[Editor's note: Deathmatch pairs two things that have something in common, and determines who is better. It's a concept we sort-of ripped off from MTV, except that instead of claymation it's the printed word!] In the 1970s, two bands took the bluesy swagger of the Rolling Stones and the Yardbirds t ... More >>
Friday, December 7 Black Mambas THE REDWOOD The Black Mambas -- along with The Neumans and The Hurricanes -- are L.A. label Wild Records' newest signees. But instead of building into the label's Sun Records-style sound of '56, the Mambas stagger into 1976 with gutter-glam songs and dawn-of-punk vel ... More >>
Raised in Beverly Hills, he became the preeminent Eastside satirical musical madman
Also, Spain, Civil Wars, Bruno Mars and others
​Something about achieving major fame in music seems to drive creative artists to assume new personae. Whether it be fodder for an epic concept album, a stab at a different genre or just plain boredom, many of our favorite stars have conjured up characters in order to explore and indulge their fan ... More >>
Also, Taj Mahal, Shakira, Sufjan Stevens and others
Revived band gives the Chess songbook the L.A. punk treatment
Also, Flaming Lips, Clipse, Silk Flowers, the Muffs and others
Also, The Detroit Cobras, the Aggrolites, Loney Dear and others
Also, Darker My Love, X, Legal Weapon, and others
He had his MTV
And other March 6-13 shows
For the week of July 27 - August 3
Sunset Junction August 27-28 Snoop Dogg/Red Hot Chili Peppers/Ice Cube at the Greek, August 25
Pack your SPF, bag your claustrophobic misanthropy — Sunset Junction street fest is back
The head New York Doll muses on celebrity culture and various cars
South by Southwest: Music, money and madness
Lester Bangs and the relevance of rock criticism
With love from Johnny Thunders
Remembering Claude Bessy, a.k.a. Kickboy Face
