanye's brilliant idea, but Oklahoma City psych-rockers the Flaming Lips are releasing new songs each month with longtime producer Dave Fridmann, and you can hear the first one in January. Frontman Wayne Coyne announced to Rolling Stone that they ... More >>

Orange County Fair Slides Into Its 120th Year With Deals and Promotions

​This year's Orange County Fair will be themed "The Beat Goes On," which is what has happened to the wallets of attendees of past summer extravaganzas.However, to help celebrate the fair's 120th year, several old and new deals and promotions are being offered.

Bob Seger Lands Best-Selling Catalog Album of the Decade

I would have figured a Beatles, Pink Floyd, Led Zeppelin or Michael jackson disc would have topped the chart. But no, Michigan rocker Bob Seger's Greatest Hits "is officially the decade's best-selling catalog album," reads the press release from EMI. It has sold "close to 9 million copies." I have ... More >>

[Sound Guy] Extended Remix Edition! More Summer Songs from Local Peeps!

This beach is not actually in Orange County, but it's fun to pretend.The New York Times has long held the motto "all the news that's fit to print." And you know, sometimes, even here at OC Weekly, all the news just doesn't fit.So, please to enjoy some more summer songs picked by some more local musi ... More >>

[Locals Only] Evening Hour

29 Things Seniors Must Deal With If They Get Their Pot Dispensary

Paloma Esquivel has a touching story in the LA Times about Laguna Woods seniors still awaiting their City Council-approved medicinal marijuana dispensary, which would be the only one in Orange County. Scratch that: the only legal one in Orange County.Perhaps the delay can be blamed on the time it is ... More >>

Orange County's Wonderlove Is Back, With the Same Sound But Different Priorities

[Sprawl of Sound] DJ Frane's Heady Hip-Hop Goes Up in Smoke

Beat Happening

Dusty Rhodes and the River Band

[Aural Reports] Days Between Stations: No Egos, No Drugs

Om, Lichens, Echoplex, January 20, 2008

Lichens (Chicago guitarist/vocalist Robert Lowe) has balls. Before a crowd of metal heads who wanted to rock the fuck out on cochlea-threatening volume and controlled bombast, he began his set with field recordings of birdsong, while seated off to the left side of the stage. You could sense he was s ... More >>

Sprawl of Sound

Year-End Revelries: Living it up in clubland as 2007 dies

Lemurs, Man, Lemurs

Minus the Bear

True West at Anaheim House of Blues Tonight

'80s California psych-rock group True West reunited in 2006 after a two-decade hiatus and now they're opening for Violent Femmes on the latter's dates at Anaheim House of Blues tonight and Aug. 4 at San Francisco's Fillmore. And, finally, True West have their canon reissued on CD, with the nicely pa ... More >>

MP3 the Easy Way

Indie music retail gains momentum online

Music Please

EPMD Back To Back In Business

Ah Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha

FEB. 8-FEB. 15

Prostate Orgasm

GET OUT! Nightlife and more: Dec. 7 - Dec. 14

New Reviews

Dog Lover's Symphony; Garfield: A Tail of Two Kitties; The King; Korn Live on the Other Side

Woozy Warmth

Innaway

Get Out!

Wanking It Live
April 6 - April 13

Get Out!

True Poison
March 9 - March 16

Get Out!

Hard Gay
Nightlife and more: Jan. 12 - Jan. 19

Harry, Can You Hear Us?

Madman Moon brings Nilsson back to life

Yoo Doo Right

Dungen: One man, one band, one monument

Get a Little Weird

This week in nightlife and more
Sept. 15 - Sept. 22

HOT AS IN GOD

This week in nightlife and more: July 7-14

Locals Only

Comets On Fire

Jazz Destroyers

A nod and a wink at the Days End

Just Like Rainforests in a Glass

To the Rescue!

Now We're Deef

Wonderlovin' From the Oven!

Two great flavors: familiar and fresh

Keep It Like a Secret

The mystery of the Kingsbury Manx

Marcia Escobosa

Rythm guitarist for Blank, graphic designer

Streetwalkin Beachwood TV!

Visions of Utopia

Onboard Basslands magic bus