Monday, March 25 Corima, Upsalon Acrux PEHRSPACE There are, in fact, thriving musical styles that have blessedly little to do with the latest pop trends. Roughly intersecting prog-rock and art-jazz is a thing called Zeuhl Music, a very heavy, propulsive sonic form whose roaring rhythm sections and ... More >>
Dublab 13th Anniversary Party Echoplex 9-22-12 Better than...waiting in a Wendy's drive-through congested with D.U.I. candidates at 2 a.m. At the 13th anniversary party for Dublab -- L.A.'s beloved nonprofit web radio collective -- there were nine DJs on one stage in roughly five hours. The party ... More >>
Dublab 13th Anniversary Party Echoplex 9-22-12 Better than...waiting in a Wendy's drive-through congested with D.U.I. candidates at 2 a.m. At the 13th anniversary party for Dublab -- L.A.'s beloved nonprofit web radio collective -- there were nine DJs on one stage in roughly five hours. The party ... More >>
Dublab 13th Anniversary Party Echoplex 9-22-12 Better than...waiting in a Wendy's drive-through congested with D.U.I. candidates at 2 a.m. At the 13th anniversary party for Dublab -- L.A.'s beloved nonprofit web radio collective -- there were nine DJs on one stage in roughly five hours. The party ... More >>
Also, Jane Birkin, Human Drama, Big Jay McNeely
The buzz on Night Gallery -- a unique art space in Lincoln Heights that is only open between 10pm and 2am, Tuesday through Thursday -- is growing steadily. A few months ago, co-proprietors Davida Nemeroff and Mieke Marple made the decision to turn the gallery into a full-on commercial venture, and s ... More >>
Eric Charbonneau, Le StudioPaul Stanley and friendsSee also: Paul Stanley Analyzes KISS's Success: "I don't want to buy a t-shirt with a guy on it who looks like my neighbor." If you're like most folks, your rock star fantasies require nothing more than a pair of tight jeans, an air guitar, ... More >>
Illustration by Art SpiegelmanStory by Erik Himmelsbach Van Dyke Parks lives on the fringes of the city, up the hill in the northeasternmost nook of Pasadena. He's comfortable there; it's a geographic mirror of his own five-decade career as a culty wingman whose fingerprints are conspicuous ... More >>
Also, Charlie Haden Quartet West, John Williams, Philip Glass and others
Sam SlovickWhen Sava D hugs Tim, he feels right at home. It's another postcard day at Venice Beach, the Washington Square Park of L.A. Aging kooks and crackpots in an eternal time warp freely express themselves like it's 1967. There's a guy in a leopard bikini with the rubber snakes, a dude ... More >>
If you only have 140 characters, they should be worth reading, no? Depends on whose Twitter feed you read. Time Magazine has just published a list (of course they did) of the top 140 Twitter feeds around the country. No, sorry, neither Charlie Sheen nor Kim Kardashian made it -- Neil Gaiman is #1, S ... More >>
If you only have 140 characters, they should be worth reading, no? Depends on whose Twitter feed you read. Time Magazine has just published a list (of course they did) of the top 140 Twitter feeds around the country. No, sorry, neither Charlie Sheen nor Kim Kardashian made it -- Neil Gaiman is #1, S ... More >>
If you only have 140 characters, they should be worth reading, no? Depends on whose Twitter feed you read. Time Magazine has just published a list (of course they did) of the top 140 Twitter feeds around the country. No, sorry, neither Charlie Sheen nor Kim Kardashian made it -- Neil Gaiman is #1, S ... More >>
"If it's true that 'Alejandro' represents Lady Gaga's super-obvious bid at her own 'La Isla Bonita'--and there's no doubting that it does--then consider this: Where Madonna took four years to go from her first big hit to her Latin-crossover jam, Gaga's only taken two; that's a remarkably spee ... More >>
Gustavo TurnerDifficult? Complex? Nah, just one-of-a-kind: Joanna NewsomJoanna Newsom presents a challenge for the reviewer. So much of music writing is anchored in comparison, from the facile (this artist is so-and-so meets so-and-so), to the workmanlike (placing the work in a general or par ... More >>
Gustavo TurnerDifficult? Complex? Nah, just one-of-a-kind: Joanna NewsomJoanna Newsom presents a challenge for the reviewer. So much of music writing is anchored in comparison, from the facile (this artist is so-and-so meets so-and-so), to the workmanlike (placing the work in a general or par ... More >>
We can safely call Frank Frazetta, who passed away at 82 today one of the most important, most influential fantasy illustrators of the 20th century. (We could even go out on a limb (or a muscle) and say that Frazetta, through his visions of Conan and heroes with more muscles than it's physically po ... More >>
Rich Fulcher is a hugely successful, immediately recognizable American comedian. The thing is, he is hugely successful and immediately recognizable in the UK, where he's one of the main supporting characters in the cult hit series The Mighty Boosh, and one of the two creators of even more cultish, b ... More >>
Harper Simon Joins Brian Wilson at the Disney Concert Hall
Also, the Ettes, the Dogs, George Jones and others
Also, Ida Maria, Sara Lov, John Legend and others
No Age, Chapin Sisters, Mia Doi Todd, the Knux, Flying Lotus, Madlib and more
What to do in L.A., September 12-18
After mingling with the mainstream, Matthew Sweet has found solace on his new album, in a secret place called Lolina Green
After mingling with the mainstream, Sweet has found solace on his new album, in a secret place called Lolina Green
Great news from the L.A. Phil just arrived. Anyone who was at the recent Songs of the City series at Walt Disney Concert Hall and heard Daniel Rossen's voice echo through the room will understand: Don't miss this show. LOS ANGELES PHILHARMONIC AND INDIE ROCK BAND GRIZZLY BEAR CO-HEADLINE FOR ONE-N ... More >>
She's an auburn-haired Caucasian woman of Ukrainian descent. Is Case also the blackest woman in indie rock?
She's an auburn-haired Caucasian woman of Ukrainian descent. Is Case also the blackest woman in indie rock?
It’s all happening!
Here's a drawing that I did of me and my big brother, Jeff, a few years ago when we were in a band together. I'm probably trying to convince him that we do not suck out the ass. He is trying to pretend my enthusiasm is not drug related. Recently, he and I have been working on the n ... More >>
Here's a drawing that I did of me and my big brother, Jeff, a few years ago when we were in a band together. I'm probably trying to convince him that we do not suck out the ass. He is trying to pretend my enthusiasm is not drug related. Recently, he and I have been working on the n ... More >>
(no puppet show)
(no puppet show)
(no puppet show)
One of the year’s finest albums you never heard
One of the year’s finest albums you never heard
One of the year’s finest albums you never heard
Petra Haden + The Who = ♥
Petra Haden + The Who = ♥
10 signs of the apocalypse
Consecutive shows ride wave from Adams to Wilson
Consecutive shows ride wave from Adams to Wilson
Music for changing seasons and future days
Music for changing seasons and future days
Music for changing seasons and future days
Back on Track With Solomon Burke
Frying with Fu Manchu
Chinatown revisited
New discs
...Great goddamn article about LSD ["The Trip," July 3-9]. You consistently outperform any other L.A. publication. Kudos...
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