Interpol (Band)

Beachwood Sparks Are One of L.A.'s Most Influential Bands You Don't Know

With folk music back in the mainstream consciousness via acts like Bon Iver and Fleet Foxes, the timing for Beachwood Sparks' reunion is right. "I think we were one of the bands that paved the way for that," founding member and bassist Brent Rademaker tells us. He's excited to talk about their new a ... More >>

Luka Magnotta, L.A. Gay Porn Star, Wanted by Interpol for Mailing Bloody Foot, Hand to Canadian Capital

L.A. weirdos really don't get any weirder than this. Luka Rocco Magnotta, formerly a Los Angeles-based gay porn star (or, according to his Facebook profile, a "male model" who's had plastic surgery to look like James Dean), is now on Interpol's international watch list, reportedly on suspicion of c ... More >>

Black Moth Super Rainbow - The Echoplex - 5/12/12

Black Moth Super Rainbow The Echoplex 5/12/12 Better than: watching Usher sing over watered-down techno on Saturday Night Live. In a rare live appearance at the Echoplex on Saturday, enigmatic psych-pop band Black Moth Super Rainbow exceeded their fans' expectations with a mind-expanding performan ... More >>

The Death Letters and Cameras - Culture Collide Festival - October 8, 2011

See also: *Culture Collide Festival Preview: Let's Get International *Culture Collide Festival review: Liam Finn, Rainbow Arabia, Guineafowl, The Awkwards perform on October 6, 2011 The Death Letters and Cameras 321 Lounge at TAIX October 8, 2011 Better than...that high school house party where yo ... More >>

Music Picks: Willie Nelson's Country Throwdown, Yellow Magic Orchestra, Holly Golightly & the Brokeoffs, Peter Murphy

Also, Erykah Badu, Andre Williams, Animals & Men and others

Nic Harcourt Wants His MTV: Tastemaker Leaves KCRW for New Gig

​Influential music tastemaker Nic Harcourt will be leaving L.A.'s KCRW after more than a decade for a new gig at MTV, the Santa Monica-based station announced Thursday. Harcourt served as Music Director and host of "Morning Becomes Eclectic" for ten years before ceding the position to Jason ... More >>

Top Five Tips Festivals Should Take from Primavera Sound

Andrea DomanickBig Boi at 2 a.m., BFFs 4 lyfe: the party don't stop at Barcelona's Primavera Sound​The past couple of years have seen a proliferation of summer festivals in the U.S., but many have been accompanied by a proliferation of financial swindles, musical shortcomings and logistical fo ... More >>

Sunday is World Goth Day! DJ Cruel Britannia and Martin Oldgoth on "Darkly-Inclined Lifestyles"

World Goth Day​Did you know that May 22 is World Goth Day? Yes, it's true. The annual celebration of the international goth scene began in 2009 and was spearheaded by two U.K. DJs, DJ Cruel Britannia and martin oldgoth (intentionally all lowercase). It began with a day of special programming o ... More >>

Music Picks: Coachella, Girls in Trouble, Ms. Lauryn Hill, Paul Simon

Also, Mary Anne Hobbs, Yoni Wolf, Emmylou Harris and others

What to Eat in the Desert: The Coachella 2011 Food List

​ Coachella 2011 starts tomorrow, so if you, along with a disproportionate number of other people in this town, are currently packing your car with permissible gear (no weapons, no drugs, no flags, no outside food, no stuffed animals) and all your Kanye and Arcade Fire and Interpol t-shirts, y ... More >>

Ten European Artists You Should Have Heard By Now

Parisian rapper Rohff​In the States, it's easy to be stuck in the bubble of our domestic music. Sadly, many European artists have a difficult time breaking into the North American market. Often, this stems from the language barrier, but it can also be due to the straight-up oddball nature of t ... More >>

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

Also, Savage Republic, Tanya Morgan, the Church, the Fling 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 >>

Music Picks: Repeater, Project Blowed 16th Anniversary, Infected Mushroom

Also, Riot Grrl Christmas Carnival, Captain Ahab and others

Teenage Flan-club? Sebadohnut? Fat & Kim? The Wacky World of #fatindiebands

#FatIndieBands Exposes the Genius of Fat & Kim, Teenage Flan-club & Sebadohnut

Joy Division's Peter Hook: "We Wanted to Sound Like The Damned and The Sex Pistols"

​After a Joy Division U.S. tour was thwarted 30 years ago, the opportunity for most Americans to hear the band's 1979 debut album live was, much like its title, an unknown pleasure. For the past several months, Peter Hook -- without fellow Joy Division/New Order members Bernard Sumner and Step ... More >>

EXCLUSIVE Interpol Interview: Paul Banks on Rebooting the Interpol Franchise, Life After Carlos, and Clarifying His Feelings about Women and Drugs

Jelle WagenaarInterpol: Rebooted​ Interpol headlines the Greek Theatre this Saturday, October 23rd, with openers White Rabbits. After cycling through his Manhattan neighborhood, Interpol singer and guitarist Paul Banks arrives at his destination to make final preparations before boarding a pl ... More >>

Music Picks: Batusis, Interpol, Minus the Bear

Also, Taj Mahal, Shakira, Sufjan Stevens and others

Tonight: Superchunk, Broken Social Scene, Manu Chao, Deer Tick, Interpol, Ra Ra Riot

Jason ArthursSuperchunk​The most treacherous territory Superchunk had to negotiate to make Majesty Shredding, the band's first album in nine years, had nothing to do with music. It was -- and you aspiring rockers can relate -- those pesky day jobs. Frontman Mac McCaughan and bassist Laura Ba ... More >>

Music Picks: Plastic Ono Band, Ooh La LA Fest, Belle & Sebastian

Also, Marianne Dissard, Bad Company, Matador 21 and others

Interpol: Live Performance and Interview on Morning Becomes Eclectic

Interpol Live Performance and Interview on Morning Becomes Eclectic

Tonight: Wait. Think. Fast., David Gray, Funeral Party, Free Energy, Crooked Fingers

Jessica CastroWait. Think. Fast.​As it might be with a lot of husband-and-wife musical collaborators who populate our fair city (the Submarines and the Weepies come to mind), it must be tough being the family cat when the creative juices are flowing in the Matthew Beighley/Jacqueline Santillan ... More >>

Music Picks: John Lee Hooker Jr., Faun Fables, Tribute to Dolly Parton

Also, Ray LaMontagne, Wait. Think. Fast., Crooked Fingers and others

Nightranger: Gamer Gauche

Bassist Wanted: Interpol's Carlos D. Retires, Band Seeks Replacement

Bassist Wanted: Interpol's Carlos D. Retires, Band Seeks Replacement

It's a Beautiful World

Club Hypothetical: What's the One Album That a New Goth Fan Should Own?

Trends may come and go, but there will always be young people gravitating towards music that's dark, dramatic and a little raw around the edges. Though the kids dressed in black now might be more into Interpol, The Killers and AFI than Joy Division, The Cure and Sisters of Mercy, they're probably re ... More >>

Pop Noir: Interview FREE Download

Jack Coleman​ Though twin brothers Joe and Luke McGarry have been playing together as Pop Noir for roughly five years, it wasn't until yesterday that their group, rounded out by drummer Nico Saavedra, released its first single. Those who have had the chance to catch Pop Noir at their fairly re ... More >>

FYF Fest 2009: Parks and Inspiration

Event's new mission: Save Our State Parks (and deliver a mind-bending roster of punk, electronics and noise)

ROCK PICKS: CEU, GIRL IN A COMA, COLDPLAY, GRAVEYARD

Also, Amadou & Mariam,The Pains of Being Pure, Jason Collett, The Smithereens, and others.

Coachella Sunday: No Holding Back Public Enemy, The Cure, The Horrors, K'Naan

Anyone who's ever been to Coachella knows it leaves you with a special brand of Monday morning pain. This 3 day monster will test even the fittest, most fervent music fan. For most attendees this was a call-in-sick day, a day of rest and merciful silence. Or, if you did the weary drive home today li ... More >>

Morgan vs. Foretich Twenty Years Later

A mother and daughter whose abuse story gripped the globe are making it in L.A.

Generation n: Monthly Party Automatico Cultivates a Spanglish Underground

DJ/promoter Ané didn't have high expectations for the night. It was the Saturday following Christmas, typically a dead weekend for nightclubs in a place where everyone seems to be from some other city, and the aftermath of a storm caused the temperature to drop below 40 degrees, something that co ... More >>

Timewarp: Where Old Instruments Go to Live Again

Back to the bylophone

Last Night: War Tapes Get Deft 'n Dramatic at Club Moscow, September 24

It's a joy to watch War Tapes' self-esteem and song craft increasingly outshine their CD collections. While the local quartet’s early efforts (like "Supposed Human," aired tonight) might have had Interpol's attorneys reaching for the phones, lately their hefty hooks, deft ‘n dramatic dynamics a ... More >>

Von Bondies, Safari Sam's, 5/23

Bondies Battle On It’s been nearly 4 years since The Von Bondies breakthrough Pawn Shoppe Heart helped them pierce the indie-rock bubble of obscurity –due both to infectious pop grinders on that disc like the buoyant single “C’mon C’mon” and (according to Jack White, at least) -the wide ... More >>

Myspace Taste of the Week

I'd like to think that I'm way more popular in real life than I am on Myspace. I've only got like 50 friends, but that's probably because I only say yes to requests from peeps who truly are friends. Call me a weirdo. Anyway, the pals I do have, happen to have thousands of friends and way too much ... More >>

Down on Main Street

A guide to living among the crack addicts, mentally ill, homeless and young-pros-on-the-go in a changing downtown

Mex 2 the Max

Demonios en la calle Broadway

Milagros, exorcismos, anticatolicismo: cómo irse a la ruina en la Iglesia Universal del Reino de Dios por Joseph Treviño