Lauren Booth

Is Britney Spears a Next Level Gay Icon?

By Brittany Spanos Britney Spears' new song "Work Bitch" debuted recently, and she also announced her upcoming two year residency in Las Vegas. The single, helmed by an EDM heavyweight, is in the vein of her will.i.am collaboration "Scream & Shout," but not what we once expected from the pop star ... More >>

The Best Concerts to See in L.A. This Week

Don't forget to check our constantly-updated Los Angeles Concert Calendar Monday, September 23 Little Boots TROUBADOUR With her sophomore LP, Nocturnes, Brit electro-popper Little Boots (Victoria Hesketh to 'er mates) has yet to recapture the critical acclaim for and commercial success of her 2009 ... More >>

Barely Scratching a Boy Band's Surface in One Direction: This Is Us

5 Best L.A. Bars to Eat, Drink and Watch UK Soccer

For a small but vocal minority in L.A., the new UK soccer season starting in early August means waxing the elbow and gearing up for some very early morning starts -- and that's if you can even find a place to see the match live on the big screen. You can get almost anything online of course, but not ... More >>

10 Best Fish & Chips in Los Angeles

Los Angeles is having a seafood moment. New-age clam shacks and haute oyster bars are tucking into neighborhood spaces and building out into massive new digs at an unbelievable pace. Even the lobster roll, that sometimes rubbery, thick with mayonnaise or hot with butter lunch snack, is popping up in ... More >>

The Top 10 Memorial Day Weekend Concerts in L.A.

Don't forget to check our constantly-updated Los Angeles Concert Calendar Friday, May 24 Boris ECHOPLEX Japanese experimental rockers Boris have spent their entire 15-year career making sure that their fans are unable to predict what will come next from the band. One album could consist of thrashi ... More >>

The Best Concerts to See in L.A. This Weekend

Friday, April 26 Medeski Martin & Wood ROYCE HALL More than 20 years ago, keyboardist John Medeski, bassist Chris Wood and drummer Billy Martin formed a trio that quickly became one of the most successful in contemporary jazz. A 1995 performance with Phish established them as a jam band, and subseq ... More >>

Five Great Lesser-Known DJs To See At Coachella

For dance fans there has been little difference between Coachella and Electric Daisy Carnival in recent years, except that the former supplemented its Tiesto-Kaskade-Deadmau5 lineups with alt-rock while EDC did so with dubstep and drum 'n' bass. See also: Everything you need to know about Coachella ... More >>

The Best Concerts to See In L.A. This Week

Monday, March 25 Corima, Upsalon Acrux PEHRSPACE There are, in fact, thriving musical styles that have blessedly little to do with the latest pop trends. Roughly intersecting prog-rock and art-jazz is a thing called Zeuhl Music, a very heavy, propulsive sonic form whose roaring rhythm sections and ... More >>

Peter Murphy's People Say Bauhaus Legend Had Barely Trace Of Alcohol During DUI

Peter Murphy, the legendary Bauhaus vocalist arrested over the weekend on suspicion of DUI, hit-and-run and meth possession, had barely a trace of alcohol in his system, his handlers say. Which begs the question: What then, was he allegedly on? Because a witness was so terrified over the Brit's dri ... More >>

Music Picks: Ghostface Killah and Adrian Younge, and Anthrax

O'Neill and Steinbeck Onstage

Reviews of A Noise Within's Grapes of Wrath and Early Plays at REDCAT

The Best Concerts in L.A. This Week

Monday, January 21 Baron von Luxxury, Yellow Alex, Yung Skeeter THE SATELLITE Electro-pop comes in splendiferous shapes and sizes. And Baron von Luxxury brings the wicked-wit version, in which DeBarge, ELO, Hall & Oates and other formerly uncool '80s soul stylists float through the disco in super-s ... More >>

Music Picks: Lord Huron, Matthewdavid, Smell 15th Anniversary Party

S.S. Coachella Cruise: Our Review From the High Seas

By Liz Tracy The maiden voyage of the S.S. Coachella departed Sunday from Ft. Lauderdale, bound for the Bahamas. It set out to sea rather unceremoniously. There weren't horns, not a streamer in sight, and no one smashed bottles against the body of the ship. But we'd all been aboard the Celebrity ... More >>

The Soloist Second Unit Director Returns to Skid Row in a New Documentary

See also: *Skid Row Homeless Say LAPD Is Trying to Bully Them off Their Freshly Cleaned Turf *Downtown L.A. CrossFit Gym Debases Homeless Neighbors in Photos, Facebook Posts Lost Angels: Skid Row Is My Home begins with a point worth making: Skid Row doesn't actually appear on any maps of Los Angel ... More >>

The Five Best Concerts in L.A. This Weekend

Friday, November 30 Nas, Lauryn Hill (also Dec 1) WILTERN On his new album, Nas insists that Life Is Good, even though he's been slammed with a massive tax bill from Uncle Sam and is still coming to terms with a painful divorce from soul-pop diva Kelis. The Brooklyn-born rapper is being sarcastic; ... More >>

5 Best Comedy Shows in L.A. This Week, Including SNL Vet Garrett Morris' Revamped Comedy Club

See also: *Our Calendar Section, Listing More Great Things to Do in L.A. *Best L.A. Novel Ever: The Tournament Our list includes an up-and-coming Brit and an original SNL star. 5. Set List Paul Provenza and Troy Conrad concocted this wildly popular show where comics are handed unpredictable topics ... More >>

James Franco Vanessa Hudgens Ashley Benson vs. Asia Argento Charlotte Gainsbourg François Cluzet : Threesomes at the Toronto Film Festival

This is a blog post about two movies that were screened for the press within the first 24 hours of the Toronto Film Festival, both of which feature three-way sex scenes. In Spring Breakers, characters played by James Franco, Vanessa Hudgens and Ashley Benson "do it" in a swimming pool; in Do Not Dis ... More >>

The Last Day

Maná - Staples Center - 4/19/12

Maná Staples Center 4/19/12 Better than ... Britney Spears at selling out Staples Center. Seriously, though. With this round of concert dates Maná has now surpassed Brit's record. Staples even held an official press conference about it Thursday afternoon. But let's talk about the show. Ultra hu ... More >>

Music Picks: Bettye LaVette, Johnny Thunders, Johnny Hallyday

Also, Kate McGarry, Enter Shikari, Hype Williams and others

[Updated] Jamie Oliver DOES NOT Find Joy Division and New Order Master Tapes in Basement of New Manchester Eatery

Update: 2/15/12 3:00 p.m. We should have known this was as bogus as the prospect of a goat on a leash getting down (in the video) to a band bolstered by the drumming talents of a man known to cheerily carve and cook domesticated beasts. NME was wrong and so were we. The treasures used to reside ... More >>

Water Grill Has A New Chef: Damon Gordon

Recently reopening after an extensive renovation, Water Grill also has a new face behind the stoves: executive chef Damon Gordon. He takes over the kitchen of the posh seafood restaurant after 16 months of musical chairs. Longtime chef David LeFevre, who left in September 2010 to open MB Post, was ... More >>

My Money's on the Walrus

London Boulevard Review

Killing Bono

Culture Collide Festival Preview: Let's Get International

See also: *Culture Collide Festival review: Liam Finn, Rainbow Arabia, Guineafowl, The Awkwards perform on October 6, 2011 *Culture Collide Festival review: The Death Letters and Cameras perform on October 8, 2011 *Culture Collide Festival review: Chad VanGaalen & Gang Gang Dance perform on October ... More >>

The Kills - The Wiltern - September 10, 2011

Timothy Norris​The Kills The Wiltern September 10, 2011 Better than... a date with Jack Daniel's. Opening their nearly-sold out show with their song "No Wow" served as a palette-cleanser for Brit-American duo The Kills: Forget that singer Alison "VV" Mosshart fronts The Dead Weather with Ja ... More >>

LinA In LA Club/Party Picks: Das Bunker, Bar Sinister, Studio 69, Psychedelic Desert

Matador y TorosBoa-dacious at Club AM/FM​Cosmic rave-like excursions, fetishistic extravaganzas, undead dance orgies, Chinatown birthday blowouts... it's another week in party picks. Enjoy! Fri., Aug. 12 A decade ago Club Underground opened its doors at Tempest on Santa Monica Blvd. Unlike m ... More >>

Music to Pick Up/Download

Eddie Izzard at the Hollywood Bowl: 17,000-Seat Venue's First Standup Comedian Ever

Lorenzo Aguis​ This week in our print edition, Gustavo Turner interviews Eddie Izzard, the Brit comedian selected to be the first standup comic ever to perform at the 17,000-seat Hollywood Bowl alone. How will that work in this huge venue? From the article: "I think the backseats are gonna h ... More >>

TCM Classic Film Festival: 12 Highlights

Strippers, junkies, mummies? Classic

Lina in L.A.: Nasty on the Floor

LinA in LA's Top DJ & Dance Club Picks for this Weekend (and Beyond)

Charissa Saverio​Coachella's but a quickly fading memory, Spring's in full swing and Summer is on the horizon. The club scene is definitely warming up right along with the weather, my friends. This week, we've got a grand re-opening, a sexy DJ whose sounds are as hot as she is and a fusion of ... 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 >>

Lina Lecaro's Top Dance/DJ Picks for This Weekend

Lina Lecaro Mandatory deodorant checks at the door of Avalon will begin April 1 at Control. ​ After a Spring summit with LA's top club promoters, we have some exclusive scoop to share that may very well change the culture of clubbing as we know it! You wont read this anywhere else, folks! Sta ... More >>

The Other Nirvana

Music to Pick Up/Download

Rebel and Revel in Our Favorite Songs About Smoking

What's cooler than cool?​If good things come in pairs than bad things just rain down like the ashes of an atomic bomb. If you follow the Catholic faith (or believe in the cruelty of forced asceticism) then you know that today is Ash Wednesday--otherwise known as the first day you give up all y ... More >>

Top 10 Songs to Annoy Your Neighbor

Allied Artists Pictures​Freshman year in college, the albatrosses living next door would squawk into the wee hours of the night over their latest conquests or sorority happenings. And while, being night owls, we normally wouldn't take issue with the noise, every so often the ladies would play ... More >>

DJ of the Week: Clifton (a.k.a. DJ Soft Touch)

Photo by Jesse Chairez​ Welcome back, friends, to DJ of the week. This week's DJ is a multi-tasking party-starting fool, running DJ nights in many venues in many places all over town. Clifton (also known as DJ Soft Touch) does everything from 80s to hip-hop to soul to Brit pop and the catch ... More >>

Crack Whore Galore - Live!

The Realest Real Housewives at UCB: A Celebration of the Best Show Ever Paul Scheer!

A. Trachta​Despite that it conflicted with The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills reunion show, diehard fans of the series (or at least diehard fans of hilarious women) turned out to see The Realest Real Housewives at the Upright Citizens Brigade last night - a reenactment roundup of the greates ... More >>

Today Is The Most Depressing Day Of The Year: Welcome To 'Blue Monday' In L.A.

Here's one way to deal with the blues.​Welcome to the most depressing day of the year. Statistics indicate that y'all are bummed out. Your bank account is drained after the holidays. You still have a post-ecstasy fog from that New Year's eve bender. And it's still almost six months until summe ... More >>

Goth Wedding of the Decade!: Amanda Palmer and Neil Gaiman Get Married

www.pinkcakebox.comGoth nuptials of the decade: Amanda Palmer and Neil Gaiman get hitched (illustration, like that of Sea Monkees, is fanciful)​ The nerdery on the interwebz is all aflutter with news that Boston's eyebrowless princess of musical theater Weimarlesque Amanda Palmer (formerly of ... More >>

THE SPITTLE SCREEN

Really Cool Porpoises Prod Dick Van Dyke To Shore

GettyDick Van Dyke swears he was rescued by porpoises​ 1960s celebrity Dick Van Dyke, who starred in "Chitty Chitty Bang Bang" and "Mary Poppins," could have used some assistance from the shows' magical characters after he fell asleep while on a surfboard. Luckily, some helpful sea animals pr ... More >>

Underground Anniversary

Psychpop Revisited: Broadcast Return to LA after 4-Year Absence (also: MP3s!)

Psychpop Brits Broadcast return to LA with Atlas Sound after 4 year absence (MP3's)