Get ready, America. Kevin Barnes and Friends are about to take the country over by storm.

Although a majority of this invasion is taking place in the form of the bands’ touring efforts in support of their newest release Skeletal Lamping, the band will play to their largest crowd yet on December 18th as the musical [...]

If you were as unlucky as us during Coachella and missed Hot Chip’s performance, wipe away those regret-filled tears, because everyone’s favorite British electropoppers have graced their fans with a second slew of tour dates in support of their newest album, Made in the Dark.

The tour kicks off with two (!!!) performances at Los Angeles’ Wiltern Theatre in late [...]

After a noted absence from the Los Angeles area, Brazillian girl-fronted dance poppers Cansei de Ser Sexy—or, more simply, CSS—have announced plans to return to Southern California on their North American and European tour this upcoming fall.

Despite the unexpected departure of bassist Ira Trevisan in early April, CSS has signed on to play numerous summer festivals, [...]

Well, well, well—what did we tell you? As previously reported on SketchyTown, iconic shoegazers My Bloody Valentine have added a slew of tour stops across the United States as a part of their reunion festivities, including TWO nights at the Santa Monica Civic Auditorium.

Tickets for the Los Angeles shows go onsale this weekend through TicketBastard.
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While everyone was partying on the polo fields at this past weekend’s Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival, a very reliable sourcein the concert world revealed that iconic shoegazers My Bloody Valentine will bring their reunion tour to the West Coast this fall.

MBV will play the famed Santa Monica Civic Auditorium in September in support [...]

If this is the real deal, it doesn’t look pretty, folks…
We’re going to have to think REAL hard to make it through the Kraftwerk and Animal Collective conflict.
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This has “shittastic” written all over it.

The number of media-touted “buzz bands” playing this weekend’s Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival is astounding; once tragically hip underground groups known only by self-proclaimed hipster scum now pepper the lineup like silver sedans on the 110 freeway. Quite possibly the most anticipated performance by one of these rising bands comes from Ivy League [...]

In the world of the music festival, the acts billed toward the end of any lineup tend to get overlooked, pushed aside, and forgotten by the average concert attendee. For next weekend’s Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival, a handful of the festival’s smaller acts might succumb to the same fate billed against major acts [...]

Well, what did we tell you? Brooklyn-based psychpop dreamboats MGMT have completely taken over the indie music scene since the January release of their official debut album Oracular Spectacular—and, newsflash, they’re not just popular with the cool kids.

Bandmembers Ben Goldwasser and Andrew VanWyngarden captured the attention of media moguls and music lovers alike during their performances [...]

This pretty much has to be the greatest video we’ve ever found on YouTube. Not only is it super cheesy, super entertaining, and super retrotastic, but you actually can see the Beatles’ real hair color! (What? It’s not black???)
The colors in this clip just drive us wild. (The screaming teenage fans, not so much. Should [...]