Category Archives: Music

Five Mondays in December: Club Scum takes over the Echoplex/Echo for an epic close to 2019

This past December saw Club Scum promoters Rudy Bleu Garcia and Hex-Ray bring a diverse group of performers to the Echoplex (December 2 and 9) and the Echo (December 16, 23 and 30), each a Monday night residency to give … Continue reading

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The Intown Report’s Gig Picks of the Week 1/9/20 – 1/15/19

Looking for cool live music this week? Here’s some show recommendation Thursday 1/9 Cinema Bar – Paul Inman’s Delivery + Steve Kay Viper Room – Dirty Cakes, Westerner, Piper Hays + Rambling Ways Zebulon – Tissues, Chernobyl, Fucked Forever + R. … Continue reading

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Robby Krieger and Henry Diltz Revive The Morrison Hotel for a Day

The line curled around the block on Hope street. Everyone was waiting to get into a gigantic empty warehouse in downtown Los Angeles to remember the Doors in 2020. Robby Krieger of the Doors, photographer Henry Ditz and thousands of … Continue reading

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Pretty Dope Fiends and After School Specials

Thinking about the pretty dope fiends I’ve known after watching the riveting and very sad documentary, “Who Killed Nancy?” (2009). One I met while walking somewhere near ABC No Rio in NYC, he asked me if I was ok because … Continue reading

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Live Music Review: Camper Van Beethoven and Cracker at Teragram Ballroom 12/30/19

As soon as Camper Van Beethoven played its first note at the Teragram Ballroom on Saturday, an entire roomful of people from three different generations started nodding their heads and grooving as one, and it was a beautiful sight. The … Continue reading

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The Intown Report’s Gig Picks of the Week 1/2/20 – 1/8/20

Looking for cool live music this week? Here’s some show recommendation Thursday 1/2 The Lexington – The Humblers, Dangerously Sleazy, Animals & Children + Bummed Out Zebulon – Rocco Deluca, Lael Neale Guy Blakeslee, Halo May Sean Smith + Tyler … Continue reading

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Where the Cool Kids will be Ringing in 2020

It’s not too late to make plans for New Year’s Eve. We have selected some fun events, sifting through the douche-y bottle service parties and inflated dinner prices to bring you only the coolest events. (Written with Monique LeBleu) EXTRAVAGANZAS … Continue reading

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“Mystify” Examines Passionate INXS Frontman Michael Hutchence

“Mystify: Michael Hutchence” is a dreamy-paced documentary about the late INXS singer, told through oral accounts and video clips, including home footage taken by Hutchence, family members and girlfriends. Winner of Best Documentary at the 2019 Tribeca Film Festival, it … Continue reading

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Camper Van Beethoven and Cracker to Share the Stage at Teragram Ballroom Monday 12/30/2019

For those of you who didn’t make it to Camper Van Beethoven and Cracker’s 15th and final annual Pioneertown Campout last summer, I have good news! Both bands will be sharing the bill tomorrow, December 30, 2019 at the Teragram … Continue reading

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Offbeat L.A.: Break on Through to The Morrison Hotel for L.A.’s 4th Annual Day of the Doors

“Driving down your freeways Midnight alleys roam Cops in cars, the topless bars Never saw a woman so alone…” Perhaps no rock and roll band epitomizes the city of Los Angeles as intuitively and perhaps self-destructively as The Doors, with … Continue reading

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