Los Angeles Tonight (April 18, 2013)

2 CHAINZ IS IN TOWN PEOPLE!!!  HE'S AT THE OBSERVATORY TONIGHT!

There is other stuff going down, like:

• RJD2 @ Echoplex


• EL-P @ The Echo


• Portugal. The Man and Lord Huron @ The Glass House


• Green Day and Best Coast @ LA Sports Arena, you know if you like eye shadow and hot topic.


• Bad Religion and The Bronx @ The Palladium


• Vampire Weekend and Tanlines @ The Fox Theater


• The Abigails at Alex's Bar


• Public Enemy, Rush, and Heart @ Nokia Theater for some Rock and Roll hall of fame induction thing.


• New Order and Johnny Marr @ Santa Barbara Bowl...


• Little Green Cars@Troubadour


• The Dustbowl Revival Record Release at The Edison


• Bad Religion @ Hollywood Palladium


• Purity Ring, Blue Hawaii @ El Rey Theatre


• La Roux @ Fonda Theatre


• Sarah Silverman & Friends @ Largo


• The Abigails, Shirley Rolls, The Leeches, The Gospels, DJ Paul-E-Wog @ Alex’s Bar


• Erica Fairchild presents LNGWKND @ Del Monte Speakeasy


• Y Luv, Ready Never, Soda Soda @ The Central SAPC


• Harlow Gold @ Harvelle’s


• City of Blue, Caldecott, Rod Cocker, Space Hurricane, West of Now @ TRiP

There's a lot going on, those are all good choices, but again people, its 2 CHAINZ in The Observatory!  That almost sounds like solving the mystery in the trap version of Clue.  And, oh yeah, we have tickets to giveaway to El P.  Get on that!  Tweet out @theechola @supergoodmusic @jaminthevan @elp.

Rock The Bells 2012

Saturday marks the launch of the 9th annual Rock The Bells Festival - as it returns to San Bernardino's NOS Events Center for the first of three weekends around the country.  The hip-hop mega fest is slated to deliver a hefty dosage of current heavyweights, veterans and artists who are clearly on their grind.  

From the opening words of Dom Kennedy on Saturday to the final verse from Nas on Sunday - Los Angelenos and hip-hop heads from far and wide can rejoice in a celebration of the culture and some undoubtable surprises.  Some of those we can spoil for you - like the fact that Biz  Markie will join DJ Lance Rock (of Yo Gabba Gabba), Saafir and Ras Kaas reunite wth Xzibit for a special Golden State Warriors performance and Psycho Realm opens up Paid Dues Stage!  Staring into my crystal ball of festival forecasting - I also predict a few guest appearances from Travis Barker (Yelawolf), Kosha Dillz (some stage somewhere with RZA) and Chip Tha Ripper (Kid Cudi) are bound to happen....

The full official line-up includes all of the following: Kid Cudi, J Cole, DMX + Eve, Method Man + Redman, KRS - One, Nas, Wiz Khalifa, Bone Thugs N Harmony, Ice Cube, Xzibit, Golden State Warriors, Kid Ink, E-40 (& Too Short, Deltron 3030, Chief Keef, Machine Gun Kelly, Atmosphere, Killer Mike, El-P, Immortal Technique, Casey Veggies, Dipset, Kendrick Lamar (w/ Black Hippy), Common, 2 Chainz, Tyga, Yelawolf, Future, Dom Kennedy, Jadakiss, Wu Blok, Naughty By Nature, Curren$y, Prodigy, Zion I, Grouch, Eligh, Sean Price, Watsky, Black Knights, Salt-N-Pepa, DJ Quik, Big Daddy Kane, Mix Master Mike, DJ Lance Rock & Friends , I Self Devine, Slim Da Mobster, and Psycho Realm.

You can cop your tickets at www.rockthebells.com and check out a word about the festival from one of its creators - Chang Weisberg.

Check out set times below.  

Rock The Bells 2012

Saturday marks the launch of the 9th annual Rock The Bells Festival - as it returns to San Bernardino's NOS Events Center for the first of three weekends around the country.  The hip-hop mega fest is slated to deliver a hefty dosage of current heavyweights, veterans and artists who are clearly on their grind.  

From the opening words of Dom Kennedy on Saturday to the final verse from Nas on Sunday - Los Angelenos and hip-hop heads from far and wide can rejoice in a celebration of the culture and some undoubtable surprises.  Some of those we can spoil for you - like the fact that Biz  Markie will join DJ Lance Rock (of Yo Gabba Gabba), Saafir and Ras Kaas reunite wth Xzibit for a special Golden State Warriors performance and Psycho Realm opens up Paid Dues Stage!  Staring into my crystal ball of festival forecasting - I also predict a few guest appearances from Travis Barker (Yelawolf), Kosha Dillz (some stage somewhere with RZA) and Chip Tha Ripper (Kid Cudi) are bound to happen....

The full official line-up includes all of the following: Kid Cudi, J Cole, DMX + Eve, Method Man + Redman, KRS - One, Nas, Wiz Khalifa, Bone Thugs N Harmony, Ice Cube, Xzibit, Golden State Warriors, Kid Ink, E-40 (& Too Short, Deltron 3030, Chief Keef, Machine Gun Kelly, Atmosphere, Killer Mike, El-P, Immortal Technique, Casey Veggies, Dipset, Kendrick Lamar (w/ Black Hippy), Common, 2 Chainz, Tyga, Yelawolf, Future, Dom Kennedy, Jadakiss, Wu Blok, Naughty By Nature, Curren$y, Prodigy, Zion I, Grouch, Eligh, Sean Price, Watsky, Black Knights, Salt-N-Pepa, DJ Quik, Big Daddy Kane, Mix Master Mike, DJ Lance Rock & Friends , I Self Devine, Slim Da Mobster, and Psycho Realm.

You can cop your tickets at www.rockthebells.com and check out a word about the festival from one of its creators - Chang Weisberg.

Check out set times below.