The City E-Zine

This has been a great, great season for revival shows. The Damned and Scream played last month. The Specials are playing next month. And this Friday, the Adolescents are playing at the El Rey. Word. Doors are at 7:00. Show is at 8:00. Youth Brigade is opening (as are The Crowd and Blockage). I am [...]

Indie rock slash synthetic pop, with electrically charged guitars and pianos, is all the rage (blame Hot Chip).  So is an inexplicably newfound turn-of-the-decade appreciation for Hall & Oates (blame our current fascination with the 1980s and/or Hugh Grant in Music & Lyrics).  Mash the two together and you get The Bird and the Bee [...]

Epic Swedes The Soundtrack Of Our Lives will be at the El Rey tomorrow night with kickass local Nico Vega. And we’ve got your tickets! To win, just leave a comment telling me your favorite thing that ever came out of Sweden, be it marauding hordes or lingonberry compote.
If you haven’t yet heard these guys [...]

Our Pals at Center Theatre Group and Goldstar (home of the illustrious LA baking bloggeratrix Happy Go Marni) have hooked us up with the ultimate giveaway for anyone who likes (a) music (b) musicals (c) anything that Beyonce & Jennifer Hudson ever appeared in. Ha!
But seriously, this is the kind of cool deal Goldstar has [...]

FRIDAY APRIL 16: Jay-Z, LCD Soundsystem, Them Crooked Vultures, Vampire Weekend, Deadmau5, Public Image Limited, The Specials, Grizzly Bear, Passion Pit, Echo and the Bunnymen, Benny Benassi, Fever Ray, Grace Jones, She & Him, Erol Alkan, The Avett Brothers, Calle 13, The Whitest Boy Alive, The Cribs, La Roux, Yeasayer, Lucero, DJ Lance Rock, [...]