Bob Weir

Blogs
January 28, 2013
In Defense of Jam Bands
[Editor's Note: Fuck Guilty Pleasures celebrates the over-produced, commercial, artless, lowbrow music that we believe is genuinely worthwhile. Like, among the best music ever.] On a warm August night in 2011, roughly 18,000 Angelenos converged on the Hollywood Bowl, to partake in the swirl of cosm ... More >>
Blogs
April 20, 2011
How to Talk to Your Indie Rocker Friends About Your Grateful Dead Past
Back in 2009, the National's Bryce and Aaron Dessner produced and curated the double-disc compilation Dark Was the Night. The proceeds from this double-disc compilation benefited the AIDS-fighting Red Hot Organization and featured a selection of indie rock bands from Spoon to Death Cab. Yeste ... More >>
Blogs
September 21, 2010
Tonight: Kele, Ratatat, Funeral Party, the Parson Red Heads, Furthur, Efterklang
KeleIt's been a revelatory year or so for Kele Okereke. His band Bloc Party put on the brakes in 2009, announcing mid-tour that they were going on hiatus. (Surprise.) He quickly retreated to a London studio to make a solo album, The Boxer. (Surprise.) This spring he came out in Butt magazine ... More >>
Music
September 10, 2009
Reznor Nails It One Last Time
Music
September 3, 2009
Rock Picks: Camper Van Beethoven, Cass McCombs, AC/DC
Also, Twilight Circus Dub Sound System, Magda, Hedgehog, Mos Def and others
Music
May 7, 2009
Dead Without Garcia: Is It Worth the Effort, or a Waste of Time?
Uneasy Wind In the Land of the Dead
Music
June 26, 2008
Rock Picks: Sunset Strip Music Festival, Neil Innes, Cheap Trick
Also, Nikka Costa, Willie Nile, We Are Scientists, and more
LA Life
November 22, 2007
Warning: Contains Grateful Dead Karaoke!
What to do in Los Angeles this week
Supplement
December 11, 2003
The Discovery of California
A memoir
Music
May 4, 2000
American Beauty
Dead Phish taste the best
Music
May 28, 1998
Music Reviews