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Music Picks: Lauryn Hill, Bad Brains, Shuggie Otis

Titus Andronicus - El Rey - 11/8/2012

Titus Andronicus with Ceremony El Rey Theatre 11/8/12 Given all of the excitement going on elsewhere in town last night, including what might be Chan "Cat Power" Marshall's last show in L.A. for a while, those of us headed to see New Jersey's Titus Andronicus knew we were taking the road less-trav ... More >>

Jenny Lewis, Ab-Soul, Céu

Also, Vinny Golia Sextet, Mary Anne Hobbs, Delta Rae and others

Cloud Nothings, Bleached - SXSW - 3/15/12

See also: *The Best of SXSW: Wednesday 3/14/2012 *Five Attractive Strange People Working for Tips at SXSW Yesterday it was sticky, but Consequence of Sound threw a day party with a killer lineup that let us cool our heels and laugh at the East coast kids who were marveling at how awesome the weath ... More >>

Music Picks: Fucked Up, Dolly Parton, Ty Segal, Fitz & the Tantrums,

Also, Soundgarden, Iceage, Earth, Wu Lyf and others

Coachella Lineup Announced: We Told You Odd Future Was in There!

​This is the official press release: Coachella 2011. Music. Art. Culture. Community. With the Coachella line-up announcement serving as the official kick-off to the annual U.S. festival season, festival organizers Goldenvoice can now reveal details for the 2011 Coachella Valley Music & Art ... More >>

This weekend: HARD Haunted Mansion, Ninja Tune 20th Anniversary, KCRW Masquerade, Of Montreal, Stone Temple Pilots

Perou.co.ukUnderworld​Whether you're all about the costumes or just in it for the tunes, Halloween weekend offers some massive show-going choices ... starting with, well, something very close to a massive. HARD Haunted Mansion, with an eclectic electro lineup including Bloody Beetroots, Busy ... More >>

Tonight: Cracker/Camper Van Beethoven, Futurebirds, We Barbarians, Dax Riggs, the Sea of Cortez, Rookie of the Year, Justin Nozuka

Danny ClinchCracker and Camper Van Beethoven​David Lowery turns 50 years old on Friday, which means the man who gave us one of the finest lyrics of the '90s ("What the world needs now / is another folk singer / like I need a hole my head") is likely to be onstage tonight when the clock strikes ... More >>

Tonight: Filter, the Hold Steady, Juliette Commagere, Radars to the Sky, Black Mountain, the Beth Hart Band

Corey NickolsFilter​It's been 15 years since Filter scored its big hit with "Hey Man, Nice Shot," and a year and half since Richard Patrick passed that signpost of career middle age by releasing a greatest-hits compilation. He must've thought there was still some rockin' to do -- or he heard ... More >>

This Weekend: HARD Summer, Silversun Pickups, Weezer, New L.A. Folk Festival, Power of the Riff festival

Soulwax​The two most pressing questions about Saturday's HARD Summer in downtown Los Angeles have nothing to do with quality. With Soulwax, Crystal Castles and Major Lazer topping a bill that includes the likes of Flying Lotus and Diplo, promoter Gary Richards has assembled the kind of dance ... More >>

Watch: Saddam, Barack and Hillary Cameo in Henry Clay People Clip, 'Your Famous Friends'

Henry Clay People, unmasked​Lots has been happening with the Henry Clay People gang of late. After kicking around the L.A. underground for some time, the band signed with TBD, making them label mates with Radiohead. They dropped a solid new album thereon a couple of weeks back, titled Somewh ... More >>

MP3 Exclusive: Foreign Born Covers Television for 'Adventure' Full-Album Remake

Aquarium Drunkard's "L'Aventure"​Tomorrow, the good folks of the Aquarium Drunkard blog will release L'Aventure, a full-album cover of Television's landmark 1978 LP, Adventure featuring all L.A. bands. Local indie stalwarts like the Happy Hollows and the Henry Clay People make appearances, as ... More >>

Live in L.A.: The Henry Clay People, Health, Best Coast, Blake Mills, Jaguar Love

The Henry Clay People​The Henry Clay People's jagged, college-educated barroom rock has wormed its way into a lot of Angeleno hearts the past couple of years, its classic riff-slinging and manic shout-singing somehow turning the high anxiety of "Working Part Time" into catharsis. The quintet's ... More >>

Live in L.A. This Weekend: Drive-By Truckers, Peter Gabriel, Les Savy Fav, First Fridays

Drive-By Truckers​You may not have noticed if you don't live in a neighborhood where "y'all" is the prevalent pronoun -- and no, that's not pejorative -- but the Drive-By Truckers have a new album out. "The Big To-Do" is just that, out-sized riffs, growling vocals and sweat-stained rhythms sup ... More >>

Hear Songs from Henry Clay People's New LP, Forthcoming on TBD Records

Timothy Norris​During our South By Southwest coverage, West Coast Sound very casually broke the news that hard-working Glendale band the Henry Clay People had become label-mates to Radiohead. The specifics, that they'd signed to TBD Records, were buried in a parenthetical leading to a brief Q ... More >>

SXSW Interview: The Henry Clay People on Getting Signed, NoFX's 'Punk in Drublic,' and Being Really, Really Tired

​Glendale's Henry Clay People may end this South By Southwest able to brag that they were the hardest-working band in Austin. The sibling-led shout-rockers (who were just signed to TBD records, home of Radiohead) will have played 11 shows in 4 days. They've still got two more to go today. We ... More >>

Oh-Nine at Night

Rock Picks: Gabriel Andruzzi, DANNY B. HARVEY, RIOT GRRL XMAS CARNIVAL

Also, Boogie Nazis, the Growlers, Good Old War and others

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Rock Picks: Broken Nobles, Anny Celsi, Seu Jorge, the Killers

Rock Picks: Broken Nobles, Anny Celsi, Seu Jorge, the Killers

Also, Destroy L.A., Sunset Strip Music Festival, the Drones and others

Over the Weekend: Burning Man Meets Hollywood, Mustache Circus, Shaun of the Dead Outdoor Screening, Swimming with Sharks Pool Party

Now in the final stretch of summer, each weekend we scramble to take in as many decadent hotel pool parties and outdoor film screenings as possible before the long days and warm nights end and we're forced back indoors to get our drink on at crummy dive bars. This weekend we went Swimming with Shark ... More >>

The Mustache Circus at the Echoplex: Henry Clay People, Fol Chen, Others Perform Death-Defying Hooks

View more photos in the "Mustache Circus" slideshow. Friday night was mustache night in Echo Park. At least it was supposed to be. That and circus night. It was way more of the latter than the former. There was cotton candy. There were balloons twisted into funny shapes. There was ski ball. Timo ... More >>

Fol Chen Release Free Digital Album w/ Remixes from Liars, Rafter, Dublab (MP3s)

With all the enigma Fol Chen collective seems to ooze, it wouldn't be entirely surprising to find out that the Highland Park band has deep-seated ties to Freemasonry. And now this mysterious missive from Fol Chen's label, Asthmatic Kitty: "The pyramid was built, the plans set in motion, necessary ... More >>

Rock Picks: Quantic and his Combo Bárbaro, Elvis Costello, Rock & Roll Summer Circus

Also, Flaming Lips, Clipse, Silk Flowers, the Muffs and others

The Henry Clay People to Convene A "Mustache Circus" Featuring Fol Chen, Flying Tourbollin Orchestra

Timothy Norris Last Thursday we got a note from Andy Siara, he of the Henry Clay People, to inform us of an upcoming HCP show at the Echo and Echoplex that has the potential to be a great event: A Mustache Circus, slated for Friday, August 14. Says Siara: We're callin it the "Rock n Roll Mustache ... More >>

Last Night: Stoned At Stories, Henry Clay People Go Under Cover for "The Wit & Wisdom of Keith Richards" book bash.

A crusty, drug-damaged caricature or the personification of cool itself? When it comes to Keith Richards, there are essentially two camps. For Rolling Stones fans, the man, his guitar-playing, his (however unintelligible) words, and his wholly droll essence, is tantamount to rock n' roll deity. An e ... More >>

Rock Picks: The Kills, Lady Sovereign, Fischerspooner, the Dears

Also, Sun Kil Moon, St. Vincent, Alexandra Hope and others

Rock Picks: Winifred E. Eye, Stagecoach, Marianne Dissard, Thao

Also, Franz Nicolay, Sweet, Tinted Windows and others

Rock Picks: Mark Eitzel, Wanda Jackson, Dan Deacon, Heartless Bastards

Plus, Hecuba, James Pants, Angus & Julia Stone and others

Rock Picks: Leonard Cohen, Wavves, Los Fabulosos Cadillacs, Britney Spears

Also, The Henry Clay People, Vetiver, Mad Professor and others

Rock Picks: Acid Mothers Temple, Kate Maki, Marissa Nadler, Mirah

Also, Jesca Hoop, Jerkagram, Puscifer and others

SXSW Buzz Alert: The Henry Clay People on the Verge, Playing Aquarium Drunkard/My Old Kentucky Blog Party

One of the most buzzed LA bands going right now is The Henry Clay People, whose debut on Autumn Tone Records has set them on a crash course with ... something. Rumors are swirling about them signing today with a big name management company, and their gigs here will no doubt be teeming with executi ... More >>

Henry Clay People Sidelined: Fistfights and Drinking in Fort Collins, Colorado?

Kevin Bronson over at Buzzbands has reprinted an email sent from Henry Clay People, who have been touring with the Airborne Toxic Event. Seems ATE kingpin Mikel Jollett is sidelined with laryngitis, and while the two groups are awaiting his recovery, shit's going down with HCP.

Last Night: Airborne Toxic Event Return to LA

Timothy NorrisAirborne Toxic Event backstage at their show at the Wiltern in the fall By Jeff Miller Awkward homecomings can be harrowing for anyone, but for the Airborne Toxic Event -- whose spiral to rock stardom on the heels of their fantastic, ubiquitous, Arcade-Fire-biting single "Sometime Ar ... More >>

Aquarium Drunkard/Autumn Tone Preps Release of 'Ram in LA,' a Cali Tribute to McCartney's Classic

The best cover version we've heard this year is, by far, the Radar Bros.' version of Paul McCartney's "Uncle Albert/Admiral Halsey," which you'll soon be able to hear courtesy of Autumn Tone Records, home to both Le Switch (who continue their residency at Spaceland tonight) and the Henry Clay Peop ... More >>

LA LA: Weiss' Top 10 Local Albums of 2008

How last month of me....However, since I sleep on the hometown scene all-too-frequently, consider this mild penance. 10. Dengue Fever-Venus on Earth (M80) Dreamy and druggy psychedelia built on a bedrock worship of 60s Cambodian pop, and the ethereal buoyancy of Chom Nmol's voice. Adorned w ... More >>

Henry Clay People Debut New Line-Up at Spaceland

The Henry Clay People Spaceland, Saturday, January 10th (all photos by Timothy Norris) The third of five new songs that the reconfigured Henry Clay People debuted at Spaceland starts with the lyric, "It was the end of an empire," a frighteningly zeitgeist-seizing sentiment made all the more poign ... More >>

LA Songs of the Year: K-Bro at Buzzbands Offers His Take

(The Henry Clay People perform at the Echoplex) Yeah, we're sick of all the lists, too, for sure. But if you want a definitive podcast of some of Los Angeles' best guitar songs of the year, Kevin Bronson at Buzzbands recently offered his definitive take. Notable absences: anything from any of t ... More >>

Rock Picks: The Wailers, Thelonious Dub, Halfmonk, Mike Watt & the Secondmen

Plus, Good for the Jews, Legowelt, Resistant Culture, and others

Pacific Heights: L.A. Weekly's Top 10 L.A. Recordings of 2008

No Age, Chapin Sisters, Mia Doi Todd, the Knux, Flying Lotus, Madlib and more

Rock Picks: Orphics, Roky Erickson, Madonna

Also, Linda Ronstadt, Rise Against and more

Rock Picks: B.B. King, Matmos, Coldplay

Also, Supergrass, Ratatat, the Duke Spirit

Sunset Junction Schedule: Black Keys, Broken Social Scene, Antibalas, !!!

Ahh, Sunset Junction. Leather daddies and 100 degree heat. Crappy carnival rides and an ever-increasing admission price that pisses off the locals. Still it's usually prettygood music. Here's this year's line-up: They've posted the schedule at their site and it's got some good stuff. Entranc ... More >>

Tonight in LA: Le Switch at the Echo, Harvey Sid Fisher at Pehrspace and Mezzanine Owls at Spaceland

Big ass night for Los Angeles music. If you're in from out of town, you picked a good frickin' Monday to be here. Fortify with a big dinner cuz there's no cover and you can whoop it up tonight and spend all your money on booze and cigarettes. Le Switch Top on the list is the great quadruple bill ... More >>

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