Zeros News

LA buzz band Warpaint has been busy of late. They just signed to the venerable Rough Trade Records imprint, recently concluded a tour opening for Edward Sharpe & the Magnetic Zeros, gigged at the Echo with Vic Chesnutt on Tuesday night, and on Wednesday night played an intimate rooftop performance at the downtown Standard as part of the ...

Holiday festivities really get going this weekend, with festivities including the Madison Holiday Open House, a production of The Santaland Diaries by the new Laboratory Theatre, and concerts by the Oakwood Chamber Players and WCO.

" Robert Rodriguez said, - Make the movie you want to see,' and that always stuck with me.

Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros It's not that I didn't like Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros before their Tuesday night show at The Belly Up, I just wasn't yet a believer.

Contributed photo Chase Long Beach is a ska-punk seven-piece ensemble from Southern California.

Who says size doesn't matter? Los Angeles-based Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros are big, at least in number, if not quite yet in popularity, apart from growing pockets of true believers.

A pal sent the following pitch for a show you should know about: Scott Beggs and Ryan Sumner are promoting The Zeros at the Double Wide tomorrow night.

We kid ACL about its semi-condescension toward dance music and its apparent distaste for most hip-hop , but you know what fringe musical genre the festival has no room for? Punk rock, unless it's of the "Celtic," "Balkan," or "dance" variety.

One of the key aspects of Normal Heights' turnaround is the street fair, an annual event presented by the Adams Avenue Business Association and billed as Southern California largest free music festival.

September 15, 2009 The Independent Better Than: Joining a love cult. By 4 p.m. yesterday, the $10 tickets for last night's Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros show at The Independent had sold out.

The energetic Joshua Zimmerman of The Silent Comedy was among the top-notch performances at Thursday night's 19th annual San Diego Music Awards.

While artist Nate Duval's online bio lists trip planning and de-fingerprinting his iPhone screen among his favorite activities, the bulk oh his interests relate to music.

When: Tonight, 7 p.m. Tickets: $25-$75 Online: sandiegomusicawards.com You can say that 2009 is the year of Chula Vista.

EDWARD SHARPE & THE MAGNETIC ZEROS: These folk rockers from LA perform at the Music Hall of Williamsburg tomorrow at 8 p.m. 66 N. Sixth St., Brooklyn; 718-486-5400. GRIZZLY BEAR: Brooklyn's pool party summer series ends with a performance by the Brooklyn rockers.

It's hard to imagine, but Slayer -- hailed as one of the greatest metal bands of all time -- is quickly approaching 30.

For most people, escaping a life of small-town boredom, moving to Southern California and getting a record deal are the makings of a dream come true.

You'd be hard-pressed to deny that Sunday was the better day of B.C.'s two-day edition of the Virgin Festival.

The humanitarians provide assistance, food and water to migrants. The feds mostly leave them alone to do so -- until recently, that is.

Most of us aren't lucky enough to choose the names that follow us for life. And some people -- that Office Space character named Michael Bolton, anyone with the last name Butkus -- should get an automatic do-over based on the teasing they endure.

Walking into murky San Diego joint Bar Pink Elephant on a recent golden, dusky evening was disorienting enough - a host of iridescent bubbles dangling from the ceiling, glitter-flecked black walls adorned with baby pachyderms wallowing in martini glasses.