Glen Campbell

The Definitive Guide to the Music of The Big Lebowski

L.A. Weekly is celebrating The Big Lebowski's 15th anniversary with a massive cover story tribute! Check out our other Lebowski-themed stories. Not doing so would be very un-Dude. The Dude's identity is strongly informed by music. As a former Metallica roadie and free love-era denizen still trying ... More >>

Jimmy Cliff, Liars, Jesse Sykes

Also, New Edition, Kátia Moraes & Sambaguru, Milo Greene and others

Music Picks: Esperanza Spalding, Elbow, Toro Y Moi, Blink-182

Also, Glen Campbell, the Smashing Pumpkins, Lanie Lane and others

Music Picks: Haroula Rose, Jimmy Webb, Adler's Appetite, Nikka Costa

Also, The Melvins, Graf Orlock, Dudamel/Mahler 9th, Lissie and others

True Grit Movie Review

Jeff Bridges stars in the Coen brothers' remake of the classic Western

Music Picks: Sunset Junction Street Fair, Lucinda Williams, Y & T, Tanya Morgan

Also, GZA, Jimmy Webb, Fol Chen and others

The T.A.M.I. Show: Santa Monica Rock City

L.A.'s pre-Woodstock music summit, finally on DVD

Would You Like Some OG Bebop With Your Pasta?: The Legendary James Moody @ Spaghettini

​This Thursday, January 28, jazz lovers should head out to Spaghettini Italian Grill and Jazz Club in Seal Beach for a very special treat: James Moody, the legendary bopper, Dizzy Gillespie associate, and composer of the immortal "Moody's Mood for Love" will be appearing with the Grammy Jazz E ... More >>

Rock Picks: Al Kooper, Year Long Disaster, Steven Severin, the Phenomenal Handclap Band

Also, Kimya Dawson, the Cigarette Bums, Willi Williams and others

Phil Spector's 'A Christmas Gift to You': A Seasonal Word Cloud

​This week's musical word cloud is more festive and positive than last week's stunning explication of N.W.A's Straight Outta Compton -- that is, if you ignore the fact that its creator is currently sitting in prison after having been convicted of murder earlier in the year. If you're new to th ... More >>

Rock Picks: Fuck Buttons, Exene Cervenka, Imogen Heap, John Fogerty

Also, HEALTH, Hypnotic Brass Ensemble, Múm, Leon Russell and others

DJ Hero: From AM to Z-Trip

L.A. DJ takes on music ed Randall Roberts in Vegas

Z-Trip Demos DJ Hero in Las Vegas, Honors DJ AM at Friday Night Residency Debut

Thursday, October 15, 6:50 p.m. Landed in Vegas, am on way to Palms Hotel from airport. In a half hour, the DJ Hero battle will begin: West Coast Sound vs. Z-Trip. Focus. I've had ten years to learn Technics technique. Countless hours in front of the decks, matching beats, absorbing breaks, tweakin ... More >>

Rock Picks: Raveonettes, Amebix, Thorns of Life

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

AFI Fest: A to W

Our comprehensive guide to more than 40 festival titles

Meet Glen Campbell: Will He Be Clean, or Mean?

Velvet Underground interpreter?

Rock Picks: Warped Tour, Pop Levi, Valient Thorr

Also, Previously on Lost, Raphael Saadiq, Liz Pappademas

The Wrecking Crew: Behind the Music

Movie retrieves rock history from the cutout bin

Does Jerry Brown Want to Cut Emissions Or Just Run for Governor?

The war on greenhouse gases and suburbs

Jailhouse Rock

Singing for supper in the Alcatraz of Arizona

The Heartwarming Ballad of Grandpa Red

Ray Charles Hits the Road

Letters

Time of the Session

When the music was fast, and the players anonymous

Good Vibrations

Some great sessions

The Nick Nolte Pride in Photography Collection

The Kids Aren’t Alright . . . They’re Amazing

Why what was old and lost and a bit odd is young and new — and exciting — again

Homeland Insecurity

American Magic-al Mystery Tour

Roll Truck Roll

Red Simpson, The Bard of Bakersfield

A to G

As the world turns Blackalicious

California Country

It ain't what it used to be