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Nacional Records Offers FREE 21 Track Sampler

Nacional Records is bringing you christmas a little earlier this year! The home to such Scenestar favorites as Aterciopelados, Los Fabulosos Cadillacs, Manu Chao, Mexican Institute of Sound, The Pinker Tones, and more are giving you a chance to sample their music for FREE courtesy of Amazon. So now you can click below, download some new tracks and make your digital music collection a little more funky fresh courtesy of Nacional Records. This offer ends on December 16th so update that playlist for free quickly and enjoy Scenestar readers!

Nacional Records 21-Track Sampler Download Link

Girls To Play Free Show @ Space 15 Twenty

Girls, the San Francisco duo, have one of the hottest shows this week at the SOLD OUT Troubadour. Did you miss out on getting tickets to the show Scenestar readers? Not to worry because you still have a chance to see Girls without paying high scalper prices! Girls will be playing a free show at Space 15 Twenty for their One Year Anniversary Celebration on Saturday December 5, 2009 at 3pm.

Along with a free performance by Girls, the afternoon with come with a soundtrack from DJs Joel Isaac Black, King Acre and Eastside Girls, Dez and Viv spinning all day. Space 15 Twenty will also have a 20% off sale including face painting, vegan baked goods and special giveaways and raffles! Parking at Space 15 Twenty is free with validation. For those feeling charitable, there will be a toy drive benefiting Children's Hospital Los Angeles so if you can bring an unwrapped toy to donate to a good cause. Get there early Scenestar readers to check out the special free live performance by Girls at 3pm at Space 15 Twenty!

December 5th: Girls at Space 15 Twenty (Free Show)

December 5th: Girls at The Troubadour

Photo by Sandy Kim

The Bravery To Meet & Greet Fans Friday

It looks like The Sounds meet and greet from last week is going to be an ongoing thing! This week it's The Bravery's turn! On Friday, October 30th, Live Nation will be selling tickets to see The Bravery show at the Wiltern on Thursday, November 5th at their box office located at the Hollywood Palladium.

Helping with the ticket sales will be the one and only Bravery! They'll be at the box office waiting to meet and greet fans from 6:00pm - 7:00pm for those who buy tickets this Friday in Hollywood including the fact that tickets will be sold with no service fees. Great deal right? Opening for The Bravery will be Dusty's, Howling Bells and The Living Things. If you don't get a chance to make it to the meet and greet, you can always buy tickets through Live Nation by clicking below so don't miss your chance to see The Bravery this week at the Wiltern.

November 5th: The Bravery at the Wiltern

The Sounds To Meet & Greet Fans w/ No Service Fee

How often do fans get a deal like this? On Tuesday, October 20th, Live Nation will be selling tickets to see The Sounds shows at the Wiltern on Wednesday, October 21st and Thursday, October 22nd at their box office located at the Hollywood Palladium. Wait, there's more! Not only do you get tickets to their show for face value but you get to meet the band!

The Sounds will be at the box office waiting to meet and greet fans from 3:00pm - 4:00pm for those who buy tickets this Tuesday in Hollywood. Great deal right? This isn't even including the fact that The Sounds have great local openers the Moving Units and Shiny Toy Guns each on a different night! If you don't get a chance to make it to the meet and greet, you can always buy tickets through Live Nation by clicking below so don't miss your chance to see The Sounds this week at the Wiltern.

October 21st: The Sounds w/ The Moving Units at the Wiltern

October 22nd: The Sounds w/ Shiny Toy Guns at the Wiltern

Live Nation 2 For 1 Day Today!

Live Nation is giving you a chance to treat your concert buddy to a show! Live Nation is holding a 2-for-1-ticket sale for the next 24 hours covering a good number of shows. Local venues included in the sale are Avalon Hollywood, The Gibson Amphitheatre, The Hollywood Palladium, House of Blues (Anaheim, San Diego and Sunset Strip), San Manuel Amphitheater and The Wiltern.

FYF Fest 2009 On Sale Today For $8!

FYF Fest is back this year and moving to a new location! FYF Fest will be held at Los Angeles State Historic Park in Downtown Los Angeles on Saturday, September 5th. This year's proceeds will go to helping our state parks stay open so not only do you get great music but you also get to help a great cause. Tickets are $20 but till 5pm today, you can get your tickets for only $8 via TicketWeb. That's a savings of $12! So click below and get your tickets today to one of Los Angeles' best independent music festivals, the FYF Fest!

September 5th: FYF Fest at Los Angeles State Historical Park (Downtown L.A.)

Franz Ferdinand $10 Ticket Sale Today!

It looks like Christmas came a little early this year Los Angeles. Franz Ferdinand is having a special today only for their Thursday, August 27th show at the Hollywood Palladium! Today you can get your Franz Ferdinand tickets for the low low price of $10 via Live Nation with no service charges.

How do you like them apples? So if you don't have plans this Thursday, this is probably the best deal in town so click below and get your tickets today to see Franz Ferdinand at the Hollywood Palladium!

August 27th: Franz Ferdinand at the Hollywood Palladium

Photo by: Jennifer Ruidera @ Coachella 2009

KCRW Membership Drive Starts Today

It's that time again! One of our favorite radio stations here in Los Angeles, KCRW, will be starting their pledge drive today, Friday, August 7th. KCRW is a public radio station based in Santa Monica and plays alot of the music we know and love here at The Scenestar. In fact, most of the Scenestar staff are KCRW members. One of our photographers even won the Morning Becomes Eclectic contest to see Bloc Party in London!

It's more than just winning prizes, getting cool premiums and winning four pairs of concert tickets a year. It's about supporting a station with the vision and freedom to play great new music when other stations play Top 40. KCRW is usually the first to play the new bands you grow to love and sponsor ALOT of great shows here in Los Angeles. So Los Angeles if you don't want KCRW going the way of Indie 103.1, please pledge to keep the dream of handpicked music going and great music hitting the airwaves of Los Angeles. Tune in to 89.9 fm locally or stream live online at KCRW.com to listen and make a pledge to keep the station alive.

Pre-"Sale": FREE Gustavo Dudamel @ Hollywood Bowl

As you might have received in the mail or heard the past few months, talented young Venezuelan composer Gustavo Dudamel will finally be calling Los Angeles his home as he takes over this fall as Music Director of the Los Angeles Philharmonic. To celebrate, the Hollywood Bowl will be hosting a FREE concert on Saturday, October 3rd with Gustavo leading the Los Angeles Philharmonic in Beethoven's Ninth Symphony along with a fireworks show! Backing Gustavo Dudemel is a star studded lineup including Andrea Crouch, Alfredo Rodriguez, Flea from the Red Hot Chili Peppers with the Silverlake Conservatory Ensemble, Herbie Hancock, David Hidalgo, Taj Majal, YOLA and more!

Buy $7.11 Tickets This Weekend From Live Nation!

Talk about a music stimulus package! Live Nation is having a $7.11 discount weekend on alot of our favorite shows starting today with no discount code needed. Live Nation is also teaming up with 7-11 this Saturday for a free Slurpee promotion with opportunities to win tickets to some of their shows.

Who says we don't like free or discount at The Scenestar? Get them now before theyre gone! Here's a list of some of our favorite select shows in this promotion after the jump: