Vivian Girls Summer/Fall Tour Dates

Vivian Girls (Brooklyn, NY) Love them or hate them Vivian Girls have an uncanny ability to evoke a powerful response out of people. It's what happens when you carve your own path - which these ladies are doing with fabulous results. The band will be hitting the road this summer/fall and have a new LP Everything Goes Wrong that will be available September 8th on In The Red. LA Readers can check them out Sept 11th, 2009 at The Echo. [MP3] Vivian Girls - Lake House BONUS VIDEO: What Grandmothers Think Of Vivian Girls VIVIAN GIRLS Sat-Jul-04 Brooklyn, NY 979 Broadway Backyard * Thu-Jul-09 Mexico City, MX El Almacén # Thu-Jul-16 Toronto, ON Phoenix Theater % Sun-Jul-19 Chicago, IL Pitchfork Music Festival Fri-Jul-31 New York, NY Whitney Museum $ *** "The Nightmare of Sound Tour" Tue-Aug-25 New York, NY Death By Audio + Wed-Aug-26 Philadelphia, PA The Barbary + Thu-Aug-27 Pittsburgh, PA Andy Warhol Museum + Fri-Aug-28 Columbus, OH Summit + Sat-Aug-29 Champaign, IL Cowboy Monkey + Sun-Aug-30 Chicago, IL Empty Bottle + Mon-Aug-31 Minneapolis, MN 7th St Entry + Tue-Sep-01 Fargo, ND The Aquarium + Fri-Sep-04 Missoula, MT Union Hall + Sun-Sep-06 Seattle, WA Bumbershoot Festival Mon-Sep-07 Portland, OR TBA + Wed-Sep-09 San Francisco, CA Rickshaw Stop - CD Release Show! + Fri-Sep-11 Los Angeles, CA The Echo + *** Fri-Oct-09 Honolulu, HI Loft Gallery and Lounge * = at WOODSIST / CAPTURED TRACKS festival # = w/ KING KHAN AND BBQ SHOW % = w/ F****D UP, WOMEN $ = w/ THESE ARE POWERS + = w/ THE BEETS Album Cover Vivian Girls Everything Goes Wrong (In The Red) Street Date: Sept. 8, 2009 01 Walking Alone at Night 02 I Have No Fun 03 Can't Get Over You 04 Desert 05 Tension 06 Survival 07 The End 08 When I'm Gone 09 Out for the Sun 10 I'm Not Asleep 11 Double Vision 12 You're My Guy 13 Before I Start to Cry

Amazing Baby and Band Of Skulls For FREE Tonight!

Amazing Baby (Brooklyn, NY) I'm headed down to the Hammer Museum TONIGHT to check out Amazing Baby - who opened for Phoenix at The Wiltern on Sunday and my latest obsession - BAND OF SKULLS. Four words. HOT CHICK BASS PLAYER. I have a new girl crush. Sorry Neko It's all part of the kick off of the Hammer Museum's Also I Like To Rock Series. Starts at 8PM and is free and open to the public! Band of Skulls - I Know What I Am

In Loving Memory: Pablo Thrailkill Castelaz (2003-2009)

I'm sure most of you have heard the news by now of the passing of young Pablo Thrailkill Castelaz - the son of Dangerbird co-founder Jeff Castelaz. Jeff and his family shared their story with the world through their Pablog! holding nothing back. I followed their saga for over 9 months and like many was truly inspired by Pablo's strength, joy, and infectious smile. Pablo was diagnosed with bilateral wilms tumor- a very rare form of pediatric cancer. This led to the founding of The Pablove Foundation which donates money to the Childrens Hospital LA. Sadly this past Saturday June 27th, 2009 Pablo passed away. He was 6 years old. Tomorrow night's Eulogies/ Bad Veins which will also features performances from Avi Buffalo has now been made a benefit show with all proceeds going to The Pablove Foundation. I wanted to ask if you have a few dollars to spare please donate a few dollars in Pablo's honor. A Benefit For THE PABLOVE FOUNDATION Fighting Childhood Cancer With Love In Memory Of Pablo Thrailkill Castelaz June 21st, 2003 - June 27th, 2009 Rest In Peace Performances from: Eulogies Bad Veins Avi Buffalo A Decent Animal TICKETS AVAILABLE NOW AT TICKET WEB $10 Advance | $12 Day Of Show | Doors at 8pm | All Ages A proceeds benefit The Pablove Foundation / Children's Hospital LA

Reminder: Rad Warehouse Show Downtown Tonight!

Our good buddies over at The Tape Blog are hosting what is sure to be a fabulous party downtown tonight! Fol Chen and Nite Jewel and Rock Insider homeboys for life Battlehooch will be performing. You really don't want to miss this show! [MP3] Nite Jewel - Weak For Me [MP3] Fol Chen - Cable TV [MP3] Battlehooch - Looks You Can't See FRIDAY JUNE 27TH 2009 at PDG Performance Warehouse 2485 Hunter St., Los Angeles, CA w/ Fol Chen Nite Jewel Battlehooch D.A.D (first show ever!!!) the Beijing Blondes Tickets are available for $10 at the door.

Do You Like A Little Reggae?

Tomorrow night there's a cool little shindig going down in LA with FREE BEER! It's being thrown by Red Stripe and the fine folks at The Fader (so you know it'll be good). The event will feature DJ sets from Johan Hugo and songs from Terry Lynn - who recently released a new album celebrating Jamaican music entitled "It Was Written" you can download the album in its entirety for free right here Red Stripe presents a celebration of Jamaican music Featuring Terry Lynn & John Hugo Saturday, June 27th 8 – 11PM Loft Seven (219 W. 7th St.) Los Angeles, CA Additional DJ sets by Wildlife, Johan Hugo! Plus songs from Terry Lynn’s critically acclaimed album “KingstonLogic 2.0” Free Red Stripe Lager This is a private, RSVP only event. You must be 21+ for entry. Admission Based On Capacity. Download the album "It Was Written" for free Dance And Drink Responsibly Click Here to RSVP

Video: Miniature Tigers - Cannibal Queen

Miniature Tigers (Photo: Esther Hyejin Chung) You may remember I wrote about Miniature Tigers a few years back. The band even played a trio of Rock Insider presented shows for us. The band just finished a successful tour with Kevin Devine and will be heading back to the west coast for a handful of dates with Princeton. LA Readers can catch the band live at Spaceland on July 6th. The band's hilarious video for "Cannibal Queen" their sweet as nails track was also recently added to MTV2's Subterranean. Watch it below! TOUR DATES: 7.2 - Plush - Tucson, AZ** 7.4 - Wyndham Hotel "Star Swim" - Phoenix, AZ** 7.6 - Spaceland - Silverlake, CA** 7.7 - Cafe du Nord - San Francisco, CA 7.9 - Doug Fir Lounge - Portland, OR** 7.10 - Too Beautiful to Live Listener Party - Seattle, WA** ** with Princeton

Collected Twitter and Facebook thoughts on Michael jackson's death:

http://ismichaeljacksonazombieyet.com/ Collected Twitter and Facebook thoughts on Michael jackson's death: NOTE! I DID NOT WRITE THESE PEOPLE SO DONT SHOOT THE MESSENGER Steve Aoki This is bigger than any artist dying in our lifetime. Bigger than elvis and freddie mercury for me. 13 minutes ago Scottgum: Somewhere Kanye nominates himself King of Pop hipsterrunoff:does n e 1 know how I can convert today's 'tragedy' into more blog hits/twitter followers? ANDY: (551): Michael Jackson and Farah Fawcett are dead (201): NOOO not MJ! Someone tell the paramedic to grab him by the heart and just "Beat it" Lally: The woman little boys masturbate to and the man who masturbates to little boys: dead on the same day. Weak sauce indeed. 11 minutes ago · via Twitter · Comment · Like JACOB: ELLIOTT SMITH DIED?!?!?!?!?! Roddy MJ may have been acquitted of molestation but he was guilty of touching us all. Today, we are all Neverland Ranch overnight visitors. Matt is very sad about MJ. On the other hand, this does mean I've won my bet about him completing less than a third of his London summer tour dates Jason Michael Jackson dies and all of a sudden everyone is his biggest fan. Well...Sunny Day Real Estate reunited. I guess we still got that. (via @sexyresults)

The King Of Pop Has Died

CBS News, LA Times, and CNN are now reporting that Michael Jackson - AKA The King Of Pop has passed away at the UCLA medical center of an apparent heart attack. I am shocked and stunned beyond belief This comes just hours after the announcement that Farrah Fawcett died this morning at St John's Medical center after a long battle with Anal Cancer. She was 62 Yrs Old. Read More at LA TIMES.

Avi Buffalo, The Minor Canon, LANDy TONIGHT at The Regent Theater

Great show tonight in Downtown Los Angeles as Long Beach favorites Avi Buffalo will perform alongside longtime Rock Insider favs The Minor Canon and LANDy - the new project featuring sometimes actor Adam Goldberg. The show is being presented by Little Radio and admission tonight is just $5. Show starts at 9PM! The Regent Theatre 448 S. Main St. Los Angeles, California

Video: St. Vincent On Letterman

Did anyone else catch St. Vincent's amazing debut on David Letterman last night? In case you missed it you can watch the electrifying performance below. She better sell a shit ton of records based on this performance. HOLY CRAP. [MP3] St. Vincent - The Strangers Her new album Actor is available now on iTUNES. VIDEO: St. Vincent - "Marrow" on Letterman 6/24

Dirty Projectors In Serious Car Accident - Show Tonight Cancelled

Pitchfork is reporting that The Dirty Projector's have canceled tonight's show in Toronto due to what's being describe as a "pretty bad" car accident READ ARTICLE

Sean Bones and Local Natives At Space 1520 TONIGHT!

Cool show tonight in Hollywood that will feature DJ sets from Larry (Future Sounds) and Mr. Kevin Bronson (Buzz Bands). I'm trying to make it out but Ive suddenly come down with a severe sore throat! ahhhhh!

Rye Rye - Bang

[MP3] Rye Rye - Bang feat. M.I.A [WTF I Asked for a Kuduro Remix by Buraka Som Sistema] M.I.A protege Rye Rye at the tender age of 18 yrs has suddenly been swept into the spotlight with her new single "Bang" - an incredible percussive track that is already infiltrating club nights both electro and hip-hop alike. This girl is on the fast track to being a huge star. The remix above is off her new remix EP which is available on 12" vinyl now over at InSound. The 12" also includes instrumental & a capella versions of the track! Southern California readers can catch Rye Rye performing at HARD Summer At The Forum with Underworld, Crystal Castles, A-Trak, and more. Tickets are available now. Rye Rye / A-Trak Hamburger Tour Dates 05-28 Shanghai, China - Absolute House 05-30 Barcelona, Spain - Primavera Festival 06-02 Sao Paulo, Brazil - TW Eventos 06-04 Buenos Aires, Argentina - Excursionistas Football Club 06-17 New York, NY - M2 Ultra Lounge @ 06-18 Boston, MA - House of Blues @ 06-19 Philadelphia, PA - Electric Factory @ 07-02 Charlotte, NC - The Forum @ 07-03 Atlanta, GA - Opera @ 07-04 Orlando, FL - House of Blues @ 07-05 Tampa, FL - Czar * 07-08 Miami, FL - Liv * 07-10 Austin, TX - Austin Music Hall @ 07-11 Houston, TX - Warehouse Live * 07-13 Phoenix, AZ - Club Red * 07-14 San Diego, CA - Voyeur ^ 07-16 San Francisco, CA - The Independent * 07-17 Portland, OR - Rotture ^ 07-18 Seattle, WA - Chop Suey * 07-22 Vancouver, British Columbia - Richard's on Richards ^ 07-23 Calgary, Alberta - Hi Fi * 07-24 Edmonton, Alberta - Star Lite Room ^ 07-25 Toronto, Ontario - Time Festival 07-30 Ottawa, Ontario - Ritual Nightclub * 07-31 New York, NY - Webster Hall # 08-01 Montreal, Quebec - SAT * 08-07 Chicago, IL - Lollapalooza 08-08 Los Angeles, CA - Hard Festival @ with MSTRKRFT, Major Lazer, DJ AM, Jazzy Jeff and Drop The Lime * with Rye Rye and Treasure Fingers ^ with Rye Rye # with Treasure Fingers, Theophilus London and Jack Beats