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Music
February 28, 2013
Lady Lazarus Rising
Singer-songwriter Melissa Sweat released her inner artist through great trial and tribulation
Blogs
February 25, 2013
The Best Concerts in L.A. This Week
Monday, February 25 The Residents EL REY THEATRE Somewhere between rock & roll's spiritual mystique and a distinctly unhinged surrealist pathology, you'll find the lair of bizarro-art-imitates-music tribe The Residents. Unprecedented, with no discernible frame of reference save for a magnificently ... More >>
Music
February 21, 2013
Music Picks: Lloyd Price, Leni Stern, Amon Tobin and The Residents
Monday, February 25 The Residents EL REY THEATRE Somewhere between rock & roll's spiritual mystique and a distinctly unhinged surrealist pathology, you'll find the lair of bizarro-art-imitates-music tribe The Residents. Unprecedented, with no discernible frame of reference save for a magnificently ... More >>
Blogs
October 10, 2012
What Makes the Hollywood Bowl So Perfect?
Is the Hollywood Bowl southern California's most beloved performance space? Quite possibly. Where else do folks brag not just about seeing an act, but about attending a venue itself? Seating 17,376 patrons, it hosts shows six-out-of-seven nights a week --Tuesdays and Thursdays are classical, Wednesd ... More >>
Blogs
October 1, 2012
Wilco, Joanna Newsom - Hollywood Bowl - 9/30/12
Wilco and Joanna Newsom Hollywood Bowl 9-30-12 Better than...waiting for the Sepulveda Pass to re-open. Wilco's name has graced more marquees in Los Angeles this year than a majority of bands that actually live here. Last night, under a full moon and amid looming Santa Ana winds, Wilco wrapped up ... More >>
Blogs
March 14, 2012
Vivid Visions: The Tea You Toke
Pot aficionados looking to de-harsh their lungs as well as their vibes don't have to actually smoke. Instead of reaching for the pipe, they use a vaporizer, bake brownies, or even steep a strong tea with hot water and a pat of butter. It's funny then that Raganella, a Brooklyn-based "botanical sol ... More >>
Blogs
January 24, 2012
Steve Albini Has A Food Blog
Crotchety genius Steve Albini* has a food blog. It's called Mario Batali Voice. Why? As Albini explains it on the blog: "This is what I made Heather for dinner. The name comes from the way I bring her food in bed and present it to her using an imitation of Mario Batali's voice from TV. When she post ... More >>
Calendar
March 3, 2011
Baths, Braids
Crotchety genius Steve Albini* has a food blog. It's called Mario Batali Voice. Why? As Albini explains it on the blog: "This is what I made Heather for dinner. The name comes from the way I bring her food in bed and present it to her using an imitation of Mario Batali's voice from TV. When she post ... More >>
Music
November 11, 2010
A Magical Skill
Chris Goss, the godfather of desert rock, on the return of Masters of Reality
Blogs
October 21, 2010
What Bands Would You Like to See on the Simpsons?
What Bands Would You Like to See on the Simpsons?
Blogs
August 25, 2010
Should Musicians Be Allowed to Carry Their Instruments on Planes?
Dave Carroll sings "United Breaks Guitars"Every day, somebody's got to fly somewhere and entertain the people of the world. When it comes to getting instruments on an airplane, musicians get nervous and sweaty, expecting the worst. "It sucks for the most part," says L.A. rapper Busdriver. Ge ... More >>
Blogs
August 2, 2010
Over the Weekend: Joanna Newsom at the Orpheum
Gustavo TurnerDifficult? Complex? Nah, just one-of-a-kind: Joanna NewsomJoanna Newsom presents a challenge for the reviewer. So much of music writing is anchored in comparison, from the facile (this artist is so-and-so meets so-and-so), to the workmanlike (placing the work in a general or par ... More >>
Music
July 29, 2010
Music Picks: Circa Survive, Joanna Newsom, El-P, Roots Roadhouse
Also, Scorpions, Viza, the Park and others
Blogs
May 10, 2010
Joanna Newsom Gets Mad at Lady Gaga, Still Sounds Like Cat
Joanna Newsom Gets Mad at Lady Gaga, Sounds Like Cat (probably)
Music
April 1, 2010
From the Roots: Jakob Dylan's Little Big Album
Joanna Newsom Gets Mad at Lady Gaga, Sounds Like Cat (probably)
Blogs
March 15, 2010
Holy Cosmic Anus!: Devendra Banhart's New Video Features MGMT, GZA, Space Suppository
So, Rolling Stone magazine declared "Freak Folk" over a couple of months ago. They might have been onto something, because Joanna Newsom is now on some kind of "19th-century-courtesan meets Janis Joplin's Pearl in a Betsy Smith bordello" trip and our boy Devendra Banhart trimmed his notorious facial ... More >>
Music
December 24, 2009
2009: The Year in Obsessions
L.A. Weekly’s music editor lists the 10 records he couldn’t get out of his head
Blogs
December 24, 2009
Best Alt-Country Folk Records 2009: Willie Nelson is Still A Badass
ALT-COUNTRY/FOLK Meet the Folk-ers Noah W. Bailey slices the Americana pie and determines that, yes, Willie Nelson is still a badass. We spent 2009 sorting through piles of folk and Americana releases, revising this list in our heads till the bitter end and failing repeatedly to understand the hyp ... More >>
Blogs
December 7, 2009
Last Night: Emily Lacy's LACMA Performance
Emily Lacy's experimental sound performance, Temples of the Minds, Saturday night at LACMA was a great example of how music can transform a space. That the piece was set in the museum's Japanese sculpture garden made it easy to arrive at an open and meditative state: It's an indoor spiraled room wit ... More >>
Music
May 7, 2009
Rock Picks: Iron & Wine, Mika Miko, the Vaselines, Extra Golden
Leslie & the Badgers, Scout Niblett, Theresa Andersson, Meat Puppets and others
Blogs
March 8, 2009
Dancing "the Dark Side" at Gothla US 2009
View more photos in the Gothla Belly Dance slideshow. Christopher Victorio When New Jersey-based dancer Tempest created the Gothic Belly Dance Resource in 2003 as a means to "codify" the east-meets-west, modern-meets-traditional style of dance that was developing organically across the United State ... More >>
Blogs
December 10, 2008
Let the Listing Begin: Ten Great Folk Records of the Past Decade
You're going to be seeing a lot of lists in the next few weeks. Lists of bests and worsts of year, lists of disappointments, lists of dance mixes and YouTube clips. We figured we'd begin our weeks of lists with one that captures not the year in music, but one aspect of the decade in music: new wei ... More >>
Blogs
November 6, 2008
CD Review: Daphne Carr on TV on the Radio's Dear Science
Dear Science is a letter on compassion, freedom, great sex, redress, and the end of war. It demands these things unqualified even when it stumbles with awkward metaphors and bulky Latinates. As the album following their 2004 masterpiece, the modest frequency of vivid images rendered rich in sound ... More >>
Music
September 25, 2008
Marriage Records: Coupledom in Indie Rock Has a Special Patina but Is Not Without Its Perils
Witness the Submarines
Music
August 28, 2008
Record Reviews: Inara George and Van Dyke Parks, Darker My Love
Also, Hawthorne Heights, the Starlite Desperation
Music
June 12, 2008
Record Reviews: Silver Jews' Lookout Mountain, Lookout Sea
Also, Lil Wayne's Tha Carter III
Blogs
April 18, 2008
Part 1: Thoughts on Music Now. (The festival that is. You'll have to wait for my multi-volume treatise on the state of music today.)
The rise of classically informed indie music, one awesome photograph of MC 62 Foot Jesus, and my thoughts on "conflict of interest" in music criticism today. ALSO, a member of Grizzly Bear getting crunk in a Cincinnati, OH parking lot. It's kind of like US Weekly for obscure people.
Blogs
March 5, 2008
The mysterious case of the Microphones who climbed away to Mt. Eerie
Our newest musical voices who, a decade a ago, might have been tempted to call themselves Moon Flower or Dog Park proudly go by their given names: Sufjan Stevens, Joanna Newsom, Neko Case, Devendra Banhart. Not so with the mysterious Mr. Phil Elverum...
Blogs
January 28, 2008
Radiohead: Rainbows in Curved Air
The analog pleasures of Radiohead's digital revolution by Randall Roberts (Photo by John Spinks) There are a few different ways to get to Big Sur from Los Angeles, but in the big picture it doesn't matter which route you take, because regardless, you're leaving Los Angeles and going to Big Sur. You ... More >>
Music
November 15, 2007
Mending the Gap
An interview with Joanna Newsom, who performs Ys with a 28-piece orchestra at the Walt Disney Concert Hall on Friday, November 9
Music
November 8, 2007
Program Notes: Hippies at the Phil, a Primer
In anticipation of Joanna Newsom's performance with a 28-piece orchestra, we offer a primer - and an homage to orchestral liner notes - for those of the symphonic persuasion
Music
November 8, 2007
Rock Picks: Finland Station, M.I.A., Feist, Suzanne Vega
For the week of Nov. 9-15
Music
October 11, 2007
Devendra Banhart Curls Up in Your Hand
A wide-ranging interview on Tarot cards, Topanga Canyon, the tackiness of the "freak folk" label and his wonderous new album, Smokey Rolls Down Thunder Canyon
Music
August 2, 2007
The (Ugly, Nasty, Pissed) Men Among Children
With Deerhunter, The Horrors and Pissed Jeans
Blogs
February 23, 2007
Arthur Mag Dead
ARTHUR MAG IS DEAD. This on Pitchfork: Hippies, stoners, and folk freaks the world over wept today as it was announced that Arthur magazine will close its doors after five glorious years of delivering discourse and pretty pictures on art, music, and more to our marijuana-stained hands. As con ... More >>
Music
December 28, 2006
The Year Blogs Got Lame, Business Got Hip and Nostalgia Was King
ARTHUR MAG IS DEAD. This on Pitchfork: Hippies, stoners, and folk freaks the world over wept today as it was announced that Arthur magazine will close its doors after five glorious years of delivering discourse and pretty pictures on art, music, and more to our marijuana-stained hands. As con ... More >>
LA Life
December 14, 2006
Divine Stitches
Trasteverine � when Sophia met Hare Krishna
Music
December 7, 2006
Drunk on that Malibu Breeze
Trasteverine � when Sophia met Hare Krishna
Music
November 30, 2006
Rock Picks
For the week of Nov. 30 � Dec. 7
Music
November 23, 2006
Rock PIcks
For the week of Nov. 24 - 30
LA Life
November 23, 2006
Paws for Effect
What to do in L.A. this week
Music
November 16, 2006
Gild That Lily
Joanna Newsom�s new record is too beautiful
Music
May 18, 2006
Spank Rock, Wolfrock and Honest Hips
Joanna Newsom�s new record is too beautiful
Music
March 2, 2006
Little Ghost
Joanna Newsom at ArthurBall, February 25
Music
June 2, 2005
The Psychic Hipster�s Pop 10
Joanna Newsom at ArthurBall, February 25
Music
February 17, 2005
What We Talk About When We Talk About Harp Players
Joanna Newsom is a riddle wrapped in heartstrings
News
December 23, 2004
Call me Nostradamus
10 signs of the apocalypse
Music
July 8, 2004
Wanted: Good Times
Vetiver
Music
April 1, 2004
Paradise Perverted
Vetiver
Music
July 31, 2003
Steam Dream
Vetiver
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