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Photos and words by Ethan Shvartzman After working and touring their asses off - opening for Muse, Garbage and others, locals Dead Sara headlined the El Rey Theatre. The band set the venue ablaze with a larger-than-life, in-your-face set which included an incredible cover of Rage Against the Machine's "Killing in the Name." The show was sold out (of course) and was packed with a sweaty crowd who danced, rocked, and moshed. All the while, leader singer Emily Armstrong felt as if she were flying over our heads like a rock goddess, supported by her [...]

Get in the thick of it on this Thursday: ► Three decades into its career and still going strong, Yo La Tengo visits the Fonda Theatre behind their 13th album, "Fade." ► Big hometown show for rock quartet Dead Sara , who've become road warriors since releasing their debut last year. Emily Armsrong and gang headline the El Rey Theatre, supported by Secret Empire. ► In the middle of a big national tour after releasing two album last yaer, Of Montreal brings its theatrical live show to the Echoplex, [...]

Incoming: Born Ruffians, Kurt Vile, the Parlotones, Laura Stevenson, Tom Odell, Joshua Radin, Jihae, Dave Stewart, Woodkid, Bleached, Akron/Family, Quantic, Meiko, Dead Sara, Yo La Tengo, Of Montreal, Pierce the Veil, Kate Nash, Pepper, Rhye, Tea Leaf Green, Cloud Cult, Face to Face, Tom Jones, Marina & the Diamonds, Jim James, Chrome Sparks, Zee Avi Above: Kate Nash's third album (out in March) is titled "Girl Talk." Repeat after us: "OMYGOD!" The U.K. songstress performs Thursday at the Observatory and Friday at the Troubadour. [...]

Photos and words by Debi Del Grande Friday evening, open bar, food trucks, blankets on the grass, screening of the incredible Sound City (which is a must see if you love music documentaries) and live performances by DIIV and Dead Sara. 72andSunny put together this little extravaganza under the stars (they were there somewhere). The unique bandshell is a like a mini Hollywood Bowl with an incredible sound system. A little ironic that on the anniversary of Kurt Cobain's death, DIIV performed. Not only was Nirvana an integral part of Sound [...]

Touring with the likes of rock giants Muse has got to be both exciting and nerve wracking all at the same time, which is why we were interested in knowing a little bit more about the female led rock band, Dead Sara . So, before their show in Tampa, we were able to fire over some questions via email and get to know this up-and-coming four piece. If you're not familiar with the group just yet, know that their music is powerful, guitar driven, and features wailing gritty vocals from lead singer Emily Armstrong. Their live show in Tampa [...]

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"Lemon Scent," the third single from Dead Sara's self-titled debut in 2012, owns a special place in our hearts and ears, because it was the song that introduced us to the L.A. quartet , almost two years ago. The foursome's new video for the song, which features singer Emily Armstrong and lead guitarist Siouxsie Medley duking it out in the boxing ring, is pretty appropriate. Dead Sara's bluesy metal is nothing if not pugilistic. Armstrong, Medley, bassist Chris Null and drummer Sean Friday are currently opening for Muse on the U.K. band's national tour. And, probably, not [...]

Midweek madness: ► The Who's "Quadrophenia and More" tour visits the Staples Center. How is the legendary U.K. band doing these days? Here's what Monday's show at the Honda Center was like . ► With a new album ready to go, LA Font headlines the Satellite on a night that features Hindu Pirates and Thorcraft Cobra. ► And Dead Sara teams up with the likes of Warner Drive, Future Villains, Gundpowder Secrets, Diamonds Under Fire and S.K.A.T.T. at the Ritapalooza benefit for the Rita Fiora Foundation at [...]

Incoming: Local Natives, Niki & the Dove, the Who, Lisa Loeb, Ron Sexsmith, Two Gallants, Dead Sara, Jon Foreman, Sound City Players, Meiko, Tristan Prettyman, Tegan and Sara, the Gaslamp Killer, the Happy Hollows, Vieux Farka Touré, the Bronx, Radar Brothers, Branford Marsalis, Augustana, Benjamin Francis Leftwich Above: Tegan and Sera return this week with the seventh full-length album, "Heartthrob." That's the video for the first single, "Closer" (co-written by Greg Kurstin), above, and the Quin sisters headline Club Nokia on Friday night, supported by Night Terrors of 1927. [...]

There were albums I loved, albums I liked, albums I appreciated and albums I avoided in 2012. Because of my regional focus, I spent an inordinate amount of time with music from Los Angeles artists . And strangely for me, a lot of the hyped bands failed to resonate; stuck in traffic, I'd rather have played that Killers album or one of the Green Day discs than Alt-J. I'm sure it was just a phase. For what it's worth, my favorite 20 albums of the year: [...]

What a year. More than 140 Los Angeles-sired albums passed through the Buzz Bands LA headphones this year, not counting EPs, mixtapes and singles. Judging from the detritus at my desk — handwritten lists, stacks of CDs, press releases — and my unopened emails, there were a lot more out there. It came in all flavors. 2012 was a robust year for folkies and faux-folkies, hard rock and harder rock, for electro and popgazers, for scads of seemingly interchangeable garage-rockers, for radio bands and scruffy DIYers, for electronic dance music and electronic dumb music, for R&B and glitch&B [...]

Dead Sara is in the holiday spirit — the L.A. quartet of Emily Armstrong, Siouxsie Medley, Chris Null and Sean Friday has had a 2012 worthy of special place on Santa's list. Their new holiday single "Snow in Los Angeles," recorded at Dave Grohl's Studio 606 and written for Armstrong's mother, comes out on iTunes on Tuesday. Let it snow.

Incoming: Social Distortion, Graham Parker, John Cale, Atlas Genius, Chris Isaak, the Game, the Sword, Alt-J, the Tragically Hip, the Growlers, JMSN, Public Enemy, the Doobie Brothers, Jessie Ware, Cass McCombs, King Tuff, NOFX, Dead Sara, Vaud & the Villains, Agent Orange, The Weeknd, the Aquabats, DeVotchKa, Vanaprasta, Aloe Blacc, Harry Shearer and Judith Owen, Bleached, Stevie Wonder, Anthony Green, Ozomatli, Ty Segall, Mayer Hawthorne, People Under the Stairs, Dave Koz and Kenny Loggins Above: The Weeknd plays the Orpheum on Saturday in [...]

Yesterday the Vans Warped Tour made its first return to London since 1999. We didn't go. We do know some people who did go, and their reactions on Twitter ranged from "Oh my God! Onesies everywhere!"  to "Lasted just an hour at Warped" . We know that (some) of us here at Thrash Hits have a reputation as being surly No Fun Club -types, but by gosh, did we not see this as a challenge to make a listenable Sunday Spotify Slaylist about it. Oh God, did we try. [...]

Filed under: News , Exclusive C05 Media If you listen to mainstream rock radio stations, it's safe to say you've heard Dead Sara 's "Weatherman" pouring through the airwaves. The Los Angeles rockers released their self-titled debut album in April 2012 and watched it peak at No. 16 on the Billboard Heatseekers chart. The four-piece, led by vocalist Emily Armstrong, serve as further proof that gender doesn't matter when it comes to who's fronting a good band. [...]

Photos - The Offspring w/ Neon Trees and Dead Sara @ The Palladium - Hollywood, CA - 10/5/12 These photos from The Offspring with Neon Trees and Dead Sara were contributed by Mallory Turner of loste yesight.com .     If you were at this show or have ever seen The Offspring , Neon Trees or Dead Sara make sure to comment on this post letting us know what you thought about the show, because this is You Tell Concerts and “When You Tell [...]

Check out my photos of The Offspring at the Hollywood Palladium over at Pure Volume .

Check out my photos from Epicenter at Verizon Wireless Amphitheater over at OC Weekly . My review is also over at OC Weekly .

For the past eight years, Riot Fest has slowly evolved into one of Chicago's most intriguing festivals -- not only because of it's consistent slant towards punk and metal, but because it was in the fall and in a slew of our favorite locals clubs. This year, Riot Fest mastermind Mike ‘Riot’ Petryshyn has taken the growing event to the next logical step -- out of the clubs and expanding into a full fledged multi-day, and (sort of) multi-city festival. The kind that, if this year's edition proves [...]

Dead Sara - Weatherman   It’s been a while since I’ve heard a track and just stopped and said, ‘god damn’! Lupe did it the other day and upon hearing this, Dead Sara did it again for me today. It has been a good week! Check this track out! http://www.deadsara.com/

By Dani Miskell The Sunset Strip Music Festival fell short of the standard set the previous two years, and by the end of Saturday's street festival it was apparent that the festivities offered a lot more for party animals than it did music fans. Sure, you had the Strip’s iconic venues and delicious food trucks to satiate the appetite in upper-80-degree weather, but the overall energy of the festival was dismal and assorted chaos (including sets that started woefully late) took a lot of edge off the day. [...]