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Best of Coachella: Weekend One

Karen O's Outfit Karen O's wardrobe on Friday night was bad ass. The Yeah Yeah Yeah's front woman appeared on the main stage in a technicolor cape draped over a suit that looked like it was made of mercury. The vibrant collage was topped with a headpiece that Liberace might have worn had he ever bee ... More >>

The Best Concerts To See in L.A. This Weekend: Nov 9-11

Friday, November 9 Ute Lemper SEGERSTROM CENTER FOR THE ARTS Ute Lemper is already a masterful interpreter of sad/romantic/tragic balladry, whether she's bringing to life "Mack the Knife" and other cabaret chansons by Kurt Weill or transmuting the surly poetry of Charles Bukowski into song form. B ... More >>

Music Picks: Gary Clark Jr., Those Darlins, Wiz Khalifa

The Five Best Concerts in L.A. This Weekend

Friday, September 14 Fiona Apple, Blake Mills GREEK THEATRE Before Blake Mills joins Fiona Apple's backup band for the headlining set tonight, he'll open with a set of tunes from his recent album, Break Mirrors. The Venice singer has produced albums by Jesca Hoop and Sara Watkins, and his subtle, ... More >>

Music Picks: Fiona Apple, Austra, and the Hives

Are Bands Really Asking Concert Photographers To Hand Over Their Copyrights?

Timothy NorrisTimothy Norris' shot of Dave Grohl at a Foo Fighters performance in 2007​The Foo Fighters perform at The Forum tomorrow and Friday, and while fans may be giddy, some concert photographers are less enthused. Our sister paper City Pages in Minneapolis recently published an article ... More >>

Band of Horses - The Wiltern - September 8, 2011

Timothy Norris(See also: Our Band of Horses and Brett Netson slideshow)​Band of Horses The Wiltern September 8, 2011 Better Than: Sitting on the porch of a cabin in the woods with loved ones drinking a beer and listening to cicadas. Band of Horses has two gears: mellow-pseudo-philisoph ... More >>

Music Picks: Agnostic Front, the Latebirds, Def Leppard, Jay Rock

Also, Kristeen Young, Diego Garcia, the Human League and others

Music Picks: Elvis Costello & the Imposters, Prince, Ricky Martin, Carrie Rodriguez, The Low Anthem, Mogwai

Also, Gutbucket Chamber Orchestra, Pegi Young, Mike Stinson and others

The Surreal World of ASCAP's Pop Awards: Where Adam Lambert and Ke$ha Honor the Guys Who Made Them Famous (and Train is the Best Rock Band)

Lina LecaroKe$ha and Adam Lambert hold Luke and Martin's plaques.​Haters might say that Dr. Luke and Max Martin are responsible for the downfall of music. After all, manufactured pop has killed it for other genres, especially harder and more experimental ones. But at ASCAP's Pop Music Awards ... More >>

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SXSW Bands from A-Z: I - L

​ As SXSW gets ever closer, we figured we'd continue being servicey and give you a guide to some of the highlights of the official showcases, alphabet style. Yesterday we gave you E - H, today it's I - L. So here we go: five more awesome bands to see in SXSW's official lineup.

Music Picks: Haroula Rose, Jimmy Webb, Adler's Appetite, Nikka Costa

Also, The Melvins, Graf Orlock, Dudamel/Mahler 9th, Lissie and others

Top 10 Cover Songs of 2010

Top 10 Cover Songs of 2010

Across the Universe: WTF is 'Rape Gaze?,' Ben Harper/Dino Lady Split, Gaga Needs Some Air and Waters Changes 'Wall' Vid

Across the Universe: WTF is 'Rape Gaze?,' Ben Harper/Dino Lady Split, Gaga Needs Some Air and Waters Changes 'Wall' Vid

This weekend: Rx Bandits, Band of Horses, Vampire Weekend, Muse, Abbot Kinney Festival, Epicenter Festival, Willie Nelson, Rancid, Waved Out II, Helmet

Rx Bandits​Few 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 >>

Live in L.A.: The Henry Clay People, Health, Best Coast, Blake Mills, Jaguar Love

The Henry Clay People​The Henry Clay People's jagged, college-educated barroom rock has wormed its way into a lot of Angeleno hearts the past couple of years, its classic riff-slinging and manic shout-singing somehow turning the high anxiety of "Working Part Time" into catharsis. The quintet's ... More >>

Live in L.A.: At the movies with Isaac Brock, Band of Horses, Angus & Julia Stone, Peter Himmelman, the Airborne Toxic Event

​Think of it as an indie rocker with extra butter. Modest Mouse main man Isaac Brock is in town tonight to perform a short set after a screening of a documentary to which he (along with James Mercer, Jack Johnson and others) contributed music. The film is "180º South," which retraces a 1968 t ... More >>

Download: New Music from Benji Hughes, Willoughby

Sargent Singles, Vol. 2​In early April, we introduced you to a new monthly free music series from the Vosotros camp (see also Learning Music) in collaboration with local label Sargent Records. The second pair of songs released under the Sargent Singles name comes from North Carolina troubadou ... More >>

SXSW Roundup: KCRW Jason Bentley on Bad Mixes, Bad Bands and the Best Booze/iPhone Battery Ratio

Jeff MillerJason Bentley playing the Virgin Freehouse, SXSW 2010​KCRW's music director Jason Bentley is one of the patron saints of bands at South By Southwest. Countless bands playing the fest got their start from DJs at the station, and Bentley himself has championed dozens of them on his da ... More >>

Listen: Four Songs From New Jason Boesel (Rilo Kiley) LP [MP3]

Butch Hogan​Longtime drummer for Rilo Kiley and frequent time-keeper to various Conor Oberst-led outfits, Jason Boesel, is releasing his debut solo album next Tuesday, but music fans can hear four songs from Hustler's Son right now. The first three -- "French Kissing," "Black Waves," and "Ne ... More >>

Movie Reviews: Armored, Brothers, Everybody's Fine

Also, The Last Station, Transylmania and more

Band of Horses, Tom Morello, and BRMC strip down for Pablove

View more photos in the Pablove Benefit slideshow. Anna Webber​The Pablove Foundation has found a pretty hip way to raise money for kids with cancer by throwing benefit concerts with talent like Silversun Pickups, Neon Indian, Peter, Bjorn and John, and Avi Buffalo. Most of the performers hav ... More >>

Ride the Final Miles of Pablove Across America's Cross Country Trek

Ride the Final Miles of Pablove Across America's Cross Country Trek

Band Of Horses, Sea Wolf Added to Pablove Across America Benefit Nov. 21st

Band Of Horses and Sea Wolf Added to Pablove Across America Benefit Nov. 21st

No Age's Coachella Debut: Packed Tent in the Early Afternoon, Side-Stage Filled with Musicians

Timothy NorrisThe pit at the Mojave Tent on Sunday; keep in mind it hit 100 degrees that day. Sunday was a good day for the noiseniks. Coachella-goers who arrived early enough were greeted by boxes of complementary earplugs as they piled through the gate -- vital accessories for a My Bloody Valent ... More >>

Over the Weekend: RIP J.G. Ballard, Three Days of Coachella Madness, Plus Zombie Invasion at Fangoria Convention

We don't know about you but we are the very definition of exhausted. Three days of music, parties and the desert heat at the 10th annual Coachella Music and Arts Festival in Indio has left us completely wiped. But damn if we didn't get some great coverage while we were there. Randall Roberts put tog ... More >>

Ten Coachella Picks: Ariel Pink, Genghis Tron, Vivian Girls, Mastodon

Plus, A Place to Bury Strangers, Mexican Institute of Sound, Gui Boratto, MSTRKFT and more

LA at SXSW Tip #4: Dawes, a Fine Purveyor of West Coast Harmonies

Dawes "Love is All I am" from THE FEAR on Vimeo. In our ongoing effort to highlight a few of Los Angeles' rising and/or under-appreciated and/or overlooked artists heading to Texas this week for the SXSW Music Festival, we bring you Dawes. MySpace-profile views: 123,340 Dawes could only spring fr ... More >>

West Coast Sound: An L.A. Music Pro's Guide to South by Southwest

Ten to watch: The next Ford jingle?

Maybe We're Amazed: Notes on the Fairly Odd Coachella 2009 Lineup

Our only hope — that Macca gets Ram tough

Coachella 2009 Announced: Amy Winehouse, Paul McCartney, My Bloody Valentine ... Throbbing Gristle! Leonard Cohen!

Yeah, so all the silly speculation probably isn't done yet, as Goldenvoice always adds a few heavy-hitters after the initial announcement, but the initial line-up is up. Click through to see it in all it's glory. We'll start analyzing it soon, but for now: Throbbing Gristle! No Pavement? Let the ... More >>

Coachella Rumor Mill Works Overtime, but the Confirmations Continue to Trickle In

(Michel Gondry's video for the Chemical Brothers' "Let Forever Be.") Here's a list of "confirmed" (so far) acts to appear at Coachella 2009, according to the very reliable Monklish blog. His guarantee: "I've been told that these have been making arrangements to attend the festival as contractuall ... More >>

Top 10 Americana Albums of 2008

By Noah W. Bailey Picking the best folk and Americana records of the year isn't nearly as hard as discarding those great records that just didn't feel right stuck in the category.Releases by Calexico and DeVotchKa felt far too worldly to pigeonhole as folk or country, for instance, while Blitzen ... More >>

Movie Reviews: An American Carol, Beverly Hills Chihuahua, Flash of Genius

Also, Blindness, Still Life, How to Lose Friends and Alienate People and more

Rock Picks: Digable Planets, Pigeon John, the Wedding Present, Prima Donna

Also, Josh Rouse, the Raconteurs, Chicha Libre and more

Pitchfork Music Festival, Day 2: No Age, the Hold Steady, Fleet Foxes and Blunts the Size of Burritos

Pitchfork Music Festival, Day 2 By Jeff Weiss Tad Kubler of the Hold Steady (Photos by Nick Lucchesi) Sometimes, on your own, you arrive at the realization that "hey, it isn't so bad. I'm attending a music festival for free in a very beautiful city and even though I'm trying hard not to gawk at ... More >>

They Blinded Us With Scions: L.A. Riots Among Bands Entering Corporate Marriages

A car company recruits rising stars of the L.A. music scene to help sell autos. Who's buying?

Beachwood Sparks to reunite for Sub Pop anniversary party

Amidst all the hoo-ha about Jane's Addiction getting back together next week because apparently they're geniuses or something, another reunion's getting less ink: This week the Beachwood Sparks announced that they'd be reuniting this summer as part of Sub Pop Records' 20th anniversary party in Seatt ... More >>

The "West Coast Sound": Lauded Songwriters Grapple With Its Genesis

(It's the humidity, stupid)

Rock Picks: Cat Power, Mountain Goats, Chapin Sisters

And other Feb. 28-March 6 shows

Rock Picks: John Fogerty, Band of Horses, Eek-a-Mouse, Gram Rabbit

For the week of November 23 - 29

Band of Horses and Dinosaur Jr.

Band of Horses and Dinosaur Jr. at the Wiltern, September 8

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For the week of July 5 - 11

The Year Blogs Got Lame, Business Got Hip and Nostalgia Was King