Gorillaz's 'The Fall' is finally here!

Merry Christmas from the Gorillaz! Their much anticipated iPad recorded album has been released today. It's available to listen to online, but if you're a Gorillaz fan club member you can download it.

Check out The Fall at http://thefall.gorillaz.com/

You have to sign up for a mailing list to listen, or you can click the "I'm on the mailing list" link and start listening.

Upcoming Concert: Aquabats at the Music Box in Hollywood

The Aquabats are back in Hollywood on February 11th, 2011. They will be playing at the Music Box, which has become one of my favorite venues in the Hollywood area. Tickets are pretty cheap, $20 + fees. The Aquabats are on their 17th year together and bring their music back to the Hollywood area since their last show
here which I believe was in December 2009 also at the Music Box. Tickets went on sale this morning so be sure to check 'em out. Aquabats will be touring in support of their first new album in 6 years, Hi-Five Soup! out on January 18th, 2011.

 Purchase your tickets on TicketMaster.com

Last.fm's Top 40 Most Listened to Artists of 2010

Last.fm have released their end of the year chart list of the top 40 most listened to Artists of 2010. Check out all the pages by click here or hit the jump for the full list.

Bright Eyes release new song off "The People's Key"

Bright Eyes have released "Shell Games" which is the 2nd track off of their upcoming album, 'The People's Key', to be released on February 14th, 2011. Download the new track below for free, and you can preorder the new album from here.

Paramore news: Josh Farro tells fans band was mostly Hayley

Josh Farro (ex-Paramore) has released a statement via his blog in regards to his departure from Paramore. It's pretty sad to read up about all this since it seems the troubles started a long time ago in the early "All We Know Is Falling" days.

Hit the jump to read Josh's complete statement and the dirty details of the origins of the band.

Gorillaz announce tracklist for 'The Fall'

With only 3 days left till Christmas, it seems the Gorillaz have begun to tease us with a tracklisting of their new album, 'The Fall'.

After the jump you can read the article, courtesy of FactMag.com

Paramore News: Farro brothers leave band

Zac and Josh Farro have announced that they are leaving Paramore. Hayley goes as far as saying that, "for the last year it hasn't seemed as if they wanted to be around anymore." She goes on to say that this was talked about months in advance and that the guys had told the band that they would be leaving the band after the show in Orlando, FL last Sunday. Paramore have decided to continue as a band and aren't breaking up. In the classy and good style, they are wishing their ex-bandmates the best of luck.

There is also a new song posted on a SoundCloud page under the username TunnelMusic, which is credited to be by Zac Farro and a JJ Clark.

Hear the track titled, Hide Your Eyes, after the jump.

Bright Eyes to change sound of new record

Thought you were a fan of Bright Eyes and their folk sound? Not anymore! Conor Oberst looks to be into 'rockin' things up on this new record, The People's Key.

More from NME.com after the jump.

Gorillaz announce name of Free Christmas album

No, it's not a Christmas themed album. It's an album being released for free, digitally, on Christmas day.

Here's more info as featured on NME.com

Damon Albarn has revealed the title of the new Gorillaz album, set to be released as a free download on Christmas Day.

Albarn told Australian radio station Triple J that the album, recorded on an iPad, will be called 'The Fall' because of the time it was recorded.

 More after the jump.

Contest: David Bowie SIGNED Station to Station Deluxe box set!

Taken from David Bowie's Official Facebook page

Win! To celebrate the holidays and to thank all of you for a great year, we are giving away a massive bundle of prizes including a SIGNED Station to Station Deluxe box set! For your chance to win, simply enter here: http://bit.ly/gEK6Qg 

The competition closes at midnight on 4th January 2011. Winners will be notified soon after.

TV Performance: Jenny and Johnny on Conan (Update)

Jenny and Johnny are going to perform tonight (December 16th, 2010) on Conan on TBS. The show airs weeknights at 11/10c. Check your local listings. More info on the show can be found here and after it airs I will be sure to post a video up.

Though it's not really my style of music, I must add that I have much love and respect for Jenny Lewis due to her work with LA rockers, Rilo Kiley. I had the privilege of catching Jenny and Johnny in October at the Culture Collide Festival Block Party in Los Angeles.

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Jenny and Johnny performed "Big Wave" and a bonus song not seen on the air, "Scissor Runner".
Videos after the jump.

Upcoming Concert: The Wombats at The Satellite in Los Angeles

The Satellite (formerly Spaceland), is having British rockers, The Wombats on Wednesday, January 12th, 2011. The event is 21+ but has gotten this blogger interested. For $12-$14 a ticket, it's not a bad deal. They won me over with their 2008 hit, "Let's Dance to Joy Division", and their entire album, The Wombats Proudly Present: A Guide to Love, Loss & Desperation

More info at http://www.thesatellitela.com/event/22423/

Upcoming Concert: Hellogoodbye in Southern California

Local Huntington Park rockers, Hellogoodbye, just announced a tour and it includes 2 dates in Southern California. Hellogoodbye will be performing on January 22nd, 2011 at the Troubadour and on March 2nd, 2011 at Chain Reaction in Anaheim, CA.

More info after the jump.

Upcoming Concert: Girl Talk in Southern California

Digital sampling and mash-up extraordinaire, Gregg Michael Gillis, better known by his stagename, Girl Talk, will be performing 2 dates in the Southern California area next March. Girl Talk is performing on Saturday, March 19th, 2011 at The Fox Theater in Pomona, CA. Then once again on Monday, March 21st, 2011 at the Hollywood Palladium. Girl Talk just released an album entitled All Day and it's available for free at his site, Illegal Art. It's truly an amazing piece of art how this DJ can sample a ton of tracks and create something wonderful out of all that. Such samples on the new album include: Black Sabbath, Jay-Z, 2Pac, Jane's Addiction, The Ramones, Missy Elliot, Radiohead, and more.

Ticket info after the jump.

Upcoming Concert: Devo at Club Nokia in Los Angeles

New wave pioneers Devo are making their return to the City of Angels next year to make up for a canceled show this year due a hand injury with one of their guitarists. The rescheduled date is for Saturday, March 19th, 2011 at Club Nokia in Los Angeles. Tickets have been on sale and hopefully some can still be attained.

You can purchase tickets on TicketMaster.com

Upcoming Concert: Yann Tiersen at The Music Box in Hollywood

Now about this one, I have no idea what he's done aside from scoring the 2001 foreign romantic comedy, Amélie. But even so, that is one of my all time favorite films and the music is just amazing. Go check out for yourself and give it a listen. I'm recommending it in the sense of film and soundtrack, it's a double win! Yann Tiersen is set to play next year at the Music Box in Hollywood on Friday, March 11th, 2011. Tickets have only been on sale since December 10th, 2010 (that's only been 6 days!). $20 Ticket + $9.35 Service.

Tickets can be purchased at TicketMaster.com

Upcoming Concert: Little Dragon in Southern California

Though I don't know much about this artist other than she collaborated with the Gorillaz on their recent effort, Plastic Beach, that was enough to get me interested in seeing her again. Little Dragon will be playing two shows next month. On Friday, January 7th, 2011 she will be performing at the Natural History Museum in Los Angeles, CA. And on Saturday, January 8th, 2011 she will be performing at the Echoplex in Los Angeles, CA as well. And if you happen to miss both of those shows, she'll be returning on February 2nd, 2011 to perform at The Barn - UC Riverside

Ticket info and more after the jump.

New Year's Eve in Los Angeles

For those of you staying local to Los Angeles or visiting from other places, here's a list of suggestions of what to do for the night.

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Giant NYE featuring ATB, Gabriel & Dresden, Dresden and Johnston, Francis Preve at the Hollywood Palladium. 21+ and more info can be found here and tickets can be purchased through LiveNation here.

More events after the jump.

Florence + the Machine to webcast on Letterman

At 5pm PST, Florence + the Machine will give a live performance on Letterman it will be webcasted at http://www.cbs.com/late_night/liveonletterman/florence/video/

The Temper Trap perfom on Jimmy Kimmel Live (videos)

If you weren't able to attend the show yesterday on Jimmy Kimmel Live, here are videos of The Temper Trap performing both "Fader" and "Love Lost" last night. Click 'Read More' to see the videos.

The Bamboozle Festival Lineup Announced

Seems Lil' Wayne, Taking Back Sunday, Motley Crue, The Gaslight Anthem, and Wiz Khalifa are headlining Bamboozle in East Rutherford, NJ.

Full lineup and poster after the jump.

Free Shows of the Night

Thanks to my friend Christine for the tip.

It seems Nico Vega will be having a free show at the Slidebar in Downtown Fullerton, CA that begins at 10pm tonight. Here is the Facebook event page with the info: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=127402960650177

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Diddy performs on Jimmy Kimmel Live tonight in Hollywood in support of his latest album, Last Train to Paris. At the time of this posting, there are still tickets available on 1iota.com

Upcoming Tour: Bright Eyes

Bright Eyes have announced a 2011 tour in support of the forthcoming album,The People's Key. Head to the replies for dates. The People's Key was produced by Mike Mogis and will be released on February 14th 2011.

Tour dates and tracklisting after the jump.

Mark Hoppus talks new blink-182 album, Katamari, The Cure, & more

Thanks to 182online.com

Mark Hoppus took the time to answer questions from fans on his Facebook page this afternoon.

Full post after the jump.

Upcoming Concert: My Chemical Romance at the Hollywood Palladium

Info thanks to KROQ.com

Gerard Way at Almost Acoustic Christmas // Photo by Alex Rauch

That’s right folks! A SECOND LA show date was added for My Chemical Romance‘s tour in May!
If you’re a member of the KROQ Street Team you should have been sent an exclusive pre-sale password the other day. That code is now good for pre-sale tickets for BOTH nights. Better hurry though, pre-sale ends at 10pm tonight for both dates (night 2 pre-sale begins at 2pm PST). If you’re not a street team member, you’ll have to scrounge for tickets like everyone else tomorrow when they go on sale to the public.


THE PRESALE CODE IS: KROQSINGS

Get tickets for night 1 (May 27) here.
Get tickets for night 2 (May 28) here.

Upcoming Concert: Autolux at The Echoplex

Autolux announce their return next year to the Los Angeles area with a date at The Echoplex on Friday, March 4th, 2011. Those who can't attend the New Year's Eve show in the upcoming weeks due to it's age limit should be delighted to know that this show is all ages. The Echoplex headlining show is not currently on sale but I will keep you updated as to when it will be.

Facebook event page: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=139413769445949&ref=mf

-Update-
Tickets are now on sale for just $13 at TicketWeb.com

Upcoming Concert: Plain White T's at the House of Blues

Plain White T's are to perform at House of Blues Anaheim on February 7th, 2011, and House of Blues Hollywood on February 8th, 2011 in support of their latest album, The Wonders of the Younger.

Tickets for the Anaheim show can be bought here for $15 (advance), and $17.50 (at the door).
Tickets for the Hollywood show can be bought here for $17.50 (advance), and $20 (at the door).

All tour dates after the jump.

RATM to record new material in 2011?

According to blogger David at DownRodeo.org, Rage Against The Machine are recording new tunes to debut in 2011 along with 4 hour shows. His source is a Spanish interview posted on http://diario.latercera.com. Zack De La Rocha says that during RATM's years, they haven't made it to Latino America due to a knee injury at the time and to make up for it they are playing Chile soon and it should be a 4 hour concert. He says the band has practiced a lot of new songs that they want to debut. They're looking to record a new album that will be released hopefully Summer 2011. The band has been confirmed to do a short South American tour in October, performing at venues such as the SWU Festival in Brazil, the Maquinaria Festival in Chile, and Pepsi Music Festival in Argentina. It is their first time playing in South America.

Free Shows of the night: Temper Trap & School of Seven Bells

Australian rockers, The Temper Trap, perform tonight on Jimmy Kimmel Live. At the time of this posting, tickets are still available and can be confirmed & printed from here.

Also, dream pop, electronic, and shoe gazer band, School of Seven Bells, are having a free in-store acoustic set at at 8:00pm sharp at American Rag Cie in Los Angeles (150 S. La Brea Avenue, Los Angeles, CA 90036).

Artist Introduction: innerpartysystem

(L-R Kris Barman, Patrick Nissley, Jared Piccone)

Straight from Reading, Pennsylvania, I have the pleasure of introducing and recommending the talent that is Innerpartysystem. Three talented individuals performing electro/synth/rock/dance with the lyrics that can make your heart swoon. Their debut EP, The Download EP, was released in 2007 with their self-titled debut album being released in 2008 was enough to get this blogger's attention. If you're into Depeche Mode, Does It Offend You, Yeah?, Shiny Toy Guns, or Blaqk Audio then you will really love the electronic element to this band.

 More info after the jump