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CONOR OBERST “Secret Show” @ Rbar

Hey, come close, I’ve got a secret for you.  You may not know this, but you missed out on a super secret show with Bright Eyes frontman, Conor Oberst last night.  Shhhh…Don’t tell anyone, but we were able to capture it for you. 

It seemed that the whole Los Angeles indie scene made it out last night for the intimate performance, including the familiar faces of Blake Sennett (Rilo Kiley), Maria Taylor, Alison Sudol (A Fine Frenzy), and Tim Nordwind (Ok Go). 

(Tim Nordwind, Alison Sudol)

We were all treated to numerous 10 minute sets from Conor’s friends Luke, Z, Whispertown 2000, and Michael Runion which of course was followed by the much anticipated showcase of the new Conor Oberst material.

Outside of the ongoing banter of a select few in the audience, whom Conor called out during his performance, it was one of the most memorable secret shows Los Angeles has seen in a long while.  

Be sure to pick up his new self-titled album which came out TODAY!   

SCARS ON BROADWAY @ L.A. Union Station

Monday nite was rocking down at the Union Station in downtown Los Angeles. No, it wasn’t the trains, it was a “secret” performance by SCARS ON BROADWAY to celebrate the release of their debut album which hit stores today July 29^th.  This is no side project System fans, SCARS ON BROADWAY are for real!!!!  Daron and the boys ripped through a 40 minute set of all SCARS material, closing with the radio smash hit “They Say”. Not one SOAD song in the bunch!!  We caught up with Daron and John before the show and fans we’re here to tell ya, don’t be holding your breath for a SOAD reunion anytime soon. Check it out:

COLD WAR KIDS “Secret Show” @ RBar

A good friend mentioned to us last week that the Cold War Kids were going to be playing a “secret show” at one of our favorite password sensitive bars in Korea Town.  Apparently, people have a hard time keeping secrets because within 24 hours this “secret show” was posted all over the internet, including the LA Times website. Suddenly the excitement of seeing Cold War Kids at a limited capacity venue seemed less attractive for fear of battling an enormous crowd.  However, given our love for this band, we sucked it up, crossed our fingers that kids don’t read newspaper websites, and made our way to the bar. 

By the time we got there, the band had faked a cancellation, the discouraged, pissed off crowd had left, and within two hours, the band came back to showcase the new material off their upcoming record.

Needless to say, the new songs are incredible and if you weren’t there this weekend, you’ll have to wait until September 23rd, when the album ”Loyalty to Loyalty” is released, to hear their latest gems. 

CUTE IS WHAT WE AIM FOR @ Atlantic Records

So we caught up with the band who has to have the worst name of any band we’ve ever interviewed, but no one can deny that these guys have one hell of a loyal fan base.  They’ve managed to play sold out shows at Madison Square Garden, toured with the likes of Fall Out Boy, sold thousands of records and now, they’re headlining their own summer tour! 

It’s unfortunate that they’ve got one wimpy, pretentious name that is not only hard to chant at shows, but no straight guy would be able to utter their name without feeling some form of embarrassment…Hey, the band was the first one to say it, not us!  If you don’t believe us, watch this….

When you’re in a successful band, it’s sad to think that you’d have to lie and tell your male demographic you’re in a metal band like Mastadon and Dragonforce, but heck, when you’re driven by the brain downstairs and you don’t think before copyrighting …Cute Is What We Aim For is what you deserve…

If you can look past the name, we highly recommend checking these guys out…Their new single “Practice Makes Perfect” is blowing up and it’s only a matter of time that the guys hit the road to play yet another stadium tour.

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ROCKSTAR MAYHEM 2008

ROCKSTAR MAYHEM TOUR – SAN BERNADINO, CA

It’s official, OZZFEST is king no more!! There’s a new heir to the summer metal festival throne and it’s the ROCKSTAR MAYHEM TOUR brought to you by Live Nation.  We were there in the thick of it all as SLIPKNOT, DISTURBED, DRAGONFORCE, and MASTODON rocked the main stage. Check out The ‘knot below wreaking havoc!

SLIPKNOT LIVE AND DIRECT

The Jagermeister and Rockstar stages was where the real action was though, as Machine Head, Underoath, and Black Tide headlined the 2nd stages. The most vicious and exciting mosh pits of the day though belonged tour new favorite metal band FIVE FINGER DEATH PUNCH. The pit was a war zone!!! Check them out below!

FIVE FINGER DEATH PUNCH   ALT RAW

For a full blow by blow report from ROCKSTAR MAYHEM, check out www.youtube.com/altitudetv later this week for exclusive interviews and performances.

WE ARE SCIENTISTS @ El Rey

Who went to see We Are Scientists last night?  If you didn’t, get jealous…We did! 

W.A.S. fans lined up in front of the venue starting at the obscure hour of 10am and this gave us the opportunity to ask the real fans to muster up some questions they’ve always wanted answered by the band.  The questions were asked, the band was flattered and more importantly we can’t wait to share the answers with you die hards out there!  Stay tuned for that…  www.youtube.com/altitudetv

The band doesn’t necessarily make it to the states very often, due to the discovery of a loyal, obsessive following in the UK… so don’t miss the opportunity whilst We Are Scientists travel the country. 

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SANTOGOLD @ Hollywood Virgin MegaStore

The beautiful and fashionable, Ms. Santogold, graced the courtyard of the Hollywood Virgin MegaStore yesterday evening with a secret performance and a meet and greet proceeding.  Generally when we’ve attended these types of free concerts we’re lucky to get a few songs, but Santogold pretty much gave us her entire album.   She performed L.E.S. Artistes, You’ll Find a Way, Shove It, Say Aha, My Superman, Starstruck, Unstoppable, and ended with Creator. 

Amongst the bickering of music industry folk, a rumor went around stating that Santogold was not an impressive live performer, and we are happy to report that industry people have questionable taste because Santogold was absolutely fabulous! 

The New York native is making her way overseas to jump on the festival circuit, but if you live on the east coast or in Chicago, consider yourselves lucky. Here are her only U.S. appearances reported for the rest of the summer

Jul 20 - New York, NY @ Central Park Summerstage

Jul 26 - Boston, MA @ Rock the Bells

Jul 27 - New York, NY @ Rock the Bells

Aug 1 - Chicago, IL @ Lollapalooza

Aug 2 - Miami, FL @ Rock the Bells

Aug 3 - Washington DC @ Rock the Bells

http://www.myspace.com/santogold 

Waiting in line for TOKIO HOTEL @ The Avalon in Hollywood

Amdist the slums of Hollywood we found some innocence today in the hearts of some of the most die hard rock fans we’ve seen in a really long time. The band responsible, German natives, TOKIO HOTEL!

It wasn’t even lunch time and dozens of T.H. fans were lined up in front of the Avalon for the 8:00pm concert.  After speaking with some excentric ladies, who went as far to create a customized “Tokio Hotel” version of the board game, Twister… 

…we learned that these young ladies had been in line since 8:00pm LAST NIGHT!  This means, that over a dozen young females spent the night on the streets of Hollywood just to ensure they had their place, front and center, during the set of their favorite band.

Granted, we all can’t be 17 years old again, but knowing that there are still some die hard fans out there who will go to the end of the earth just to experience those 60 minutes of music was truly a fresh breath of air….

AIR TRAFFIC @ SPACELAND

A little birdie over at Astralwerks told us that we had to check out this relatively new band from the UK called Air Traffic.  We went to their myspace, listened to their tracks, read up on them and we knew right away we had to go check them out.  They’re incredible!

air traffic 

They played a show last week at the Avalon in Hollywood w/ Elbow, but Saturday was the very first night of their HEADLINING tour across the states.  They found some technical difficulties at the beginning of their set but quickly recovered by playing some of what, we can only assume, will be the tracks you’ll hear blaring over radio stations in the coming months.  Real catchy stuff!

air traffic 

air traffic 

air traffic

From Astralwerks’ mouth, to our ears, to your eyes…Air Traffic’s a must see.  Here’s a list of some of their other tour dates

may 12 - pheonix, arizona @ brickhouse

may 14 - dallas, texas @ hob

may 15 - tulsa, oklahoma @ bob at cain’s

may 17 - kansas city, missouri @ record bar

may 18 - chicago, illinois @ reggie’s rock club

may 19 - columbus, ohio @ the basement

may 20 - detroit, michigan @ shelter

may 22 - cambridge, massachusetts @ t.t. the bears

may 23 - philly, pennsylvania @ johnny brenda’s

may 24 - new york, new york @ knitting factory 

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