The Mars Volta chose the Majestic Ventura Theater to launch their Fall tour, and a sold-out, packed house got proof almost immediately that this band sounds even better in person than on record. In a tight, no-filler set that ran just over an hour and 15 minutes, the group tore through more than two decades of material with a hunger that made it clear everyone on that stage was operating at their absolute A-game.
Read MoreThe Mars Volta have never been a band content to sit still, and their newest single proves it yet again. "Reina Tormenta / Enlazan Las Tinieblas" arrives as a searing preview of the group's forthcoming album, dropping just as the iconic outfit gears up to launch a North American tour that promises to be one of the most anticipated runs of the fall.
Read MoreRock & Roll Hall of Famers Journey are rolling into Los Angeles with the second leg of their Final Frontier Tour, and the September 12th stop at Crypto.com Arena is shaping up to be one of the most emotionally charged shows the city sees all year. Billed as the band's farewell run, this is five decades of arena-rock history coming full circle, and Angelenos are about to get a front-row seat to it.
Read MoreBleachers are heading back to Los Angeles for a run that feels built for a room like this one. This September, Jack Antonoff and company will play five nights at the Troubadour, September 10, 11, 12, 14, and 15, a rare chance to catch one of rock's most electric live acts in one of the genre's most storied rooms.
Read MoreGoose brought their Summer Tour 2026 into the Greek Theatre for a Friday night that felt raw, intimate, and completely mesmerizing from the first note to the last. Even in a venue built for thousands, the Wilton, Connecticut band found a way to make the whole night feel close and personal, and by the time the encore hit, the entire amphitheater was on its feet and moving.
Read MoreWhitney made their first-ever appearance at Topaz Farm on Friday night, and the show was one of the most intimate, raw, and genuinely beautiful shows we've seen all year. Playing to a crowd seated on blankets and lawn chairs among the wildflowers and open fields of the working farm, the Chicago band, joined by Nicholas Allbrook of Pond, turned a Sauvie Island evening into something that felt less like a concert and more like a shared moment.
Read MoreSome shows you plan for months. Others you find out about hours before they happen and drop everything anyway. That was the scene outside Sibylline Records in Pasadena this week, when King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard's Stu Mackenzie and Joey Walker announced a surprise pop-up DJ set on Instagram, and by the time the “needle” dropped, the sidewalk on El Molino Avenue was as packed as the shop itself.
Read MoreThere are venues that host a concert and there are venues that conspire with one, and on Monday night the Greek Theatre was firmly in the second camp. Tucked into the eucalyptus and pine of Griffith Park, the open-air amphitheater gave Death Cab for Cutie exactly the room they needed to close out a two-night Los Angeles stand on the I Built You a Tower World Tour.
Read MoreMark your calendars, because November 7th is shaping up to be one of the year's most special nights for fans of early 2000’s rock and indie pop. Jimmy Eat World and The Format are joining forces at the legendary Hollywood Bowl for a night built entirely around nostalgia done right, and it's hard to imagine a better way to spend a Saturday evening under the stars.
Read MoreThere are nights when a stadium just feels different the moment the house lights drop, and Friday night at the Alamodome was exactly that kind of night. AC/DC rolled into San Antonio as part of their PWR UP Tour, and the building was packed wall to wall with fans who clearly weren't about to miss a chance to see rock and roll royalty in the flesh. Honestly, it felt like a privilege just to be in the room.
Read MoreSome concerts are designed to entertain and others are built to surprise! On July 26th, the Hollywood Bowl will host one of the summer's most intriguing musical collaborations as electronic music visionary Boris Brejcha joins the legendary Hollywood Bowl Orchestra, under the direction of acclaimed conductor Derrick Hodge, for an unforgettable evening as part of this year's KCRW Festival series. You can find tickets HERE!
Read MoreYou can usually feel it before the singer opens their mouth. The lights drop. A bass note rolls through the room. Someone walks onto the stage slowly—almost annoyingly slowly—while thousands of people scream themselves hoarse. There is no nervous wave, no desperate attempt to win the crowd over. The performer stands there as if the venue belongs to them and everyone else has simply been allowed inside.
Read MoreOn a sweltering Thursday night in Downtown Los Angeles, the 150-or-so souls packed into The Smell got something far more than a pop-up show, they got the first glimpse of UPSAHL's comeback. A full year away from live stages and eighteen months away from releasing music, the Phoenix-bred singer-songwriter stepped back into the room as if the clock had never stopped, and she made sure every single person in that iconic all-ages space was left breathless.
Read MoreOn a night where every inch of The Anthem felt charged with anticipation, PinkPantheress stepped into a completely sold-out room and delivered something that felt bigger than a concert. It was a moment, one of those rare, electric alignments where artist, audience, and atmosphere lock into the same rhythm and refuse to let go. It’s been nearly 24 hours and we’re still thinking about it!
Read MoreOn paper, Comet Ping Pong is the kind of venue you might associate with a casual night out, pizza, chatter, maybe a band humming in the background. But when Boogarins rolled through Washington, D.C. to celebrate the 10-year anniversary of their album Manual, the modest room didn’t just transform, it expanded, warped, and bloomed into something cosmic.
Read MoreThere are performers who command a stage, and then there’s Father John Misty, who seems to dissolve the boundary between stage and audience entirely. On March 23rd, 2026, at Majestic Ventura Theater, he didn’t just play a concert, he conducted something closer to a séance, equal parts rock show, confessional, and theatrical spectacle. If this was the opening night of his latest tour, it set a bar that feels almost unfair to the rest of the year.
Read MoreThere are concerts that roar, and then there are concerts that glow. Jeff Tweedy chose the latter at United Theater on Broadway, delivering a performance that felt less like a spectacle and more like stepping into a carefully lit cathedral of sound. The venue itself set the tone immediately, ornate, luminous, almost cinematic in its grandeur, the kind of place where every note seems to hang in the air just a little longer.
Read MoreHitting the scene in 2010, the group brought moody synth pop into popularity with contemporaries like Purity Ring, Sylvan Esso, and more. Their debut Eyelid Moves was a mainstay on college radio and for me, “Mouthful of Diamonds” was a song that soundtracked much of my time in college. Through the years, their output has remained consistent and strong, most recently with 2024’s Memory of a Day.
Read MoreOutside Lands is officially gearing up for another landmark summer, returning to Golden Gate Park from August 7–9 for its 18th year as one of the most ambitious and experience-driven festivals on the planet. Still proudly holding its title as the largest independently owned festival in the United States, Outside Lands has built its reputation on a simple but powerful idea: music is only the beginning. Food, wine, beer, cocktails, art, and cannabis culture all weave into the fabric of the weekend, turning the park into a fully immersive playground that feels uniquely San Francisco.
Read MoreOn February 27th, 2026, Magic City Hippies turned The Regent Theater into a living, breathing pulse of sound and motion. From the moment the lights dimmed, it was clear this wasn’t just another tour stop. It was a statement. From start to finish, the band absolutely crushed their performance, and it’s not often we say this, but we left the venue needing more MCH!
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