If you’re in San Francisco on June 2nd, you’ll have the chance to see a selection of incredible photographs, some over four feet wide, of centuries-old ossuaries decked out in human bones...
Plans for Memorial Day weekend? Pack your bags, we’re going to Vegas for the most fun since, well, last Memorial Day! For the last 14 years, hundreds of punks have made the annual trek from aro...
When Eric Hutchinson takes the stage to perform, he considers it a live band karaoke show. “I always approach my shows like I’m leading a gigantic sing-a-long – live karaoke starring me singing...
During LA Fashion Week in March, we showcased S&G’s runway show at Concept, praising their imaginative, tailored silhouettes and fantasy-western-inspired detailing. Now, the company has rel...
Alt rock pioneer El-P’s Cancer for Cure drops… Slash’s umpteenth solo record is out and is getting some of his best reviews in a while… It’s officially Scandinavian meta...
He started off as a musician and producer, but Drumma Boy long had visions of doing more than making beats. “If I see this painting in my head or this art, I’m going to have somebody paint it —...
When it comes to South African music, it doesn’t get any better than The Parlotones. After rising to the top of their hometown scene, the Johannesburg rockers have set their sights on America. The fo...
This week closes La Luz De Jesus gallery’s biennial Rogue Taxidermy exhibit – a show featuring adorable abominations from 25 artists, some featuring actual taxidermy, others taxidermic in spiri...
When you talk about dubstep in Los Angeles, you have to talk about Smog. What started in 2006 as a one-off event downtown quickly grew into a full-blown sonic movement. By 2007, a label had been crea...
Over the past few years, male and female moviegoers alike have begun to realize that there’s a big problem in cinema today. These thoughts might not come consciously, maybe not laboriously. Unt...
Los Angeles indie rockers, Family of The Year, are on their way up. They just received a glowing endorsement from quite arguably the greatest rock and roll frontman of all time (check that all out be...
These days, more and more people are looking to live more ethically and sustainably. From buying locally to figuring out how to DIYDS (Do It Your Damn Self – I invented an acronym, OK?), people...
All summer music festivals are not alike. Generally speaking the big ones closest to your geographical location are preferable, but there are times when a little travel is warranted. The Sasquatch! F...
There isn’t a single girl that grew up in the 80’s that hasn’t had at least one My Little Pony at some point in her life. I’m completely convinced of that. For many of us, My Little Ponies were an in...
Yankees know what it feels like. So do the players that suit up for the Lakers. Sometimes the name on the front of the jersey is bigger than the name on the back. You don’t just rep a city; you rep a...
When life from outer space contacts you and tells you to bestow glitter space rock on the people of Earth, you do it; thus the Fancy Space People were born. “We’re ‘saving the Earth one nightclub, sk...
Tenacious D’s Rize of the Fenix, the long-waited follow-up to The Pick of Destiny and the band’s 2004 debut, is out today… Baltimore’s Beach House’s releases the much-an...
Last month, Sleepy Sun released a new album. It’s called Spine Hits. It’s quicker and more energized than its two full-length predecessors, and in concert, Bret Constantino and his crew are completel...
For a “do it yourself” band, fIN has a lot of admirers. The UK-based four piece has received the thumbs up from award-winning producer, Adrian Bushby, as well as Muse’s drummer, Dominic Howard. They ...
Everything is “indie” these days. Owls are in; mustaches are in; Palestinian “scarves” (kaffiyeh) are in; and indie is in. Brooklyn, the proverbial Octomom of American indie music, has popped out yet...
We love HoneyHoney, I mean how can you not? They’ve mastered the art of modernizing roots music, they make a banjo look cool, and you never know what exactly is going to come out of either of their m...
James Cameron – The Abyss: Some people may call Cameron a pompous ass — at least he’s a prophetic pompous ass. In the sense that he’s the one making his own prophecies come tr...
It’s been three years since their last album but the wait is officially over. Silversun Pickups released “Neck of The Woods” this past Tuesday and kicked off the album release date with a morning per...
The Bamboozle, the annual three-day music spectacular, will offer non-stop music and entertainment with after parties planned each night as it celebrates its 10th anniversary on the beach and boardwa...
For some reason, it seemed fitting that we would interview Lady Sinatra on a picnic bench outside of Hustler Hollywood. The LA rock clan arrived with an entourage and chatted with ChinaShop while the...
We love movies for their drama, their ability to make us laugh, the way they rope us into their wacky plot lines… and for the costumes. Oh the costumes! LA’s esteemed FIDM Fashion institute celebrate...
Sometimes we listen to songs without really digesting the meaning behind them; catchy beats consume our heads and we go about our days chanting the chorus, unaware that the lyrics may not be as bubbl...
Stepping into Dock 6’s 30,000 square-foot warehouse, it’s hard not to appreciate the impact of this space. It’s not just the mammoth size of this Northwest side Chicago workshop that’s notable, but i...
It’s officially side project week!… the long awaited collaboration between Steven Wilson of Porcupine Tree and Mikael Akerfeldt of Opeth comes to fruition in Storm Corrosion… Aaron ...
Lissie has been affectionately referred to as the “Stevie Nicks of a new generation.” After playing music all her life, she caught her first big break when Lenny Kravitz invited her on the road with ...
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