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Jeff Hanneman Remembered By Titans of Metal

Slayer guitarist Jeff Hanneman passed last week. He died of liver failure, at the Hemet Valley Memorial Hospital. He was 49. Although the rhythmic heart and soul of one of the heaviest bands in modern music, Hanneman was known as a soft-spoken, easygoing dude. See also: Our Jeff Hanneman obituar ... More >>

The Best Concerts to See in Los Angeles This Weekend

Friday, April 20 The Call THE TROUBADOUR The Call couldn't have imagined its rousing song "Let the Day Begin" would be the rally cry for not one (Al Gore) but two (Tom Vilsack) presidential campaigns. The Northern California group, who came into their own in the 1980s, haven't had a release since 2 ... More >>

Worst of Coachella: Weekend One

Daft Punk Fake-Out Friday and Saturday, all anyone could talk about was if Daft Punk was going to show up during Phoenix's set. Why? Because we were fucking teased. On the main stage before the Yeah Yeah Yeahs, a long commercial for their new album played, and then we found out that members of the ... More >>

Worst Idea Ever: Travel Dating Site Calls Coachella a Great First Date

Ladies travel site Misstravel.com recently named named Coachella the number one music festival at which to go on a first date. For so many reasons, this is a terrible idea. Issue number one is that unless you have some day pass scenario worked out, a first date at Coachella means that you're autom ... More >>

Top 5 Huell Howser Food Episodes: In Memoriam

As many Angelenos probably already know, Huell Howser died Sunday night at the age of 67. In memoriam, we thought we'd channel-surf through some episodes of Howser's KCET series California's Gold, which have covered myriad subjects over the course of the beloved reporter's long career -- Howser onl ... More >>

Music Cruises Hit the High Seas, But Who Can Afford Them?

All aboard a tiny, star-packed boat

Stagecoach 2013 Lineup Announced

The lineup for Stagecoach 2013 has been announced. It will be held April 26-28, 2013 at the Empire Polo Club in Indio. See also: *Stagecoach Festival: The Fashion Report *Stagecoach Festival: The Music *Johnny Cash's Anti-Semitism Touched On In New Documentary The headliners are Toby Keith on F ... More >>

Top Five Reasons Electric Daisy Carnival Rules

Sure, we have our issues with the predictability of Electric Daisy Carnival's lineup this year: With the likes of Tiesto, David Guetta and Afrojack on the bill, it was about as surprising as taxes. The talent seemed to reflect Coachella's lineup in April which, in turn, mirrored last year's EDC. We ... More >>

Coachella 2013 Dates Announced: Tickets Go On Sale Thursday

See also: *Top Ten Awkward Coachella Dance Move GIFs *Our complete Coachella coverage UPDATE: General admission passes are $349, including all fees. Next year's installment of Coachella will once again be held over two weekends, April 12-14, 2013 and April 19-21, 2013. Tickets go on sale this Thu ... More >>

Cocaine Worth $5 Million Seized by California Agents in Bellflower, Bell Gardens, Kamala Harris Says

Das alotta coca my frengs.​Huge cocaine bust announced today: 51 kilos were seized by state agents in Bellflower and Bell Gardens. And the dope was linked, according to the office of state Attorney General Kamala Harris, to Mexico's Gaudalajara Cartel. Total worth? About $5 million, according ... More >>

Glen Hartford's Hollywood Dream and How It Came to Ruin

Music Picks: Katy Perry, Phish, Deerhunter, Sia, Warped Tour

Also, Big Audio Dynamite, Jill Scott, Cypress Hill and others

Nancy Rommelmann's The Bad Mother and the Boulevard of Broken Crank Vials

​ As a journalist for several outlets, including this one, Nancy Rommelmann covered the gritty and the glamorous sides of Los Angeles. Now with her debut novel, The Bad Mother, she chronicles the lives of Hollywood street kids, crank vials and all. Rommelmann, who's relocated to Portland, Or ... More >>

The Boulevard of Broken Crank Vials

EXCLUSIVE: Metallica's Lars Ulrich On Surviving the Big 4 and the Roots of Thrash

Warner Bros.Metallica's Lars Ulrich​Months of anticipation came to an explosive finish in the California desert on Saturday night, as Metallica closed their "Big 4" thrash-fest with a thundering "Seek & Destroy" for 50,000 weary headbangers spread across Empire Polo Field in Indio. By acknowle ... More >>

Big 4 Recap: Backstage, Onstage and Caught in a Mosh at Metal's Biggest Event

Paul HebertDesert Thrashers: Metallica's Kirk Hammett and James Hetfield​Thrash has become the music of brotherly love. Backstage at the Big 4 fest on Saturday, all four of the day's speedy metal acts gathered for a quick group portrait with photographer Ross Halfin. And standing tall at the c ... More >>

EXCLUSIVE: Megadeth's Dave Mustaine On Embracing the Big 4 and Finally Getting Over Metallica

Stephanie CabralFlame-haired shredder Dave Mustaine and Megadeth​ Of all the musicians onstage at Saturday's epic Big 4 Festival of thrash, Dave Mustaine arrives with the most complicated history. He is an essential figure within this loud-fast genre of metal, and the originator of a certain ... More >>

Swedish House Mafia's Steve Angello: The Swedish Godfather

Despite the rumors, Coachella may have not lost its edge — it just relocated to the dance tent

Lina Lecaro's Coachella Do's and Don'ts

Lina Lecaro ​ Ready and rarin' to go for Coachella? If you packed days ago, and are heading up today, then you probably are. Goodie for you. But those preparing to battle traffic tonight or tomorrow, well, you might need a little planning help. As a seasoned Coachella vet we've done it all (of ... More >>

10 Fashion Combinations You Will Find this Year (and Every Year) at Coachella

Jena Ardell.​ It's that time of the year again, when 25,000-100,000 music lovers make the magical pilgrimage to Indio, California in order to attend the Woodstock of the desert--Coachella. And everyone knows, hipsters and Coachella go together like peanut butter and jelly. Coachella is a hips ... More >>

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

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

One Foot Out the Door

Grandpa John Steppling comes home, for a while

L.A. City Pensioner Lonnie Franklin Jr.

Grim Sleeper suspect will haul in $1 million from taxpayers and city

Al Jazeera presents: A Theme Song for the Icelandic Volcano (WTF)

File under: the world is a deeply weird place. Here's a little theme song for the Icelandic volcano Eyjafjallajokull ("pronounced ay-uh-fyat-luh-yoe-kuutl-ul") sung by Eliza Geirsdottir Newman and her magical ukelele (or toy guitar--we can't really tell). Adding to the weirdness, it comes to us co ... More >>

Coachella vs. Comic-Con: Are the Two That Different?

The similarities between music festivals and fandom conventions are remarkable. Both center around a need for community. You go to hang out with your friends and meet new people who have similar interests. Both have scenes surrounding them. Just as there are people who hop from one convention to the ... More >>

BREAKING: PiL Opening 2010 US Tour in LA

Butterface: UK Dairy Spokesperson (and PiL Frontman) John Lydon​Public Image LTD (PiL), the post-punk art-rock project John Lydon (aka Johnny Rotten) created as a much smarter but less catchy followup to the gamechanging Sex Pistols, will now begin its upcoming US tour not at Coachella, as had ... More >>

Halloween in LA: The Recap

Patrick Range McDonald​Now that the costume stress and sugar rush are history, take some time to check out LA Weekly's Halloween party coverage.

Phish at Coachella, Day 3: First-Ever All-Acoustic Set, Not All Mind-Blowing

Read Jeff Miller's overview of the first evening of Phish's three-night stint at the Coachella grounds, and read his recap of day two. Jeff MillerHugs and drugs​Sometimes, being a Phish fan is kind of like being a parent: your kid presents you with a completely ridiculous challenge ("Mom, mo ... More >>

Living Large: A Sous Chef at Cut Does Coachella, Creates Midnight Feasts, Trusty Crock Pot Involved

Imagine that table filled with eight tired but overjoyed Coachellans This past weekend at the Coachella Music and Arts Festival in Indio was pretty memorable: Leonard Cohen at sunset; singer/vegan Morrissey's classic between-song nugget of food criticism directed at the BBQ shack -- "I smell burnin ... More >>

Over the Weekend: RIP J.G. Ballard, Three Days of Coachella Madness, Plus Zombie Invasion at Fangoria Convention

We don't know about you but we are the very definition of exhausted. Three days of music, parties and the desert heat at the 10th annual Coachella Music and Arts Festival in Indio has left us completely wiped. But damn if we didn't get some great coverage while we were there. Randall Roberts put tog ... More >>

Ten Coachella Picks: Ariel Pink, Genghis Tron, Vivian Girls, Mastodon

Plus, A Place to Bury Strangers, Mexican Institute of Sound, Gui Boratto, MSTRKFT and more

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

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

Great Beginnings: An Obama Camelot?

Historical allusions cling to Barack Obama and they usually compare the president-elect with Lincoln or FDR. Not a few writers have drawn parallels between Obama and John F. Kennedy, which, together with this pre-inaugural season, have reminded me of how the late David Halberstam had opened his Vie ... More >>

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Concerts Clubs Other Rock & Pop

Brothers in Arms

The Cribs look to extend their family

¡Ask a Mexican!

Does the logo stay or go?

Separated at Birth

Kevin and Kimberly were twins whose lives were shaped by the desert and loss, but that’s where the similarities ended

Weird Scenes Inside the Silver Mine

From old-school heads to prepubescent punks, Silver Lake is where L.A.’s indie rock heart still beats

Music Picks

For the week of April 28 - May 4

Astroturf Wars

The fight is on to halt a subdivision near Joshua Tree

Rock & Pop Listings

For Feb 17 - 23

Virgin / Whore

The Catholic Church and women — can’t live with ’em, can’t live without ’em

The Closing of the American Mouth

Hunter S. Thompson’s last laugh

Tribal Warfare

It’s Indian vs. Indian with Arnold in the middle, as the fight over the flood of money from reservation casinos heats up

Larger Than Life

Casting shadows with Fatso Jetson

The Dangerous Lives of Desert Boys

Forty days and forty nights with Queens of the Stone Age

Body of Work

Jorge Rivero, king of the real Mexican cinema

Demons on Broadway

Miracles. Exorcism. Catholic-bashing. Going for broke in the Universal Church.