Caroline Ryder

American Idol Meets Arts Journalism, in KCET's Artbound

Ever been inside a disco ball-esque "steam egg" with a bunch of sweaty, half-naked strangers? Talked to Filipino inmates who wrote, directed and starred in their own musical, filmed within prison walls (and that went viral with more 50 million YouTube views)? Writers for KCET's new arts journalism ... More >>

The Top Ten Los Angeles Albums Of 2011

​The best albums of 2011 from Los Angeles artists came from a suitably diverse Angeleno cast of characters; there are rappers and singers, legends and transplants, folks with great careers in front of them, and those who may have peaked this year. One thing's clear: it was unquestionably a gre ... More >>

Best Posts Of The Week

​We've got nothing but love for Heavy D, who died this week at his Beverly Hills home. Dan Hyman wrote a touching memorial for a man who was a pioneer of the hip-hop/R&B hybrid. This week will be remembered for sunnier news as well, however: We finally enacted Nigel Tufnel day. And it's toda ... More >>

Page Two: Gypsy Revivalism Is Not All Washed Up

Odd Future's Tyler the Creator at the Jimmy Fallon Show (Watch)

Hittin' the big time: Odd Future's Tyler the Creator​ Odd Future's Tyler the Creator finally brought the Wolf Gang (OFWGKTA) along to Hodgy Beats to the mainstream with his appearance at the Jimmy Fallon Show. We have a certain hometown pride on the accomplishments of Odd Future because a) t ... More >>

Page Two: Music Roundup

Video: Odd Future Last Night at Low End Theory, "Sandwitches"

Last week we ran Caroline Ryder's inside-story profile of local hip-hop Great Weird Hopes, the Odd Future gang (aka OFWGKTA). It was a really important story that was noticed by everyone who should have noticed around the world and we think it helped the crew get the attention they deserve. They'r ... More >>

Over the Weekend: Henry Rollins at Largo

Caroline Ryder​"Like being licked by a cat for four hours" is how Henry Rollins describes his own show which, depending on whether you're a cat person or not, can be a fantastic or torturous way to spend an evening. At Friday's Largo show, the first of three nights in LA, he held true to his ... More >>

Rock Picks

For the week of April 19–27

Rock Picks

April 12 – 19

Feb. 16, 2007

Choc Nitty’s All-Star Ghetto Mixtape Tour by Sam Slovick and Glow: photographs and text by Matthew Pillsbury

Feb. 2, 2007

Moz the Cat by Kate Sullivan and Chest of Lies by Joshuah Bearman

Club Dandy

This Just In

Hal Fishman

Kids Do the Darnedest Things

Larry Clark

We Heart Denim...Honest

I'm not sure if any of us Style Council gals were at the denim shows last night... Buffalo, Yanuk and Taverniti were the designers showing, and even though denim and sportwear are LA's greatest exports - or at least most lucrative - how exciting can a pair of jeans get, right? Maybe that's why I ... More >>

My Little China Hurl

Garish colors (reds teamed with purples teamed with lotus flower prints), oddly combined fabrics (wools, felts and silks) topped with Chinese symbols and/or Skulls and Crossbones added up to a Deborah Lindquist show that was adolescent at best, plain offensive at worst. "Someone said it was like ' ... More >>

Amanda Demme - She Nice

I just got back from interviewing Amanda Demme, the so-called Queen of LA Nightlife, and marketing brain behind 'hot' nightlife venues like Teddy's and Tropicana at the Roosevelt. If you go online and google her, you'll find a fair amount of press on Amanda, most of it bitchy gawker.com and Perez Hi ... More >>

Evenings Become Eclectic

I love those nights that don't feel planned or forced in any way, but just become brilliantly memorable, seemingly of their own accord. That's kinda what happened at Bar 107 downtown on Wednesday. It was a party of some sort - can't remember whose - the guys from Killradio's GTFU were supposed to be ... More >>

Happy Valentine's Day

This will be the second Valentines Day in a row I have no official object of affection. But this year, February 14th singledom feels perfectly OK,  compared with last year's Valentine's Day trauma. Back then I was stuck in the middle of a horrible unrequited love affair, my first of that kind. ... More >>

Making Eyes At Sir Paul, Chatting Up Rodney B

Even though he's a millionaire rock star, it totally sucks to be Sir Paul McCartney. I know, I saw him last night at the EMI Grammy party on the Paramount lot, and rather than enjoying the usual trappings of rock stardom - hot girls sitting on your lap, mountains of cocaine, vegan gourmet canapes - ... More >>

A Christmas Caroline

This Christmas, I had hoped to fly back to London, gorge myself on Mum's turkey and sip sherry with my long lost Brit posse. But Fate, it turned out, had other plans in store... 24 hours before my Christmas Eve flight was due to depart, I wandered in to a psychic's den on Hollywood Boulevard in Lit ... More >>

Tequila At Sunrise

Where to drown your 6 a.m. holiday blues

Voodoo Knife Holders and Other Holiday Gift Ideas

Looking for the perfect holiday gift for your cheating boyfriend or sleazy boss? Well here's one that says it all - the Voodoo Knife Holder. Made in Italy, it is the biggest seller at the newly-opened A R design store in Silverlake (just a hop across the street from Spaceland), and costs $150, inclu ... More >>

The Style Council: Undressing L.A. Nightly

The Style Council: Undressing L.A. Nightly

Happy Endings With The Suicide Girls

"More boobies, RIGHT NOW!" roared the crowd at the El Rey theatre as alternaporn starlets the Suicide Girls jiggled their pastied jubblies during the final show of their burlesque tour of the US. Despite recent Suicide Girl defections (the girls apparently ge ... More >>

SABER's Heart of Darkness

He may look friendly, but behind artist SABER's chirpy demeanour lurks a seething heart of darkness. Which sucks for him, but not for us - we loved his eerie nightscapes on display at the L.A. Weekly's new Biennial Art Show in Santa Monica. Here he is in front of one of his works, helpfully hol ... More >>

The Many Faces of JT Leroy

A recent New York Magazine article claimed to unveil the biggest literary swindle of recent years - namely that enigmatic author JT Leroy, who penned cult classics 'Sarah' and 'The Heart is Deceitful Above All Things', is not actually a cross-dressing former rent boy, but a 39-year-old social worker ... More >>

The Atkins Advantage

If you think the hottest spot at LA Fashion Week is backstage with the models or front row with the celebs, you're sadly mistaken. Those in the know have been making a beeline for the lo-carb Atkins booth in the lobby at Smashbox. Greg (the happy one on the left) and his partner in crime Key, have ... More >>

Magic Moments with Merlin

I had to say hi to the gentleman in the magical skirt and tie waiting to see the Bradley Bayou show at Smashbox on Wednesday night. His name is Merlin and he's not a wizard, he's a fashion designer from Honduras. He flew in specially, as he plans on showing at LA Fashion Week next season. So far, s ... More >>

Louis Verdad's flirty 1950's-themed

Louis Verdad's flirty 1950's-themed show capped the opening night of LA Fashion Week, pulling in a healthy front row celebrity turnout, including Gina Gershon (she's the one in the newsboy cap in the background), and Paris Hilton, a slimline Jack Osbourne and Kimberley Stewart sitting all together. ... More >>