
For all you Italio-philes who love Jovanotti or even know who he is, rejoice! The advent of the international rappers has come! He will be making his Los Angeles debut on the Santa Monica Pier tomorrow – tonight he’s playing at the Viper Room, along with Chilean-French rapper Ana Tijoux. There’s just something so refreshing [...]
Jul 21, 2010 | Categories: Los Angeles, Music | Tags: Ana Tijoux, Atmosphere, Beastie Boys, concert on the pier, European rap, hip-hop, independent rap, indie, indie artists, indie bands, indie musicians, indie rap, international rap, Italian music, Italian rap, Jovanotti, Los Angeles, Los Angeles live music, Santa Monica Pier, Santa Monica Pier concert series, sunset concerts | 1 Comment »

Rise From the Rubble Haiti Benefit Concert – do your part to help those in need in Haiti, and listen to some great music while you’re at it. Voices from the Rubble partners with Center for Lupus Care to give relief to the victims of the Haiti earthquake for a momentous night while catching some [...]
Feb 24, 2010 | Categories: LAbuzz, Music | Tags: Center for Lupus Care, Cleotis Grey, gospel, Haiti, Haiti benefit, Haiti benefit concert, hip-hop, Inglewood, inspirational music, Jazz, Jon Gilbert, Kaos, Los Angeles concert, Los Angeles Haitian community, Lupus, Ombrey, reggae, Rise From The Rubble, Sensmusic, spoken word | 1 Comment »

For all you Facebookers (Facebookians? Facebookites?) the LA Buzz Blog is now on Facebook! Become a fan today and get to-the-minute updates of all our awesome posts. By becoming a fan of Facebook, you’ll finally be “that kid”, the one on the block who always knows of the newest and most cutting-edge music, arts & [...]
Nov 15, 2009 | Categories: LAbuzz | Tags: art party, Beverly Hills, Culver City, dance clubs, Downtown LA, downtown Los Angeles, Echo Park, Facebook, Fashion, food, Highland Park, hip-hop, Inglewood, LA State Historic Park, live music, Los Angeles art, Los Angeles art scene, Los Angeles bars, Los Angeles clubs, Los Angeles concerts, Los Angeles events, Los Angeles live music, Los Angeles music, Los Angeles nightlife, Los Angeles Restaurants, Museum Mile, Music, nightlife, S.O.U.P Kitchen, Santa Monica, silverlake, social network, southern California, venice, Viper Room, West Hollywood | Leave A Comment »

At the Atmosphere show, the first thing that struck me was how young the crowd was. And how cool Slug was for talking to the people in line before the show like he’d known them for years. Fast forward to the show. Two guys walked out, people screamed, I thought they were Atmosphere’s roadies or [...]
Aug 21, 2009 | Categories: Culture, Music | Tags: Abilities, Ant, Atmosphere, Attracted to Gods, concert, entertainment, Eyedea, hip-hop, Hollywood, live music, Los Angeles, Palladium, Rhymesayers, Slug, storyteller, underground, Vanity Sick | Leave A Comment »

One of the biggest indie hip-hop acts, who has successfully kept it indie the whole time, is playing this Wednesday, Aug. 19 at the Hollywood Palladium, on the When God Gives You Ugly tour. I’ve known about Atmosphere since college, when an ex-boyfriend was in love with him. Into hardcore punk at the time, I [...]
Aug 15, 2009 | Categories: Music | Tags: Ant, Atmosphere, concert, emo rap, hip-hop, Hollywood, indie, live music, Los Angeles, lyrical, Palladium, rap, Rhymesayers, Slug, underground, When God Gives You Ugly | Leave A Comment »

Alright, folks – think you’ve seen it all in LA? Think you’re too jaded to do anything but sit around watching the instant download Netflix at home? Git yer ass out to Lord T and Eloise. Love ‘em, hate ‘em, it’s sure to be a memorable show. “Part social commentary and part performance art, Aristocrunk [...]
Jul 16, 2009 | Categories: Music | Tags: Aristocrunk, Beastie Boys, Eloise, hip-hop, Lord T, Los Angeles, rap, Stardust, Viper Room, Ziggy | 2 Comments »

Cafe Tacuba will be ripping up the Gibson Amphitheater tomorrow. If you’re not familiar with these guys, you be familiar now! They’re one of, if not the most crackin’ Mexican hip-hop/ska/rock/Latin band around – they tap into so many different influences and traditional Mexican genres, that they could be considered experimental, mixing norteno and cumbia with new [...]
Jun 23, 2009 | Categories: Music | Tags: Cafe, cumbia, Gibson Amphitheatre, hip-hop, Latin, rock, ska, Tacuba, Tacvba, Universal Citywalk | Leave A Comment »