Monthly Archives: May 2010

Upcoming Shows

I Promote Good Bands has two upcoming shows in June (so far) and they’re both in Orange County. Surprising, huh? The first show is June 16 at The Gypsy Lounge in Lake Forest. This show is going to be killer and has a fusion of locals and touring acts. The Shimmies of Chico, CA and [...]

Prop 15 Benefit at The Echo

California Common Cause is heading to The Echo (your favorite Los Angeles venue) in order to give support to Proposition 15, the Clean Elections Law. Prop 15 is being supported by the AARP, California Nurses Association, California Church IMPACT, NAACP, League of Women Voters of California, California Clean Money Campaign and hundreds more organizations, elected [...]

Eliza Rickman Beat Crave Fav

IPGB aritist Eliza Rickman is currently the featured favorite artist on BeatCrave.com. The feature includes a brief article, videos (including the music video for “Cinnamon Bone”), and photos. Beat Crave chooses four artists a week who battle it out to become the Beat Crave Fav of the week, and then on to Beat Crave Fav [...]

The Parson Red Heads Announce Summer Tour

Los Angeles based indie/folk gems The Parson Red Heads are about to embark on a summer tour with The Good Life and Cotton Jones. Be sure to catch one of the shows to receive the first taste of new tunes. They’ve been in the studio working with Raymond Richards (Local Natives, Broken West) and Chris [...]

Bringing back the artistry

Originally, I had a jam-packed musical weekend planned, but I had work orientation 11am-6pm Saturday and Sunday! I’m really excited about my job because now I’ll more money to fund everything IPGB has going on. A lot of things are in the works for this summer – including more IPGB artist announcements. I’m really thankful [...]

Invading Good Music Episode 1: Useless Keys

Sorry for the poor video quality — it looks amazing on my computer… Youtube lowers the quality, trying to find a way to fix it! This is the first episode of the newest IPGB video series Invading Good Music! The idea behind Invading Good Music is to sit down with musicians, managers, booking agents, venue [...]

Changes

First of all – have you read the review on The Californian’s EP yet? Go do that now, and then read this post. This post is lame and gives you some IPGB news (that you might not like) and that post will introduce you to your new favorite band. Okay, now that you’re listening to [...]

The Californian’s Sea of Love

The Californian’s Sea of Love EP Self-released June 1, 2010 Sea of Love is the type of EP California has been thirsting for, and with the release coming on June first – Sea of Love is destined to be your soundtrack for summer. The Californian is a Los Angeles based 5-piece that has been gaining [...]

Tonight! Tonight!

I Promote Good Bands is hosting yet another wonderful night of music at The Echo! Tonight’s menu: 60 Watt Kid, VOICEsVOICEs, Pizza!, and Tan Dollar all for the low low price of $5. If you’re 18+, short on cash, and looking for an awesome night out, come by The Echo tonight (5/18)!! My friends over [...]

Lemon Sun and Crash Kings at The Roxy

The Roxy May 13, 2010 Upon arriving at The Roxy on Thursday, May 13, I wasn’t quite sure what to expect. I had seen parts of Lemon Sun‘s set before, but hadn’t paid too much attention. I also heard quite a bit about the headliner, Crash Kings, but hadn’t really taken the time to listen [...]