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The Doors? Black Flag? The Chili Peppers? Nope. L.A.'s Best Band Was Love.
The more things change . . .
By JEFF WEISS
Let’s talk greatest Los Angeles bands for a second. Depending how you’re wired, there are roughly a dozen candidates for the throne. If you tend to spend a small but significant minority of your time swallowing spoonfuls of liquid acid on Venice rooftops, the Doors, the Beach Boys, the Byrds, Buffalo Springfield/CSNY and maybe… Keep Reading »
The Doors? Black Flag? The Chili Peppers? Nope. L.A.'s Best Band Was Love.
The more things change . . .
By JEFF WEISS
Let’s talk greatest Los Angeles bands for a second. Depending how you’re wired, there are roughly a dozen candidates for the throne. If you tend to spend a small but significant minority of your time swallowing spoonfuls of liquid acid on Venice rooftops, the Doors, the Beach Boys, the Byrds, Buffalo Springfield/CSNY and maybe… Keep Reading »
Flesh Tone: Dark Meat Need Everything Louder Than Everything Else
By ALEX RAWLS
Practicality is for cowards. For those who color inside the lines. For those who accept the status quo, the world as it is. It takes the impractical mind to envision something different, something radical. Only the impractical imagine a better world, a place that will accept the previously unacceptable. … Keep Reading »
The Beginning of a No Age: Nouns
Simply put, the best punk album of the 21st century
By RANDALL ROBERTS
I have a lot of music. Got stacks and stacks of vinyl, rows and rows of LPs, 12-inches and 7-inches, both in my home and in storage. Boxes of CDs are crammed under my bed and in my closets, awaiting the day when I’ll have space enough to display them or time enough to… Keep Reading »
Super Tuesday
Ed Banging; Ponytail checks out; rock-star mash-up; Lemmy see that
By Lina Lecaro
Nightranger’s post-Coachella recovery period usually lasts at least a week or two, but this year we found ourselves out among the masses again after only one day of (merciful) rest. How could we not be seduced back into the social flurry when three of the town’s happening-est hubs promised “special surprise guests”? (After all… Keep Reading »
Rock Picks: Slick Rick, Tapes 'n Tapes, Kate Nash
And other May 8-15 shows
By L.A. Weekly Music Critics
THURSDAY, MAY 8 … Keep Reading »
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The Doors? Black Flag? The Chili Peppers? Nope. L.A.'s Best Band Was Love.
By JEFF WEISS
The more things change . . .
Flesh Tone: Dark Meat Need Everything Louder Than Everything Else
By ALEX RAWLS
Practicality is for cowards. For those who color inside the lines. For those who…
The Beginning of a No Age: Nouns
By RANDALL ROBERTS
Simply put, the best punk album of the 21st century
Hot Week for Latin Lovers
By Brick Wahl
Latin Jazz Festival 2008 at the Greek, plus spicy fare at Catalina, Jazz Bakery
Rock Picks: Slick Rick, Tapes 'n Tapes, Kate Nash
By L.A. Weekly Music Critics
And other May 8-15 shows
Ellen Allien's the Pitch Controller
By LIZ OHANESIAN
Berlin producer crafts strikingly personal music for the club
Ersi Arvizu Throws a Hook (and Chorus)
By JOHN PAYNE
Boxing trainer, singing prizefighter and legendary Chicana vocalist
Bataan Twirling: Fania and Salsoul Star Returns to L.A.
By KAMREN CURIEL
The "King of Latin Soul" also teaches some mean karate kicks
Good Times Never Seemed So Good: Snapshots From Coachella
By L.A. Weekly Music Critics
From the express train to the Gobi Tent to the VIP and beyond
Behind the Velvet Fence
By Lina Lecaro
Prince of the desert; VIP couch; and other tales from Coachella
Nightranger
Behind the Velvet Fence
By Lina Lecaro
Prince of the desert; VIP couch; and other tales from Coachella
Morello Jam, Smokin' Date, No A-ttitude
By Lina Lecaro
TOM TOM CLUB Lina Lecaro (Click to enlarge) DJ Sneak's brand of Chicago bootyhouse…
Slideshows
Tapes N Tapes, White Denim, Troubadour, 5/8
Indie rock in 6/8 time
5/8 Nightranger Photos
Campe Freddy brings out the big guns including Lemmy and Check Yo Ponytail\'s final party
The Heavy: Playboy\'s Rock The Rabbit, Bordello, 5/7
British R&B group The Heavy and some Playboy bunnies sec up the already seductive Bordello Bar.
Coachella
Why My Morning Jacket Is the Best Live Band in the World
By JEFF WEISS
In an age when certified rock stars are a dying breed, a Kentucky band stakes its claim
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The Kidz In the Hall Demonstrate the Power of A Good Rolodex
When ex-Just Blaze proteges, Kidz in the Hall released their debut album, School Was My Hustle on the newly revived Rawkus Records, I didn't listen to it for a variety of reasons. Chief among them was the "Ivy League Rap" label critics ascribed to the duo of Nawledge and Double-O. Still scarred from having heard Brown grad MC Paul…
The Weekend in Music: Quiet Storm Action with Keith Sweat, Abe Vigoda, Punky Reggae and The Parson Redheads
If you're looking for some nookie this weekend, as in: your special one has been hesitatin', and you've been motivatin' but there is no reciprocatin', well, maybe you need to butter up with some Keith Sweat. For example:Tonight you can check out Hot Buttered Sweat at the Greek Theatre on a bill with the Gap Band, the Emotions and One…
DJing on EastVillage Radio.com right now!
Hello internet users. In about 10 minutes I will be co-DJing with my friend Brian Long on his long-running internet radio show Infinite Eargasm. That is 2pm-4pm EDT, 11am-1pm Pacific. I have just drunk a single glass of red wine and am such a lightweight that the world is starting to spin just a tad slower than it usually does.…
Dance Club Pick
DJ Sander Kleinenberg: This Is It!
By Lina Lecaro
Dutch DJ Sander Kleinenberg is one of the few decksmen who can actually pull…
Live in LA
Siouxsie Sioux at the Fonda
By L.A. Weekly Music Critics
Also, Grizzly Bear and the L.A. Phil at Disney Hall
A Lot of Night Music
And When the Dust Had Settled ...
By ALAN RICH
Dudamel bows out; Europa Galante's D-minor Concerto; Gershon chorales Disney
Slideshows
5/6 Cobrasnake Photos
Sippin\' slide and wet and wild in Winnipeg
4/29 Cobrasnake Photos
Go! Ape: Bape store opening, cupcakes and cheesecake
4/23 Cobrasnake Photos
Mickey Avalon, MSK graffiti art show, and a trip to Hawaii
4/9 Cobrasnake Photos
Digitalism at the El Rey and biking to the beach
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