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Blogs
March 8, 2013
The Best Concerts to See in L.A. This Weekend
Friday, March 8 Nickodemus SUBSUELO AT KOBO'S Nickodemus' multicultural Turntables on the Hudson compilations and New York City-based events have brought together flavorfully funky house and Latin-based sounds from around the world. The DJ then took the series global with his creation of the ongoin ... More >>
Music
March 7, 2013
Music Picks: California Lions, Efterklang, Lucy Rose
Friday, March 8 Nickodemus SUBSUELO AT KOBO'S Nickodemus' multicultural Turntables on the Hudson compilations and New York City-based events have brought together flavorfully funky house and Latin-based sounds from around the world. The DJ then took the series global with his creation of the ongoin ... More >>
Blogs
January 19, 2013
Sundance 2013: Sex with James Franco, Sultry Scarlett Johansson, Daniel Radcliffe's Jew-Fro, and a Great Film From Jordan
In his brief remarks before the first public screening of the 2013 Sundance Film Festival, Robert Redford praised the Sundance Institute's ongoing filmmaker development labs as "our core," noting that the festival itself was conceived "to create an audience for the filmmakers in our lab program."
Blogs
January 18, 2013
LuvAmp Wants to Open Up Your Heart (Don't Be Scared)
The notion of opening your heart through music definitely sounds like cloying new age stuff. Tony Moss is aware of that. But he also knows that music can actually open the heart up, as proven by quantifiable data (having to do with electromagnetic fields and planetary energetics). It's called heart ... More >>
Blogs
January 3, 2013
I Lost the California Dream. And Then I Found It Again on Route 1
It was raining in Los Angeles during the 2011 Christmas week, and the traffic on the 405 near the Getty Center was jammed. I had left Long Beach two hours earlier, and it would still be another hour before I arrived at work in Woodland Hills. That morning the red brake lights were staring at me like ... More >>
Blogs
December 27, 2012
Stand Back: These Los Angeles Bands Are About To Blow Up
The new year couldn't come at a better time. Forget Superstorm Sandy, school shootings, Snooki's baby, Rihanna and Chris Brown's reconcilliations. Let's start fresh, and let's do it with some new music. Here are eight fantastic local bands, all of whom are set to break big in 2013. The best part? Y ... More >>
Blogs
November 15, 2012
Milo Greene Aren't Just Hopeful; They're Working Their Asses Off
For a newly-signed band criss-crossing the U.S. touring, maintaining exuberance shouldn't be hard for Milo Greene to do. But the Silver Lake dream pop quintet, having just started their biggest tour, is already a bit road worn.
Blogs
August 24, 2012
Lord Huron: The Beauty of Life Is About the Journey to Death
On a warm summer afternoon, Ben Schneider lets me into his charming apartment at the top of one of those narrow, winding hills in Mount Washington. (The kind where if a car's coming the other way you are basically screwed.) Schneider is the frontman of Lord Huron, a solo project that has become a fu ... More >>
Film+TV
July 26, 2012
Ruby Sparks Review: Paul Dano Invents a Girlfriend
On a warm summer afternoon, Ben Schneider lets me into his charming apartment at the top of one of those narrow, winding hills in Mount Washington. (The kind where if a car's coming the other way you are basically screwed.) Schneider is the frontman of Lord Huron, a solo project that has become a fu ... More >>
Music
May 17, 2012
Father John Misty Just Quit Fleet Foxes: We Get High in His Van
On a warm summer afternoon, Ben Schneider lets me into his charming apartment at the top of one of those narrow, winding hills in Mount Washington. (The kind where if a car's coming the other way you are basically screwed.) Schneider is the frontman of Lord Huron, a solo project that has become a fu ... More >>
Blogs
May 3, 2012
Father John Misty Just Quit Fleet Foxes: We Get High in His Van
Until January, Josh Tillman was the drummer from Fleet Foxes. When I meet him at Good Luck Bar in Los Feliz it's two weeks after the announcement of his departure from the band. Slumped over the bar, beer in hand, the bearded 6'4" singer-songwriter stands out; through somewhat of an awkward grin, he ... More >>
Blogs
March 2, 2012
A Roundup of Newspaper Food Stories
You can't replace the feeling of lounging on the couch with a scrunched up newspaper. But with the web, at least you don't need to worry about getting ink on your hands and bagel. Here's a roundup of some food-related stories from our country's newspapers this week. Lucky for us, it's mostly free. F ... More >>
Film+TV
December 1, 2011
I Melt With You Review
You can't replace the feeling of lounging on the couch with a scrunched up newspaper. But with the web, at least you don't need to worry about getting ink on your hands and bagel. Here's a roundup of some food-related stories from our country's newspapers this week. Lucky for us, it's mostly free. F ... More >>
Music
November 10, 2011
Mary J. Blige, Larry Carlton, Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds
Also, Peanut Butter Wolf, Lucy Woodward, Chromeo and others
Blogs
August 17, 2011
Everything You Wanted To Know About Death Cab But Were Too Emo To Ask
This right here is my swagI know this is going to sound like a lowball estimate, but there are approximately 102,000 little brothers in the United States. I know this because Codes & Keys moved 102 large in its first week, and the general consensus amongst your friends who "know better" is th ... More >>
Blogs
July 5, 2011
Cookbook Review: Plum Gorgeous (Apricots, Cherries And Pomegranates, Too)
If you're having a stone fruit moment -- daylight Blenheim apricot cravings, sleepless cherry clafoutis nights -- Oakland-based writer Romney "Nani" Steele has two words for you: Plum Gorgeous. The soon-to-be-released cookbook follows Steele's My Nepenthe: Bohemian Tales of Food, Family, an ... More >>
Blogs
December 20, 2010
Around the Blogs: Shu Feng Garden Closes, Daily Dose to Open, Best Burrito in Echo Park
Guzzle & NoshPigs' ears at Shu Feng Garden in San Gabriel.--Sinosoul tweets that the San Gabriel outpost of Sichuan restaurant Shu Feng Garden, a Jonathan Gold favorite, has closed. (Rowland Heights location still open.) --Yesterday was officially Burrito Day in LA. Vote for your fave. Echo P ... More >>
Music
July 1, 2010
Admiral Radley: the Other California
Quartet pays tender tribute to the Central Valley
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 >>
Blogs
October 23, 2009
Farrar and Gibbard Perform Kerouac Score Tonight at El Rey
Tonight at the El Rey, Jay Farrar and Ben Gibbard will be performing music they created for the film One Fast Move and I'm Gone: Kerouac's Big Sur, a documentary based on words Jack Kerouac composed while living in Big Sur. The Firecracker Press's woodcut Big Sur poster The film premiered a ... More >>
Music
October 22, 2009
Rock Picks: Sunset Rubdown, Alela Diane, Pelican, Rose Melberg
Also, Yacht, the Woolly Bandits, Linda Ronstadt and others
Music
September 24, 2009
A Decade of Dublab
Celebrating Los Angeles’ most inspiring, intuitive and tasteful music collective
Blogs
July 30, 2009
Trip Planner: Party in the Pines at Big Sur with Dungen, Gang Gang Dance, Ariel Pink
Start looking for your hallucinogens now, folks. You've got a whole month to casually query your druggie buddies and loser brain-fried ex-boyfriends about, you know, maybe do they have a few extras, or maybe could they call that friend who lives in the RV and always seems to have liquid acid, ... More >>
LA Life
April 23, 2009
LA People 2009: Baby Cakes — Elizabeth Belkind and Lisa J. Olin, Cake Monkey's Tiny Cake Queens
Start looking for your hallucinogens now, folks. You've got a whole month to casually query your druggie buddies and loser brain-fried ex-boyfriends about, you know, maybe do they have a few extras, or maybe could they call that friend who lives in the RV and always seems to have liquid acid, ... More >>
Blogs
February 11, 2009
Stage Raw: Phil Newby Remembered
CLASS CLOWN: PHIL NEWBY (1971-2009) The following article appears in print tomorrow (Thursday) The day after actor Phil Newby, 37, was found dead in his apartment last month, the victim of an apparent suicide, 200 company members and friends of Sacred Fools Theatre Company, where Newby perfo ... More >>
Blogs
February 10, 2009
LA Phil to Bring Together Kronos Quartet, Matmos, Terry Riley, Mike Einziger as Part of John Adams-curated West Coast: Left Coast Festival
Chart describing rough schedule of the Kronos Quartet, Matmos, Terry Riley, Mike Einziger concert at the Disney We recently had lunch with Johanna Rees and Lisa Bellamore from the LA Philharmonic, and over the course of the meal the two outlined the next half year of concerts at the Hollywood Bowl ... More >>
Art+Books
November 27, 2008
Hallelujah Junction: A Minimalist Life
A memoir from composer John Adams
Blogs
July 18, 2008
A New Firefighting Tool? A Canadian Company Joins the Battle to Fight Wildfires in California. President Bush Takes a Peek at the Giant of the Sky
British Columbia resident Wayne Coulson says he has the tool that will save hundreds of homes threatened by California fires annually. It is called the Martin Mars water bomber. Owned by the Canadian company, Coulson Flying Tankers, the 162,000-pound Martin Mars can drop 7,200 gallons of water and ... More >>
Stage
February 28, 2008
Total Immersion: Long Beach Opera's Orpheus and Euridice
Plus: Christopher O'Riley's "Piano Spheres"; Terry Riley's Banana Humberto
Blogs
January 28, 2008
Radiohead: Rainbows in Curved Air
The analog pleasures of Radiohead's digital revolution by Randall Roberts (Photo by John Spinks) There are a few different ways to get to Big Sur from Los Angeles, but in the big picture it doesn't matter which route you take, because regardless, you're leaving Los Angeles and going to Big Sur. You ... More >>
Music
December 27, 2007
2007's Long Players You Might Have Missed
Eleven handcrafted gems
Blogs
April 24, 2007
Folk Yeah! to Big Sur
I just got back from the Folk Yeah festival up in Big Sur this weekend, having journeyed up the PCH with my man to attend the two-day gathering in the redwoods. We found an ecelctic bunch of music lovers hanging out among the trees, with a heavy bearded contingent (Devendra Banhart's included), ... More >>
Film+TV
June 22, 2006
Critics' Picks
If you see only seven films at this year�s LAFF, make it these
Stage
June 8, 2006
The Experimentalists
If you see only seven films at this year�s LAFF, make it these
News
July 14, 2005
Big Bird�s Slippery Slope
Can the condor survive more oil?
Calendar
June 30, 2005
California Girl
Can the condor survive more oil?
Stage
January 8, 2004
Last Year�s Last List
Can the condor survive more oil?
Stage
November 6, 2003
The Right Rite
Can the condor survive more oil?
Columns
November 6, 2003
Experiencing Disney Hall
Can the condor survive more oil?
Stage
October 16, 2003
Life as Music
John Adams goes public
Stage
May 22, 2003
Still Searching for Signs
Lily Tomlin�s old show, in a new world
News
January 23, 2003
Baby Greens
Politics may be a drag, but kids today are turning Green instead of tuning out
Music
September 6, 2001
New Music
Politics may be a drag, but kids today are turning Green instead of tuning out
Art+Books
December 14, 2000
Scavenger Hunt
Moseying through some of �California� at the County Museum
Art+Books
November 16, 2000
J�Accuse!
Michel Houellebecq sticks it to the class of �68
News
November 9, 2000
My So-Called Rotten Life
Susan Tyrrell�s sentimental journey through money, fame, sex and amputation
News
October 12, 2000
The Elixirs
Charles Lloyd on ultrapolation, dehumidification and the sound
Music
September 7, 2000
Mickey and Mortie
Charles Lloyd on ultrapolation, dehumidification and the sound
News
June 1, 2000
The Steamy Muse
Rhapsodies of light and heat and hope
Art+Books
November 11, 1999
Before the Trout
Richard Brautigan's early years
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