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Music Picks: Hard Summer, Sunset Strip Music Festival and Bob Dylan

The Best Concerts to See In L.A. This Week

Don't forget to check our constantly-updated Los Angeles Concert Calendar Monday, July 29 System of a Down HOLLYWOOD BOWL The Monty Python of heavy metal, System of a Down's irreverent and sometimes downright Dadaist take on its chosen medium achieves an unlikely yet enduring resonance thanks to s ... More >>

5 Creative Things to Do in L.A. This Week

See also: *5 Artsy Things to Do in L.A. This Week *Our Calendar Section, Listing More Great Things to Do in L.A. For those constantly churning minds looking for inspirational artists and events, this week proves a treasure trove of creative happenings. From a pop-up Etsy shop to a wacky parade to a ... More >>

Five Dance Shows to See in L.A. This Week, Including an Offshoot of Cirque du Soleil

This week's dance events include the arrival of nouveau circus Traces and the 6th Annual Pasadena Dance Festival wraps up. 5. Pasadena does festivals besides the Rose Parade The week-long Pasadena Dance Festival peaks with a series of jam-packed shows. Up-and-coming dancemakers and their companie ... More >>

Half-Pipe, With a Twist

Jenny Lewis, Ab-Soul, Céu

Also, Vinny Golia Sextet, Mary Anne Hobbs, Delta Rae and others

Food Fight: Saucy Little Shrimp

Amy ScattergoodCamarones al Vapor​ The easiest way to gross out those friends of ours who are less inclined to adventurous eating is to serve them something that actually looks like what it is. Ground mystery meat in a Jack-in-the-Box taco goes unquestioned, but things like whole fish, crab l ... More >>

Streaming Today: OFF! First Four EPs, Target Holiday Album with Best Coast, Darker My Love, Ceci Bastida, Crystal Antlers and More

above: the median point between today's two streams Two streams for you to gnaw on today! First: Tis please not the season already--didn't we just have Veteran's Day?--but Target has just released for streaming (and later potential download) a custom holiday comp full of exclusive tracks including ... More >>

Music Man Miles' Picks 'Top 5 Moments in Root Down's History' (Starring Madlib, Cut Chemist, Blackalicious, Breakestra and More), in Honor of the Influential Club's Return

Music Man Miles (far left) and Breakestra perform at the Root Down tonight.​Last week, influential L.A. funk and hip-hop club the Root Down returned from a year-long hiatus after more than a decade running. With a new location (the G-Club in Hollywood), a new host (KG Superstar), plus a handf ... More >>

Music Picks: Laurie Anderson, Onibaba, Superchunk

Also, Hoodoo Gurus, Die Antwoord, Jonsi and others

Rock Picks: Van Dyke Parks, Chicago Underground Duo, Rickie Lee Jones

Also, Clipse, Imaad Wasif, Josh Charles and others

Unlocked Grooves: Breakestra, Mayer Hawthorne, Myron and E.

L.A., Bay Area artists redefine the sound of soul

South, The Echo, 5/15

South, The Echo, May 15, 2008 Photos by Timothy Norris Once upon a time, near the dawn of this decade, James Lavelle's Mo'Wax label ruled the record store import bins. Blackalicious, DJ Shadow, and UNKLE 12" singles in elaborate packaging fetched tidy sums for their three long, similar-sounding ... More >>

Rock Picks

For the week of March 22-29

Rock Picks

For the week of December 28 - January 4

Retro-futuristic Postmodern house Party

L.A. Music '06: Welcome to Indie Land

The Magic Kingdom has Tomorrowland; we’ve got Spaceland. Plus, more magical local bands, man.

Preston Sturges: The Filmmaker Collection

Pre- and Postmodern

L.A. WEEKLY DETOUR FEST, FEATURING QUEENS OF THE STONE AGE, BECK, PEEPING TOM, BASEMENT JAXX, RED KROSS and others in the streets of downtown L.A., October 7

Music Picks

For the week of June 8 - 15

Music Picks

For the week of June 1 - 7

Rock & Roll Torchbearer

Brett Gurewitz

Music Picks

For March 3 - 9

That Beatnik Shit

Yesterday and Tomorrow

California Dreaming

Ozomatli and a gathering of West Coast underground hip-hop luminaries fight the power

Styles of Beyond

Riff-Boom-Bap

Back in Black

One for the Griot

African Sunrise

Melting into Chocolate City

Body and Soul

A love rain from Jill Scott

A to G

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