Photographer Profile: Benjamin Hoste
Starting on Friday, February 27th, the month-long Exposure show featuring the music photography of Benjamin Hoste, Jeff Koga, and Simon Cardoza will take place at Meet, Mix, Mogul in Silver Lake -- and...
View ArticleRest In Peace: The Savages
It's a sad day when one of your favorite local acts calls it quits, especially when you've been anxiously awaiting their EP release for months. They were The Savages and they were hard to describe....
View ArticleThe Monday Show Low Down (Or "It's Cool That You're Friends w/ Your Dog's...
Yeah, so change is, like, in the air or something. Radio Free Silver Lake will soon be going through an "awkward growing stage" as it becomes more and more like its smarter, prettier sister-site, Radio...
View ArticleVideo Free Silver Lake: Leonard Cohen
Really, I couldn't be happier to hear about yesterday's announcement of Leonard Cohen touring the US and Canada. (Read the Pitchfork article here.) The guy has always been so fucking far ahead of his...
View ArticleTICKET GIVEAWAY: Everest, The Parson Redheads, & Two Sheds
We're giving away several pairs of tickets to see the Americana rock/pop line-up of Everest, The Parson Redheads, and Two Sheds at The Echo on Friday. Just message us here with your full name, a...
View ArticleREMINDER: The Movies, Death to Anders, & One Trick Pony @ USC's Ground Zero
There's a lot going on this Friday night -- it's like most of the best bands in town decided they needed to play at exactly the same time -- what with the incredible line-ups at The Echo and the first...
View ArticleUNDER COVERED Set List & Videos
A few people recorded audio and video at the UNDER COVERED event we put on with the Eagle Rock Bowling & Drinking Club at All-Star Lanes two weeks back -- where four great local bands performed...
View ArticleThe Monday Show Low Down (Or "Judas Priest Covering Joan Baez is Both Real...
Went out to Venice last night for the first AC Indie night at The Air-Conditioned Supper Club w/ One Trick Pony, Flashing Red Lights, World Record, and The Parson Redheads and it was a pretty good...
View ArticleREMINDER: Werewolf Heart Records Launch Party at Detroit Bar on Thursday Night
by Whitney HawkeNew bands pop up in Los Angeles every day, but the birth of a new record label is cause for occasion. Thus, Werewolf Heart Records– the slick new label managed by Alexis Rivera of Echo...
View ArticleVideo Free Silver Lake: Foreign Born, Fol Chen, Bodies of Water, Captain...
by Jed As usual, a ton of great bands playing this week, everything from catchy indie rock to early 2000s style sweat-all-over-the-audience electro. If you are so lucky as to make it out, here are some...
View Article60 Second Show Review: Tigers Can Bite You, So Many Wizards, & Fulton Lights...
By Joe Fielder1) It would be good to see the Brooklyn's Fulton Lights (made up of clearly talented one-man band Andrew Spencer) free from any technical problems. 2) Hard to describe, but often easy to...
View ArticleNew Band Alert: Blue Jungle
By Marion HodgesAnyone who knows me even a little bit probably wouldn't be too surprised to learn that it took a post on a Seattle based, often indiepop focused blog for me to learn about my new L.A....
View ArticleTICKET GIVEAWAY(S): Next Tuesday and Thursday at The Echo
by Joel RobinsonThanks to our friends at The Echo, we have multiple pairs of tickets to give away for each of two nights next week at that venue. First night is Tuesday, March 10, when a range of sound...
View ArticleBAND CANCELLATION ALERT: THE TARTANS AT PART TIME PUNKS
by Marion HodgesAnyone who is in the L.A. area and was planning to venture out to the Echo to see the Tartans on Sunday night should still plan to do so, as Sea Lions are still playing, and the Part...
View ArticleEl Capitan: Earlimart's Aaron Espinoza on Stearing The Ship (Pt. I of II)
by Whitney HawkeAaron Espinoza is a multi-tasker. Right now, the scruffy Californian is demolishing a bowl of tortilla chips and unpretentiously describing the musical republic he has created in Silver...
View ArticleThe Monday Show Low Down (Or "We're Gonna Have to Cross the Line Just to Find...
By Joe FielderOver the last week, we've started posting contributions from some talented new contributors... a group of folks who share a common lurve for the local music scene... and you'll see even...
View ArticleTICKET GIVEAWAY: Great Northern on Monday, March 16, at Silverlake Lounge
By Joel RobinsonWell, after spending much of 2008 writing, recording, mixing, Great Northern are now ready to release their new record Remind me Where the Light is come April 28, 2009. And in advance...
View ArticleBite-Sized News: Castledoor, Foreign Born, Silversun Pickups, & More
by Whitney HawkeKnowledge is hot. This is the first installment of a weekly post called 'Bite-Sized News' which aims to educate readers -- transforming them into the new know-it-alls of social circles....
View ArticleTICKET GIVEAWAY: Say Hi & Telekinesis at The Echo on Friday Night
by Joel RobinsonYes, once again thanks to the folks at The Echo, we have two pairs of tickets to give away... This time for this Friday’s performance by Say Hi and Telekinesis.Eric Elbogen, who records...
View ArticleVideo Free Silver Lake: Bird And The Bee, Great Northern, Robert Francis, Mad...
by Jed I've been more than a little bit laid up by unexpected injury, so I unfortunately will most likely be missing all of the shows in LA this week. Good thing I can watch videos at home... 1) In...
View ArticlePhoto File: Neil Halstead & Zach Gill @ Largo
by Laurie ScavoSince I'm brand new to LA, every venue I shoot is a new adventure. And last night atLargo at The Coronet for the Neil Halstead show was no exception. First things first: no...
View ArticleNew Band Alert: The Mayfair Set
by Marion HodgesSo, surely by now you are all pretty much completely enamored with the L.A. based, shrouded in mystery, one woman phenomena that is Dum Dum Girls. If your response to that previous...
View ArticleThursday, March 12 Quandary
by Brad RobertsWhat does a person do when faced with choices like these? Plant and Animals, Castledoor and Avi Buffalo at The Echo or Fol Chen, Bodies of Water and Lake at the Echo Curio or Elvis...
View ArticleRadio Free Silver Lake Has Moved
The last two weeks have been pretty big for us here at the site... We've picked up eight new staff members and have undergone a full site redesign. You can now find us right here, so please update your...
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