Everyone tells me I have to go this club called Berghain. “It’s like probably the best club in Europe” my friend says, then thinks for a minute and corrects himself: “maybe the world.” “Bring water,” another friend offers. “And don’t show up until 2 am. Actually,” his voice raises and he smiles. “You could come [...]
Oct 28, 2010 | Categories: CULTURE, LAbuzz, Music | Tags: Berghain, Berlin clubs, Berlin decadence and hedonism, Berlin nightclubs, Berlin underground nightlife, Kreuzberg nightlife, most famous nightclubs in the world, Panorama Bar | 1 Comment »
The band is “Very Be Careful” Their music is instantly dance inducing. VBC plays old school Vallenato and Cumbia, the Colombian Caribbean blend of African, Indigenous, and European influences. Traditionally combining accordion, bass and a range of percussion, the jerky rhythmic energy and delirious melodies of the Cumbia and accordion-driven Vallenato sounds will appeal to [...]
Oct 25, 2010 | Categories: CULTURE, LAbuzz | Leave A Comment »
Adam Bones just wants to RockNroll.
Oct 22, 2010 | Categories: CULTURE, LAbuzz, Music | Tags: concert, indie, indie music, live music, Los Angeles, Los Angeles live music, Los Angeles music, Music, party, pop, punk, rock, show | Leave A Comment »
Mister Nervous plays the GOOD HURT on Wednesday October 6th @ 11pm.
Sep 30, 2010 | Categories: CULTURE, Music | Tags: concert, free, indie, indie music, live music, Los Angeles, Los Angeles concert, Los Angeles live music, Los Angeles music, Music, party, rock, show, venice | Leave A Comment »
The Active Set and Cola Cola bring punchy poppy crunchy fun to Chinatown tonight 9/23.
Sep 23, 2010 | Categories: CULTURE, Music | Tags: concert, Downtown LA, free, indie, indie music, live music, Los Angeles, Los Angeles concert, Los Angeles music, Music, party, underground | Leave A Comment »
ViSE ViRSA: They write good songs, sing ‘em good, and play real good.
Sep 21, 2010 | Categories: Music | 1 Comment »
Tonight MISTER NERVOUS is heading back over to Cranes to blow the doggone doors off.
Sep 20, 2010 | Categories: Music | Tags: concert, free, Hollywood, indie, indie music, live music, Los Angeles, Los Angeles live music, Los Angeles music, party, pop, punk, rock, show, underground | Leave A Comment »
There’s no celebration like a Brazilian Carnival celebration, especially when it’s the 13th annual Brazilian Independance Day Carnival! The Long Beach Promenade hosts this year’s Rio-style carnival, a Trio-Electrio parade, food, bands, and more color than you can shake a stick at! Headlining the entertainment for this year’s event is SambaLa Samba School, Made in [...]
Sep 17, 2010 | Categories: Culture, Los Angeles | Tags: Brazil, Brazilian Carnival, Brazilian dancers, Brazilian music, Capoeira Centro Sul, carnival, Long Beach, Long Beach Promenade, Made in Bahia, Natalia & Daniel, Pagode, parade, Raiz Brasil Dance Troupe, Rio, Rio de Janeiro, Samba 4 U Bloco, SambaLa Samba, TMA Music, Trio Electrio | Leave A Comment »
The Monthlies. bake tasty upbeat pop confections with dark chewy centers
Sep 17, 2010 | Categories: Music | Tags: concert, Downtown LA, indie, indie music, live music, Los Angeles, Los Angeles art scene, Los Angeles live music, Music, pop, rock, underground | Leave A Comment »
Part rock concert, part vaudevillian spectacle and part extreme sports event ELEMENOPY shows are intense adrenaline fueled adventures for the band and it’s audience alike.
Sep 09, 2010 | Categories: Music | Tags: concert, indie, indie music, live music, Los Angeles, Los Angeles live music, Music, party, pop, rock, show | Leave A Comment »
Remember your first time? All fresh and virginal, being dragged by your more worldly friends to the theater, completely unaware of what lay beyond the doors? And the scene unfolded around you like a 70′s heyday – rampant underwear runs, blue-humored hosts, and lascivious eyes everywhere. Heaven, no? On Sept. 25, you can relive your [...]
Sep 09, 2010 | Categories: Los Angeles, Play | Tags: Barry Bostwick, Brad Majors, Downtown LA, Dr. Frank, Los Angeles conventions, Los Angeles films, Los Angeles Rocky Horror, Million Dollar Theater, Rocky Horror, Rocky Horror Convention, Rocky Horror live show, Rocky Horror performance, Rocky Horror Picture Show, Rocky Horror theater, Sins of the Flesh, Susan Sarandon, theater, Time Warp | Leave A Comment »
“Country girl from outer space” Amanda Jo Williams has been winning over Angelinos with her uncanny ability to project an unfiltered open heart through her cartoonishly vulnerable voice and her spare elemental compositions
Aug 26, 2010 | Categories: Music | Leave A Comment »
If there’s anything the Sunset Strip is known for, it’s aging rockers, past-their-prime venues, and an overall sense that the ’80s still live on in the hearts of many. This Saturday, Aug. 28, come down to the Sunset Strip Music Festival to celebrate the Sunset Strip at its finest. This year, the Saturday street fest [...]
Aug 24, 2010 | Categories: Los Angeles, Music | Tags: Common, House of Blues, Key Club, Kid Cudi, Kix, live music, Los Angeles live music, Los Angeles music festival, Los Angeles street festival, Metal Mania, Neon Trees, Nico Vega, POD, Semi Precious Weapons, Slash, Slash with Fergie Ferg, Smashing Pumpkins, Steel Panther, Sunset Strip, Sunset Strip live music, Sunset Strip music, Sunset Strip Music Festival, System of a Down, The Whiskey, Travis McCoy, Unwritten Law, Viper Room, Warner Drive | Leave A Comment »
Everyone knows about it, and you either love it or hate it, but this year’s Sunset Junction Street Fair, scheduled to take place this weekend, promises to be one of the best in years, judging from the line-up of music acts. It just might be worth the ticket price this year! The most notable acts [...]
Aug 20, 2010 | Categories: Los Angeles, Music | Tags: a Miles Davis tribute, Aurum, B-side Players, Bad Brains, Balandugu Kan, Big Daddy Kane, Bobo Meets Rhettamatu, Brent Bolthouse, Caroline D'amore, Division Minuscula, DJ Carlos Nino, DJ Dexterous, DJ Doc- Martin, Dj Eric cubeechee, DJ Eric Neutron, DJ Gusto, Dj Jeremy Sole, Dj Pelau, DJ Splyce, Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros, Evelyn Champagne King, Fishbone, Fitz & The Tantrums, Freddie Poole, Ghostland Observatory, Girl in a Coma, hipster, Hyphy crunk, indie, indie music, Insite, Lee Scratch Perry, live indie music, live music, live music festival, Los Angeles festival, Maleco Collective, Mayer Hawthorne, Medusa, Meshell Ndegeocello, Orgone, Palenke Soul Tribe, Party Crash Feat. Dj Ruckus, Permanent Ability, Raheen Cohen, Ray Ricky Rivera, Rhythm Root Allstars, Rolling Radio, Saint Motel, Shiny Toy Guns, silverlake, Silverlake events, Silverlake festival, Silverlake live music, Speakers Junkies, Spellbound, Sunset Blvd, Sunset Junction, Sunset Junction festival, Sunset Junction party, The Ohio Players, The Whispers, Tsunami Coffeehouse, White Apple Tree | 1 Comment »
Downtown LA, it’s time to party. OBD-X is a huge block party happening in the Old Bank District on 4th Street between Spring and Main Streets and Main between 3rd and 5th Streets this Saturday, August 21st from 4PM to 1AM. Admission is free! Think Art Walk. The street celebration will include food and drinks, art [...]
Aug 19, 2010 | Categories: Art, Culture, LAbuzz, Los Angeles, Parties, Play | Tags: Art, Downtown LA, Gedina Jean, Helen Stellar, live entertainment, live music, Los Angeles, Main Street, Mississippi Man, OBD, obdLA.com, Old Bank, Pepper Jack, Sing Orpheus, Very Be Careful | 2 Comments »
Polaroids of the Adult Film Industry at A&I Gallery by Rick Shameless
Aug 19, 2010 | Categories: LAbuzz, Los Angeles, Parties, Play | Tags: A&I Gallery, A&I Photographic, Adult Film Industry, Don Chow Tacos, Gallery Opening, Instant Photographs, Open Bar, Polaroids, Rick Shameless, The Impossible Project | Leave A Comment »
Ladies and Gentlemen, Nisei Week is go! If you haven’t been to Little Tokyo yet to check out all the Japanese goodness, strap on your jetpack and go! Saturday boasts such OMG fanfare as the Queen’s Coronation Dinner, a car show (not just any car show, a Show Off Car Show – if you ain’t [...]
Aug 14, 2010 | Categories: Culture, Los Angeles | Tags: eating contest, JANM, Japanese culture, Little Tokyo, Little Tokyo grand parade, Little Tokyo Los Angeles, Los Angeles cultural festival, Los Angeles events, Los Angeles Japanese culture, Next Generation Remix, Nisei Week, Nisei Week car show, Nisei Week Film Festival, Nisei Week Los Angeles, Ondo, sake, sushi, Sushi Mac, Taiko | Leave A Comment »
Mister Nervous and The Sundowners play at beautiful BORDELLO 8/17
Aug 13, 2010 | Categories: LAbuzz, Music | Tags: concert, Downtown LA, downtown Los Angeles, indie, indie music, live music, Los Angeles music, Music, rock, show, underground | Leave A Comment »
Bloomfest 2010 is a celebration of all things Downtown Arts District, and features open studios, live bands, food trucks, vendors, and all the famous and infamous art that Downtown LA is known for. A little like the Downtown LA Artwalk, but this one strikes us as awesome. Happening on August 14th, downtown LA will fling [...]
Aug 11, 2010 | Categories: Art, Los Angeles | Tags: ADC Gallery, Bloomfest, Bloomfest 2010, Bullet & Snowfox, Downtown LA art, Downtown LA arts district, Downtown LA Artwalk, e3rd, food trucks, Health Club, KillSonic, Lightnin' Woodcock, Los Angeles arts festival, Los Angeles food trucks, Los Angeles galleries, Los Angeles live music, Los Angeles lofts, Los Angeles music festival, Los Angeles street fair, Metropol, My Pet Saddle, Raheem Cohen, Red Cortez, Restavrant, Robotanists, Ruby Friedman Orchestra, Tarryn & Theresa Gallery, Tawny Ellis, Toy Factory, Vanaprasta, Venus Rising, Wurstkuche, Zip Fusion | Leave A Comment »
Now’s about high time you go check out fast-emerging LA artist Michael Pukac. Relevant, timely and timeless, and beautifully executed, Pukac is well-situated in the current steampunk art movement, while distancing his work through content and tone. This Friday the 13th, the Imaginary Light Bulb Factory proudly presents Pukac’s solo show, “A Dreampunk Review”, at [...]
Aug 09, 2010 | Categories: Art, Los Angeles | Tags: A Dreampunk Review, Alyssandra and teh Daymakers, Atlantis, fantasy art, indie art, indie artist, Long Beach, Long Beach art openings, Long Beach artists, Los Angeles emergin artists, Los Angeles emerging art, Los Angeles indie artists, Michael Pukac, Paper Kites, steampunk, steampunk art, The Hive Gallery, Victorian art, Viento y Agua | 1 Comment »
Had enough of the LA Zoo for one summer? With their live animals walking around on all 4′s? Come to Royal/T this Friday night, and experience an altogether different kind of zoo – The Nonlife Zoo. Not only is it a fun excuse to bring out your furry inclinations, it’ll also make you think about [...]
Aug 05, 2010 | Categories: Los Angeles, Parties | Tags: art exhibit, Cartz Royale, costume party, Culver City, Culver City art, Culver City art exhibit, Culver City art opening, DJ Daedelus, indie art, Kenny Scharf, LA Zoo, Los Angeles, Los Angeles art exhibit, Los Angeles art opening, Los Angeles indie art, Los Angeles indie artists, Los Angeles party, MollaSpace, museums, Nonlife Zoo, Royal T, Royal/T, Susan Hancock | Leave A Comment »
Looks can be deceiving, which seems to be the central theme for Jonathan Yeo’s “Porn in the USA” collage exhibition in Beverly Hills. Our chance encounter with the work began with three little words: Viewer Discretion Advised. Seeing that statement on the doors of what appeared to be an enormous flash gallery space on Beverly [...]
Aug 03, 2010 | Categories: Art, Los Angeles | Tags: Jonathan yeo, lazarides, porn in the usa | Leave A Comment »
Thought you could just sit at home and watch reality shows on this random Tuesday evening? You thought wrong! Enrich your life with art from young local emerging artists at the Circassians, Curiosities, and Conspiracies show at the Daydream Republic tomorrow night. Circassians, by the way, are the original inhabitants of Caucasus. You life is [...]
Aug 02, 2010 | Categories: Art, Los Angeles | Tags: art exhibitions, art openings Los Angeles, Circassians, Conspiracies, Curiosities, Daniel Kusunoki, Daydream Republic, emerging LA artists, Eunice San Miguel, GeoVanna Gonzalez, Graham Walzer, Heidi Calvert, indie, indie art, indie art Los Angeles, Los Angeles art openings, Los Angeles emerging artists, Los Angeles indie artists, Rebecca Peolquin, underground art, underground galleries, underground Los Angeles, young Los Angeles artists, Yuki Miyazaki | Leave A Comment »
