Alice Coltrane

Flying Lotus' Nocturnal Visions

Once believing himself destined to fail, the DJ-producer returns triumphant on his new album

Pot Wine = Pot Wine (and a New Trend?)

Roll up a towel, wedge it under the door, and put on a record -- Alice Coltrane or some pre-disco Bee Gees.  You may have to part the paisley curtains on your way in.  And find a comfy cushion to melt into.  Are we smoking weed?  Nah, we're drinking wine, man. According to a report in The Daily ... More >>

Flying Lotus - Cinefamily - 2/28/2012

Flying Lotus and Austin Peralta Live Score of Harry Everett Smith's "Heaven and Earth Magic" Cinefamily 2/28/12 See also: The Time Flying Lotus Pretended To Be A UCLA Physics Major If Flying Lotus' live score at Cinefamily last night was any indication of the direction of his upcoming fourth alb ... More >>

Top Five Los Angeles Jazz Albums of 2011

Gretchen Parlato​See also *The Top Ten Los Angeles Albums of 2011 *Top Ten Los Angles Metal Albums of 2011 Despite what some may believe, Los Angeles has a rich jazz history. From Central Avenue to Hermosa Beach, early innovators like Hampton Hawes, Charles Mingus and Dexter Gordon honed thei ... More >>

Don't Call It a Comeback: Red Hot Rio 2's Paul Heck

​Since the late 1980s the Red Hot Organization has released over a dozen music compilations to help raise funds for AIDS research with help from artists as varied as George Michael, Wu-Tang Clan, Nirvana and Alice Coltrane. This year the Organization will be releasing Red Hot Rio 2 - a star- ... More >>

Music Picks: Alison Krauss, Flying Lotus, My Morning Jacket

Also, Jaga Jazzist, Kid Cudi, Baths and others

BRICK'S PICKS: A Special Kind of Madness

Universal Consciousness

Living legends gather to pay tribute to Alice Coltrane at UCLA

Flying Lotus Rising

Could spiritual electronica be the next great California sound?

Day 2: Hannibal Moncrief, Hot Chip & Flying Lotus & The Ascent of Nerd-Chic

​ Hannibal Moncrief saw the future last night. No, he didn't brew mushroom tea and watch Doc Brown tinker with the fabric of the space-time continuum. And no, he didn't spend three hours inside the glowing pink origami bird mumbling the phrase, "cool colors, man." The double-stacks of white ... More >>

Destination Coachella

L.A. bands take to the desert for three days of music overload

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

The Faraway Places: Further Defining Its West Coast Krautrock Sound

In the Studio with Build an Ark at Knobworld in Echo Park -- and a 39-Piece Orchestra Tribute to J Dilla!?

Build an Ark at Knobworld "Give me swirly!" Joshua Spiegelman calls out from behind his flute. Three musicians hold handmade strands of bells out in front of them, tracing fancy configurations in the air like delicate kites. "Robust, curvaceous!" Spiegelman exclaims, offering up a poetic biology ... More >>

Electronica? This Is L.A., Not New York

New EPs by Flying Lotus, Blank Blue and Scotty Coats help redefine the genre in Southern California

Brick's Picks: Staying Local

Jazz in L.A., June 6-12

Gea: Mia Doi Todd's Unresolved Chords

An L.A. artist wanders with the transcendent spirits of Joni Mitchell and Alice Coltrane

Rock Picks: Autolux, Rickie Lee Jones, Black Mountain, the Gourds, and more

For the week of Jan. 31-Feb. 7

Rock Picks: Supersuckers, Bloc Party, Melvins

Dec. 27 - Jan. 3

Rock Picks: Hank III, Joe Strummer Tribute, Wu-Tang Clan

For the week of Dec. 21 - 27

Junot Diaz’s The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao

Curse of the Fuku

Brick's Picks: Hooked On Benny

The Bowl celebrates Carter’s ­centennial, plus jazz around town

Top of the Bop

Brick's jazz picks

Let It Be

Alice Coltrane and Carl Stone

Ain't Been Licked

Charlie Haden Has a Dream

Color Theory

“Fade” to black

Ghost Emotion

Beth Gibbons & Rustin Man, beyond the footnotes

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