Joan Jett

Dave Grohl On His Film Tribute to the Studio That Gave the World Nevermind

By Whitney Friedlander The lobby of Dave Grohl's Northridge-based 606 Studios has a Joan Jett book on the coffee table and a row of classic arcade games like Donkey Kong Jr. against one wall. On top of a photo booth sits an iconic "Moonman" MTV Video Music Award, festooned with a roll of toilet pap ... More >>

Music Picks: John Beasley, Down, and Tift Merritt

Culture Collide Festival - Zola Jesus, Resplandor - 10/5/2012

Zola Jesus, Dean Wareham, Resplandor, The Balconies Culture Collide Festival 10/5/2012 Better Than... losing the last round of Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego? on live TV. Friendly folks came to Echo Park this weekend from far flung places to play the Culture Collide festival. Sure, there ... More >>

LACMA Rock Parties at 'Rockapalooza' in Bixby Knolls, With Pet Rocks, Arby's and The Flintstones

"You remember the Emperor's New Clothes?" asked B.T. Tuggle, secretary of the Bixby Knolls Kiwanis Club. He set up a table Wednesday on Atlantic Avenue for Rockapalooza, the party Long Beach neighborhood Bixby Knolls threw during the LACMA rock's daylong stay on its main drag. The 340-ton granite bo ... More >>

Music Picks: Digital Underground, Beady Eye, Erykah Badu

Also, Jane Birkin, Human Drama, Big Jay McNeely

Top Five Greatest Female Rock Bands From L.A.

Lina Lecaro ​"This town is our town. It is so glamorous. Bet you'd live here if you could and be one of us..." -The Go-Gos, "This Town" Yesterday, the Go-Go's were recognized with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. What made the fan-packed induction ceremony particularly sweet was the star ... More >>

Top 10 Music Managers Who Fucked Over Their Clients

The family Knowles in happier times​In light of the surprising news over the reasons Beyonce fired her longtime manager (and longtime father for that matter) Mathew Knowles, we remembered a time when scummy managers were not only the norm, but expected. Here are the Top 10 Managers in Music Hi ... More >>

Top 10 Totally Awesome Artists Inspired by the Valley, plus She Wants Revenge's Valleyheart

​ She Wants Revenge releases Valleyheart today, the band's third full length release, which sees them submerging themselves in blissful nostalgia. Not for dark '80s sounds as they are unremittingly accused of (though, yes there is still some of that), but for the breeding grounds that made the ... More >>

Top 10 Most Recycled Women of Rock (Only Three Call Themselves Groupies!)

Jena Ardell​ Everyone has had a crush on rockstar before, but these woman actually pursued and conquered rockstars. In order to make our Top 10 Most Recycled Women of Rock list, these ladies had to have dated (or bedded) six or more famous musicians. There's one musician who appears on four o ... More >>

Speak Softly, Drive a German Tank: Lemmy Kilmister at His Documentary Film Opening

Lemmy

Mick Rock's Top 10 Iconic Rock Images, with Running Behind-the-Lens Commentary (and a Few Surprises)

Mick Rock (c)​ Mick Rock has shot some of the most recognizable portraits in rock music history and he's got, hands down, the best name in shutterbugdom. But with a candor and style that's as palpable as any of his subjects, he is also just as cool. In LA this weekend for a couple of events ... More >>

Music Picks: Tift Merritt, Clinic, Microscopic Septet

Also, J. Cole, the Crazy Squeeze, Wild Flag and others

LA Fashion Week Report: Julia Clancey's Fairytale Frocks

Lina Lecaro The fairest of them all​There is no well-defined LA Fashion Week anymore, which means the series of style events in our city straggles into the entire month. Maybe not such a bad thing, as each collection gets to soak up more solo spotlight. Last week saw perhaps some of LA fashion ... More >>

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Stars, Cars and Guitars: Gibson GuitarTown Debuts on the Sunset Strip

Lina Lecaro Cherie Currie and son Jake Hays with The Runaways guitar by artist Sonia Lopez-Chavez. ​A drive down the Sunset Strip always promises a few things: flashy billboards, rockin' (usually studded) get-ups, beckoning marquees and maddeningly slow-moving cars. Now there's something fun ... More >>

Queen Latifah Not Coming Out of the Closet on May 5th (If She's Indeed In Any Kind of Closet--We Wouldn't Know)

NOT coming out on 5/5: Queen Latifah​Word got out that a celebrity will be coming out on May 5, possibly on the cover of People magazine. Rampant speculation started on popular site Jezebel and other internet founts of gossip and innuendo. Then, the Queer Town column in the LA Weekly's LA Dail ... More >>

Runaway Teens

Daggers of the World Unite! Skateboarders, Artists, and one Runaway Visit Exhibit A

Daggers of the World Unite! O.G. Skateboarders, artists, and one 'Runaway' Visit Exhibit A

Sexy Teens with Guitars!: The Runaways Movie is Upon Us

MTV.com has unveiled the last teaser trailer for the upcoming Runaways movie and we can finally get a look at this biopic/cautionary tale/True Hollywood Story. Dakota Fanning as Cherie Currie as jailbait​The Runaways saga has been told many times in books (the out-of-print Neon Angel: The Che ... More >>

Rock Picks: J. Tillman, Peaches, Japandroid

Also, Franklin Bruno, the Vic Chesnutt Band, the Moore Brothers and others

Last Night: Exclusive Press Preview of Prince's 3 New Albums, Plus Info on His 3 shows in 1 Night at L.A. LIVE

Prince fans rejoiced when it was announced that his royal highness would be putting out a budget-minded musical trifecta at Target -- three brand new CDs packaged together for only $11.98 -- but after hearing each album in its entirety last night at an exclusive press listening event, we're thinking ... More >>

Rock Picks: Scarcity of Tanks, the Walkmen, Chromeo

Also, the Ettes, the Dogs, George Jones and others

Rockers at Morrison Hotel Gallery with Legendary Music Photographer Bob Gruen

To be honest, I never thought I'd be standing in legendary photographer Bob Gruen's teenage bedroom. The unkempt bed covered by a Led Zeppelin blanket, the shelves of rock memorabilia, the walls plastered with photos and cutout articles from vintage rock magazines like Creem and Rock Scene... it is ... More >>

Wrinkle-Free Fresh Faces at Fashion Week

Botox - your alternative to sweating

Rock Picks: Built to Spill, Meat Puppets, Julia Fordham

Plus other Feb. 21-28 shows

Rock Picks: Finland Station, M.I.A., Feist, Suzanne Vega

For the week of Nov. 9-15

The Rainbows Connection

Artists giving away their music for free: a prehistory

Radiohead's "In Rainbows," a Prehistory

Artists giving away their music for free, a chronology. 1906, Brant Rock, Massachusetts. Sailors off the coast of the Atlantic hear an eerie, otherworldly sound emanate from a box given to them by inventor Reginald Fessenden. On shore, Fessenden stands in front of a microphone attached to a sync ... More >>

Rock Picks

For the week of July 12 – 19

Rock Picks

For the week of June 28 - July 5, 2007

Roller Coaster of Wub

Disneyland goes all Chili Peppers and shit

The Way We Wore

Our unofficial guide to vintage rock T-shirts

Leaps of Faith

Shared hopes, private hells

Rock Picks

For the week of September 14–21

Ramones 4-Ever

Marky Ramone performs an all-Ramones set, but, “This is not a tribute!”

Christmas Music for People Who Like Music

Sister Gurls

Tegan and Sara make the world a more kick-ass place

The Man in the Green Shirt

Putting Faith in Dog

Hard ROQ

Funny Young Things

SK8ER Girl

Conviction Brings Closure for Friends and Family of Mia Zapata

Resurrection of the Two Johns

And Dean’s debacle in Iowa

Abloom’s Day

The future of heaviness

Björn Again

The Year In Music

New York, New York

Actoids, lockdowns and double rainbows

Annihilation Man

How Darby Crash lost control. Of the Germs. Of Circle One. Everything.