Event M83 City San Diego State California Venue Belly Up Tavern Date May 21, 2009 I first heard M83 playing over the house speakers at Streetlight Records in Santa Cruz. I was eating a lot of pills in those days and naturally, I bought Dead Cities, Red Seas & Lost Ghosts on the spot. Since

Event Sébastien Tellier City Los Angeles State California Date December 03, 2008   Briefly imagine for a moment if Prince had a lovechild with Tom Jones, and that progeny grew up to be a stringy-haired, sweaty, bearded homeless man with a penchant for shiny white dinner jackets and scarves. Wait, don’t bother imagining, you just

Event The English Beat • The Fixx • The Alarm City Los Angeles State California Venue Henry Fonda Theatre Date July 24, 2008 Review By TIFFANY LI Photos © …totallylikeduh! Standing in another impossibly long fake-bomb-threat-induced line at LAX, I occupied my time by imagining that the four young 18-24 year-old’s in torn skinny jeans

Event Eagles of Death Metal • Joan Jett City Los Angeles State California Venue Henry Fonda Theatre Date November 06, 2007   by Aaron Pompey photos by M’Lou Elkins Though it may not have been deliberate, the ever-flamboyant (and typically shirtless) Jesse “The Devil” Hughes brought his Josh Homme-less Eagles of Death Metal back to

Event Combichrist • KMFDM City Los Angeles State California Venue Henry Fonda Theatre Date October 27, 2006   by Aaron Pompey photos by M’Lou Elkins The line that divides the satanic from the godly is more grossly misrepresented in some contexts than in others. When I was a teenager, I was forced to watch an

Event Nouvelle Vague City Los Angeles State California Venue Henry Fonda Theatre Date September 08, 2006   by Mike Sametz Taking the stage just after 10 p.m., Nouvelle Vague slinked to their microphones and instruments, hushing the talkative Henry Fonda crowd without saying a word. A few post-punk hipsters whistled, and one man shouted, “I

Event Eagles of Death Metal • The Giraffes City Los Angeles State California Venue Henry Fonda Theatre Date June 15, 2006   by Aaron Pompey photos © M’Lou Elkins (www.skip2photography.com) Before heading onstage, The Giraffes and Eagles of Death Metal both tool around backstage at the Henry Fonda Theater, trading witty and mildly derisive jabs