First up: If anyone released a worthy rap mixtape in the past seven days, I haven't been able to find it. The closest thing would be Trina's Back 2 Business, which French Montana "executive…   Read Story »
A couple days ago, as part of a "First Look" online teaser for their new print edition, Esquire UK shared a few quotes from their new cover story on Jack White, and those quotes included what…   Read Story »
If you're a regular reader of Album Of The Week, you know this space is traditionally reserved for and occupied by Tom -- every Tuesday, he picks the album and then he writes about it. This week,…   Read Story »
How does the word "chillwave" make you feel in the waning weeks of 2012? If it doesn't make you say "huh?" it probably makes you say "ugh." We all have a different tolerance for contrived trend…   Read Story »
Guys, it's Friday, and there are used plates with smeared cake-frosting laying around, with empty booze bottles accumulating on our desks and a general pall of whiskey fumes hanging over the office.…   Read Story »
- Bruce Springsteen And The E Street Band @ Honda Center, Anaheim 12/4/12 Dec 5th
- No Doubt, Fitz And The Tantrums, The Aggrolites @ Gibson Amphitheatre, Universal City 11/30/12 Dec 3rd
- Soundgarden @ Fonda Theatre, Hollywood 11/27/12 Nov 28th
- "Surfjohn Stevens Christmas Sing-A-Long" @ The Georgia Theatre, Athens 11/26/12 Nov 28th
- Tamaryn, Tropic of Cancer, Vum @ The Echo, Los Angeles 11/23/12 Nov 26th
- Tegan & Sara @ Bowery Ballroom, NYC 11/19/12 Nov 20th
- The Faint, Trust, The Casket Girls @ Fonda Theatre, Hollywood 11/18/12 Nov 19th
- Occupy Sandy Benefit Ft. Real Estate, Vampire Weekend, Devendra Banhart, The Walkmen, Cass McCombs, Dirty Projectors @ St. Ann & The Holy Trinity, Brooklyn 11/17/12 Nov 19th
- Tame Impala, The Amazing @ El Rey Theatre, Los Angeles 11/16/12 Nov 19th
- Ben Gibbard, Damien Jurado @ Wilshire Ebell Theatre, Los Angeles 11/14/12 Nov 15th