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  • Music

    February 28, 2013

    Lady Lazarus Rising

    Singer-songwriter Melissa Sweat released her inner artist through great trial and tribulation

  • Blogs

    January 16, 2013

    Los Angeles Musicians Dominate Pazz and Jop

    Pazz and Jop is here! The Village Voice's annual, venerated, logistically-nightmarish critics' poll has arrived, and there are shit tons of L.A. musicians who placed highly. Frank Ocean won the album poll, which was no big surprise; be sure to peep Eric Sunderman's quite-touching piece about him. ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 26, 2012

    The Ten Best Los Angeles Concerts of 2012

    10. My Morning Jacket The Wiltern, September 11-13 The ever-electrifying My Morning Jacket held a three-night stint at the Wiltern this past September and didn't repeat a single tune. That's right. Three nights and no repeats. It takes one heck of a repertoire not just to have that many songs, but t ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 17, 2012

    The Five Best Concerts in L.A. This Week

    Monday, December 17 The Moonbeams HEMINGWAY'S LOUNGE The Moonbeams' upcoming single might be titled "Life's a Circus," but the song is more mournful and foreboding than cheery or escapist. Lead singer Beck Black howls her bloody imprecations with a solemn, sullen intensity as drummer Adam Alt and g ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 20, 2012

    The Best Los Angeles Concerts of the Summer

    5. The Zeros and The Muffs Troubadour, July 20 Though the Zeros and the Muffs began their careers at the start of the punk era and in the middle of grunge, respectively, their billing this summer was inspired. Both play the kind of punk -- catchy pop hooks over wham-bam, cranked-up chords -- that, ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 17, 2012

    Fiona Apple, Blake Mills - The Greek Theatre - 9/14/12

    See also: Our review of Fiona Apple at the Hollywood Palladium Fiona Apple, Blake Mills The Greek Theatre 9-14-12 Better than . . . getting knocked out by shadows. There's something about Fiona Apple that makes you want to take care of her. Maybe it's because she's so slender, you assume she mus ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 14, 2012

    The Five Best Concerts in L.A. This Weekend

    Friday, September 14 Fiona Apple, Blake Mills GREEK THEATRE Before Blake Mills joins Fiona Apple's backup band for the headlining set tonight, he'll open with a set of tunes from his recent album, Break Mirrors. The Venice singer has produced albums by Jesca Hoop and Sara Watkins, and his subtle, ... More >>

  • Music

    September 13, 2012

    Music Picks: Fiona Apple, Austra, and the Hives

    Friday, September 14 Fiona Apple, Blake Mills GREEK THEATRE Before Blake Mills joins Fiona Apple's backup band for the headlining set tonight, he'll open with a set of tunes from his recent album, Break Mirrors. The Venice singer has produced albums by Jesca Hoop and Sara Watkins, and his subtle, ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 6, 2012

    The 1997 Edition Was the Best MTV Video Music Awards

    Tonight is the 2012 MTV Video Music Awards. Now in its 29th year, it's had its share of memorable moments, none more so than during the 1997 broadcast. On the occasion of its 15th anniversary, here's the case for why it was the best VMA's ever televised.

  • Blogs

    July 30, 2012

    Fiona Apple - Hollywood Palladium - 7/29/12

    Fiona Apple Hollywood Palladium 7-29-12 See also: Our Fiona Apple slideshow It's hard to be a Fiona Apple fan sometimes. Half a decade can go by between tours, and the notoriously reclusive singer-pianist has released only four albums since emerging as a teenage phenom in 1994. Apple's latest albu ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 27, 2012

    The Five Best Concerts in L.A. This Weekend

    Saturday, July 28 Dirty Projectors, Wye Oak WILTERN What few critics there were of Dirty Projectors' 2009 magnum opus, Bitte Orca, took issue with the LP's idiosyncrasies. As thrilling as those songs were, they clearly weren't written for anyone other than main brain David Longstreth. But on new al ... More >>

  • Music

    July 26, 2012

    Music Picks: Kaskade, Dirty Projectors, Ondatrópica

    Saturday, July 28 Dirty Projectors, Wye Oak WILTERN What few critics there were of Dirty Projectors' 2009 magnum opus, Bitte Orca, took issue with the LP's idiosyncrasies. As thrilling as those songs were, they clearly weren't written for anyone other than main brain David Longstreth. But on new al ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 24, 2012

    10 Best Standup Comedy Shows in Los Angeles

    Live comedy is once again enjoying a boom period, even if some of the bigger clubs and bloated chains around the country are going bust. Thanks to the internet's generous enabling of DIY promotion, production, talent booking and ticketing, who needs a humorless industry gatekeeper when one can simpl ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 6, 2012

    The Time I Whooped a 14-Year-Old Kid at Basketball

    You (probably) don't know him, but trust when I tell you that T is a real shitbag. In our little cluster of townhomes, there are six boys who live there. A quick scouting report: There is a family that lives across from us. They have three boys; J and D and L. They're sweet kids, and the boys' ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 17, 2012

    Matt Chamberlain Residency w/ David Torn - The Mint - 5/16/12

    Matt Chamberlain Residency with David Torn The Mint 5-16-12 Better than...watching the Lakers lose. Last night, before a moderate-sized crowd, drummer Matt Chamberlain resumed his month-long residency alongside guitar slinger David Torn. The two instrumentalists, armed with impeccable understandin ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 22, 2012

    Tweet-A-Beer: Buying Your Idiot Friends Drinks Has Never Been Easier

    At South By Southwest last week, Fiona Apple took the stage outside of L.A. for the first time in five years. Bruce Springsteen referenced "blue balls" in his keynote speech. In other news, the Tweet-A-Beer Twitter app also made its official debut, which is fitting considering many SXSW attendees ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 15, 2012

    Fiona Apple and the Best of SXSW Yesterday

    ​See also: Five Attractive Strange People Working for Tips at SXSW If you're familiar with chaos theory, which in its basic form is the attempt to find patterns in the random acts of shit on Earth, then you may understand the difficulty that comes with describing a full day at SXSW. To break down ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 12, 2012

    Alert: SXSW Coverage Ahead

    "What I want from each and every one of you is a hard-target search of every gas station, residence, warehouse, farmhouse, henhouse, outhouse and doghouse in that area." -- Tommy Lee Jones, The Fugitive You don't have to spend much time at South By Southwest to know that all of the above building ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 7, 2012

    Shlohmo Brings His 
Ambient, but 
Not Chilled Out, Electronic Music to Europe

    Since dropping out of art school in 2010 to pursue music full-time, Shlohmo has become an L.A. electronic-music rising star. Born Henry Laufer and raised in the Fairfax District, the lanky 21-year-old producer -- a regular performer at beat mecca Low End Theory -- combines house and hip-hop with his ... More >>

  • Music

    June 23, 2011

    Music to Pick Up/Download

    Since dropping out of art school in 2010 to pursue music full-time, Shlohmo has become an L.A. electronic-music rising star. Born Henry Laufer and raised in the Fairfax District, the lanky 21-year-old producer -- a regular performer at beat mecca Low End Theory -- combines house and hip-hop with his ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 14, 2011

    Listen to Zach Galifianakis & Fiona Apple's Lesser-Known NSFW Song "Come Over and Get It (Up in 'Dem Guts)"

    Jena ArdellApple and Galifianakis, BFFs 4eva.​ In 2006, Zach Galifianakis and pal Fiona Apple teamed up to record a catchy, NSFW rap song titled "Come Over and Get It (Up in 'Dem Guts)". The track wasn't released until 2008 on a 7" vinyl to commemorate Chunklet magazine's 20th issue. We've nev ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 9, 2011

    Dive Bar Report: Kibitz Room

    Vidalia/FlickrThe scene at a benefit show.​ The Place: Kibitz Room, 419 N. Fairfax Ave., West Hollywood; (323) 651-2030. The Hours: Every day from 10:30 a.m. to 2 a.m. The Deals: Well, that can be a relative term in a dive bar. What did we think? Turn the page to find out...

  • Music

    January 27, 2011

    Music Picks: Iannis Xenakis Now and Tomorrow, Ozzy Osbourne, War Tapes, Liz Pappademas

    Also, Savage Republic, Tanya Morgan, the Church, the Fling and others

  • Calendar

    December 2, 2010

    MAKE US LAUGH, FUNNY GIRL!

    Also, Savage Republic, Tanya Morgan, the Church, the Fling and others

  • Blogs

    November 5, 2010

    Top 10 Women With Fruit Names

    We've brought you the Top 10 Men With Meat Names and the Top 10 Men With Salad Names. But what about women? And what about fruit? Well, now is the moment for both, as pomiculture and nomenclature come together for the debut female-themed edition of our "People with Food Names" series. Of course, the ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 27, 2010

    Best Coast Extends Headlining Tour, Offers Free 'Boyfriend' MP3

    Best Coast Extends Headlining Tour, Offers Free 'Boyfriend' MP3

  • Music

    December 31, 2009

    The 10 Best L.A. Albums of the ’00s

    From Beck and Dilla to Fiona, Jenny and Quasimoto, a mishmash decade of Southern California sounds

  • Blogs

    July 21, 2009

    Tuesday Night in LA: Matthew Sweet & Susanna Hoffs (MP3), Delta Spirit's Matt Vasquez, Counting Crows at the Greek

    Susanna Hoffs and Matthew Sweet On Matthew Sweet & Susanna Hoffs' new Under the Covers 2, the pair tackle classic 1970s rock tunes by, among others, Fleetwood Mac, Tom Petty, Grateful Dead, Carly Simon and, in a daring maneuver, prog rock band Yes ("I've Seen All Good People"). The pair gig the Gra ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 3, 2008

    Hilary Duff Bites Depeche Mode

    Oh, Depeche Mode, how could you? Are times so tough that you're letting the Duffster karaoke a version of your iconic "Personal Jesus"? This reminds me of the time Tatu covered "How Soon Is Now," which okay, fine, yes I rather enjoyed. The Duff told MTV she was 2 years old when the song came o ... More >>

  • Calendar

    September 4, 2008

    A Serving of Piaf

    Oh, Depeche Mode, how could you? Are times so tough that you're letting the Duffster karaoke a version of your iconic "Personal Jesus"? This reminds me of the time Tatu covered "How Soon Is Now," which okay, fine, yes I rather enjoyed. The Duff told MTV she was 2 years old when the song came o ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 26, 2008

    LAFF 2008: I Can't Drive 66

    Oh, Depeche Mode, how could you? Are times so tough that you're letting the Duffster karaoke a version of your iconic "Personal Jesus"? This reminds me of the time Tatu covered "How Soon Is Now," which okay, fine, yes I rather enjoyed. The Duff told MTV she was 2 years old when the song came o ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 17, 2008

    One Stop Style: Lemon Frog Shop and Seraph Cosmetics

    Oh, Depeche Mode, how could you? Are times so tough that you're letting the Duffster karaoke a version of your iconic "Personal Jesus"? This reminds me of the time Tatu covered "How Soon Is Now," which okay, fine, yes I rather enjoyed. The Duff told MTV she was 2 years old when the song came o ... More >>

  • Music

    March 8, 2007

    Rock Picks

    For the week of March 8 – 15

  • Music

    November 9, 2006

    L.A. Discgrace

    Local (and universal) jazz CDs

  • Music

    June 29, 2006

    Fifi on Fire

    Fiona Apple, With Damien Rice at the Greek, June 24

  • Calendar

    June 22, 2006

    Music Picks

    For the week of June 22 - 29

  • News

    May 11, 2006

    Jon Brion's Amazing Musicquarium

    The Nowhere/Everywhere man on Kanye West, Fiona Apple, Frank Sinatra, quantum physics, Roxy Music, acoustic alchemy, God and extreme coffee drinking

  • News

    April 27, 2006

    Annual Anagrams

    The Nowhere/Everywhere man on Kanye West, Fiona Apple, Frank Sinatra, quantum physics, Roxy Music, acoustic alchemy, God and extreme coffee drinking

  • Calendar

    January 26, 2006

    Rock Picks

    For February 3 - 10

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    January 5, 2006

    More Politics Lists

    For February 3 - 10

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    January 5, 2006
  • Music

    December 8, 2005
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    November 10, 2005
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    April 8, 2004

    Of Ass and Ax

    For February 3 - 10

  • News

    April 8, 2004

    South of Here

    Greg Leisz essays the roots

  • Film+TV

    August 29, 2002

    What's Wrong With This Picture?

    Scrutinizing One Hour Photo's lonely guy

  • Music

    November 22, 2001

    Be Bop a Blood Feast

    Edited by Kateri Butler

  • Music

    June 29, 2000

    Down for the Good Life

    A Unified Revolution Called Jurassic 5

  • News

    June 1, 2000

    Dive In

    The Drinkin’s Fine

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