Berserktown II The Observatory 8/16/15 Look out, here comes another themed music festival! Berserktown II (the sequel to last year's Berserktown festival, obviously) brought punks, metalheads, and those who could pass as civilians to The Observatory ...
Some people take entertainment and diversion a bit further than others. Putting on a concert t-shirt and disappearing into a mob of folks with similar musical tastes is more or less the norm. Beyond that, there are: comic cons, which feature cosplaye...
If you are a person of a "certain age," the letters NWA mean a dip back into time when one of the hardest rap groups owned your car stereo. Ice Cube, Dr. Dre, Eazy-E, MC Ren, and DJ Yella were breaking eardrums, pumping up parties, and crushing compe...
The B-52s Pacific Amphitheater 8/14/15 When The B-52s first got started, in the late '70s, their stylistic trademarks included bouffant hairdos, the influence of '50s rock music, and nods to campy '60s movies. Though they retooled these elements int...
Atmosphere Lets It Shine in "Sunshine" For all the songs that have been written about the sun and its subsequent sunshine, the star that sustains life on this very planet is finally making its place in the music video industry thanks to Minneapol...
Tahliah Debrett Barnett, better known as FKA Twigs (or Robert Pattinson's fiancee, to some) doesn't let fame overshadow life. The 27-year-old recently admitted she has never watched Pattinson's Twilight series. "I don't understand what the levels [o...
The evening started slowly at The Greek. A very small group of mostly 20 to 30 somethings huddled in front of the stage to experience opening act Blake Mills. The rest of the theater was sparsely populated while singer / guitarist Mills and his band ...
Lux Drummerette Lets face it: being a female musician can be a pretty rough gig at times. Women have difficulty gaining respect from male peers, face challenges being booked on festival bills, deal with unrealistic expectations and double standard...
Back in September, on the set of the N.W.A biopic Straight Outta Compton, cameras rolled in the parking lot of the Santa Monica Civic Auditorium as actors playing prudish protesters hoisted signs ("Crap Rap N.W.A") and ran over a pile of the group's ...
My sauce is the truth! We love us some Ralphie May over here at the Weekly and by the way he sells whenever he's in town, we know OC feels the same. If you're the type that never gets your panties in a bunch, you're in for a great time when May hi...
A Hacker from Hackers (1995) This week, Shout factory releases the 20th Anniversary edition of the film Hackers. You may remember this as the film starring a young Angelina Jolie and her real life future one-time husband Jonny Lee Miller as comput...
Jaime Zacharias' Tribute to Magu One of the most firme lowrider bombs ever is making its way to the Muckenthaler Cultural Center in Fullerton today. Gilbert "Magu" Luj?n first painted the body of his 1950 Chevy coupe with the vibrant brushstrokes ...
Dead Moon at the first Berserktown As one of the brains behind local L.A. DIY venue The Church on York, Graeme Flegenheimer knows a thing or two about putting on shows. After last year's inaugural Berserktown Festival, Flegenheimer had high hopes...
With a last name that means walls in Spanish, De'Anza Paredes knows about breaking boundaries. With the traditional, Mexican stringed instrument called a vihuela, she is knocking down cultural barriers. "Sometimes doors are closed for me because p...
On the international heavy metal scene, it is well known Sweden is the place to be, when it comes to heavy metal music. Aside from bikini models and extravagant chocolate, heavy metal, in all its forms, is one of the country's main cultural exports. ...
Born into a family of musicians who play jazz, tejano, oldies and funk, it was only a matter of time before Johnny Love got the itch to pick up an instrument. Despite growing up in Santa Ana, steeped in his Mexican heritage, his musical tastes were u...
"Look for me between stone and ocean," Pablo Neruda once wrote. "I will return to be the churning of the water." The famed poet's "Yo Volver?" is just one of many poems inspired by his fascination with Chilean coastline where he made his home in Is...
Time to get Merloted Over the weekend, Outside Lands--San Francisco's marquee music festival--served us more than just a quality lineup for its 8th anniversary. Beyond Elton John and Mumford and Sons their existed a place so apropos for San Franci...
As the culture of spring and summer music festivals gets more bloated and overwhelming each year, it's become difficult to discern one from the other. Nearly identical lineups, experiences and locations are all starting to garner a certain amount of ...
Future in Williamsburg By: Luke O'Neil Recently, a writer for Pitchfork attended a Purity Ring concert in Melbourne, Australia. Nice. While such a scenario might normally come coupled with some degree of purple musings about synth textures and beg...
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