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August 15, 2012
Divine Fits - Bootleg Theater - 8/14/12
Divine Fits Bootleg Theater 8/14/12 Divine Fits features Dan Boeckner of Wolf Parade and Britt Daniel from Spoon. Watching the new act at the Bootleg last night was probably a lot like watching a Phoenix rise from the ashes. Boeckner served as lead singer and guitarist, while Daniel played bass. ... More >>
Music
July 26, 2012
Music Picks: Kaskade, Dirty Projectors, Ondatrópica
Divine Fits Bootleg Theater 8/14/12 Divine Fits features Dan Boeckner of Wolf Parade and Britt Daniel from Spoon. Watching the new act at the Bootleg last night was probably a lot like watching a Phoenix rise from the ashes. Boeckner served as lead singer and guitarist, while Daniel played bass. ... More >>
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May 28, 2012
Aloe Blacc, Maya Jupiter, La Sera - Silver Lake Jubilee - 5/27/2012
Aloe Blacc, Maya Jupiter, La Sera, Incan Abraham Silver Lake Jubilee 5/27/2012 See also: *Our review of Jubilee on Saturday: Kinky, La Santa Cecilia, Las Cafeteras *La Sera's Katy Goodman: Ya Gotta Have Heartbreak Better than... your uncle's Memorial Day barbecue. On another quintessentially b ... More >>
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May 19, 2012
Best Coast - The Wiltern - 5/18/12
See also: The Branding of Best Coast: The Duo Partners With Urban Outfitters, Inspires Internet Wrath Best Coast, Jeff the Brotherhood, Abe Vigoda The Wiltern 5/18/12 Better than: listening to The Only Place on a "My First Turntable" from Urban Outfitters. Last night I was officially converted t ... More >>
Music
March 29, 2012
Music Picks: Robben Ford, Hard L.A., Adams Conducts Adams, the Polyphonic Spree
Also, Mindless Self Indulgence, the Pierces, Heartless Bastards, Darasuum and others
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March 2, 2012
Silver Lake Jubilee Lineup Announced: Aloe Blacc and Kinky Headline
Sunset Junction may be a thing of the past, but you can still get your fill of delicious, delicious indie fun on the near-east side. Over Memorial Day weekend, May 26-27, Silver Lake Jubilee -- which would really rather be called simply Jubilee, thanks much -- will take place on Santa Monica Blvd. a ... More >>
Blogs
February 1, 2012
Top 10 Live Music Venues in L.A.: The Complete List
Timothy NorrisCalifornia knows how to party. -"California Love" It's the unofficial state motto. But not only do we know how, we know where. Los Angeles is home to a wide spectrum of live music venues, from the teeniest Echo Park hole-in-the-wall only you and five friends know, to grand ol' ... More >>
Blogs
January 30, 2012
Top Ten Best Live Music Venues in L.A.: #10 - #6
Timothy NorrisCalifornia knows how to party. -"California Love" It's the unofficial state motto. But not only do we know how, we know where. Los Angeles is home to a wide spectrum of live music venues, from the teeniest Echo Park hole-in-the-wall only you and five friends know, to grand ol' ... More >>
Music
December 8, 2011
Music Picks: Andrea Bocelli, Carina Round, A Hero A Fake
Also, Norma Jean, Jonathan Richman, Jay-Z and Kanye West and others
Music
July 14, 2011
Music Picks: Bob Dylan, Azalia Snail, Makabert Fynd, Seun Kuti
Also, No Age, Crystal Antlers, Imelda May and others
Blogs
March 5, 2011
Top 5 Things to Do This Weekend in L.A.
[Originally posted March 4, 2011] So much stuff happening this weekend, we had a hard time picking just five! The weather is warming (slightly), spring is in the air, and it's a good time to get out there and see some shows before spring break madness descends on the city and it's filled w ... More >>
Music
March 3, 2011
Music Picks: Julieta Venegas, Deicide, Yefim Bronfman, Chick Corea and Gary Burton
Also Conspiracy of Beards, Lykke Li, Khaira Arby and others
Music
January 13, 2011
Music Picks: Haroula Rose, Jimmy Webb, Adler's Appetite, Nikka Costa
Also, The Melvins, Graf Orlock, Dudamel/Mahler 9th, Lissie and others
Blogs
December 21, 2010
8 Last-Minute Gift Ideas for L.A. Music Lovers (and Obsessives)
There's always that someone in your family or group of friends or entourage (this is LA we're talking about after all) who is a little intimidating come Holidays gift season. They're way into music, but they're into music in an obsessive way that seems to say "you'll never be able to find a m ... More >>
Blogs
October 11, 2010
The heel's guide to L.A. tail: 1974's America's Best Pick Up Spots!
Each Monday, your Crap Archivist brings you the finest in forgotten and bewildering crap culled from basements, thrift stores, estate sales and flea markets around Los Angeles. America's Best Pick Up Spots! Author:Eric Weber & M. Rob Frazier Date: 1974 Publisher: Eric Weber Press, Tenafl ... More >>
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September 27, 2010
Tonight: Abe Vigoda, the Black Keys, Pete Yorn, Lucy Schwartz, Semi Precious Weapons, Dragonette, Eastern Conference Champions, Vanaprasta
Abe VigodaThose Abe Vigoda kids, so hard to pigeonhole. The noisy, tropical smirk of the L.A. quartet's 2008 debut album Skeleton has been shelved for the follow-up effort, which in keeping with the naming scheme, ought to be called "Pale Flesh" instead of Crush. Released last week, the albu ... More >>
Blogs
September 24, 2010
This weekend: Rx Bandits, Band of Horses, Vampire Weekend, Muse, Abbot Kinney Festival, Epicenter Festival, Willie Nelson, Rancid, Waved Out II, Helmet
Rx BanditsFew would have thought that the Orange County ska-punk kids who a decade ago started playing as the Pharmaceutical Bandits would grow up to be a Coachella band. But the quartet now known Rx Bandits has, their party in the desert last spring certifying Matt Embree and crew as musica ... More >>
Blogs
September 3, 2010
This weekend: FYF Fest, Dolly Parton Tribute, Mumiy Troll, Mark Burgess, Stereo Total
Amanda MertenSchool of Seven BellsThe best thing about Saturday's FYF Fest at Los Angeles State Historic Park downtown is that with its wildly diverse lineup and 36 bands, it's a bargain for 30 bucks. The worst thing about Saturday's FYF Fest is that there are only so many hours in the day. ... More >>
Music
September 2, 2010
Q&A: The FYF Fest
Amanda MertenSchool of Seven BellsThe best thing about Saturday's FYF Fest at Los Angeles State Historic Park downtown is that with its wildly diverse lineup and 36 bands, it's a bargain for 30 bucks. The worst thing about Saturday's FYF Fest is that there are only so many hours in the day. ... More >>
Blogs
August 27, 2010
This weekend: Sunset Strip Music Festival, Boris, Cyndi Lauper, the Antlers, Morris Day, Cap'N Jazz, Something Corporate, Chemical Brothers
Christina M. FeliceVanaprastaBy now, we're sure you have your strategy mapped out for Saturday's street festival portion of the Sunset Strip Music Festival. You're hitting the Sunset Strip early for Semi Precious Weapons; you're darting between outdoor stages for the likes of Travie McCoy, ... More >>
Blogs
August 16, 2010
Tonight: Fol Chen, Nneka, Alice Russell, the Ruby Friedman Orchestra, Abe Vigoda, White Arrows, Twilight Sleep
Timothy NorrisFol Chen's Samuel BingYou have to give it to L.A. art-pop ensemble Fol Chen: They keep it interesting. They're building up steam behind their second release for Sufjan Stevens' Asthmatic Kitty label, "Part II: The New December," an ear tickler of glitchy pop and falsettoed funk ... More >>
Music
August 12, 2010
Music Picks: Ida & Michael Hurley, Rasputina, Hercules & the Love Affair
Also, Natalie Merchant, Earthless, Seu Jorge & Almaz and others
Blogs
July 6, 2010
Abe Vigoda Goes All '80s On New Single, Announces Details of Fall 'Crush' LP
Abe Vigoda returns (Dan Monick)It's hard to believe it's only been two years since Abe Vigoda's Skeleton, and the Smell's burgeoning fame, put the L.A. band on the map. It seems like a lot has happened since. Mika Miko split, a new venue was dubbed press darling, and No Age has set a date fo ... More >>
Blogs
June 25, 2010
This Weekend: Sharon Jones & Dap Kings, Dead Man's Bones, Warped Tour, Black Francis, Danzig
Sharon Jones & the Dap-KingsCan it get any more real that Sharon Jones? Well, it can't get any more heartwarming. The leading lady of the Dap-Kings is, after all, a rising star at 54, having shucked the uniforms of her previous careers (corrections officer at Rikers Island, and armor truck g ... More >>
Blogs
June 21, 2010
Live in L.A.: Gogol Bordello, Athlete, Miley Cyrus, Abe Vigoda, We Barbarians, Red Cortez
via GogolBordello.comEugene Hütz of Gogol BordelloAs anybody who's witnessed their spectacles at Coachella or the Detour Festival (R.I.P.) can testify, it's all about Gogol Bordello's live shows. Nothing esteemed producer Rick Rubin could have done on the gypsy punks' recently released fif ... More >>
Blogs
June 15, 2010
Live in L.A.: Woodsist Festival, Thurston Moore, Sting, Justin Currie, Abandoned Pools
Sarah McKayKurt VileIn case your lifeline to Brooklyn is broken: Woodsist is a four-year-old record label, founded by Woods guitarist Jeremy Earl, that caters to fans who like things gloriously unvarnished, or who think the Vivian Girls are original. The label has brought a small army of lo-f ... More >>
Music
May 27, 2010
"We're Not Sexual Blobs!"
Pocahaunted's Amanda Brown on their "body music," loving leather, and getting funky with the French
Blogs
May 17, 2010
Live in L.A.: Sweethead, War Tapes, the Like, Spirit Animal, Square on Square
Teren OddoSerrina Sims and Troy Van Leeuwen of SweetheadQueens of the Stone Age guitarist Troy Van Leeuwen's new project Sweethead, which has the Spaceland residency this month, milks every ounce out the arguable (in this day and age) notion that rock 'n' roll is a dangerous, decadent beast. ... More >>
Blogs
March 23, 2010
Last Word on SXSW: Drew Tewksbury's Top 3 Picks (LA Band, Coming Soon, Wild Card)
Last Word on SXSW: Drew Tewksbury's Top 3 Picks (LA Band, Coming Soon, Wild Card)
Music
January 14, 2010
Rock Picks: GZA, the Ettes, A.A. Bondy, Mose Allison
Also, the Kris Special, Jesse Sykes, Mamak Khadem and others
Music
December 31, 2009
The 10 Best L.A. Albums of the ’00s
From Beck and Dilla to Fiona, Jenny and Quasimoto, a mishmash decade of Southern California sounds
Blogs
December 8, 2009
Last Night: Cold Cave, Abe Vigoda and Former Ghosts at Eagle Rock
Cold Cave, Former Ghosts, and Abe Vigoda at Eagle Rock Center For The Arts, Dec 4. On Friday night, Cold Cave fans leaning on the stage were violated like prisoners by the crowd forcing itself upon their backs. Somehow, though, they held their position just as destiny holds its keepers. While thin ... More >>
Music
November 5, 2009
Rock Picks: Fuck Buttons, Exene Cervenka, Imogen Heap, John Fogerty
Also, HEALTH, Hypnotic Brass Ensemble, Múm, Leon Russell and others
Blogs
October 9, 2009
Part Time Punks Festival Weekend: Raincoats, Gang of Four, and more.
Part Time Punks Festival Weekend: Raincoats, Gang of Four, and more.
Blogs
September 9, 2009
Part Time Punks Announce PTP Festival II Line-Up: Raincoats, Jazz Butcher, Gang of Four DJ Set, More
The ever-inspired Part Time Punks posse has announced the line-up for its second annual Part Time Punks festival, and it's a doozy. We'll spare you the excited lead-up and just get to it (after the jump, of course).
Music
September 3, 2009
Rock Picks: Camper Van Beethoven, Cass McCombs, AC/DC
Also, Twilight Circus Dub Sound System, Magda, Hedgehog, Mos Def and others
Blogs
August 27, 2009
Live at the Smell Documentary Release at Downtown Independent
Live at the Smell Documentary Release at Downtown Independent
Blogs
August 12, 2009
INCHES002: Five More L.A. Vinyl Exclusives Revealed and Reviewed ( MP3s)
In the unpredictable wake of music's digital rebirth, vinyl has experienced a modest boom in popularity, seen by many (with delicious irony) as a replacement for the awkward middleman that is the compact disc. INCHES seeks not only to review the output of L.A.'s healthy vinyl community (one populate ... More >>
Blogs
June 17, 2009
25 Years of 'Double Nickels on the Dime': Celebrating Los Angeles, 1984
The 25th Anniversary of the Summer of LA Post-Punk is upon us. It was a quarter-century ago this month that San Pedro's best, the Minutemen, with a simple, defiant declaration -- "Take That, Huskers!" -- unleashed Double Nickels on the Dime, a double-album response to SST labelmate Husker Du's equal ... More >>
Music
April 16, 2009
Celebrating National Record Store Day: Employees at Houses of the Holy
Featuring members of Abe Vigoda, the Beat Junkies, Pocahaunted, the Sandinistas, and Black Blue, along with DJ Nobody
Blogs
April 2, 2009
Last Night: White Magic at Ooga Booga
Nikki DarlingWhite Magic is performing down below ... really Last night White Magic set up shop at Chinatown "hipster boutique" Ooga Booga, which is an unfair way to describe a store that encourages freedom of thought, artistic community and integrity and DIY spirit -- but for lack of a better phra ... More >>
Blogs
February 18, 2009
Seminal Indie Label Touch & Go Lays Off 20, Leaving Crystal Antlers Without a Label and PPM Without Distribution
Very very sad news in the world of true-blue punk rock. Estimable Midwest label Touch & Go announced today that it was laying off its 20 employees and scaling back its operations. The label, responsible for releasing some of the great post-punk records of 80s, 90s and 00s, played home to legends, i ... More >>
Blogs
February 6, 2009
F Yeah Fest Releases Partial List of SXSW 'Mess With Texas' Day-Party Line-Up
Last year one of the most buzzed about parties at South By Southwest was the big-ass Mess With Texas party at Waterloo park. Organized by Sean Carlson and Keith Morris of the F Yeah Fest, along with Austin promoter Transition Transmission Entertainment (which does the great fall Fun Fun Fun Festiv ... More >>
Music
February 5, 2009
Will the Stink of Success Ruin the Smell?
Downtown L.A.'s DIY haven tries to keep it real as the club's best-known ambassadors - No Age, Mika Miko and Abe Vigoda - hit the mainstream
Blogs
February 2, 2009
Friday Night: Franz Ferdinand at Amoeba
Franz Ferdinand live at Amoeba Music.There were 800 people inside Amoeba Music on Friday evening, maximum capacity for the Sunset Boulevard record store. The smell of rock 'n' roll sweat was pungent and immediate, a humid cloud lingering above crowds of anxious, half-asleep people waiting through a ... More >>
Blogs
January 17, 2009
LA LA: Weiss' Top 10 Local Albums of 2008
How last month of me....However, since I sleep on the hometown scene all-too-frequently, consider this mild penance. 10. Dengue Fever-Venus on Earth (M80) Dreamy and druggy psychedelia built on a bedrock worship of 60s Cambodian pop, and the ethereal buoyancy of Chom Nmol's voice. Adorned w ... More >>
Blogs
June 6, 2008
The Weekend's Music in LA: Jonathan Richman, Simone White, Billy Bragg, free vegan pancakes (and No Age) at The Smell
FRIDAY, JUNE 6 There are many immortal words in rock and roll, but one of the great expressions of untethered joy was originally uttered by Jonathan Richman: "Roadrunner once, Roadrunner twice/I'm in love with rock & roll, and I'll be out all night." Covered by everyone from Joan Jett to the Sex ... More >>
Blogs
March 7, 2008
Another guide to LA Bands at SXSW
Here's a list of LA bands/songwriters to chase down at SXSW in Austin next week. This is a tipsheet for those of you with $$$ in your eyes. Looking for a band to break, license, co-opt, manipulate, convince to sell out? Here are some tips. Abe Vigoda Gender: Four men Their MySpace descriptive: "Tr ... More >>
Blogs
February 7, 2008
Los Angeles area well represented at South by Southwest 2008
Want proof that L.A.'s in the middle of an astoundingly fertile period of musical expansion? See the list below. We're going to have our hands full this year. Expect around the clock coverage from Austin.
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