Tom Petty

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...

Margaret Cho Gives Us the Top Five Macho Bands That Lesbians Are Secretly Into.

Comedian Margaret Cho would like you to know something about the musical taste of the average lesbian. It's not just k.d. lang and Tori Amos shuffling around in their iPods. Their musical tastes can vary as much as anyone's. And sometimes they're looking for tunes with some serious balls. As a celeb ... More >>

Top 10 Concert Films Every Music Writer Should Own

For music fans, there's nothing better than seeing your favorite band or checking out an up-and-coming act in person. While the records serve as a tangible finished product that fans can jam on until eternity, the live show experience explains more about a band than their recorded work. With concert ... More >>

Kings of the Stone Age

Dave Grohl and other rockers toast LA's Sound City

Here Are the New Rules for Internet Jukeboxes

By John Seaborn Gray Used to be you'd have to hit bar after bar until you found just the right jukebox, which promptly became your own personal lair of alcohol consumption. Folks demanded more freedom of choice, however, so many bars have switched over to Internet jukeboxes, where you can download y ... More >>

Young the Giant Are OC's Next Great Band

The Irvine's quintet are house-hunting, but not ready to leave us just yet

The Black Keys Vs. Nickelback and The Death of The Rock Feud

​This week, Pat Carney of The Black Keys 'apologized' to Nickelback regarding his 'controversial' yet true comments about the Canadian quintet. In my eyes, the drummer of the Akron-bred band had no reason to apologize, true or not true. Over the past decade or so, rock (not hip-hop, which deserves ... More >>

O.A.R. at House of Blues Anaheim Last Night

Emily Coker​O.A.R. House of Blues Anaheim January 26, 2012 Only knowing one song from the band, I wasn't really sure what to expect when O.A.R. took the stage. They started off the show like a jam session full of saxophone solos and front man Marc Roberge singing "whoa, yeah" over and over. Robe ... More >>

Warner Bros. Records Announce Exclusive Vinyl Releases For Record Store Day On Black Friday

​This morning Warner Bros. Records announced that they'll be releasing exclusive Record Store Day releases on Black Friday. See below for details on limited edition vinyl packages from the Red Hot Chili Peppers, Iron and Wine, Tom Petty, The Black Keys, and Eric Clapton that'll be available this F ... More >>

'I Want to Hold Your (Dead) Hand'--10 Best Songs About Necrophilia

​Sex, drugs and violence are fodder for all kinds of music, but there's a special class of artist that can wax poetic about the idea of corpse-fucking. From the Misfits to Tyler, the Creator, here are popular imagination's best musical translations of the ultra-taboo act.

Pablo Dylan is a Wannabe Rapper: So What?

​I like internet snark as much as the next person, but sometimes there's just too much hate in the world. Take the case of Pablo Dylan, Bob's 15-year-old grandson who just wants to rap. If you listen to "I'm On One" after the jump, you'll see that it's not any different from any boy band staple, a ... More >>

Tom Petty vs. Republicans: Top Three Moments

Christopher Victorio/OC Weekly​Tom Petty's management sent a Teapublican Michele Bachmann's campaign a cease-and-desist letter, demanding she never use his song "American Girl" at campaign events again. That was fast--she just launched her campaign yesterday!At any rate, this is just the latest i ... More >>

Local Music News Links: Tom Petty, Rascal Flatts, and Other Oldtimers

Christopher VictorioPetty, please​Another week, another list of links to music coverage around the OC music blogosphere.

Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers

Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre

Marc B. Releases 'Mr. American' on World Food Program Benefit

Jackie Connor/OC Weekly​More formally known as Marc Beauregard, Marc B. delivers a smooth surfy acoustic sound, sans Dick Dale's bright guitar riffs. Although his EP, The Yellow Jelly, was released in 2006, he's brought Maxx Farris on percussion and Yoni Berk on bass and ukulele to bring a variety ... More >>

Over the Weekend: Iglu and Hartly at the Liquid Aloha Festival

Christopher Victorio/OC Weekly​See the slideshow here!The Hype: On the Saturday after the Weekly's 2010 Summer Guide hit the streets, it was obvious that sand, surf and sports were the three main criteria for our Liquid Aloha Festival near the Shorebreak Hotel in Huntington Bea ... More >>

No Service Fees For Live Nation Shows

www.myspace.com/kingsofleon​Live Nation's eliminating service fees this June for all the tickets sold at all their amphitheaters throughout the country. I don't know if that's such a good idea; some of those service fees jack up the cost of a ticket by almost double sometimes. By eliminating them ... More >>

Avi Buffalo to Join My Morning Jacket on Tour

Andrew YoussefAvi Buffalo performing at an in-store at Fingerprints on 4/27. ​Between signing to Sub Pop, and, more recently, being picked by Wilco to play their first festival ever, Long Beach's Avi Buffalo has had a really, really, really great year. And it just got better.One of our favorite ba ... More >>

Over the Weekend: the Soft Hands, The Victorians, Eugene and the 1914 at the Prospector, Long Beach

The Hype: It's not everyday that a bar calls special attention to their sound guy. Last weekend, the Prospector lined up a trio of native Long Beach acts in celebration of Zack (no one seemed to know his last name), the man running the dials for your favorite dive bar bands on a nightly basis. ... More >>

Over the Weekend: Dios on Friday at Alex's Bar, Long Beach

The Hype: So, it's official. The band Dios, which at one time became Dios Malos, is once again just Dios. The nearly 10-year-old band from Hawthorne with the eclectic pop-sound is readying itself for the release of their third studio album, Cosmic Rays (due out Feb. 16). Expectations were high. T ... More >>

Show of the Day: Dios, Forcefield ON, Bella Novela,Triceratops and Eugene and the 1914 at Alex's Bar, Long Beach

Tonight, Alex's Bar--Long Beach's favorite hard-to-find-haunt--is packing in a lengthy lineup of innovative indie rock featuring LA band Dios (pictured) as well as local favorites Bella Novela, Forcefield ON, Triceratops (featuring members of RX Bandits) and Eugene and the 1914. Just in case you wer ... More >>

Playlist: Songs about Southern California

​The sun finally reappeared today and I decided to play tourist. I've been promising my family pictures of where I live for the past two weeks. I'm from Florida. My parents have never been to California. Only one of my three younger siblings has visited the state. So, I got on my bicycle and clic ... More >>

Last Night: The Fray, Jack's Mannequin and Vedera at Verizon Wireless Amphitheater

​Last Night: The Fray, Jack's Mannequin and Vedera at Verizon Wireless Amphitheater, Irvine; July 29, 2009.Alternative rockers The Fray, Jack's Mannequin and Vedera paid a visit to the Verizon Wireless Amphitheater Wednesday; entertaining a sold-out crowd of teenyboppers, college kids, and post- ... More >>

[CD Review] Matthew Sweet & Susanna Hoffs, 'Under the Covers Vol. 2' (Shout! Factory)

[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 >>

The '59 Sound in the '09 Summer

School's out. The sun poked through the "June gloom" yesterday. And most importantly, our 2009 Summer Guide was released this morning. It's official, summer has arrived... and while our guide has an abundance of information for making this summer the best one yet, we couldn't include everything. So ... More >>

[CD Review] Conor Oberst, 'Conor Oberst' (Merge)

Do Look Back

WEB EXCLUSIVE! Reviewing the musical-biopic bonanza of 2007

Monday - 11/26

Rock Star Karaoke at Slidebar, Christmas Tree Lighting at South Coast Plaza

The Wildbirds and the Growlers, Detroit Bar, August 6, 2007

The Wildbirds With their lean, snake-hipped, bejeaned bodies, lank hair and chiseled features, the Wildbirds have the classic 1975 rock look down pat. And their music follows suit: unapologetic rock and roll that screams Ford administration Rolling Stones/Aerosmith/Tom Petty. “421” is a hit si ... More >>

'Free Avian!'

The Wildbirds' rugged-outdoorsmen rock is built to blast

Hits!

Borders Books Music & Cafe

Hits!

Rhino Records

Tom Petty & Jackson Browne

Verizon Wirelss Amphitheater, Irvine
Sunday, Aug. 14

Aug. 11 - Aug. 18

Doing It to Death

Tom Petty and Jackson Browne: Burned out or rusted?

On the Way Down

Hornbys latest novel finds him straining for significance

Joyful Noise

Tons of tunes for your holiday mixtape

Future Now!

My Duet With Lucinda Williams!

And My Quick Exit

Respect the Rear, People!

I see you, baby, shaking that . . .

Clubbed!

Diary of a Mad County

Make Love, Not War

I confess . . .

March of the Famous Peeps!

The Indigent Girls

From Finland to Fullerton with Sideswipe

Pot (Hed)

Willie NileBeautiful Wreck of the WorldRiver House Records

IKEY OWENS, KEYBOARD LEGEND

That 70s Week

White-trash fever heats up as the millennium approaches