FYF Fest is only a week away. Behold, the set list! Our faves: Cults, Smith Westerns, Explosions in the Sky, The Head & The Heart, Yacht, Chromatics, Broken Social Scene, Cold War Kids, & Girls. Catch Minx Society in the VIP section &  make sure to flash our photogs a smile! Read more about Fuck [...] ...

7/25/11 – School Night @ El Cid School Night may be at a different venue this week, but you can expect the same great music as you would at Bardot. This week’s headliner is White Arrows, a local band whose lo-fi psych-pop fits right in with the chillwave that we’ve come to love in the [...] ...

Suffering from Coachella withdrawal? There’s a festival right here in downtown LA that’ll give you one more infusion of summer music and summer sun before fall rolls in: Fuck Yeah Fest. This year marks the eighth incarnation of the festival, which highlights some of the best bands out there that still hold a low profile, [...] ...

Breezy indie pop may be a dime a dozen nowadays, but Cults are not your standard twee fare. When the New York City duo released their first few songs on their bandcamp in early 2010, the blogosphere lit up with praise. The band’s blend of ’60s nostalgia and a dreamy ’90s sparkle immediately drew comparisons [...] ...

With the balmy days dwindling, so are your chances to bare flesh publicly while bands play outdoors. For those not burnt out by the recent plague of local festivals, including Sunset Junction, Sunset Strip Festival, or Outside lands, get to Fuck Yeah Fest this weekend for another chance to don your denim cutoffs.

Nestled downtown just beside Chinatown, LA State Historic Park plays host to a plethora of indie outfits on Saturday, including UK dance hybrid scenesters The Rapture as well as !!!, New York’s Panda Bear of Animal Collective, L.A.'s very own overnight phenomenon Local Natives, actor Ryan Gosling's band Dead Man's Bones, and a huge collection of local groovers.

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