Ana Tijoux

What's Wrong With Los Angeles' Latin Music Scene?

Los Angeles is known worldwide as a creative hub, and it has one of the biggest Latino populations anywhere. But on the eve of three of the Western hemisphere's biggest and most important music festivals -- South By Southwest, Vive Latino, and Coachella -- one has to wonder: Where is the L.A. Latino ... More >>

The Ten Best Latin Alternative Albums of 2012

It has become difficult to define what Latin Alternative is these days. The genre seems to encompass everything from traditional roots band playing an accordion to a progressive hip-hop MCs to singer-songwriters crooning romantic ballads -- and can be sung in Spanish, English or Spanglish. It's a hy ... More >>

The Five Best Concerts in L.A. This Weekend

Friday, August 24 Friends of Friends THE ECHOPLEX L.A. lad Shlohmo brings sample-based, song-oriented R&B turntablism to his recent Bad Vibes full-length, sautéeing lo-fi, hip-hop, dubstep and beautifully odd sound design. As for Salva, he's been known to jack bassy, jungly warehouse and ethereal ... More >>

Music Picks: Diana Krall, Concrete Blonde, Herbie Hancock

Also Echo Rising, Shlohmo, Divine Fits and others

Ana Tijoux

La Vida Boheme: Venezuelan Disco Punks Perform Before the Dodgers Game on Sunday

See also: Viva Los Dodgers 2012 Lineup Announced: Ximena Sariñana, Ana Tijoux, More Henry D'Arthenay is psyched for this Sunday's Dodger game, and not just because it's only the second of his life. As he tells us over Skype from his home in Caracas, Venezuela, his band La Vida Boheme will also per ... More >>

Ana Tijoux: "Recording is like flirting with your songs. Touring is the relationship"

See also: *Viva Los Dodgers 2012 Lineup Announced: Ximena Sariñana, Ana Tijoux, More *Reviewed: Ana Tijoux performs at MacArthur Park, 8/11/11 Having grown up in political exile in France during Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet's reign, it seems natural that rapper Ana Tijoux -- now 34 -- would c ... More >>

Music Picks: The Dickies, Rufus Wainwright, Jack DeJohnette

Also, Calle 13, Andre Nickatina

Viva Los Dodgers 2012 Lineup Announced: Ximena Sariñana, Ana Tijoux, More

See also: *Ximena Sariñana: An Indie-Pop Star In Mexico, Anonymous In L.A. *Our review of Ana Tijoux at Levitt Pavilion at MacArthur Park Viva Los Dodgers, a festival celebrating Los Angeles' Latino culture, just announced this season's lineup exclusively through West Coast Sound. Held in Lot ... More >>

Bostich Fussible Bring The Tijuana To L.A.

Nacional Records courtesy photoRamón Amezcua (Bostich) and Pepe Mogt (Fussible)​It's surely not their city's architectural beauty that keeps a firm grip on Tijuana-based folk-tronic duo Bostich Fussible. But the city's well-guarded Bohemian underpinnings -- independent art galleries, all-ho ... More >>

Music Picks: Shunda K, SebastiAn, Fleet Foxes, Miles Evans Band

Also, Ray LaMontagne, Kissing Cousins, the Kills and others

Ana Tijoux and Zuzuka Poderosa - Levitt Pavilion at MacArthur Park - 8/11/11

Giovanni SolisAna Tijoux​WHO: Ana Tijoux with Zuzuka Poderosa WHERE: Levitt Pavilion at MacArthur Park WHEN: 8/11/11 Better than ...the ol' boys club The lady rappers who owned MacArthur Park's outdoor stage last night popped thick, multilingual rhymes at the mic -- all the while, we must po ... More >>

Music Picks: Katy Perry, Phish, Deerhunter, Sia, Warped Tour

Also, Big Audio Dynamite, Jill Scott, Cypress Hill and others

Music Picks: Nicole Atkins & the Black Sea, Teebs, Los Amigos Invisibles, Rare Grooves

Also Parkway Drive, Martha Wainwright, Anna Tijoux, the Deadbeats and others

Top 10 Under-the-Radar Grammy Artists You Should Know

​Sure, you may secretly dance to Justin Bieber in your Wonder Woman undies or fantasize about Drake making you a hot fudge sundae, but there's a lot more talented, relatively unknown musicians hiding in the Grammy nominee list. The Grammys, on the most part, are about the awards gifted to peo ... More >>

This Weekend: Miguel Atwood-Ferguson, Rage Against the Machine, Robyn, Jackson Browne, Lyle Lovett, Keith Urban, Delta Spirit

via MySpaceMiguel Atwood-Ferguson​Tonight's installment of Grand Performances at California Plaza -- one of our town's finest, free music al fresco opportunities -- figures to be especially grand. Miguel Atwood-Ferguson, the composer/producer/arranger/multi-instrumentalist who boasts a resume ... More >>

Music Picks: Cobra Lilies, Gaslight Anthem, Shelby Lynne, Die Antwoord

Also, The Dead Weather, New Pornographers, the Swell Season and others

Music Picks: Bassekou Kouyate & Ngoni Ba, Donovan, Ana Tijoux, John Wicks

Also, Janelle Monae, Devendra Banhart, the Low Anthem and others