SHAME @ Echoplex Sat Feb 7th 2026 // THE PORTABLE INFINITE

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Howard Paar Interview 2026 (ON Klub and Top Rankin' novel)

Howard Paar helped shape Los Angeles culture before most people knew it was happening. A London native who landed in L.A. at a pivotal moment, Paar founded The ON Klub, a legendary underground venue that became a breeding ground for punk, ska, mod, the Paisley Underground—and the first live rap shows in the city, in collaboration with Sugar Hill Records.

That same instinct for uncovering hidden worlds drives his fiction. His novels Once Upon a Time in L.A. and Top Rankin’ are raw, noir-inflected portraits of music, crime, and subculture, drawn from the margins of a city in constant reinvention. Whether building scenes or writing about them, Paar’s work captures culture at the moment it ignites.

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NINE INCH NAILS KICK OFF SECOND NORTH AMERICAN LEG OF ACCLAIMED ‘PEEL IT BACK TOUR’

NINE INCH NAILS KICK OFF SECOND NORTH AMERICAN LEG OF ACCLAIMED ‘PEEL IT BACK TOUR’

Photo Credit: John Crawford Last night, Nine Inch Nails launched the second North American leg of their critically acclaimed Peel It Back Tour with a stand-out performance at Smoothie King Center in New Orleans, LA. Joining Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross, the Nine Inch Nails touring lineup features Robin Finck on guitar, Josh Freese on drums, and newest addition, Stuart Brooks, on bass.  The tour showcases one of the band’s most ambitious productions to date—a four-act live experience that stays true to Nine Inch Nails’ signature intensity while pushing into bold new creative territory. Renowned for their groundbreaking live shows and striking visuals, the band once again raises the bar with a production conceived by Trent Reznor alongside creative director Todd Tourso and MTLA.studio, with longtime lighting designer Paul “Arlo” Guthrie returning to the fold. The show replaces traditional LED screens with translucent fabric, raw handheld cinematography, and layered projections, creating a fully immersive, three-dimensional environment unlike anything the band has presented before.

Photo Credit: John Crawford The first act began with a tour debut of “Something I Can Never Have” with Trent Reznor delivering a solo performance on the b-stage, before Atticus Ross, Robin Finck, and new bassist Stuart Brooks joined him for a rare performance of “Non-Entity,” played live for the first time in 17 years since the band’s 2009 tour.

Video Credit: Jeff Coffman, Ian Hurdle Longtime friend and collaborator Boys Noize returns as the opening act on this leg and once again joins Nine Inch Nails onstage for Act 3 performing live renditions of “Vessel,” “Closer,” and “Parasite,” which has appeared just once on the tour so far. The third act culminated in a powerful performance of the band’s recent GRAMMY® Award–winning Best Rock Song, “As Alive As You Need Me To Be.” Photo Credit: Jenn Devreaux The Peel It Back Tour continues tomorrow night with a show in Jacksonville, FL at VyStar Veterans Memorial Arena before continuing with stops in Charlotte, Washington, DC, Boston, Montreal, St. Louis, Dallas, Las Vegas, San Diego, San Francisco, and more before concluding on Monday, March 16 at the Golden 1 Center in Sacramento, CA.  Photo Credit: John Crawford  The 2025 sold-out tour drew 450,000 fans across the Europe, UK and North America dates and earned widespread praise from both critics and fans. The Times, in an opening night review, said, "The show was a revelation — a thrilling onslaught that combined angst, sincerity and a nightmarish otherworldliness…" UPROXX hailed it as “a triumph of sound, obviously, but also sight. It could have been a movie, and Nine Inch Nails were the stars.” Consequence named Nine Inch Nails “Live Act of the Year” in their 2025 Annual Report and praised the “multi-sensory spectacle” as proof that “Nine Inch Nails have long been one of music’s most innovative bands,” while Dallas Observer described each night as “a visual masterpiece” and NME noted, “[The band] delivered a stacked setlist of huge hits and rarities.”  For tickets and tour information, visit nin.com.     NINE INCH NAILS: PEEL IT BACK TOUR 2026 DATES: Thu Feb 05 — New Orleans, LA — Smoothie King Center Sat Feb 07 — Jacksonville, FL — VyStar Veterans Memorial Arena Tue Feb 10 — Charlotte, NC — Spectrum Center Wed Feb 11 — Washington, DC — Capital One Arena Fri Feb 13 — Boston, MA — TD Garden Sat Feb 14 — Newark, NJ — Prudential Center Mon Feb 16 — Montreal, QC — Bell Centre Wed Feb 18 — Hamilton, ON — TD Coliseum Fri Feb 20 — Columbus, OH — Schottenstein Center Sun Feb 22 — Grand Rapids, MI — Van Andel Arena Mon Feb 23 — Milwaukee, WI — Fiserv Forum Wed Feb 25 — St. Louis, MO — Enterprise Center Fri Feb 27 — Tulsa, OK — BOK Center Sun Mar 01 — Austin, TX — Moody Center Tue Mar 03 — Dallas, TX — American Airlines Center Fri Mar 06 — Glendale, AZ — Desert Diamond Arena Sat Mar 07 — Las Vegas, NV — MGM Grand Garden Arena Mon Mar 09 — San Diego, CA — Pechanga Arena Tue Mar 10 — Anaheim, CA — Honda Center Fri Mar 13 — Salt Lake City, UT — Delta Center Sun Mar 15 — San Francisco, CA — Chase Center Mon Mar 16 — Sacramento, CA — Golden 1 Center

Donald Grose, aka Utopian Cow, moving to New Mexico

Donald Grose, aka Utopian Cow, moving to New Mexico and building his own house slots neatly into a lineage that runs from punk rock to land art to Americana music. Like Robert Smithson’s earthworks, it treats land not as backdrop but as medium—an insistence that meaning can be carved directly into the ground, outside institutions and markets. There’s a strong HB punk rock ethic in it too: DIY to the core, suspicious of polish, grounded in doing rather than asking permission. Building your own shelter echoes the same refusal that powered hardcore scenes—if the system doesn’t serve you, you build something else, louder or quieter, but on your own terms. And threaded through it all is Americana’s long obsession with self-reliance, wide-open spaces, weather, waiting, and work—the idea that songs, houses, and lives are shaped by timing, land, and grit. Grose’s house becomes a kind of lived artwork and folk song at once: an earthwork you can sleep in, a punk gesture slowed down to desert time.

TAME IMPALA RELEASES “DRACULA (JENNIE REMIX)”

TAME IMPALA  RELEASES “DRACULA (JENNIE REMIX)” LISTEN HERE ORIGINAL SONG GOES #1 AT ALT RADIO THIS WEEK DEADBEAT - OUT NOW NOMINATED FOR A BRIT AWARD AND WINNER OF GRAMMY AWARD FOR BEST DANCE/ELECTRONIC RECORDING TAME IMPALA ON TOUR THROUGHOUT 2026

Late last year, Tame Impala (Kevin Parker) released his fifth full-length album, Deadbeat via Columbia Records. On it, Parker sculpted a collection of wickedly potent club-psych explorations as a vehicle for some of his most direct, brain-wormy songwriting to date, including the breakout hit “Dracula.” Today, he shares the “Dracula (JENNIE Remix).” The global superstar, fresh off of her triumphant solo album Ruby, lends her signature voice. The song travelled all the way to Korea and came back reborn. LISTEN HERE. Watch the lyric video directed by Julian Klincewicz and shot by Irie Calkins HERE. The remix coincides with the original song hitting #1 for the first time at Alt Radio this week.   LYRIC VIDEO EMBED:  https://tameimpala.lnk.to/dracularemix/YouTube   After releasing Deadbeat, Parker scored a GRAMMY nomination for Best Dance/Electronic Recording for the single “End Of Summer” (the only track eligible for the 2026 GRAMMYS) and won the category at last week’s event. He also picked up a BRIT Award nomination for International Group of the Year. Tame Impala has had 5 career GRAMMY nominations and now two wins, and has racked up three BRIT Award nominations and a win throughout his career.   Tame Impala will head out on a major UK and European tour beginning April 4th. A full list of tour dates is below.

About JENNIE: Since bursting onto the scene in 2016, JENNIE has impacted culture and made history via her music, acting, fashion, and entrepreneurship. The world initially met her during 2016 as one-fourth of powerhouse BLACKPINK, breaking countless records, such as becoming “the only Korean band to headline Coachella,” “the highest-charting female Korean act on the US Billboard Hot 100 and Billboard 200” and their Born Pink World Tour being the highest-grossing concert tour by a female group and Asian act in history. Renowned for her inimitable style and elite fashion sense, she has graced the covers of countless publications (Vogue, Rolling Stone, Elle, and more) and collaborated with everyone from Chanel to Adidas to Beats. She is a frequent attendee of the Met Gala and Paris Fashion Week with the multiple brands she works with. At the helm of her very own record label and entertainment company ODDATELIER, JENNIE has commenced her next creative chapter. In 2025, JENNIE released her first solo album Ruby — a striking statement of artistic independence that showcased her evolution as a singer, songwriter, and visionary. The handcrafted 15-song sonic experience also features collaborations with Childish Gambino, Doechii, Dominic Fike, Dua Lipa, FKJ, and Kali Uchis. Ruby blends a variety of genres, explores her identity and boundary-pushing musicality, and solidifies JENNIE’s status as a global force. About Tame Impala: Kevin Parker has emerged as one of the most influential voices of the last decade. A singular artist renowned for carving out a distinct sound all of his own, Parker crafts transcendent genre-bending sonic landscapes, playing every instrument and acting as writer, producer, mixer and engineer on his projects. He has been nominated for five GRAMMY awards with one win for his collaboration with Justice on 2024’s “Neverender.” In his home country of Australia, he’s racked up an impressive 13 ARIA Awards and 27 Nominations. He’s won the BRIT Award for Best International Band and scored nominations for two Billboard Music Awards and an American Music Award. Tame Impala has had numerous US Alternative Radio Top 10 songs including two #1’s for “Lost In Yesterday” and “Is It True.” Tame Impala’s “The Less I Know The Better” is part of the Billionaires Club with over 2 billion streams and the project has racked up numerous gold and platinum certifications globally.   Tame Impala has headlined festivals and arenas around the world and released four full-length albums - InnerSpeaker, Lonerism, Currents and his most recent album The Slow Rush. The Slow Rush landed at #1 in multiple territories and was his highest charting album to date in both the US and UK, with 14 top 10 chart positions around the world.  As a writer and producer Parker has collaborated with Dua Lipa, The Weeknd, SZA, Lady Gaga, Travis Scott, Mark Ronson, Gorillaz, Thundercat, Kali Uchis, 070 Shake, Rhianna, Miguel, A$AP Rocky and many more.   Tame Impala Tour Dates 4/4 – Super Bock Arena - Pavilhão Rosa Mota – Porto, Portugal 4/5 – MEO Arena – Lisbon, Portugal 4/7 – Movistar Arena – Madrid, Spain 4/8 – Palau Sant Jordi – Barcelona, Spain 4/10 – LDLC Arena – Lyon, France 4/12 – Inalpi Arena – Turin, Italy 4/13 – Unipol Arena – Bologna, Italy 4/14 – Hallenstadion – Zurich, Switzerland 4/16 – Olympiahalle – Munich, Germany 4/18 – PreZero Arena – Gliwice, Poland 4/20 – O2 Arena – Prague, Czechia 4/23 – Barclays Arena – Hamburg, Germany 4/25 – Royal Arena – Copenhagen, Denmark 4/26 – Avicii Arena – Stockholm, Sweden 4/27 – Unity Arena – Oslo, Norway 4/29 – Uber Arena – Berlin, Germany 4/30 – Festhalle – Frankfurt, Germany 5/1 – PSD Bank Dome – Dusseldorf, Germany 5/3 – Accor Arena – Paris, France 5/4 – Ziggo Dome – Amsterdam, Netherlands 5/5 – AFAS Dome – Antwerp, Belgium 5/7 – The O2 – London, United Kingdom 5/8 – Co-op Live Arena – Manchester, United Kingdom 5/9 – Utilita Arena Birmingham – Birmingham, United Kingdom 5/11 – OVO Hydro – Glasgow, United Kingdom 5/13 – 3Arena – Dublin, Ireland

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Dillon Francis unveils new single “What It Feels Like” featuring Daya

DILLON FRANCIS UNVEILS NEW SINGLE “WHAT IT FEELS LIKE” FEATURING DAYA EMBARKING ON DILLSTRADAMUS U.S. CO-HEADLINE TOUR WITH FLOSSTRADAMUS THIS SPRING photo credit: Cambron Lyles February 6, 2026—Superstar producer, songwriter and DJ Dillon Francis and Grammy-winning pop icon Daya team up for the new single “What It Feels Like,” via Monstercat and broke Records. Listen HERE. “I’m so excited for ‘What it Feels Like’ to be out,” says Daya. “I’ve admired Dillon’s artistry for a while, and getting to work together on this track has been a dream. I can’t wait for people to finally hear it and hopefully feel what we felt making it.” “It’s strange that I’m expected to summarize a song in a quote so you’ll listen to it, when listening to it would solve that problem,” adds Dillon. “The song is ‘What It Feels Like’ with Daya. You can stop reading now.” Earlier this month, Dillon shared a taste of the song, teasing a snippet of Daya’s vocals on Instagram. Fans have been eagerly awaiting the full single ever since. The song also marks a first-of-its-kind partnership between independent label innovators Monstercat and broke Records. The new music kicks off a massive year for Dillon, who recently announced a highly anticipated Dillstradamus co-headline tour with trap pioneer Flosstradamus starting this April. Following explosive festival and headline sets across the globe in 2025, the tour will see stops at New York’s Terminal 5, Chicago’s Radius, Los Angeles’ Hollywood Palladium, San Francisco’s Bill Graham Civic Auditorium and more. “What It Feels Like” follows Daya’s Til Every Petal Drops, her first full-length project after a near decade long hiatus. Earlier in 2025, her collaboration with Dom Dolla on “Dreamin” reached #1 on the U.S. Dance Radio charts. Additionally, her massive track “Don’t Let Me Down” with The Chainsmokers recently earned a RIAA Diamond certification. Dillon has spent the past year sharing a string of collaborative singles with artists including Grammy-winning producer Albert Hype, house music icon Marten Hørger, rap superstar iann dior and more. Additionally, he put out a remix album of his historic major label debut, Money Sucks, Friends Rule, which landed on Rolling Stone’s Top Electronic Albums upon release in 2014. Known for spanning genres, Dillon has worked with some of the industry’s biggest names, including Major Lazer, T-Pain, Calvin Harris, Skrillex and more. Dillon Francis has been making waves in dance music and beyond for more than a decade, bursting on to the scene in the early 2010s with a series of underground hits. He’s released a number of widely acclaimed full-length projects, including Money Sucks, Friends Rule in 2014, 2015’s This Mixtape Is Fire, 2018’s WUT WUT—a Spanish-language LP featuring some of the biggest names in Latin music, the 2019 mixtape Magic Is Real, 2021’s Happy Machine and This Mixtape is Fire TOO in 2023. Dillon continues to tour the world over and, beyond music, has starred in the Funny Or Die series “Like and Subscribe” and Viceland’s “What Would Diplo Do?” with additional projects in development. single art tour admat DILLSTRADAMUS TOUR DATES April 18—Boston, MA—Big Night Live May 2—Sacramento, CA—Channel 24 May 15—Minneapolis, MN— The Fillmore Minneapolis May 16—Chicago, IL—Radius May 29—New York, NY—Terminal 5 May 30—Pittsburgh, PA—Roxian Theatre Presented By Citizens June 12—Madison, WI—The Sylvee June 13— Milwaukee, WI—Landmark Credit Union Live June 26— San Francisco, CA—Bill Graham Civic Auditorium June 27—Los Angeles, CA—Hollywood Palladium July 24—Seattle, WA—Showbox SoDo July 25—San Diego, CA—LED Day Club August 22—Denver, CO—Mission Ballroom www.dillonfrancis.com/

The Undercover Dream Lovers announce new album 'atomic house'

THE UNDERCOVER DREAM LOVERS ANNOUNCE NEW ALBUM ATOMIC HOUSE — ARRIVES ON MARCH 20 — PRE-SAVE SICK OF BEING SOLD BUTTONED-UP “LIES LIES LIES”  — STREAM THE NEW SINGLE / WATCH THE OFFICIAL VIDEO AT 9AM PST PLAYING SCHOOL NIGHT LA ON FEBRUARY 26 ALONGSIDE POOL GIRL AND STEFAN THEV — ALL INFO HERE “Matt Koenig’s indelible slice of dream-pop has a dark edge.” “...Matt Koenig deftly interweaves the future and past under his moniker The Undercover Dream Lovers. Featuring elements of indie rock glossed over with sleek synthpop, his music recalls the millennial anxiety of 2020 and beyond and late-night club meet-ups circa 1981.”

Today, The Undercover Dream Lovers have announced their new album, atomic house, will arrive on March 20 via SoundOn. Los Angeles-based musician and producer Matt Koenig is stepping away from his fuzzy, dream-pop sound on this record and allowing for kinetic moments to be driven by his scratchier voice and guitar. The album’s 14 songs are built from tactile details and lived-in scenes that don’t just recall the past, but make it feel present again. From his childhood in Pennsylvania to New York DIY spaces to life in contemporary LA, Koenig creates a string of transportive worlds where listeners can become protagonists in psychedelic indie rock wonderlands — Pre-save. “Whether it’s dial up phones or the feeling of pushing a doorbell when you’re running around the neighborhood and playing ding-dong ditch, there are so many tactile things that just get us excited,” Koenig explains. “That was my anchor for this whole record, remembering those feelings and stepping back into my own experience or into the shoes of a character who may have had these experiences.”  The album news arrives with the new single and video “lies lies lies.” A bicycle bell and the sound of youthful chattering open the new offering, a track powered by a refusal to give up on childhood dreams in the face of buttoned-up expectations. “I sat in my room/ Stared at the wall/ I wanted to be like Jimi playing guitar,” he sighs, before lashing out at the lies fed to wide-eyed dreamers told to get a real job — Stream. For Koenig, the track both encapsulates the vision of his younger years and the new life he’s built himself. “I wanted this album to capture what it was like growing up in the ‘90s, this gap in time between two more defined eras,” he says. “But it comes to life in a way that feels very modern, where any listener can live in it and make the emotions of those experiences their own.” Press photo by Matt Sklar Presented by KCRW and Make Out Music, The Undercover Dream Lovers will be performing at School Night LA on February 26th at The Airliner. The night will also feature music from Pool Girl and Stefan Thev. Reserve a free ticket and see all other details here.

ATOMIC HOUSE TRACK LIST “one more evening” “banging my head” “cookin in the sun” — watch “role model” “molly” “prom queen” — watch “human dont nature” “you" “lies lies lies” — watch “paint me a smile” “escape artist” “i dont give a damn” “deja vu” — watch “can of worms”

ABOUT THE UNDERCOVER DREAM LOVERS: A dusty basement television hums to life, the curved screen flickering like a memory you didn’t know you still had. On atomic house (due March 20th), The Undercover Dream Lovers latch onto that totemic power. Built from tactile details and lived-in scenes, Matt Koenig creates a string of transportive worlds where listeners can become protagonists in psychedelic indie rock wonderlands. The singer-songwriter grew up in Pittsburgh, recording in his bedroom by the age of 14—those experiments eventually leading to the launch of The Undercover Dream Lovers. The solo project quickly caught fire with fans and earned critical attention, including prominent Spotify playlist placement. After growing the project, Koenig found a permanent home in Los Angeles.  Both the golden warmth and bleary urban nights of LA are infused in Undercover Dream Lovers’ sound, and atomic house amplifies those strengths. And as that old CRT TV flicks back to darkness, the vibrant images of atomic house remain. Field recordings, sound effects, and thoughtful sonic textures don’t function as window dressing so much as emotional architecture, each detail meticulously considered yet never overworked. Koenig’s songwriting is both impeccably crafted and deeply human, resulting in a record that invites immersion rather than nostalgia for its own sake. As Koenig puts it, “This record is a reminder to be present, to enjoy life for what it is and not get anxious about the future.” ### For more information on The Undercover Dream Lovers, please visit: Website | Instagram | TikTok | YouTube |Spotify | Apple Music