Articles By randall roberts

For Those Who Stand Long . . . A Led Zeppelin Reunion?

Wed, Aug 6, 2008, 3:00 pm

Checking out the rumors at the Sunset Marquis' Gibson Through the Lens reception

Eddie Izzard Takes off His Dress

Wed, Jul 30, 2008, 6:40 pm

Scheduled for five nights at the Kodak, comedian talks Bible Belt, Napoleon, spelunking and the future of The Riches

Heath Ledger's Final Days Among the Masses

Wed, Jul 9, 2008, 8:00 pm

L.A. Art Collective Struggles to Go On After Actor's Death

Northwest Passage: Seattle's Fleet Foxes Make Languid, Woodsy Rock

Wed, Jun 25, 2008, 2:49 pm

Can a flutist be far behind?

Record Reviews: Silver Jews' Lookout Mountain, Lookout Sea

Wed, Jun 11, 2008, 11:50 am

Also, Lil Wayne's Tha Carter III

The Beginning of a No Age: Nouns

Wed, May 7, 2008, 11:58 am

Simply put, the best punk album of the 21st century

The Really Friendly Skies

Wed, Apr 23, 2008, 3:00 pm

Well, that was weird. Last week, I was standing in LAX, holding a plastic champagne flute…

Coachella by the Numbers

Wed, Apr 16, 2008, 11:00 am

Digging deep into the Valley

Paranoid Park: The Soundtrack of Their Lives

Wed, Apr 2, 2008, 2:35 pm

Skate movie dispenses with the angst, surrounds itself with Nino Rota and Elliott Smith

The Glowing Trough of Music: Five Days of South by Southwest

Wed, Mar 19, 2008, 1:30 pm

We laugh, we cry, we hate, we score some dirt weed, suck at the corporate teat, rejoice

The Boredoms Pound Their Way Onto the Astral Plane

Wed, Mar 12, 2008, 2:30 pm

The all-seeing Eye

Grizzly Bear's Daniel Rossen

Fri, Feb 29, 2008, 4:30 am

 

Stephin Merritt Undistorted

Thu, Feb 28, 2008, 4:30 am

An interview with the Magnetic Fields frontman

The "West Coast Sound": Lauded Songwriters Grapple With Its Genesis

Wed, Feb 27, 2008, 7:18 pm

(It's the humidity, stupid)

Hello Mommy Africa: A Hipster's Guide to Afro-Indie Rock

Wed, Feb 20, 2008, 4:20 pm

Here's eight records. Now go start a riot

50th Annual Grammy Awards

Wed, Feb 13, 2008, 1:05 pm

Staples Center, Feb. 10

Wolf Songs: Michael Hurley's 40-Year Journey

Wed, Feb 6, 2008, 11:00 am

Through hobo camps and boxcars, straight to Devendra Banhart's heart

Hot Chip: Epics in Minutes

Wed, Jan 30, 2008, 12:04 pm

Why this is the most entertaining band in the world right now

2007's Long Players You Might Have Missed

Wed, Dec 26, 2007, 12:05 pm

It’s enough to make you dig a hole and listen to nothing but Kinks records…

A Music Journalist Remembers the Old Dewey Cox

Wed, Dec 12, 2007, 12:03 pm

Dewey Cox? Yes we do. But not without hesitation. There may be renewed interest in…

Are You Not Devo? You Are Mutato

Wed, Dec 5, 2007, 1:00 pm

How Mark Mothersbaugh, an Agent of De-Evolution, wormed his way into America’s subconscious

Van Halen: Reunited (and It Feels So Good)

Wed, Nov 28, 2007, 12:56 pm

Van Halen at Staples Center, November 20

Bob Dylan’s Most Mysterious Recording

Wed, Nov 21, 2007, 10:01 am

Inside the elusive history of "I'm Not There"

Program Notes: Hippies at the Phil, a Primer

Wed, Nov 7, 2007, 9:24 pm

In anticipation of Joanna Newsom's performance with a 28-piece orchestra, we offer a primer - and an homage to orchestral liner notes - for those of the symphonic persuasion 

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