Eagle Rock Center for the Arts

Team Supreme - La Cita - 7/10/12

See also: *Steve Nalepa, the Professor of Party *The Glitch Mob Literally Heals a Guy *Virtual Boy's Intergalactic Love Story Better than... any dubstep show in this galaxy The concept of Team Supreme, like most good ideas, is simple. Once a week a member of the electronic collective selects two ... More >>

Eagle Rock's New Rock and Eagle Shop

Last Saturday, less than a week after she opened The Rock and Eagle Shop on Eagle Rock Boulevard, artist and curator Bettina Hubby heard a man outside the door. "I'm just going to make sure it's not just an adult rock and eagle shop," he said to his children. The exterior is painted a bright, pot-d ... More >>

Top 10 Live Music Venues in L.A.: The Complete List

Timothy Norris​California knows how to party. -"California Love" It's the unofficial state motto. But not only do we know how, we know where. Los Angeles is home to a wide spectrum of live music venues, from the teeniest Echo Park hole-in-the-wall only you and five friends know, to grand ol' ... More >>

Top Ten Best Live Music Venues in L.A.: #10 - #6

Timothy Norris​California knows how to party. -"California Love" It's the unofficial state motto. But not only do we know how, we know where. Los Angeles is home to a wide spectrum of live music venues, from the teeniest Echo Park hole-in-the-wall only you and five friends know, to grand ol' ... More >>

Music Picks: The Descendents, Stones Throw 15th Anniversary Show,, Princess Pangolin, Brian Setzer

Also, Guns N' Roses, Weingart, Stevie Wonder's House Full of Toys, and others

LinA In LA Picks: You Only Get to Party Like This Once in a Century

Lina Lecaro The Wolf's wax will put crowds in 11th heaven in Eagle Rock.​Is 11-11-11 a date to fear or to anticipate? Psychologists say it might bring about cases of "apophenia" (the human tendency to find meaning or patterns in randomly occurring data). We can promise this weekend -- which ki ... More >>

David Tutera's 'My Fair Wedding' Be Damned: Bettina Hubby's 'Get Hubbied' Project Will Transform Your Wedding Into Performance Art

In a way, every wedding is a multimedia theatrical production. Each detail is managed, choreographed, and rehearsed; from rings, to cakes, seating charts, music, vows, catering, decoration, and, of course, wardrobe. Wedding professionals have to pull off flawless manifestations of other people's mo ... More >>

Music Picks: Roseanne Cash, Theophilus London, Acid Mothers Temple

Also, George Clinton and Parliament Funkadelic, Raphael Saadiq, Wu Man and others

Music Picks: Julieta Venegas, Deicide, Yefim Bronfman, Chick Corea and Gary Burton

Also Conspiracy of Beards, Lykke Li, Khaira Arby and others

No Babysitter? No Problem! Top Five Rockin' L.A. Events You Can Bring Your Kid To

Got a kid? LA can still be your playground, and we're not talkin' about the park or those germy indoor jungle gyms. Whether you're a music lover, an art tart or a scenester who simply likes to be out and about, there are options that don't require a sitter or sitting out on grown-up fun. Read on for ... More >>

Brick's Picks: Give the Drummer Some

Brick's Picks: Music of the Thelonious Spheres

BRICK'S PICKS: A Special Kind of Madness

Interview: Teebs on Art, Ardour And The Christmas Records No One Wanted

eric coleman / mochilla.com​ Teebs' Ardour (Brainfeeder) is one of the most delicate and lovely albums of the year--all blooming tones, jingling percussion and subtle artful beats. Teebs joined us just before his record release party to discuss his art--his paintings on discarded record sleev ... More >>

Brick's Picks: Far East, Far Out

Tonight: Jimmy Eat World, Surfer Blood, UB40, Buck 65, Deakin, the Hounds Below

Jimmy Eat World​Jimmy Eat World shouldn't get dinged for the ostensibly presumptuous title of their new album and first in three years, Invented. In the minds of the many, the Arizona quartet did pioneer its brand of radio-friendly emo-rock -- taut and anthemic guitar music with an honesty th ... More >>

This Weekend: El Guincho, Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti, Harlem, Dawes, Peter Case

El Guincho​Yes, that's the voice of Julieta Venegas on the re-imagined "Mientes," one of the five tracks on El Guincho's new EP Piratas de Sudamérica. El Guincho, the nom de tune of Barcelona experimentalist Pablo Díaz-Reixa, fueled some underground buzz with his 2007 album Alegranza. A pri ... More >>

This Weekend: Dâm-Funk, Jane's Addiction, Hootenanny, Mates of State, Baths, CocoRosie

Matthew ScottDam-Funk​Chalk it up to one of music's little mysteries -- how the old synths and creaky drum machines on Dâm-Funk's sprawling Toeachizown can sound so new. L.A.'s "Ambassador of Boogie Funk," born Damon Riddick, unleashed that double-CD, five-LP collection on the world last yea ... More >>

Dead Man's Bones Schedules an Encore 'Sock Hop' at Eagle Rock's Center for the Arts

Dead Man's Bones (Erin Broadley)​West Coast Sound was there for Dead Man's Bones' two-night, all-ages stint at the Eagle Rock Center for the Arts last weekend. Quoth reviewer Erin Broadley: Ryan Gosling and Zach Shields took the stage as Dead Man's Bones Saturday, June 26, for the first of t ... More >>

This Weekend: Sharon Jones & Dap Kings, Dead Man's Bones, Warped Tour, Black Francis, Danzig

Sharon Jones & the Dap-Kings​Can it get any more real that Sharon Jones? Well, it can't get any more heartwarming. The leading lady of the Dap-Kings is, after all, a rising star at 54, having shucked the uniforms of her previous careers (corrections officer at Rikers Island, and armor truck g ... More >>

Live in L.A.: Junip (with José González), Hot Hot Heat / Eastern Conference Champions, Shellshag, Local H, Strangeloop

Junip​It's not like José González always traded in soft stuff; the Swedish singer-songwriter with Argentine bloodlines got his start in a Gothenburg punk bands before marrying his velvety voice and nylon-stringed guitar to fashion the sound you probably first heard on "The O.C." His side pro ... More >>

Nightranger: Lost Weekend

Live in L.A.: Talib Kweli and Hi-Tek, Broken Bells, Caribou, Massive Attack

​Rapper Talib Kweli and producer Hi-Tek are officially back in business as Reflection Eternal -- a full decade after their first album, Train of Thought. The new Revolutions Per Minute (out this week) might not feel as revolutionary as their debut, but it'll put a smile on the face of anybody ... More >>

Brick's Picks: Here, There and Way Out There

BREAKING!: Second Deakin Show Added in Eagle Rock for Sunday

Deakin communes with nature​The good folks behind FYF Fest, which promotes events year-round, have just announced that Animal Collective's Deakin will be adding a second early show to his long since sold-out Sunday gig at the Eagle Rock Center for the Arts. The 6 p.m. performance will surely ... More >>

Brick's Picks: Horns of Plenty

Brick’s Picks: Dancing Hearts

Rock Picks: Willie Nelson, Maude Maggart, Two Tears

Also, Cold Cave, Ceci Bastida, Califone, and others

Brick's Picks: Switched on Jazz

Rock Picks: Sunset Rubdown, Alela Diane, Pelican, Rose Melberg

Also, Yacht, the Woolly Bandits, Linda Ronstadt and others

Ten Great Dan Deacon Moments On Video

After canceling a highly anticipated show at this year's FYF Fest, Dan Deacon makes it up for Sean Carlson and co. by playing tonight at the Eagle Rock Center for the Arts. Looking for a diversion on a Friday morning? Here are ten videos that prove he's the real deal. Why would you not go to this sh ... More >>

Rock Picks: Grizzly Bear, Michigan and Smiley, Meshell Ndegeocello, Aztlan Underground

Also, Ghostface Killah, Pi, Brother Ali and others

Best of L.A.: Nightlife

Abstract Truths

Sunn O))) Melts Eardrums at the Eagle Rock Center for the Arts

Light from surrounding streetlamps and neighborhood porch lights filtered in through the Mission-style high ceilinged windows lining the perimeter of the Eagle Rock Center for the Arts. They illuminated rotating specks of dust as they filtered toward the chandeliers hung from the center of the room. ... More >>

West Coast Sound Interviews Greg Anderson of Sunn 0))) and Southern Lord Records

East Hollywood-based metal imprint Southern Lord is one of the most respected independent record labels of the '00s, a solid, consistently-surprising label started by two men in the drone metal band Sunn 0))) -- Greg Anderson and Stephen O'Malley. Gisele VienneSunn 0))​ West Coast Sound rec ... More >>

House of the Holy: Sunn 0))) guitarist Greg Anderson on “Big Church” and Monoliths & Dimensions

F-Yeah Fest Preps Line-Up, Announces a Walk-a-Thon (?), Promotes Volunteerism, and Sunn 0)))

The ever-busy, uber-productive Tasmanian devil that is Sean Carlson and his F Yeah Fest organization are gearing up for a busy next few months filled with rawk, charity, goodwill, rock, the F Yeah Fest, a tour, and a bunch of great shows. The most prominent of these endeavors will be the Septemb ... More >>

Sergio Mendes, Eddie Palmieri and Poncho Sanchez at the Hollywood Bowl

Brick's Picks: Amir ElSaffar, Kyle Eastwood, Dot Org at Eagle Rock Center

Brick’s Picks: Jazz in Orbit

Jazz in L.A., January 30-February 5

Rock Picks: Raveonettes, Amebix, Thorns of Life

Also, the Head Cat, the Spanks, Jimmy Webb and others

Rock Picks: Spindrift, Randy Newman, The Gutter Twins

Also, Zola Moon, David Banner, Naïm Amor, and more

Brick's Picks: Roy Haynes, Ernie Andrews and Others

Jazz in L.A., May 30-June 5

Brick's Picks: Running Hot and Cold

Jazz in L.A., May 2-8

Brick's Picks: Beneath an Amber Moon

Seven days of solid jazz, plus the sounds of Brazil

Brick's Picks: Winter Songs

Jazz picks around L.A.

Brick's Picks: Jazzapalooza!

Big Band Showcase, Jazz at Drew and more

Whirled Music

Nawal whips African, Arabic and Indian sounds into Brazilian-tinged jazz