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2010 Stories by L.A. Weekly Music Critics

• Music Picks: Gary Numan, Ana Moura, Mark Sultan, XBXRX

  published April 15, 2010

  FRIDAY/APRIL/16 MARK SULTAN AT SPACELANDLast year, this wildly prolific Montreal garage-punk guy... More >>

• Music Picks: Liz Pappademas, Buffy Sainte-Marie, Mad Professor, Bill Frisell

  published April 8, 2010

  FRIDAY/APRIL/9 MICHAEL BUBLÉ AT STAPLES CENTERCrazy Love, the... More >>

• Music Picks: Pandit Swapan Chaudhuri, Bad Religion, Non

  published April 1, 2010

  FRIDAY/APRIL/2 THE WEDDING PRESENT AT THE TROUBADOURIn 2007, this long-running U.K. guitar-pop... More >>

• Music Picks: Soweto Gospel Choir, Paul McCartney, Melissa Auf der Maur

  published March 25, 2010

  FRIDAY/MARCH/26 JAY-Z AT STAPLES CENTERLess than a month before he's scheduled to rock the opening... More >>

• Music Picks: Bassekou Kouyate & Ngoni Ba, Donovan, Ana Tijoux, John Wicks

  published March 18, 2010

  FRIDAY/MARCH/19 DONOVAN AT EL REY THEATREAs the man who more or less introduced the Beatles, and... More >>

• Music Picks: Sasha & Kazell, She & Him, Efterklang, Xiu Xiu

  published March 11, 2010

  FRIDAY/MARCH/12 HOLLY MIRANDA AT BOOTLEG THEATERFollowers of B-list Brooklyn indie-rock acts might... More >>

• Music Picks: Laura Veirs, Experience Hendrix, Boyz II Men, Earthworm Ensemble

  published March 6, 2010

  Friday/March/5 The Bird and the Bee, Juliette Commagere at El Rey TheatreThe Bird & the Bee's... More >>

• Rock Picks: The Strange Boys, Memory Tapes, Scout Niblett, Four Tet

  published February 26, 2010

  Friday/February/26 The Strange Boys at the EchoIn the snake pit of a song, "Laughing at Sex, Not... More >>

• Rock Picks: Tinariwen, Lucy Schwartz, Brendan Benson, Free Energy, P.O.S.

  published February 18, 2010

  Friday/February/19 Randy Newman at Royce HallReal talk: Randy Newman does characteristically great... More >>

• Rock Picks: Van Dyke Parks, Chicago Underground Duo, Rickie Lee Jones

  published February 11, 2010

  Friday/February/12 Chicago Underground Duo at Bootleg TheaterThe Chicago... More >>

• Rock Picks: Daedelus, Beth Thornley, Yeasayer

  published February 5, 2010

  Friday/February/5 Daedelus, Nosaj Thing, Jogger at the Echoplex We've heard rumors that... More >>

• Rock Picks: Prefuse 73, the Gaslamp Killer, VoicesVoices, Beyond the Pale

  published January 28, 2010

  Friday/January/29 TIMBALAND AT HOUSE OF BLUESShock Value II, Timbaland’s recently released... More >>

• West Coast Sound: A Stroke Chokes (And Nearly Goes Broke)

  published January 21, 2010

  Julian Casablancas recently gave an interview to New York magazine in which he bawwwwwed extensively... More >>

• Rock Picks: GZA, the Ettes, A.A. Bondy, Mose Allison

  published January 14, 2010

  Friday/January/15 GZA at the EchoplexAs the members of the Wu-Tang Clan enter their 40s, that old... More >>

• Rock Picks: Al Kooper, Year Long Disaster, Steven Severin, the Phenomenal Handclap Band

  published January 7, 2010

  Friday/January/8 Atlas Sound, Tune-Yards at Natural History MuseumThe Natural History... More >>