The second of the triad of festivals celebrating L.A. homegrown jazz history takes place this Sunday. Sandwiched between the Central Avenue and Watts Towers festivals, the World Stage Jazz Festival is a relative newcomer, inspired by the legacy of ...
It started as an underground bacchanal for the techno-hippie set, but over the years the Love Festival has become a lot more. The 16th annual dance gathering is not only a celebration of the good vibes (and will) that exists in the dance music commu...
Everything moves in cycles. We knew this in the abstract, but we'd forgotten. Who could blame us? Shit got practically medieval between 2003 and 2006, when advocating for quaint, antiquated notions like coherence, depth and skill was apt to leave y...
Gnarls Barkley, Fallou Dieng, Deerhoof Timothy Norris (Click to enlarge) Danger Mouse (front) and Cee-Lo Green: From go-go energized to bah-bah-bah ha...
I can arrange to unscrew your fucking heart and let it see past the confines of your bloody finite chest for a while if that's what you want. (Click to enlarge) ...
SO X-CITED Lina Lecaro (Click to enlarge) Zakk Wylde (right) and "the guy who takes care of my shit" at Gibson Through the Lens at Sunset Marquis ...
Ergo. Weiss' Muxtape #2: A Tribute to Albert Hofmann-"Pour Out A Little Lysergic" * Question to ponder: Do you think at any point in the past week, Obama turned to Michelle and said, "Damnit, why did Rev. Wright have to become such a little bitch?"...
Timothy Norris checks out the Viper Room on a Thursday Night. Lady Tigra, Wallpaper and Buddy Akai perform. Click here for more photos from Timothy Norris of Thursday on the Strip.
Stone Temple Pilots Jimmy Kimmel Live, May 1 By Ryan Colditz "One time a thing occurred to me What's real, and what's for sale? Blew a kiss and tried to take it home" The opening lines of "Vasoline" during Stone Temple Pilots' first pub...
That's a photograph of Robert Plant next to some random Icelander. (I'm assuming he's the owner of the hotel where I found the portrait, while on vacation in Iceland a few years back.) It was occupying pride of place right near the hotel's main din...
I got on a bus in Los Feliz yesterday at about 1 p.m. headed for Marfa, Texas, to attend the first annual Marfa Film Festival. If you've been to the movies, you know Marfa as a smalltown Hollywood, where both There Will Be Blood and No Country for Ol...
I got on a bus in Los Feliz yesterday at about 1 p.m. headed for Marfa, Texas, to attend the first annual Marfa Film Festival. If you've been to the movies, you know Marfa as a smalltown Hollywood, where both There Will Be Blood and No Country for Ol...
The thing is, I actually do dance, it just takes a lot, and when I do, it's invariably to music made by black people. You know that Chappelle skit where Dave brings John Mayer and his electric gee-tar around the barber shop and everyone starts heckl...
It's the team-up we've been waiting for. Not since Julia Roberts winked suggestively at Lyle Lovett...or since Benito Mussolini and Adolf Hitler began messaging each other on Facebook...or since Felix met Oscar and the Odd Couple was born... But no...
By Ryan Colditz Get the folk out of the city on Saturday and mosey on over to Clarmont (just a few miles past the Glass House in Pomona) for the 28th Annual Claremont Folk Music Festival, held at Sycamore Elementary School. Sounds boring, right? ...
I Heart Comix's long-running Check Yo Ponytail series comes to a close tonight at the Echoplex. The legendary party ends its run with a doozy: Dan Deacon and Erol Alkan. Here's what you might see if you decide to hit it:
Previously in this series: - SXSW Flashback: Even Jandek is a SXSW whore - Discovering Jandek: his oeuvre & some typical Jandek jams Don't tell me this multi-part critical/blogeriffic exploration of Jandek isn't timely. A week or so ago, the man i...
It's a KROQ show, so there's no chance of getting in at this point. But you never know. I'm on my way over there now, though with LA Weekly's recent move to the West Side, I'm hoping to get there by midnight. If the traffic gods are with me, I'll be ...
It's a hard time for everyone, I know. But we have to get through this together. The LA Weekly would like to open the comments section so you, the reader, can share your thoughts and remembrances on Roger Waters' and Pink Floyd's inflatable pig, dea...
There are very few breaking news stories in the music biz, and Pink Floyd's escaped flying pig ranks pretty high up there. Sources tell us that there are now two reports of pig -recovery operations currently underway in nearby La Quinta, California. ...
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