Articles By john payne

Ersi Arvizu Throws a Hook (and Chorus)

Wed, Apr 30, 2008, 7:44 pm

Boxing trainer, singing prizefighter and legendary Chicana vocalist

Neon Neon Set DeLorean's Story to Music

Wed, Apr 16, 2008, 4:29 pm

Boom Bip and Super Furry Animals' Gruff Rhys spin a stainless steel tale of Detroit

Gea: Mia Doi Todd's Unresolved Chords

Wed, Feb 27, 2008, 7:20 pm

An L.A. artist wanders with the transcendent spirits of Joni Mitchell and Alice Coltrane

Baby Dee: Life Is Bitter and Death Is Sweet

Wed, Feb 13, 2008, 1:10 pm

"Find a sweetie and make mad love. Smoke lots of cigarettes and stop wearing underpants."

Health Brings Nutritious Noise

Wed, Jan 30, 2008, 12:03 pm

Better minds and bodies

The Eel World

Wed, Jan 16, 2008, 6:00 pm

For the past decade, E has created parallel universes. Turns out there's a reason why

L.A. Phil Contemplates the Sound of the City

Wed, Jan 2, 2008, 12:00 pm

In these media-mad times, with such god-awful, colossal loads of music, art, film, video games,…

Dewey Cox, Uncut

Wed, Dec 12, 2007, 12:04 pm

The legend speaks for itself, and so does the Legend himself, uninhibitedly and scabrously. On…

Entrance’s Death Jam to Infinity

Wed, Nov 28, 2007, 1:00 pm

The doomy blues

Caetano Veloso: Tropical Troublemaker

Wed, Nov 21, 2007, 10:54 am

Caetano Veloso at Pasadena Civic Auditorium, November 14

Blown Chunks from Black Dice

Wed, Nov 7, 2007, 9:30 pm

"Rock band" mashes up same popular-poopoo influences that have ruined everybody else

Devendra Banhart Curls Up in Your Hand

Thu, Oct 11, 2007, 11:39 am

A wide-ranging interview on Tarot cards, Topanga Canyon, the tackiness of the "freak folk" label and his wonderous new album, Smokey Rolls Down Thunder Canyon

Radio Daze

Wed, Oct 10, 2007, 7:00 pm

Hrishikesh Hirway channeled his existential crisis into the gentle, brooding This Too Will Pass

Shout Out Louds: Loud, Proud 'n' Unbowed

Mon, Oct 1, 2007, 12:50 pm

With their upcoming performance at Detour festival around the corner, the band's singer talks about their new album, songwriting and their fellow Swedish musicians

Conor Vs. Phil

Wed, Sep 26, 2007, 6:00 pm

Is laying a ton of L.A. Philharmonic strings and horns on top of Bright Eyes’ insistent beat going to turn it into a big soft pile of adult-oriented mush?

Joe Henry’s Metaphysical Americana

Wed, Sep 5, 2007, 3:00 pm

Patriot songs

Caribou: Where the Circuits Meet the Wood

Wed, Aug 15, 2007, 12:00 pm

Canadian expat melds electronic and acoustic instruments into a glorious whole

Back in the USSR

Wed, May 23, 2007, 7:04 pm

“Pravda” at Disney Concert Hall

Patrick Wolf: Big, Big Star

Thu, May 17, 2007, 10:54 am

Patrick Wolf at the Troubadour, May 16

He Is the Champion

Fri, Apr 13, 2007, 3:00 pm

Brother Ali raps beyond the pale

The Last of the Trüe Rock Believers

Wed, Apr 4, 2007, 7:35 pm

RTX at Relax Bar, March 30

Pete Townshend Comes Alive!

Wed, Mar 7, 2007, 6:00 pm

with Rachel Fuller, Tenacious D, Ben Harper, Alexi Murdoch, Joe Purdy at Hotel Café

West London Calling

Wed, Feb 21, 2007, 6:00 pm

The Good, the Bad & the Queen’s superstar serenade

X Clan Return

Wed, Feb 7, 2007, 7:30 pm

X Clan, Medusa, Abstract Rude, Crown City Rockers The Key Club

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