It’s that time of year again……COACHEllA TIME! We’re a little spoiled here in So-Cal, because it is always a guarantee that the hottest festivals will pass thru town, but NOTHING is more anticipated than Coachella. As usual, the lineup is huge - who are you looking forward to seeing? Who are the bands that you think are ones NOT to be missed? Is rock taking over this year? The DJ scene? Or is Prince going take the cake? Let us know what you’re into. Continue reading ‘Coachella Coachella Coachella’
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If you’ve seen some of our past blogs….you’ll know we’re pretty huge fans of crazy fandom - and as we rolled into work this fine Monday morning, we were very excited to see some very enthusiastic fans camped outside. I especially loved the air mattress. For all you fans that aren’t able to check out the show tonight…what are some of your favorite Backstreet Boys memories? Are you excited for AJ’s solo stuff?
And lucky for us, as I ran outside to take some pictures…ran into AJ himself showing the fans some love- check it out!
Best known for his role in one of the most beloved boybands of the 90’s - we can’t even tell you how excited we are to have Backstreet Boy AJ MCLEAN here next MONDAY MARCH 24th. Their are still a few tickets left which can be purchased thru ticketmaster and thru the Roxy box office…and JUST added are local favs Everybody Else and Blackcowboy! Check out AJ debuting his new single (a jazz, funk, soul type feel) tonight (March 21, 2008) on LA station 102.7 KIIS FM on Jojo’s Top 9 at 9. Check it out!
The Roxy Theatre is heading out to Austin for SXSW and with it we bring our staff and some amazing bands ready for a big ol’ party - Texas style. We’re pretty excited to make the trek and are bringing along some sweet Roxy shwag, some cool tunes, and our dancing shoes - as we get ready to take in all Austin has to offer!
What: In celebration of Texas we’re settin’ in for some down home BBQ and some rockin’ tunes.
When: Thursday, March 13, 2008. 12 Noon - 6 PM
Where: The Belmont Austin 305 West Sixth Street Austin, TX 78701
Who:
12 noonThe Henry Clay People
12:45Hello Stranger
1:30The Happy Hollows
2:15AI
3:30Shwayze
4:00Rocco Deluca
4:55Eastern Conference Champions
With the distinct style of music that combines elements of funk, soul, and blues - we could not be more excited to have Nikka back on our stage! Tickets will go onsale tomorrow 11/29-thru both ticketmaster and our box office (310 278 9457). Don’t miss out!
So, as if the Last Annual Gimme Shelter Benefit wasn’t already the hottest bill - it somehow keeps getting better! We already have our dear Heko’s favorite accounted for- in the boys of Phantom Planet, and our very own Megan Jacobs is ready to rock - and now, I am very happy to announce that MY personal favorite, Mandy Moore has just been added. So, grab your tickets, because they are getting sparse. It will definitely be a night to remember!
I happened to be in the presence of greatness tonight when Miss Megan Jacobs debuted some of her soon to be released album at The Mint in Los Angeles. She is an amazing vocalist and an absolute dream to listen to… when her album gets released I recommend that you run (not walk) to the record store to pick the sucker up! Seriously, a dream.
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this is from the LA Weekly…
U.K. soul mama gets crowned on the Sunset Strip Monday, March 19, at the Roxy
By Ernest Hardy
Thursday, March 22, 2007 - 12:00 pmMonday, March 19, at the Roxy
Performing to a sold-out Roxy, Amy Winehouse gave a hilarious intro to the confessional song “You Know I’m No Goodâ€: After she had betrayed a lover, he asked if she even loved him. “I told him, ‘I do love you,’ †she recounted — adding with playful exasperation, “ ‘But, like, I get bored. I told you I’m no good!’ †The crowd loved it — and sang every song by heart, all night long.
Winehouse’s top-to-bottom brilliant sophomore album, Back to Black (Republic/Universal), is bursting with great, quotable lines, many as wry as they are poignant. One of the best is tucked in the driving, Motown-based “Tears Dry on Their Own,†where she admits: “Even if I stop wanting you/and perspective pushes through/I’ll be some next man’s other woman soon…â€
The word other is key here. That’s the woman who wears the scarlet letter — fallen, disgraced. Winehouse casually conveys volumes through a single word or phrasing choice throughout Black, a breakup album whose defining characteristic is working-class feminine wit. And I mean both types of wit — intelligence and humor, which Winehouse uses intuitively to express how obsession dovetails with addiction. References to booze and boozing, drugging and fucking-as-self-destruction crowd the text of this confessional album. The musical filter through which Winehouse pours it all is the girl-group sound of the early ’60s — the Shangri-Las, the Shirelles, the Ronettes and the Chiffons.
Live, Winehouse was noticeably nervous but utterly charming, singing for an audience who knew all the words to all the songs. She was in spectacular voice throughout, backed by a crack band (man, that horn section . . .) and two chicly attired male backup singers who energetically pulled off synchronized choreography. Winehouse’s own herky-jerky, off-the-beat dancing and ragged emulation of girl-group style somehow underscored an aura of sincerity (a matted beehive with an unkempt tail; an ill-fitting dress that kept sliding down her scary-thin frame; weathered leopard-print shoes rummaged from the back of some tranny’s closet). Her awkward performance of femininity befits a woman who can’t quite figure how to stop fucking up her relationships and her life.
To read the rest of the review check the LA Weekly
snaged this from perezhilton.com - thanks perez for the post!
Amy Winehouse is such a hot mess!
She is the stuff of legend, and on Monday night a who’s who of hipsters and Hollywood players were treated to a tour de force performance by the Rehab chanteuse.
You never know if Wino is gonna show up to a gig or if she’ll even make it through a show, but she more than held her own at The Roxy.
Unfortunately, fans expecting to see her at Spaceland in Silverlake tonight might be a tad disappointed. We hear she might be cancelling!
Why? Because the venue is too small and they won’t allow her 10+ person band to come with her.
Hopefully that will all get sorted out, but if it doesn’t…..well, that’s Amy Winehouse for ya!
To sing the blues you must live the blues. And she lives it.
To see the rest of the review check out more on perezhilton.com
