Art Brut

Here's The Full List of How Much Each Sunset Junction Band Was Supposed to Be Paid

In August Sunset Junction was denied a permit by the Board of Public Works, due to unpaid fees. This left everyone scrambling to get money they were owed, including ticket buyers, vendors, and bands themselves. Sunset Junction Neighborhood Alliance proceeded to file for Chapter 7 bankruptcy protec ... More >>

Best Posts of the Week

Christopher VictorioKreayshawn​After Silver Lake saw its Sunset Junction hopes and dreams come crashing down last Wednesday, West Coast Sound examined the fallout this week. First question: Where's my damn refund? Well, it turns out that if you bought discounted tickets at the Silver Lake Farm ... More >>

Music Picks: Stagecoach Festival, Yoshitake Expe, Hole, Chicha Libre

Also, Aquaserge, Norah Jones, Dr. Dog and others

Art Brut Plays Spaceland Tonight, The Echo on Friday

Art Brut is a band that goes where few will, taking the things that you might be too embarrassed to think, let alone admit, and putting them into wry, punky tunes. They are the band you need to see when you're looking for more self-deprecation than you thought could be packed in two and a half minut ... More >>

Art Brut’s Force:

Cheeky Brits team up with Pixies legend, battle Satan and prepare for L.A. residency to celebrate new album

Rock Picks: Pelican, Herman Dune, Rasputina, Bill Frisell, Random Patterns

Also, the Rakes, Cold War Kids, Idan Raichel Project and others

Art Around Town: Korty, Grinnan and Butzer

Tonight in LA: Le Switch at the Echo, Harvey Sid Fisher at Pehrspace and Mezzanine Owls at Spaceland

Big ass night for Los Angeles music. If you're in from out of town, you picked a good frickin' Monday to be here. Fortify with a big dinner cuz there's no cover and you can whoop it up tonight and spend all your money on booze and cigarettes. Le Switch Top on the list is the great quadruple bill ... More >>

The Glowing Trough of Music: Five Days of South by Southwest

We laugh, we cry, we hate, we score some dirt weed, suck at the corporate teat, rejoice

SXSW Day 2-Formed a Band, Everyone Formed A Band

Hey, Aren't You Juliette Lewis? Walking down 6th street yesterday, you had to wonder if everyone in the world somehow heard that Art Brut song, "Formed a Band" and decided that if Eddie Argos could do it, how hard could it really be? I've seen telephone directories thinner than the official SXSW ... More >>

Lovely Bastards

Morrissey, Art Brut and the proper way to nick from John Lennon

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For the week of June 7 - 14

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For the week of May 31 - June 7

Gilmore Girls Goodbye

"I actually felt happier talking like The Gilmore Girls. I literally felt my mood lighten."

Rock Picks

For the week of April 19–27

Oops! Year-Ended Again!

White White Baby

Festivus Maximus

Do you enjoy crowds, music and exhaustion?

They Formed a Band!

ART BRUT at the Troubadour, March 19

Nightranger at SXSW

The Five Stages of South by Southwest

Rock Picks

For the week of March 17 - 23

White Chocolate

U.K.’s Hot Chip love American R&B, cars and slang. Some things never change

Lady Madonna, Festival at Your Feet

"I've never performed at a festival," says Madonna, "and I'm especially excited about playing at Coachella before I start my own tour." Well la-dee-da. What Madonna wants. Madonna gets. But Madonna at Coachella? I don't even know what to think. I love Madonna, but... but... Coachella? I like to w ... More >>

Oh, You Brut!

In a world of blog hysteria and terminal hipsterism, Art Brut kick ass, take names and get naked. (About time.)

Bang Bang Rock & Roll

Art Brut! Art Brut!

Don't Postpone Maximum Joy!

A buncha beloved Brit post-punk finds its day in the (reissue) sun

The Style Council: Undressing L.A. Nightly

Sounds Different

Music way outside the box

Cracked Abstraction

The geometrical designs of Alfred Jensen, the "O-ist" discoveries of Jim Shaw

Outside in L.A.

Good works — and good prices — at the ECF Art Center

Crazy Summer

The Prinzhorn Collection: The original Outsider Art. Plus, Robert Overby’s castings, James Gobel’s bears and much more