Tagged: contest

Scenestar favorite, The Black Angels, wrap up their local tour with a stop in Downtown Los Angeles. The Black Angels follow up last night's Glass House show in Pomona with a date at the Mayan Theater on Tuesday, May 21....

This weekend, Brooklyn's Prospect Park hosts its second annual GoogaMooga food festival, and I am interviewing Michael Moss there tomorrow about his fascinating book, Salt Sugar Fat: How the Food Giants Hooked Us . For a chance at winning this book and a $100 Threadless gift certificate, share your favorite guilty pleasure food in a comment. Cheese is easily my foodstuff kryptonite, in any and all forms. One winner, chosen randomly from the commenters, will receive the following prizes: Michael Moss's book [...]

Frank Yang Who: Laura Marling What: English folk artist whose prodigious talent is dwarfed only by her prolific output; Once I Was An Eagle will be her fourth album in just over five years, and she's barely 23 years old. Why: Eagle is out May 25, but Marling is kicking off her North American tour behind it a full ten days earlier. In fact, it's on right now. When: Saturday, May 25, 2013 [...]

• Laura Marling - Once
• Laura Marling - Where Can I Go?

Los Angeles's own Youngblood Hawke have a hometown date next week! You can see Youngblood Hawke live at the Avalon Hollywood on Wednesday, May 22 in support of newest release We Come Running. We're giving our readers a shot at...

Looks like I'll be running some more contests on the blog in the coming weeks, as Live Nation has a slew of great shows coming up in Toronto.  For instance, got plans on Wednesday, May 29th?  I would hope you'd be heading to the Rivoli to see Nightbox , who are gearing up to their 2013 debut album.  Head to their website to see  previews of the album  and put "Burning" back on your long-weekend playlist.  Oh, and enter this contest to get in. J.D. ORIGINALS PRESENTS [...]

Wanna own Impersonator ? If so, then tweet @mattheartspade & @majicalcloudz with #CLOUDZHEART A winner (US only) will be randomly chosen on 5/25. Watch 'Childhood's End' here. Follow Majical Cloudz on Tumblr. Like Majical Cloudz on Facebook. Follow Majical Cloudz on SoundCloud. Purchase Majical Cloudz items via Insound. MP3: Majical Cloudz - Bugs [...]

Would you like your plans for Memorial Day weekend to involve an Icelandic band that makes the music of the spheres? Good, you got here just in time. We're giving away TWO PAIRS of tickets to see unsurpassed, the inimitable, the unpronounceable Sigur Rós , who are playing the Les Schwab Amphitheater in Bend, Oregon on Sunday, May 26 . So if your holiday weekend plans already include a trip to Bend, this weekend just got bendier.... I'm sorry, I don't know what I meant by that. Anyway, here's the deal! Very important: You [...]

Dancing Astronaut  is pleased to treat 5 lucky Northern California readers to a pair of tickets to tomorrow's Dada Life show with Deniz Koyu, Mat Zo, Pierce Fulton, and Ken Loi at the Craneway Pavilion in Richmond, CA. Dada Land, in collaboration with Insomniac, takes over Craneway Pavilion tomorrow May 17th from 6pm to 1am. You can expect dirty electro beats, bananas, and champagne showers everywhere you turn. Enter your name below for a chance to win a spot on Deniz Koyu's guestlist for yourself and one other person of your choosing. [...]

Although, in truth, that photo is funny even without a caption.

The weekend will be here sooner than you think and we have yet another option for you to check out. XXL Freshmen Live is going down at Club Nokia this Saturday, May 18 and will feature Ab-Soul, Schoolboy Q, Dizzy...

Dear producers community and friends, we now have planned a series of new remix contests for you ! The first one of them is made with Cologne based Minimal-dubtechno mind Narcotic 303 . You can win a release on the label, and for the first three winners, a special gift, a copy of the cd " Stairway to the Moon ", the album containing red planet! .. Only ten tracks will be selected from your demos. Contest deadline is September 1, 2013 [...]

• Narcotic303 - Preview

Primus wraps up the weekend with a local tour date. Bringing their 3D enhanced tour to Pomona, Primus are set to headline the Fox Theater on Sunday, May 19. We're giving our readers a shot at going with a contest...

May Long Weekend is fast approaching us, and what better way to spend your guilt-free Sunday night than at Fortune Sound Club with two rising musical stars. After a mesmerizing show at Fortune Sound Club last January, electronic-artist Kastle will be returning to Vancouver with Montreal-based sensation Kaytranada on May 19. Kastle’s forward-thinking music results from his long-time love of hip-hop and R&B, fused with the magnetizing effect that garage, house, dubstep and bass-heavy music has had on him. Kastle's unique fusions will fit nicely with Kaytranada's modern take on the luscious sounds of 902s [...]

• 8prn - Runnin'
• Amerie - Why Dont We Fall In Love (Kaytranada Edition)
• Ellie Goulding - My Blood (Kastle Remix)

by Tiana Feng It’s that time again! Ride the Tempo is always happy to support the Steam Whistle Unsigned series as it raises money for the Artists’ Health Alliance. So far they have raised over $75,000. The 25th edition will feature Beliefs , Hussy and The C'mons. The next show will happen on Friday, May 24th, 2013 and as always is only $5 to get in. Thanks to Steam Whistle, Ride the Tempo will also be giving away a pair of tickets to the show along [...]

Metal act Torche is dropping by West Hollywood for a tour date! You can see Torche live at the Troubadour when they play a date in support of recent release, Harmonicraft, on Saturday, May 18. We're giving our readers a...

We're giving away two tickets to Output's Moombahton Massive this Thursday, May 16th. Output is one of New York's most innovative and eclectic clubs and is fast becoming Brooklyn's hottest club period. This edition of Moombahton Massive features DJ Craze who is sure to to drop some amazing Drum n Bass, Trap and Hip-Hop beats. Additionally, DJ Sabo will be bringing his funky moombahton to Brooklyn and is sure to light up the dance floor. One thing's certain, you'll definitely want to enter here . However, if you're not feeling lucky, tickets can be purchased here . [...]

There's been tons of great records being pushed upon the Internet world lately, but one that I'm personally excited about it is the new effort from Pure X .   Crawling Up the Stairs is on my list of anticipated albums, and it's great that an Austin band is making such big waves.  But, in other news, they'll be playing their album release next Thursday, giving us Austinites a chance to hear the new tunes live at Holy Mountain on Thursday, May 23rd; they'll be joined by Troller and Versus . [...]

It's Monday, but it's never to early to plan your weekend. One way of spending it is checking out Scenestar favorite, The Black Angels, play a local headlining show! Teaming up with Coachella 2013 act Hanni El Khatib, The Black...

Scenestar favorite Devendra Banhart has a pair of shows coming up this week! On tour in support of his new album Mala, the singer-songwriter will be playing at the Observatory in Santa Ana on Tuesday, May 14 followed by a...

Sneaker Pimps' Chris Corner is back this week as IAMX! Headlining the Fonda Theatre on Wednesday, May 15 IAMX will be performing his hits and tracks from his latest release The Unified Field. We're giving our readers the chance to...