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School’s Out For Summer: Slightly Stoopid Hit The Road With A New Album
SoCal’s favorite reggae rockers, Slightly Stoopid, are getting ready to tour the states. You know what that means? It’s officially summertime! The band’s 9th studio album Everyday Life, Everyday People, is set to release next month on July 13th. The album features 13 tracks, and special guests include Ali Campbell of UB40, Alborosie, G. Love, […]
Depeche Mode Keeps Spirit Alive at Honda Center
After making several stops in South America, Depeche Mode have returned to the states. The Weekly caught their first round of touring in support of their 2017 album Spirit at the Hollywood Bowl, back in October. So when we heard that they were planning a stop at the Honda Center, we thought we’d see how things […]
U2 Brings The Big Top to The Forum
The U2 carnival has once again come and gone. That’s right, as part of their eXPERIENCE + iNNOCENCE Tour, the 22-year-old group from Dublin, Ireland arrived in LA for two dates at The Forum, in Inglewood, bringing spectacle and showmanship for the 35,000 or so folks in attendance. Had he been alive to see it, […]
Jay Aston’s Gene Loves Jezebel Return to the US For the Like Totally ’80s Festival
On Saturday, Like Totally ’80s Festival will hit Huntington State Beach. With a line-up including bands such as The Human League, The Alarm, Tiffany, The Untouchables, and Dramarama (among others), there will be a great cross section of period music represented. Among the line-up, the new wave / goth / pop outfit Jay Aston’s Gene […]
LCD Soundsystem Vs. Yeah Yeah Yeahs Was The Concert Of The Year
It was 7:15 p.m. on Friday, May 4, and it seemed as if the entire county of Los Angeles was sardined into the Hollywood Bowl. The crowd buzzed with an electric current even LA’s most apathetic cool kids could psychically perceive. It was impossible not to radiate: LCD Soundsystem and Yeah Yeah Yeahs were performing […]
Paul Oakenfold Celebrates 30-Years of Acid House With a New Tour
Paul Oakenfold is a production maestro, there’s no disputing that. The London born producer has played the biggest festivals around the world and has helped spawn a new generation of electronic music. His gig on Saturday, May 5 at Avalon marks the 30-year anniversary of what’s been called “The Second Summer of Love” and […]
The Best OC Metal Concerts in May
We’re already five months deep into 2018, and as usual, the month of May is always a time when many concerts and tours pass through Southern California. Get ready, as the LA, OC and IE areas are going to be saturated with metal and punk shows, and if you consider the annual Punk Rock Bowling […]
Korean Rappers San E & Mad Clown Battle For Hip-Hop Supremacy in LA
A jam-packed house is what’s typically needed for the energy of a show to be palpable, but that wasn’t the case on Friday night at Union for Mad Clown and San E, who brought the house down at half capacity. On the second stop of their We Want You tour on the west coast, the […]
OC-Based Company Smuggle Your Booze Helps Coachella Get Buzzed on a Budget
We can all agree that Coachella has become increasingly more expensive than when it first began in 1999. That said, the unbeatable lineups, art installations, chef driven food and late night dolab parties keep us coming back every year – but after three days of forking over some serious cash it’s easy to go brokechella. […]
Dashboard Confessional’s New Record Goes Back to Their Roots
If it seems like Chris Carrabba was just out here, it’s because he practically was. Not only did Dashboard Confessional play the OC Fair last July, but he also put on a set in the Constellation Room of the Observatory with his band Twin Forks less than two months before that. In the nine months […]
Jonathan Davis’ Dark Solo Project Gets a Moment in the Sun at Belasco Theater
As this weekend marked the beginning of the Coachella music festival in Indio, there were still a considerable amount of local concerts happening that many still found worth attending. This was the case at the Belasco Theater in Downtown LA, as frontman from nu metal rock super superstar band Korn, Jonathan Davis performed a special […]
Sabroso Craft Beer, Taco & Music Festival Kicks Off Spring in SoCal
The 95.5 KLOS Sabroso Craft Beer, Taco & Music Festival returned to Doheny State Beach in Dana Point this past Saturday, bringing craft beer, mouthwatering tacos, and live entertainment oceanfront, a crowd of over 8,000 who enjoyed a punk rock fueled spring awakening. As the first stop of the festival series (now in its fifth […]
The Skull & Roses Festival Returns For a New Wave of Deadheads
The Skull & Roses festival has returned for another year of providing young and old Deadheads with the music and the community that they love. Last year, Chris Mitrovich founded and organized the festival at the Ventura County Fairgrounds as a hub for the burgeoning new wave of Grateful Dead fans to come together in […]
Travis Barker’s MUSINK Festival Returns With Diverse Lineup
As the premier festival bringing together the best of music, tattoos, and cars, Travis Barker’s MUSINK, presented by KROQ, returns in 2018 to the OC Fair & Event Center in Costa Mesa. The 11th annual event is set to take place Friday, March 16th through the 18th. The lineup feature hundreds of world-renowned tattoo artists, […]
Steel Panther Rejoice With New Album And HOB Anaheim Birthday
Steel Panther House of Blues Anaheim March 3, 2017 Kicking off their North American tour, Steel Panther celebrated the 1-year anniversary of House of Blues Anaheim’s new address to the delight of a sold out OC crowd. Singer Michael Starr, guitarist Satchel, bassist Lexxi Foxx and drummer Stix Zadinia left no stone unturned as […]
Santa Ana Noise Fest VIII is Another Goddamn Great Festival of Sound and Vision
The Art of Noise has been reinventing itself for a century. The Antisymphony debuted 98 years ago on the brink of World War I, and since then wave after wave of sound art has cascaded through the Industrial Revolution right up to Saturday's Santa Ana Noise Fest VIII (SANF8). Will its overall tone be one of […]
The GoGo's Say Bye-Bye at Segerstrom Center
The GoGo's Segerstrom Center for the Arts 8/28/2016Last night, the music of one of punk's finest female trailblazing bands transported their OC fans back to the '80s one last time before leaving the stage for good. Before the GoGo's took the stage, Grand Funk Railroad's “We're an American Band” began blaring from the hall's sound system. […]