
FIRST FRIDAYS, the provocative series in which live music, discussion and curatorial tours converge in an after-hours event, concludes its 8th season on Friday, June 3. This final evening will center on Dr. Luis Chiappe’s talk “The Dinosaur in Your Backyard.” Dr. Chiappe is head of NHM’s Dinosaur Institute and curator of the upcoming Dinosaur [...]
Jun 01, 2011 | Categories: RADAR | Tags: art culture downtown la, art party, Best of Downtown LA, concert, Culture, Culture DTLA, dirty beaches, Downtown LA, dr.luis chiappe, first fridays, gayngs, live music, Los Angeles, Los Angeles art scene, Los Angeles concert, Los Angeles events, Music, natural history museum, things to do DTLA, what's hot in Downtown | Leave A Comment »

This Wednesday night Lady Gaga will show her love for her devoted fans with a Born this Way Release Party at the Belasco Theater at 1050 S. Hill Street. Fans will be able to gain admittance by showing a valid proof of purchase of Born This Way or by purchasing the album at the door. [...]
May 23, 2011 | Categories: RADAR | Tags: .99 cents gaga album on amazon, 5/25/11, affinity for dtla, album release party, art culture downtown la, bars in downtown la, belasco theater, Belvedere cocktails, Best of Downtown LA, born this way haus party, Deadmau5, Events in Downtown LA, Gilt City VIP lounge, guest djs, Interscope, la cita, Lady Gaga, live music, Los Angeles, Los Angeles concert, Los Angeles live music, Music, party, Polaroid Grey Label experience, what's hot in Downtown | 6 Comments »

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 »

The Silver Lake Jubilee is a two-day music and art celebration located within the eclectic and bohemian Silver Lake. Hipsters rejoice! This festival features more than 50 trend-defining and trend-defying music acts, multi-disciplinary art, local artists and crafters, exquisite food from local restaurants and various cultural enclaves in the Silver Lake and surrounding communities. Kick [...]
May 19, 2010 | Categories: LAbuzz | Tags: Amanda Jo Williams, Barry Holiday & The Remainers, Blue Jungle, Dirt Bird, Division Day, Eulogies, Foreign Born, Lilofee, Los Angeles concert, Los Angeles live music, Manhattan Murder Mystery, Moses Campbell, music festival, Nico Stai, Radar Brothers, Seasons, Silver Lake Jubilee, silverlake, So Many Wizards, Spain, Spider Problem, Sweet Tony Beans, The Entrance Band, The Growlers, The Like, The Living Sisters, Tijuana Panthers, Voxhaul Broadcast, Walking Sleep | Leave A Comment »

You like Avi Buffalo, right? Those plucky kids from the mean streets of Long Beach have recently soared to indie rock fame, quickly becoming everyone’s darling. The newest huge news is that they’re opening for Modest Mouse for five dates in July (yay!), and the freshest slice is their record release party at the Troubadour [...]
Apr 30, 2010 | Categories: CULTURE, Music | Tags: art culture downtown la, Artwalk bars, Avi Buffalo, Avi Buffalo record release, bars in downtown la, Best of Downtown LA, Brooklyn, Culture, Culture DTLA, Downtown LA, Downtown la Culture, DTLA, DTLA artwalk, Habonim Dror, Jessie Rifkin, LA Artwalk, Long Beach, Los Angeles, Los angeles artwalk, Los Angeles concert, Los Angeles live music, record release, record release party, Sunset Strip, The Troubadour, The Wailing Wall, Things to do at Artwalk, things to do DTLA, things to do in downtown la, troubadour, underground, Voices Voices, weekend | 1 Comment »

LA Buzz Blog favorite band, Hollywood Kill recently played the afterparty for the Black Eyed Peas concert at the Staples Center this past Tuesday night. The afterparty at the Conga Room promised to be an electro-clash dream, featuring Dip Dive, Letron, The Cataracs, Little Red Radio, Black Eyed Peas crowd favorite, LMFAO, and of course, [...]
Apr 03, 2010 | Categories: Music | Tags: Black Eyed Peas, Black Eyed Peas concert, Crimes of Passion, Dip Dive, Dipdive, downtown Los Angeles, electro clash, electroclash, Greg Tamura, Hollywood Kill, Ian Curtis, Joy Division, Letron, Little Red Radio, LMFAO, Los Angeles concert, Los Angeles music, retro electro, Staples Center | 4 Comments »

Death Hymn Number 9 is one of the most exciting bands to come out of the OC in a long, long time. They’ve got the bluegrass country garage punk sound going on – the kind you’d hear in emanating from the back of some run-down wooden shack in a forgotten town in West Virginia. And [...]
Mar 25, 2010 | Categories: LAbuzz, Music | Tags: A Friend of Yours Production, Alice and the White Hair, Death Hymn Number 9, Hollywood concert, Hollywood live music, Hollywood nightlife, Inzauma, Jeff McDonald, Los Angeles concert, Los Angeles live music, Los Angeles music, Los Angeles Soup Kitchen, Michael Angelo Galasso, Samuel Cahill, Sebastian Zelepin, Soup Kitchen Los Angeles, SOUP Kitchen rocks, The Midnight Scene, The Terrapin, The Unknown Theater | 1 Comment »

It’s been said before, and I’ll say it again – SOUP Kitchen does Rock! SOUP Kitchen Rocks 8 is booked and ready to rock the Unknown Theater like it’s never been rocked before! They’ve got Death Hymn Number 9, The Terrapin, and The Midnight Scene – three different bands with three different styles, so whatever [...]
Mar 18, 2010 | Categories: LAbuzz | Tags: Death Hymn Number 9, Hollywood, Hollywood concert, indie, Los Angeles, Los Angeles concert, Los Angeles events, Los Angeles live music, Midnight Scene, Music, party, S.O.U.P Kitchen, show, SOUP Kitchen 8, SOUP Kitchen rocks, Terrapin, underground, Unknown Theater, Unknown Theater concert | Leave A Comment »

The Robotanists have just finished their album of covers inspired by Los Angeles, called Shapes and Variations (available on Itunes on April 6, and on CD on March 30). What these clever robot botanists have done is taken popular, in some cases much overplayed songs, and changed the lyrics up to make it about LA, [...]
Feb 28, 2010 | Categories: LAbuzz, Music | Tags: AIDS Project LA, Alicia Keys, Black Keys, Bryan Adams, INXS, Jay-Z, Joe Jackson, Los Angeles concert, Los Angeles live music, Los Angeles music, Los Angeles songs, Lykke Li, Phillp Glass, songs about Los Angeles, The Robotanists, The Roxy LA, Uncovering The Cure | 3 Comments »

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 »

The indie music event that’s been taking hold in LA these days, the SOUP Kitchen, has been consistently presenting some of the best new and emerging bands in Los Angeles. The most recent SOUP Kitchen show, SOUP Kitchen 7 was one of the most successful yet, featuring a wide variety of genres, from garage punk [...]
Feb 23, 2010 | Categories: Culture, LAbuzz, Music | Tags: Brooke Trout, Bughouse, Bumtech, indie, Jeff Klarin, La Brea, Liz Brizzi, Los Angeles art, Los Angeles art show, Los Angeles concert, Los Angeles live music, Los Angeles music, Melrose, Neone Venus Theatre, Push to Transmit, Rebecca Johnson, S.O.U.P Kitchen, Shakey Graves, Stoned Koalas, The Anchormen, The Big Bad, Totally Serious, Trisha Hanudel | Leave A Comment »

Remember Megadeth and how much they absolutely rocked ever since frontman Dave Mustaine got kicked out of Alcoholica for being alcoholic, got pissed off and vowed to create a bigger, better monster than Metallica, and then, as if by magic or a decree from above, the world was blessed with Megadeth? Remember that? Get ready [...]
Feb 23, 2010 | Categories: Culture, Music | Tags: Alcoholica, Hollywood, Hollywood Palladium, live music, Los Angeles, Los Angeles concert, Los Angeles events, Los Angeles live music, Los Angeles metal, Los Angeles metal show, Los Angeles music, Megadeth, metal music, Metallica, underground | Leave A Comment »

Eek A Mouse is back and playing at the Air Conditioned Lounge in Venice! Tomorrow! If you’ve ever seen Eek A Mouse, you know that the performance depends entirely on if Eek feels like playing or not. I saw Eek once at the Malibu Inn, and he slept through the performance – his band was [...]
Feb 17, 2010 | Categories: Music | Tags: AC Lounge Venice, Air Conditioned Lounge, Eek-A-Mouse, Lincoln Blvd, Los Angeles concert, Malibu Inn, Monday Night Football, reggae, venice | Leave A Comment »
Break out your black and get ready to enjoy a musical and cinematic event. Join them on SATURDAY, DECEMBER 19TH for “An Evening of Sinister Amusement”, otherwise known as the second Mather Louth and Radio Noir residency show at the Unknown Theater. The evening promises to provide the eyes and ears with beautifully dark entertainment. [...]
Dec 17, 2009 | Categories: Culture, Parties | Tags: caberet, Cadaver Couture, Dime Museum, Fashion, film noir, films, Hollywood, indie, KillSonic, live performances, Los Angeles concert, Los Angeles events, Los Angeles live music, Los Angeles noir, Los Angeles theatre, macabre, Mather Louth, noir theatre, party, Radio Noir, Sandra Powers, Sinister Amusement, Timur, underground, Unknown Theatre | Leave A Comment »