Jimmy Tamborello

Ben Gibbard: Folks' Obsession With My Personal Life Is Disappointing

Amidst a divorce with Zooey Deschanel, Death Cab For Cutie frontman Ben Gibbard soldiers on, focusing on a solo project, following baseball blogs, and jogging. Though the first single from his recently-released solo album "Teardrop Windows" has folks assuming that he's jumped back on the emo train, ... 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 >>

Sun Araw, Eagles of Death Metal, Lil' Kim

Also, Harry Partch's Bitter Music, Jonneine Zapata, Alan Pasqua Trio and others

Music Picks: Janet Jackson, John Escreet Quartet, DJ Quik, Charles Bradley

Also, Charlie Haden Quartet West, John Williams, Philip Glass and others

Everything You Wanted To Know About Death Cab But Were Too Emo To Ask

This right here is my swag​I know this is going to sound like a lowball estimate, but there are approximately 102,000 little brothers in the United States. I know this because Codes & Keys moved 102 large in its first week, and the general consensus amongst your friends who "know better" is th ... More >>

DJ of the Week: Dublab's Co-Founder Frosty

​ dublab has been an internet radio station for over ten years now, pioneering the format and introducing L.A.--and the world--to up-and-coming acts from all genres of music. Hip hop, psyche, jazz, funk, punk, beat--you name it, and it's streamed on dublab.com. Flying Lotus, the Gaslamp Kille ... More >>

Listen: New Dntel Tracks From Upcoming Album "After Parties" (Free MP3)

Listen: New Dntel Tracks From Upcoming Album "After Parties" (Free MP3)

Postal Service Producer's 'Paparazzi' Remix Turns Lady Gaga into a Chillwave Laurie Anderson

Lady Gaga meets Dntel in his chillwavey, beat-loving "Paparazzi" remix.​Whoa. Via a new video, the beatsmith behind the Postal Service drops an unauthorized remix of Lady Gaga's "Paparazzi" that reimagines the pop star as a Laurie Anderson type. [We apologize for doubling up on Dntel news, bu ... More >>

Music Picks: Liz Phair, the Weepies, Tom Tom Club, Evan Voytas

Also, the Lee Boys, Klaxons, Macy Gray, Eels and others

Tonight: The xx, Warpaint, Tommy Keene, Dntel, the Airborne Toxic Event

Timothy NorrisThe xx​Our favorite first reaction to the music of The xx came from an obviously hopeless romantic we stood with at a South by Southwest show who deadpanned, "I don't know, I think I like my x's with o's." But that's tangential to the big news of the day -- the black-dressed thr ... More >>

Listen: L.A. Beat Star Baths Gets Remixed by Postal Service Producer Dntel on 'Rain Smell'

Dntel remixes Baths' "Rain Smell"​When the stars align, great things happen. L.A. beat-maker/songwriter Baths, a.k.a. Will Wiesenfeld is a young man whose star is most definitely on the rise. And Dntel, a.k.a. Jimmy Tamborello, is already a burning sun as far as electronic music heads, Dubl ... More >>

Theater Reviews: The Mystery Plays, The Arsonists, There Is Truth, Love Is Real

Also, Richard & Felix: Twilight in Venice, The Drawer Boy and more

Stage Raw: The Mystery Plays

COMPREHENSIVE THEATER LISTINGSNEW THEATER REVIEWSTHIS WEEK'S STAGE FEATURE ON THE L.A. WEEKLY THEATER AWARDSNEW REVIEW GO THE MYSTERY PLAYS ​Photo by Dlugolecki Photography Though its title alludes to the Biblical pageants of Medieval Europe, playwright Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa's 2002 pair of sup ... More >>

Give Up!: Top Five Sad Songs, Picked by Dublab's Frosty and Dntel

Just give up. Do it.​Mark "Frosty" McNeil will be spinning at "GIVE UP -- stop dancing and cry...," dublab's regular "dj's-on-a -bummer" night at the Hyperion Tavern this coming Sunday, March 21st. WCS interviewed him this week about this peculiar event. What is "Give Up"? Give Up is an expl ... More >>

Calling All Kids Celebrates One Year with Dntel, Pretzels

Over the past year, West Coast Sound has hipped you to a number of free nights thrown by Calling All Kids. The weekly event -- Friday nights at Silver Lake's Hyperion Tavern -- has featured DJ sets from Flying Lotus and Lucky Dragons, plus live performances by Nite Jewel and Serengeti, among others, ... More >>

A Decade of Dublab

Celebrating Los Angeles’ most inspiring, intuitive and tasteful music collective

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

Jimmy Tamborello's Excellent Old/New School 'Dying Songs' Mix at XLR8R

Are me and Jimmy Tamborello the only people who appreciate the power and glory of Susumu Yokota? Holy crap, that fella can make some beautiful music. Tamborello usually does his dying mixes for Dublab, but he's tossed off an excellent, gorgeous mix for XLR8R that the zine has on its site right now. ... More >>

New Postal Service Record in the 21st Century? Perhaps, Perhaps Not

We keep waiting and waiting, the indie-geek version of hair-metal freaks wondering about Chinese Democracy, for the follow-up to the great first Postal Service album. Every once in a while a little tidbit of news will come from either singer Ben Gibbard or producer (and LA native) Jimmy Tamborello ... More >>

Hard Music Fest, Awakening, Wet and Glow

A big night for dance-music devotees

Rock Picks: The Kooks, Super Furry Animals, Willie Nelson and more

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Crossroads in the Choir

The future folk of Mia Doi Todd

Every Now and Then He Falls Apart

Seeing Bright Eyes in the big picture

Modestly Universal

Choking With Rage

Amon Tobin goes for the jungular

Burning Questions