Jenny Lewis

Best of Coachella 2013: Weekend Two

The Visual Stimulations for People Who Were High Coachella's art installations -- the ones designed to impress you while you're high, aka all of them -- were particularly impressive this year. There was the tesla coil, the crane that was formerly a flower but now a praying mantis, the giant floresce ... More >>

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 >>

The 20 Best Albums Not in the Canon: The Complete List

*Top 20 Worst Bands of All Time *Top 20 Musicians of All Time, in Any Genre *Top 20 Sexiest Female Musicians of All Time *Top 20 Sexiest Male Musicians of All Time A few months back Rolling Stone put out their updated 500 Greatest Albums of All Time list. (Here's a quickly-scannable version; Sgt. P ... More >>

Top 20 Albums Not In The Canon: 20-11

*Top 20 Worst Bands of All Time *Top 20 Musicians of All Time, in Any Genre *Top 20 Sexiest Female Musicians of All Time *Top 20 Sexiest Male Musicians of All Time A few months back Rolling Stone put out their updated 500 Greatest Albums of All Time list. (Here's a quickly-scannable version; Sgt. P ... More >>

Jenny Lewis: After Rilo Kiley

Jenny Lewis, Ab-Soul, Céu

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

Haim: Three Sisters On The Ascent

Bella LieberbergEste, Alana and Danielle Haim​"It's hysterical to think about now," says Danielle Haim, guitarist from Los Angeles band Haim. "But honestly we never even knew we could make money playing shows. We played for free so many times that we could have gotten paid; I felt bad even ask ... More >>

Regent Theatre in Downtown L.A. to Become Performance Venue

Downtown's Regent Theatre -- a Skid Row echo of the movie palaces on Broadway just a couple of blocks west -- has been a first-run cinema, a warehouse, and during the porn heyday of the '70s and '80s, even an adult theatre. Most recently, it's been the site of one-off concerts brought by various pro ... More >>

Music Picks: X, Lucinda Williams, Jackie DeShannon, Fujiya & Miyagi

Also, Dengue Fever, Jessie Baylin, Reigning Sound, Black Bananas and others

Music Picks: Shelby Lynne, Marsha Ambrosius, John Scofield Quartet, Wiz Khalifa

Also, Leon Russell, Chris Brown, Azar Lawrence Quintet and others

Music Picks: Los Lobos, Lord Huron, Calculator, Exmortus

Also, Yes, Styx, the Naked and Famous and others

Ximena Sariñana at The Echoplex 7/16/11

Erica E. PhilliipsXimena Sariñana​WHO: Ximena Sariñana WHERE: The Echoplex WHEN: 7/16/11 Better than... the movies. Cut from a similar dainty-floral-patterned cloth as Zooey Deschanel and Jenny Lewis, child actress turned cheerful indie darling Ximena Sariñana has led an ... More >>

Live Review: Jenny & Johnny at the Music Box at the Henry Fonda Theater

Falling James​ It turns out that you can go home again, especially if you're Jenny Lewis and Johnathan Rice, it's the last night of your national tour, and you're in front of an adoring hometown crowd. The musical and romantic duo pulled unexpected rarities out of their set-list bag for the oc ... More >>

Music Picks: Matt & Kim, Partch, Booker T, Motley Crue,

Also, Spain, Civil Wars, Bruno Mars and others

Music Picks: Talib Kweli, Pete Yorn, Lucy Schwartz

Also Rise Against, Piney Gir, Deradoorian and others

The Belle Brigade: All in the Family

Sibling act is not afraid to suck

Tonight: Seven Saturdays, Herbie Hancock celebration, Ty Segall, Princeton, Busdriver

May we invite Jonathan D. Haskell inside your head? It'll only take a few minutes, really. There. Now relax. Haskell makes ambient music under the name Seven Saturdays, the kind of stuff that belongs in movies that haven't been made yet, or maybe even imagined. His orchestrated tomes are are par ... More >>

Music Picks: Ida & Michael Hurley, Rasputina, Hercules & the Love Affair

Also, Natalie Merchant, Earthless, Seu Jorge & Almaz and others

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 >>

Destination Coachella

L.A. bands take to the desert for three days of music overload

Tonight: Watson Twins Get Soulful at Largo @ the Coronet

​Originally from Kentucky but by now thoroughly Silverlake, the Watson Twins had their big break back in 2006 as featured collaborators on Jenny Lewis' Rabbit Fur Coat album. Chandra and Leigh Watson had been on the scene for years before that milestone, but their gig with the Rilo Kiley sing ... More >>

Jenny Lewis and Friends Present 'Song Circle for Haiti'

Jenny Lewis and Friends Present 'Song Circle for Haiti' Tuesday at Largo

Listen: Four Songs From New Jason Boesel (Rilo Kiley) LP [MP3]

Butch Hogan​Longtime drummer for Rilo Kiley and frequent time-keeper to various Conor Oberst-led outfits, Jason Boesel, is releasing his debut solo album next Tuesday, but music fans can hear four songs from Hustler's Son right now. The first three -- "French Kissing," "Black Waves," and "Ne ... More >>

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

Rock Picks: Loudon Wainwright III & Richard Thompson, Miss Jilly, Mission of Burma, The Mountain Goats

Rock Picks: Jon Brion, Andrew Bird, Tortoise, Vice Squad

Also, Beyonce, the Datsuns, the Veils, the Germs and others

Coachella Day 2: Jenny Lewis on God, Love, Family and Travel

Timothy NorrisCoachella nights, bathed in tattoo blue. Out under the stars, Jenny Lewis' songs about God, love, family and travel sounded divine. Her coutry-tinged rock 'n' roll, even at its most bar-room raucous, gave the impression of a fireside gathering led by a counselor with a flair (and grea ... 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

LA at SXSW Tip #4: Dawes, a Fine Purveyor of West Coast Harmonies

Dawes "Love is All I am" from THE FEAR on Vimeo. In our ongoing effort to highlight a few of Los Angeles' rising and/or under-appreciated and/or overlooked artists heading to Texas this week for the SXSW Music Festival, we bring you Dawes. MySpace-profile views: 123,340 Dawes could only spring fr ... More >>

West Coast Sound: An L.A. Music Pro's Guide to South by Southwest

Ten to watch: The next Ford jingle?

L.A. in the Glossies: The Laurel Canyon Scene and Flying Lotus Both Get Good Ink

Two east coast glossies recently shipped in to chime in on some LA sounds, both of which offer nice snapshots of LA music goings on. The first is Sasha Frere Jones' New Yorker piece on Flying Lotus, whose Los Angeles is popping up on a lot of year-end best of lists. The second is Jenny Eliscu's ... More >>

LA Live! Opening

Downtown and out — L.A.'s urban renaissance

Rock Picks: Orphics, Roky Erickson, Madonna

Also, Linda Ronstadt, Rise Against and more

Rock Picks: The Kooks, Neil Young, Jerry Cole Memorial

Also, Kaki King, The Notwist and more

Live in LA: Rilo Kiley, Greek Theatre, June 18

Rilo Kiley, with Benji Hughes and Lavender Diamond, the Greek Theatre, June 18, 2008 By Chris Martins Photos by Timothy Norris Rilo Kiley can be a touchy band for discerning denizens of this city. The oft-exaggerated Hollywood ties (“a band full of child actors!”), the early jump to a succes ... More >>

Rock Picks: The Ting Tings, The Fratellis, Rilo Kiley

Also, Nico Vega, Martha Wainwright and more

Record Reviews: Man Man, Tokyo Police Club, Roommate

Also, Langhorne Slim, Sub Rosa's Noise Anthology and MP3s

SXSW Round-Up: The Kills Put On The Best Show Of SXSW By A Band Not Named My Morning Jacket…And Why Jenny Lewis Isn't the Hottest Woman In Indie Rock

Unlike Sasha Frere-Jones, my main gripe with indie rock don't stem from it's lack of blackness. More than anything, I have trouble dealing with the idea that Jenny Lewis is indiedom's official pin-up girl. No joke, I think she won first in the 2006 Stereogum poll and came in second in 2007. The w ... More >>

Rock Picks

For February 1�8

Rock Picks

For the week of Nov. 30 � Dec. 7

Forget About Your Cares, it Is Time to Relax at the Junction (Sunset Junction)

Eat Books, Save Lives

Twin Stars

Leigh & Chandra Watson are more than indie-rock backup singers. The Watson Twins are magical

Rock Picks

For the week of March 17 - 23

Rock Picks

For February 3 - 10

Rock & Pop Listings

For January 27 - February 2, 2006 Country listings follow.

Babyshambles, Dueling Indie Babes, and 50 Cent Does Bat Mitzvah (No Shit)

The Story in the Soil

The Omaha rock scene, the world of the flyover people, the future of the music business, and one vicious head wound

Burning Questions

Knock 'Em Dead, Kid