Babe Rainbow
Psych PopSurf RockIndie Psych
Babe Rainbow is an Australian psych-pop band known for breezy, sun-warped guitars, soft vocals, and 1960s/1970s coastal groove references.
Artist index
Artists in this week's edit
Profiles for the names already in the guide, plus current listings that still need fuller context.
26Profiles
35Stubs
26 artist profiles and 35 more current listings.
Profiled artists
Cold War Kids
Indie RockAlternative RockPiano Rock
Cold War Kids are a Long Beach-rooted indie rock band built around Nathan Willett raspy, gospel-tinged vocal delivery and piano-driven hooks.
Good Foot!
PunkIndieFunk-Adjacent
Good Foot! is a Long Beach/Alex's Bar punk/indie bill name that appears to be a real act or recurring party; profile remains conservative until identity is clearer.
Tasha Taylor
SoulRhythm And BluesBlues
Soul/R&B/blues singer-songwriter Tasha Taylor carries a classic rhythm and blues lineage into modern original material with a strong, warm lead vocal.
The Pretty Flowers
Power PopIndie RockJangle Pop
Los Angeles power-pop/indie-rock band with jangly guitars, literate hooks, and local-scene durability.
YOSHIKI
J-RockClassical CrossoverVisual Kei
YOSHIKI is the drummer, pianist, composer, and co-founder of X Japan, known for arena-scale rock theatrics, classical crossover pieces, and dramatic piano-led arrangements.
Zane Carney
Singer-SongwriterGuitarBlues Pop
Los Angeles guitarist and singer-songwriter with jazz-trained chops and blues/pop songwriting.
Lil Texas
HardcoreHardstyleHard Dance
Lil Texas is a Los Angeles hard-dance producer and DJ pushing fast, maximal hardcore and hardstyle club music.
Roberto Tapia
Regional MexicanBandaNorteño
Regional Mexican singer known for banda/norteño material and a strong touring audience.
Sincere Engineer
EmoPop PunkIndie Punk
Sincere Engineer is Deanna Belos’s Chicago punk/emo project, pairing conversationally funny, self-lacerating lyrics with hooky Midwestern pop-punk.
The Amanda Castro Band
Vocal JazzSwingJump Blues
Amanda Castro fronts a swing, jazz, jump-blues, and vintage-pop band built around theatrical vocals and dance-floor arrangements.
Fat Tony
Indie RapHouston Hip-HopAlternative Hip-Hop
Houston rapper with a dry conversational flow and a catalog moving between underground rap, DIY punk spaces, and left-field pop collaborations.
Fulton Lee
Soul PopFunk PopRetro Pop
Fulton Lee is a Nashville-based pop and soul artist making bright, retro-leaning funk-pop with crisp vocals and danceable arrangements.
Marcello Carelli’s Effervescence
JazzImprovised MusicModern Jazz
Marcello Carelli is a drummer/composer leading the Effervescence project in a contemporary jazz setting.
THE TOLEDO SHOW
CabaretBluesLounge
The Toledo Show is an LA lounge/cabaret/blues revue long associated with theatrical nightclub performance.
The Mastersons
AmericanaRoots RockFolk Rock
The Mastersons are the husband and wife duo of Chris Masterson and Eleanor Whitmore, making harmony-rich Americana and roots rock.
Tito Puente Jr.
Latin JazzSalsaMambo
Percussionist, bandleader, and son of mambo icon Tito Puente, carrying Latin jazz and salsa repertoire into contemporary club and jazz-room settings.
World Stage Big Band
Big Band JazzCommunity JazzLeimert Park Jazz
World Stage Big Band is the house/community big band connected to Leimert Park's World Stage, carrying a local jazz-education and performance tradition.
Kat Cordova
Singer-SongwriterRootsSoul
Singer-songwriter observed on intimate LA bills at Hotel Cafe and The Mint.
Juju B. Goode
Indie PopK-IndieBedroom Pop
Juju B. Goode is a Korean-American indie-pop artist and producer known for glossy, internet-era pop and K-indie adjacent songwriting.
LELO
Indie RockAlt-PopLocal Support
LELO is a common-name artist on a Roxy bill with Groovepill; quick-pass identity remains ambiguous across multiple music profiles.
Christian Euman
Modern JazzJazz DrumsImprovised Music
Christian Euman is a drummer and composer in the modern jazz/improvised-music world, observed on the Karl McComas-Reichl Quartet Sam First bill.
Gary Wilson
Experimental PopOutsider MusicFunk
Cult experimental pop and funk musician known for eccentric home-recorded work and outsider-pop influence.
Fake Dad
Indie PopAlt PopBedroom Pop
Brooklyn/LA indie duo making anxious, hooky alt-pop with crunchy production and diaristic vocals.
Scott Doyle
Dueling PianosCoversPiano Bar
Pianist/entertainer associated with dueling-piano style live performances.
Vibrafonics
FunkSoulLocal Rock
Vibrafonics is a local funk/soul-leaning band name observed on The Mint's LA club calendar.
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Inara George & Van Dyke Parks
Jazz
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Indie
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JazzOffbeat
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DanceOffbeatIndie
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OffbeatIndie
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Indie
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Jazz
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Indie
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OffbeatIndie
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JazzOffbeat
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DanceIndie
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Live
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ListeningIndieVocal
Check tickets · Venue details · ListenLesley Mok, John Herndon
JazzOffbeat
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Indie
View details · Venue detailsKeng & Namping 1st Fan Meeting in USA
DanceIndie
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Jazz
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OffbeatIndie
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Indie
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ListeningVocal
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Indie
Check tickets · Venue detailsVocalist Faleisha Reese in Concert
JazzVocal
Check tickets · Venue detailsAsa Anderson
Hip-hopListeningIndie
Check tickets · Venue details · ListenMagnus & Friends Residency
Jazz
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OffbeatIndie
Check tickets · Venue detailsThe Grey Between: Island in Between + Colour Ideology Sampling.mov
JazzOffbeat
Check tickets · Venue detailsRight After You Left hosted by Deon Cole - Vinyl Room @ the Palladium
Live
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DanceHip-hopJazz
Check tickets · Venue details · ListenCatherine Moan, Inner Magic, Cupid & Psyche
OffbeatIndie
Check tickets · Venue detailsRVCA presents Surfbort
Indie
View details · Venue detailsRotations: Aloïse + Colors Folly
JazzOffbeat
Check tickets · Venue detailsKylie Cantrall
Indie
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OffbeatIndie
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Indie
View details · Venue detailsFree Throw with Slow Joy & Glom
Indie
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