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The Gibson Amphitheatre To Close Its Doors

The storied L.A. venue announced today that it will officially close in September following a special grand finale concert honoring its history. The full press release is available below...

MusInk Days 2 & 3 - OC Fairgrounds - March 9-10, 2013

MusInk Days 2&3 OC Fairground March 9-10, 2013 The art of ink slinging took over OC this weekend as the sixth annual, three-day Musink Festival came the OC Fairgrounds in Costa Mesa, in what was turned out to be a 72-hour celebration of body art(including tattoos and piercings), ... More >>

Top Five Classic "30 Rock" Musical Moments

Last night the NBC Peacock plucked one of its brightest feathers as Thursday night comedy staple "30 Rock" aired its final episode. Since 2006, the show's cycled in some of the decade's most memorable music cameos and memorable original songs. With the show's theme and most of its original scores co ... More >>

Finally, a Treat: 'Fun Size'

Josh Schwartz's teen comedy isn't bad for you.

The Five Best Concerts in O.C. This Week

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 ApneaMonday, September 17Martin Sanchez (Residency)Detroit Bar Martin Sanchez is an absolutely manic rappe ... More >>

The MTV Video Music Awards' Five Most Underrated Performances

See Also: *The MTV Video Music Awards' Five Most Iconic Performances *Did MTV Really Snub Waka Flocka Flame's Rapping Rooster? *Five Artists (Besides Lil Wayne) Who Think New York SucksWith tonight's MTV Video Music Awards as the hot topic on everybody's lips, the pop culture world is zeroed in on w ... More >>

Christina Aguilera And Yum! Brands Team Up To Fight Hunger. Seriously?

See Also:*Miley Cyrus Calls Anaheim Resident a "Fucking Creep" on Twitter*Our Top List of Opening DJ Codes, Laminated and Posted Backstage at the Yost for all Newbs to See*Top Five Musical Impressions From Comedian Pablo FranciscoIn what could be labeled as a cruel twist in irony or an amazing coinc ... More >>

DJ Scotty Boy - Yost Theater - 5/5/12

See also: DJ Scotty Boy Takes Us on a Tour of His Favorite OC Spots On Cinco de Mayo, party people pound Mexican beer and tequila shots, and sport around town in sombreros. For those that survived the BBQs and pub crawls, a night out at the club was the best way to keep the party going. We headed t ... More >>

KROQ Weenie Roast y Fiesta - Verizon Wireless Amphitheater, Irvine - 5/5/12

Andrew Youssef/OC WeeklyColdplayKROQ Weenie Roast y FiestaVerizon Wireless AmphitheaterMay 5, 2012 The Weenie Roast is always a great show for people who just want to be entertained. You sit back, watch the giant platform on the main stage rotate (no waiting time in-between sets!) and just take it a ... More >>

AWOLNATION on Record Store Day at Coachella, and Their First Albums

Is it musical overload to celebrate National Record Store Day at Coachella? Pop up store Zia Records (located on the festival premises) proved it is not. Although the store drew many bands on the festival lineup for special signings, Record Store Day drew even bigger crowds than usual, with attendee ... More >>

Happy 25th Anniversary, No Doubt! A Look at the First Show's Venue, Lineup, Flyers and Benefit--And Where Everyone is Now

​Twenty five years ago today, No Doubt played their first show at Fender's Ballroom in Long Beach, opening for ska legends the Untouchables. (They played second among 14 bands.)According to the No Doubt fansite Beacon Street Online (who first published the poster today), the band's official site m ... More >>

Remember Wu-Tang Clan's Terrible Video Game? We Do

​​In order to broach the subject of musicians appearing in video games, we're legally obligated to mention Rock Band and Guitar Hero in the first sentence, so there. Putting aside those big franchises, several other games have featured musicians in increasingly unusual capacities. Both The Beatl ... More >>

Top Five White Trash Rap Anthems

​As Eminem's protege, the Alabama-raised Yelawolf is the latest rapper to tap into a niche you could politely call white trash rap. His debut album on Shady Records, Radioactive, openly embraces his less-than-classy roots, with brags about his body being totally tatted up, rocking "dirty ass jeans ... More >>

Guns N' Roses, Red Hot Chili Peppers, and the Beastie Boys Announced as 2012 Rock and Roll Hall of Famers

​Los Angeles bands Guns N' Roses and Red Hot Chili Peppers top the list of inductees for the 2012 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, it was announced early Wednesday morning. Guns N' Roses, later dubbed "The World's Most Dangerous Band," emerged on L.A.'s rock scene in the mid '80s. Within a few ye ... More >>

Kreayshawn Gets Nominated Best New Artist at the VMAs--and Other WTF Moments This Year

​I've never agreed with any award-giving body on who gets nominated or gets awards for best this or that, but this year's VMAs are akin to the year Milli Vanilli won Grammys over the Indigo Girls. (The fact that I date myself by remembering this hoopla means I'm really mystified by what's going on ... More >>

Members of the Tribe

Michael Rapaport observes the vibe and checks out the scenario

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 >>

Jared Watson of the Dirty Heads: "I Want to Do a Song with Ben Harper Really Bad."

www.myspace.com/dirtyheads​The Dirty Heads are back in Huntington Beach for a bit after touring with Sublime, but that doesn't mean their massive tour is over; tomorrow, they're performing at the U.S. Open of Surfing with Rome of Sublime, this weekend, they'll be in San Bernardino, and next w ... More >>

Locals Get Another Look at Jean-Michel Basquiat: The Radiant Child Tonight

​One of the most popular documentaries at April's Newport Beach Film Festival was Jean-Michel Basquiat: The Radiant Child, which is about the late artist and Andy Warhol collaborator who became the first international art star of African-American descent.You can catch Tamra Davis' film in Newport ... More >>

Is Asher Roth Onto A Good Gimmick Or Just Lazy?

www.asherrothmusic.com​Remember when the Beastie Boys asked their audiences to film each other on phone cameras during their concerts and made a movie out of it? Well, Asher Roth isn't asking his fans to just film the footage, he actually wants his fans to create their own music video for his new ... More >>

The Dirty Heads Up for Best Hip-Hop, Best World Honors at OC Music Awards

Huntington Beach band tours in April as opener for Sublime with Rome

Release the Sounds: 'Trick or Treat [Live]', the String Cheese Incident

​The last of the String Cheese Incident's famous "Hulaween" concerts, pregnant with epic jams and cover songs, ended in 2004. It was right around the time they started scaling back tours and going on a series of hiatuses. But here it should be noted that although this world renowned  ... More >>

In This Subway Series, the 1974 'The Taking of Pelham One Two Three' Wins

J.J. Abrams's 'Star Trek' Reboot Is Proof That the Franchise Can Live Long and Prosper

Check Your Head re-issue out now

The Beastie Boys' 1992 classic Check Your Head has now been given the re-issue/re-master treatment. Not sure why, as this disc sounded pretty good the last time I listened to it last week, but what do I know?   The new version comes with a total of 36 tracks (the 20-song original album and 16 B ... More >>

The Beastie Boys and Jimmy Eat World are Following Us on Twitter, Are You?

OK, sure, it may only be because their Twitter accounts are set to automatically follow people that mention them, and the Beastie Boys Twitter actually has only ever been updated once, but still. It's something!We're Tweeting over here, and be sure to check it out. Not only does it update automatica ... More >>

Arabian Prince's Electro Legacy Gives Gangstas Something 2 Dance 2-Again

Sparrow Love Crew, Detroit Bar, January 7, 2008

Photo by Jered Scott Five guys, eight chins, one instant party. Long Beach hip-hop dynamo Sparrow Love Crew radiate incredibly positive energy, lyrical choreography and witty verbiage. They own a stage like Donald Trump owns the Trump Tower. Backed by the not inaccurately dubbed “magic hands” ... More >>

Saturday - 11/17

“The Science of Gingerbread” at the Discovery Science Center, Glass House Swap Meet, Money Mark at Detroit Bar

DVDish

A Bitter End

Musical Trash Compactor

The Go! Team Create Funtastic Mash-ups for People Who Don’t Like Mash-ups

A Week in the Nightlife

Nerdy garage rock, wiseguy jazz, Binges that purge, Goodfoot turns 9 and Holy Fuck!

Rick Rubin: Music Biz Savior?

The New York Times Magazine's Lynn Hirschberg ponders this crucial matter and concludes that Rubin, the Def Jam impresario/producer (Jay-Z, Beastie Boys, Slayer, Dixie Chicks, Johnny Cash and 17,000 others) who's now employed by Columbia Records, just may be the mensch to prevent this Titanic from ... More >>

Highs, Lows & Heavenly Blows

More than three decades on, Sly & the Family Stone stand fresh

Priceless Imports

Miho Hatori

This Week in Thirty-two

The Happening

Hardcore Cinema

Bad BrainsLive CBGB 1982

Boombaps

KRS-One

Live Previews

College Admissions

Take the Kanye West aptitude test

Mild Thing

Exene Cervenka lightens up on anarchy and embraces punk pacifism

Hella Coachella

Chico Suave!

Are-Eye-Pee Are-Oh-Vee

Our Annual South by Southwest Report

The 90s Didnt Suck

Survey says: Many, many great discs produced in past decade!

CD Reviews

Coming to America

Slow train comin travels with the Havalina Rail Co.

Pirate Commie Girl

A week before Halloween, and all the boys have turned into ghouls