Last Tuesday night, I was blessed to see two very talented acts on stage, both alternative rock bands, at the great Bootleg Theater in Silver Lake. When we first arrived, The Dance Party from Washington D.C. was already killing it on stage. They provided so much energy in their sets. The crowd was loving every [...]

Hail to the digits. The 9:30 Club came through in fine form on December 23rd. Despite the fact that 90% of DC's residents get the hell outta the nation's capital come the holidays, the venue put on a great show with four awesome, and mostly local, bands. The Blackbells were the first of the four – hailing from faraway Brooklyn, New York. I'd seen the band perform once before at DC9, and remembered them as pint-sized energy bombs (for some reason the musicians all look diminutive on stage). They did not betray memory. [...]
Some DC on DC love today. Enjoy Chris Burns' summery-dub of The Dance Party's catchy joint, "Sing a Song". Who doesn't love a little Memorial Day beach-vibe on Christmas? Just let the grey skies and brisk cold melt away... Happy Friday dudes! The Dance Party | Sing A Song (Chirs Burns Montana House [...]
Chicago retro rockers Blah Blah Blah put their stylish stamp on Chic-A-Go-Go by getting down and getting crazy, in a very adorable way. The group performed "Soon As I Get Home Tonight" from its recent EP Thank You Thank You . During the interview portion with Miss Mia, singer Solomon Moss and keyboardist Phill Ferguson nickname their sound as "ballroom alternative." We'd have to agree.
Dec 22 Thu The Dance Party, Blackbells Mercury Lounge New York , NY 07:30 PM Buy Tickets Amex presale begins: Wed, 11/23/11 12:00 PM Jan 5 [...]

Bag Raiders took a very successful stab at remixing the Tings Tings upcoming single, "Silence". As a massive fans of the Aussies, I would expect nothing less. Just wait for the chorus. The original track will appear on The Ting Tings upcoming sophomore effort, Kunst . The Ting Tings - Silence - Bag Raiders Remix by the-ting-tings
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T-Pain grabbed some black lights, a halfway decent dance crew and one big-ass necklace for the video of his track "Nothin", off Pain's new album RevolveR (out December 6). The most noteworthy part of the clip is actually the song itself, which, like his other recent tune "Drowning" , lacks the Auto-Tune we've come to associate with T-Pain. Guess we all need to try new things once in awhile. Check out the low-budget vid below. T-Pain feat. Detail — "Nothin" [...]

I continue to work through the backlog of show photos. It is hard to balance time behind the shutter taking them and time behind the monitor making them extra purty for you. This installment of Rocktober show pics is from The Rapture 's stop at La Zona Rosa last week. It was an odd show for many reasons. I'll go into that in more detail after the break, but I don't think anyone that is a fan of The Rapture, ie everyone in attendance, left upset. So Read More to [...]
Monday, October 17, 2011 BROKE-ASS STUART BOOK READING & DANCE PARTY w/LANDIS EXPANDIS Free. 7:00pm -10:30pm. The Get Down . 701 South Bond St. Fells Point, Baltimore. The "Broke as Hell" Book Tour is coming to Baltimore! Broke-Ass Stuart (host of IFC's "Young, Broke & Beautiful") is bringing you something special; it'll be one half book reading/signing and one half dance party. Therefore it'll be good for both your brain and your booty! All of this is in support of his new book Y [...]
The Halloween party not to miss? KCRW's Masquerade: A Halloween Costume Ball & Dance Party at the Legendary Park Plaza, LA on October 29th of course!

Rocktober continues! La Zona Rosa Rosa plays host to a two night stand for ATH with Friendly Fires and The Rapture. Friendly Fires is up first bringing along Theophilus London as the opener. Having seen a condensed SxSW set of Friendly Fires and the early ACL set from Theophilus London, I had some expectations as to what we would get. So click through to see how things measured up and for a ton of pics. Theophilus may just as well move [...]

Date 10/16/11 Location Hotel Vegas Doors 7pm Tickets $3 @ Door An awesome show is going down on Sunday night at Hotel Vegas for those of you looking to close out the weekend on a high note. The show features some ATH regular artists Paperthreat , Great Nostalgic , and Real Book Fake Book . Also on hand are [...]

N X T L V L will take over 222 Hyde this Wednesday , featuring resident DJs plus special guest Eric Boss (10:00pm - 2:00am, $5, 21+): N X T L V L night is the brainchild of DJs HOTTHOBO and DANNY GLOVERRR who were looking to start a night that plays the latest forward-thinking bass-heavy party jams that lie on the outskirts of any strictly genre-specific night. Joined by resident DJs and monthly guests, the sonic time machine into the future is now accepting reservations. [...]

Check Yo Ponytail 2 will be taking over the El Rey this week to bring you an amazing line up that includes Miami Horror , Class Actress , Gigamesh , L.A. Girlfriend and more to the stage. This is all set to take place on Thursday, September 22nd at the El Rey Theatre . Tickets are still available to purchase online through Ticketmaster for $22.00 plus additional service fees, but we do [...]

The Echo will be hitting the big 1-0 this year and the venue will be partying for an entire month to celebrate their anniversary. To kick things off, they scheduled Dan Deacon to come in and do what he does best. Make the crowd go absolutely nuts. Other special guests are also set to come in for this show which will be taking place on Thursday, December 1st at the Echoplex . Tickets will [...]

Photo courtesy of Future Relative . Switch at Fontana's in NYC - September 24, 2011. All Night Dance Party. FREE! NYC! Get ready to get your groove on. Once a month on Saturday nights at Fontana's in the Lower East Side, starting September 24, 2011, Electro band Future Relative present "Switch," a FREE monthly party. The party begins at 11 PM and goes until 4 AM. Go to Future Relative's official site to download an mp3 of their new single "Eye Contact (Analog Mix)" to get [...]
New Look Ever since Jamie xx's essential mix last week people started raving about a track by New Look called Janet. That track came out in 2009 but has been shot back up into the lime light with his essential mix. This comes right on the bend of New Look's announcement of a new