Music
How to Navigate L.A. Beer Week’s Musical Beer Crawl in Echo Park
Oct 10th
Dear Los Angeles, L.A. Beer Week has officially begun TODAY! That means you have 14 days of winning opportunities to drink appreciate beers all over our expansive City of Angels. Beer dinners, meet the brewer nights, beer panels, beer festivals, pub crawls and so much more have filled the L.A. Beer Week events calendar, but there’s an event you are not allowed to overlook.
Yes, my children, the Musical Beer Crawl TOMORROW is an epic evening uniting 13 different music venues and craft beer pouring establishments on Echo Park’s W. Sunset Blvd. To enjoy the crawl, you must carry your free Musical Beer Crawl passport, entitling you to a host of great deals and special moments to cherish for the rest of your entire life. Here’s our lil outline on how we will own the night. You should join us. More >
12 Summer Outdoor Music Festivals & Venues You Must Venture to and Why
Apr 20th
Coachella is over but the summer concert season, as Karen Carpenter put it, has only just …begun. So if you’ve fully recovered from sweating your pants off in Palm Springs, where are you going to take in some tunes in the sun next? Head out to these places and get your groove back like Stella did. More >
Photos: Outside Lands in San Francisco — Day Two
Aug 16th
Day two of Outside Lands was all about the music! The sun broke through the clouds in San Francisco’s Golden Gate Park for an amazing and eclectic line-up. Phoenix, The Temper Trap, Chromeo, Al Green and Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros were some of our favorite acts on Sunday. Check out the photos and you will feel like you were actually there … minus the aching feet. More >
A Q&A with Purple Reign’s Jason Tenner about Tight Pants and Channeling Prince
Jul 14th
The Hooters Casino Hotel in Las Vegas is not exactly where you would imagine finding one of the best shows on the Strip. I never would have stepped foot in a hotel that’s known for boobies and chicken wings, but Stan insisted Prince is awesome so we checked out Purple Reign — The Prince Tribute Show in the Night Owl Showroom. We talked with Jason Tenner (AKA “Fake Prince”) about his background, the production and partying like it’s 1999. More >
Tributefest, Another Day In The Park, You Would Think It Was The Fourth of July
May 2nd
‘I’m never drinking again.’ I said. I say silly things like that and I always mean it at the time. After a night of hard liquors, liqueurs, and beers my motivation to be up next morning was zero to slim. At some point Friday night I was drinking shots from a glass skull bottle, and another bottle of liquor that had lights that lit up from below. Did you know Patron made a coffee liqueur? Not recommended as a shot. At some point I took off my belt and started a limbo line. This was Friday night. More >
Joseph Arthur at The Stronghold’s Secret Speakeasy
Apr 27th
Not a Secret Anymore Now That I’m Telling Everybody!
Joseph Arthur wrapped up his month long residency at the Stronghold on Abbot Kinney in Venice. After performing each Friday in April, Joseph and his band brought down the pants-house in his final show. If you haven’t had a chance to see a show and this venue, hustle up. They have a bar, cushy couches, and guys wearing Buddy Holly glasses. Though he looks like a peaceful dude, Joseph’s guitar-wrath was mighty. More >
Coachella or How I Held My Breath for 3 Days
Apr 19th
Passion Pit takes the stage.
Passion Pit performs The Reeling.
Jay-Z and Beyonce checking out the festival.
King Khan and the Shrines joined by Yo Gabba Gabba and DJ Lance Rock.
Corinne Bailey Rae performs.
Corinne Bailey Rae looked deep into my eyes.
Jay-Z sees you, baby girl.
Miike Snow performs Sans Soleil.
Yo Gabba Gabba recharges our phones for us on the Energy Factory’s Seesaw.
Coachella has come and gone in one big three day blur. We had a blast.
