Music On Monday night, Nosaj Thing—one of L.A.'s most promising young beat makers—brought his hyper beats and even crazier visuals to Holocene. The show was almost a visual overload, with all three bands on the bill augmented by synchronized lights and videos cou...   More

Music On Sunday night, French pop band Phoenix played to the most excited crowd I've ever seen at the Crystal Ballroom. I was smart enough to throw myself into the middle of it, eschewing the safety of the 21+ side to jump around in the middle of a pack of friends and 16-year-old...   More

Music Last Thursday, two of the hottest indie bands around—New York's the Pains of Being Pure at Heart and San Francisco's Girls—played to a packed all-ages crowd at Backspace. It was right before the start of Sunpocolypse 2K9 (or my preferred term "Helter S...   More

Music Passion Pit just dropped its debut album of shimmering electronic soul last week to rave reviews, and the boys stopped by the Wonder Ballroom on Sunday night for one of its first shows as a full band. We ...   More

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Last Friday we sent the amazing Ben Johnson to take some pictures at the Ladytron/Faint show, and he returned with this hot fire. The one with the drummer framed between the singers legs?!? And all those beautiful blues and and pinks and reds? Now I'm a little bummed ...   More

Music Andrew Bird and has new backing band played the Roseland Theater on Saturday night, and it was awesome. How do I know that? Just look at these pics! We sent our ace photographer Ben Johnson to the show, and he came back with a few black-and-white and color gems of Bird and opener Loney,...   More

Music We're a bit late posting these photos, but they are so awesome/trippy that we just had to get them up. Last Wednesday the Los Angeles electronic installation project Lucky Dragons played at Backspace with Pit Er Pat, and Ben Johnson caught the group in both black and white and color. Ch...   More

Music The day after Halloween isn't always the easiest time to get down. Whether you've got a wicked hangover or a wicked stomachache (why do I always eat too many Mike and Ike's?), it's inevitable to feel a bit lethargic. And that's where Diplo comes in. We sent our ace photographer Ben J...   More

Music We sent our new photographer Ben Johnson to the Wonder Ballroom last night to shoot pictures at the Jamie Lidell/Janelle Monae show, expecting some pretty amazing things. And then Monae and Lidell treated one of the most lackluster crowds I've ever seen to one of the sweati...   More

Music Tuesday was quite the afternoon for in-store performances, with two of our favorites playing amidst stacks of vinyl and used copies of R.E.M.'s Monster. We sent brand spankin' new p...   More