Photos by: Ed Hannigan The 9th Annual Orange County Music Awards, held on March 6 at the Grove of Anaheim, blended up and coming bands with established artists, celebrating the OC music community with a night of awards, performances, and a laid back good time. Local bands, industry people, and fans mingled...

Photos By: Phil Reed There is something magical about events that occur at the midnight hour. In Cinderella’s case, it was the moment that her night transformed from royalty and romance back to servitude and rags. Every year on December 31st, we gather with friends and family to celebrate at midnight...

Photos By: Markus Eliance – February 13, 2010: How do you define a band that bends genre standards between pop, rock, reggae, funk, and a splash of punk? You define them by the pure crowd response. The boys from Redeye Empire did just that at the House of Blues Sunset, at their first show in California...

Photo Credit: Stereogum.com Don Henley is a Visionary? – The last time the Dirty Projectors played in Los Angeles was on Halloween at the Jensen Recreation Center in Echo Park, where frontman David Longstreth wore a ten-gallon foam cowboy hat and his upside-down guitar with the confidence of a...

Photos By: Karen Curley February 28, 2010: If you’re an average, forty-something American who long ago let go of the dream of stardom in favor of practicality and routine, I’ve got news for you. Just like Rex Smith once said, “You’re never too old to rock and roll!” At the...

Photos By: Phil Reed As I am writing this Moe. [Vinnie Amico, Rob Derhak, Chuck Garvey, Jim Loughlin, Al Schnier] will be taking over Flagstaff, Arizona at the Orpheum Theatre, and their show at Club Nokia Friday night will only be but a dream. And for a dream, I remember amoebas of sensory stimulus....

“So here we are,” Dan Black declared, a devious smile curling his lips upward, “…Finally together.” The crowd erupted at this and I found myself flabbergasted as I watched all of these bodies, moving in abandon to the synth-pop noise that was being created on-stage. Am I really in Silverlake?...

Underground comedy/metal band Psychostick has announced that they will take part in the Parental Advisory Tour with Green Jelly and Nashville Pussy. The tour kicks off in Orlando, FL, on March 25th and will run through June 7th. “Our fans have been suggesting a tour with Green Jelly since forever,”...

Daniel Merriweather held a spontaneous acoustic show at The Viper Room in West Hollywood, Monday February 22nd. Merriweather, who is best known for his vocal collaboration on Mark Ronson’s adaptation of The Smith’s song “Stop Me”, has just released a new album, Love & War, released by JRecords/Allido...

Photos By: Nicolas Bates Day three of the Musink Tattoo and Music festival unfolded to be the best yet, saturated with beautiful ink, edgy piercings, and good punk rock. Making my way through the strings of tattoo lovers and music fans -and believe it or not strollers- I kicked it with a few of the guys...