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An Online Rave?! We Party All Day, At Home, By Ourselves.

What did you do yesterday? Did you receive cards and flowers and chocolates and go out with someone you enjoy smooching? That's nice! But that's not quite what we did -- for Valentine's Day we went to rave. If you didn't hear about it, don't worry, because it was only online. The three day ele ... More >>

Kurt Vile, Santigold, Rusko

Also, Star & Dagger, Charli XCX, Church of Misery and others

The Best Of Coachella: Saturday, April 14

See also: *The Best Of Coachella: Friday, April 13 *"What My Spirit Hood Means To Me": Coachella-Goers Explain *Coachella Preview 2012: Everything You Need to Know About the Performers Everyone was ready to shit their pants for Radiohead, but there was plenty more going on at Coachella on Saturday. ... More >>

The Doctor Will Slay You Now

Video: Angela Trimbur, B-List Actress, Hosts Post-Breakup White Girl Dance Party in Echo Park Laundromat

Angela Trimbur moves on.​Hollywood hopeful Angela Trimbur has had her MTV ups ("Road Rules") and IMDB downs (stripper on "Reno 911"; girl on "Hannah Montana") -- but no one can accuse her of dancing like somebody's watching. Strangely, though, the employees/patrons in the background of "Danc ... More >>

AraabMuzik - Mondrian Hotel - 11/11/11

Chris Walker​AraabMuzik Mondrian Hotel 11-11-11 AraabMuzik can move his fingers so fast that they appear to become a single blur. I can vouch for this because I was standing less than five feet away. Last night, I capped off my celebration of Nigel Tufnel day by heading over to the Mondrian ... More >>

Music Picks: Method Man, Sufjan Stevens and Raymond Raposa, Billy Childs Jazz Chamber Ensemble

Also, Lights, Gallows, Slow Club

IAMSOUND Announces Fall Lineup For Mondrian Sessions at Skybar

Andrea DomanickLittle Boots, SBTRKT and NewVillager are all slated for this fall's Mondrian Sessions​ A free show? Great. A free show curated by a local label? Even better. A free show curated by a local label at a swanky rooftop bar? Count us in. L.A.'s own IAMSOUND Records is teaming up on ... More >>

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

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

Music Picks: The Undertones, Prince, Eternal Summers, Check Yo Ponytail 2

Also, Earth, Wind & Fire, Tinie Tempah, Arctic Monkeys, Woodsman and others

Music Picks: She Wants Revenge, Nilbog, Lady Gaga

Also, Men, Ice Cube, OMD, the Aussie BBQ and others

Top 5 Things to Do This Week

​ OK so it rained a teeny bit this weekend. But before that, it got up to a gorgeous 75 degrees and spring was here. The spring makes us feel all outdoorsy and infused with a certain get-up-and-go that we lack in the winter. Also, for most people, 70 degrees is a sartorial high point: too war ... More >>

Music Picks: Julieta Venegas, Deicide, Yefim Bronfman, Chick Corea and Gary Burton

Also Conspiracy of Beards, Lykke Li, Khaira Arby and others

Music to Pick Up/Download

DJ Top Five: Lee Foss, Who Spins At The Standard Downtown Sunday, Lists His Favorite Choons

​Lee Foss has become a Los Angeles mainstay, spinning with the likes of Droog and unleashing mixes and productions that tap into that bubbly, neo-tech goodness. He's at the Standard Sunday afternoon for Droog's Culprit party. We asked him to list his favorite tracks (there's also a DJ mix link ... More >>

The Continuing Adventures of Squeak E. Clean

The star-studded N.A.S.A. project by L.A.'s best-connected producer gets a remix

ODB Lives!: N.A.S.A. Releases New Video for Ol' Dirty Bastard, Karen O, and Fatlip Track

N.A.S.A. Releases New Video for Ol' Dirty Bastard, Karen O, and Fatlip Track

MP3 Exclusive: Foreign Born Covers Television for 'Adventure' Full-Album Remake

Aquarium Drunkard's "L'Aventure"​Tomorrow, the good folks of the Aquarium Drunkard blog will release L'Aventure, a full-album cover of Television's landmark 1978 LP, Adventure featuring all L.A. bands. Local indie stalwarts like the Happy Hollows and the Henry Clay People make appearances, as ... More >>

Villains w/Lykke Li at Echoplex Tonight AND Villains' EXCLUSIVE 5 Decade Remix Wishlist Free Remix MP3's

Villains w/Lykke Li at Echoplex Tonight! Villains' EXCLUSIVE 5 Decade Remix Wishlist Free Remix MP3's

Live review: Sweden's Peter, Bjorn, and John Get Icy at Club Nokia

Live review: Sweden's Peter, Bjorn, and John Get Icy at Club Nokia

Amanda Blank: Philadelphia Freedom

MC knows no genre boundaries, has little reverence for copyright, and easily surfs between street and camp

Over the Weekend: RIP J.G. Ballard, Three Days of Coachella Madness, Plus Zombie Invasion at Fangoria Convention

We don't know about you but we are the very definition of exhausted. Three days of music, parties and the desert heat at the 10th annual Coachella Music and Arts Festival in Indio has left us completely wiped. But damn if we didn't get some great coverage while we were there. Randall Roberts put tog ... More >>

N.A.S.A., Aaron Rose, Others Debut New Video Work for Flux Screening Series at the Hammer Tonight

something from one of the videos, but we're not sure from which Tonight at FLUX's screening series at the Hammer, Anti- Records' N.A.S.A. will premiere its new videos, which should be something to see. One reason perhaps is due to pure genetics: N.A.S.A. kingpin Sam Spiegel is the brother of legend ... More >>

Coachella 2009 Announced: Amy Winehouse, Paul McCartney, My Bloody Valentine ... Throbbing Gristle! Leonard Cohen!

Yeah, so all the silly speculation probably isn't done yet, as Goldenvoice always adds a few heavy-hitters after the initial announcement, but the initial line-up is up. Click through to see it in all it's glory. We'll start analyzing it soon, but for now: Throbbing Gristle! No Pavement? Let the ... More >>

Coachella Rumor Mill Works Overtime, but the Confirmations Continue to Trickle In

(Michel Gondry's video for the Chemical Brothers' "Let Forever Be.") Here's a list of "confirmed" (so far) acts to appear at Coachella 2009, according to the very reliable Monklish blog. His guarantee: "I've been told that these have been making arrangements to attend the festival as contractuall ... More >>

Rock Picks: The Little Ones, Eagle and Talon, Elliott Murphy

Also, Ida Maria, Sara Lov, John Legend and others

Live in L.A.: Lykke Li at the Hotel Cafe, August 25

Rock Picks: Sunset Junction Street Festival, El Vez, Café Tacuba

Also, Veruca Salt, Mike Einziger, Kings X and Junior Brown

The 10 Best Non Hip-Hop Albums of the Half Year

Image Via Natalie Dee In case, you were wondering, I do have a pair of boombox pants and yes, they're quite comfortable. 10. King Khan & The Shrines-The Supreme Genius Of.... (tie) If my review of Khan's Pitchfork Fest set didn't convince you, this interview that ran today should seal the ... More >>

Weiss' Muxtapes #5 and #6: The Best "Indie" Songs To Get An Asymmetrical Haircut To (2008 Edition)

I won't deny it. Things started spiraling rapidly downhill the moment I started compiling mixtapes of my favorite non-hip hop songs released this year. Vampire Weekend? Santogold? Hercules & The Love Affair? I kind of wanted to kick my own ass or at the very least give myself a wedgie. Of cour ... More >>

Rock Picks: The Dirtbombs, Robyn, Dizzee Rascal

And other May 15-22 shows

SXSW Day 5-The Triumph of the Blogosphere...High Times at High Times...Why in God's Name Am I At The Perez Hilton Party?

Bloggers are every journalist's favorite whipping boy. If a shitty band gets too popular, blame the bloggers. If the standards of professional journalism have eroded too much, blame the bloggers. If by 2010, Vampire Weekend has inspired legions of college freshmen to dress as ironic yachters, bla ... More >>