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Win Tickets to the Adolescents at the El Rey Friday March 12
This has been a great, great season for revival shows. The Damned and Scream played last month. The Specials are playing next month. And this Friday, the Adolescents are playing at the El Rey. Word. Doors are at 7:00. Show is at 8:00. Youth Brigade is opening (as are The Crowd and Blockage). I... »
Win Tickets to The Bird and The Bee’s Friday Show!!!!
Indie rock slash synthetic pop, with electrically charged guitars and pianos, is all the rage (blame Hot Chip). So is an inexplicably newfound turn-of-the-decade appreciation for Hall & Oates (blame our current fascination with the 1980s and/or Hugh Grant in Music & Lyrics). Mash the two together and you get The Bird and the... »
Win Tix to The Soundtrack of Our Lives Tomorrow!
Epic Swedes The Soundtrack Of Our Lives will be at the El Rey tomorrow night with kickass local Nico Vega. And we’ve got your tickets! To win, just leave a comment telling me your favorite thing that ever came out of Sweden, be it marauding hordes or lingonberry compote. If you haven’t yet heard these... »
Walk the Red Carpet & Ride a Limo to Opening Night of “Dreamgirls” at the Ahmanson!
Our Pals at Center Theatre Group and Goldstar (home of the illustrious LA baking bloggeratrix Happy Go Marni) have hooked us up with the ultimate giveaway for anyone who likes (a) music (b) musicals (c) anything that Beyonce & Jennifer Hudson ever appeared in. Ha! But seriously, this is the kind of cool deal Goldstar... »
Guess What We’ve Got Tickets To?
FRIDAY APRIL 16: Jay-Z, LCD Soundsystem, Them Crooked Vultures, Vampire Weekend, Deadmau5, Public Image Limited, The Specials, Grizzly Bear, Passion Pit, Echo and the Bunnymen, Benny Benassi, Fever Ray, Grace Jones, She & Him, Erol Alkan, The Avett Brothers, Calle 13, The Whitest Boy Alive, The Cribs, La Roux, Yeasayer, Lucero, DJ Lance... »
Win Tix to Squirrel Nut Zippers on Friday Jan. 1st!
What a way to ring in the new year! This accomplished cavalcade of musicians returns in full form with its original members, including the showstopping Katharine Whalen and Jimbo Mathus. After lots of side projects for the various members–solo records, touring with the Dickies, collaborating with Buddy Guy, Comedy Central series, Dixieland bands and... »
Win Tix to Chromeo, Peanut Butter Wolf & Gaslamp Killer on New Year’s Eve
I will be doing a rundown of NYE events for those of you who, like me, get around to the “Hmm, what should we do for New year’s Eve?” convo on December 30th, but before I do that here’s one solid option where I can even get you in the door for free. Chromeo is... »
Win tix to the Christmas Sweater Festival on Saturday!
Are you looking for an excuse to break out your holiday best this weekend? Then you might want to head over to the El Rey on Saturday night for the third annual Christmas Sweater Festival. Local bands The Deadly Syndrome, Eskimohunter, Castledoor, The Pity Party, Signals, and 400 Blows will be... »
Win Tix to See the Aquabats on Friday!
We have ONE lonely little pair of tickets to give to one lucky-ass winner for the show with the Aquabats, Buck o’Nine & Supernova this Friday. These guys may wear spandex but they’re the real deal. You would be too if you’d been wearing blue spandex superhero suits for the last ten-twelve years. I... »
Win Tix to Ozomatli This Weekend!
We have tix to your choice of two, count ‘em TWO, nights this weekend when local heroes Ozomatli take the stage at Club Nokia (show info here). I’ve seen these guys play in scads of formats: as a secret surprise guest on a benefit bill for a pirate radio station, on the veranda of a... »
Win Tix to Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeroes Tonight!
It’s last-minute! And we only have one pair of tickets! But if you’re stoked on seeing this local band tear it up onstage tonight at the Mayan (to a sold-out crowd), well drop me a line. Just leave a comment telling me why you have nothing else to do tonight but go see this... »
City Ballet’s “Nutcracker Swings”: Duke Ellington Does Tchaikovsky
We’ve got tickets! Read on to see how to win. This time of year sees lots of “Nutcracker” productions, but City Ballet’s Nutcracker Swings is possibly the most unique. Transporting the original ballet by Tchaikovsky to 1940s LA, Swings tells the story of Maria, an orphan taken in by the Shook family of Hancock Park.... »
Win Tix to Son Volt on Friday
I’ve loved this band for years, despite their faults and shortcomings. And yes, they have them. The tunes can be repetitive. Frontman Jay Farrar’s songwriting style sometimes seems like that of an overenthusiastic short-order cook, stuffing a bit too much into every line. And their personal struggles are legend. But for what they are,... »
Win Tix to Skinny Puppy Tomorrow!
Yes, I know–it’s last-minute. But what former or current goth/industrial or goth/industrial-curious kid would pass up this chance to see the BRUTAL awesome grandfathers of the industrial genre? I also have to put in a good word for opener Baseck, who I first saw play in the sagging second story of a punk squat over... »
Win Tix to See The Cranberries At Club Nokia on Friday
Yep, we’re got tickets to this sold-out show by the band I totally, like, LOVED when I was in high school and my first boyfriend EVAR broke up with me and then my family went on this family vacation and I went along but I don’t remember where we went because the whole time... »