Mia Doi Todd

10 Political Things to Do in L.A. Before (and After) the Election

This year's election has the public voting for everyone from Roseanne Barr to Hello Kitty, with Mitt Romney's Binders of Women the projected costume-winner for Halloween. While the 2012 presidential election is the biggest reason people are hitting the polls, we all know that local campaigns can be ... More >>

Miguel Atwood-Ferguson Birthday Bash - Blue Whale - 5/4/12

Miguel Atwood-Ferguson Birthday Bash Blue Whale 5-4-12 Better than...celebrating Craig Ferguson's birthday. Violist Miguel Atwood-Ferguson is a really a nice guy - a "beautiful cat" as they might say in advance jazz speak. He radiates an openness and familiarity that few musicians possess and that ... More >>

Music Picks: Digital Underground, Beady Eye, Erykah Badu

Also, Jane Birkin, Human Drama, Big Jay McNeely

Abbot Kinney Festival - Venice - September 25, 2011

Wendy GilmartinFamily of the Year​Seasons, Thundercat, Dumbfounded, Kris Mars, Family of the Year, Hanni el Khatib and Mia Doi Todd Abbot Kinney Festival Venice 9/25/11 Better than . . . Sunset Junction. After all of the Sunset Junction drama this summer, it turns out that for a fun outdoor ... More >>

Stevie Wonder, Rickey Minor & Friends at Hollywood Bowl, 7/24/11

Jeff Cowan​Stevie Wonder, Sharon Jones, Janelle Monae, Charles Bradley, et al. The Hollywood Bowl Sunday, July 24, 2011 Better than: Episode 2 of "Breaking Bad." Celebrating the 40-year anniversary of Marvin Gaye's "What's Going On," Global Soul Night at the Hollywood Bowl wrangled Stevie W ... More >>

Nicole Disson's THE SERIES: Rooftop Performance Art Parties at The Standard Hotel Downtown, Explained

photo by Sidney BensimonRussia dances to music by Ariana Delawari​ Performance artists making out in the lobby, belly-dancers popping out of the ether, acrobats flexing pool-side, Mia Doi Todd serenading the audience from atop of the fireplace -- Nicole Disson's performance art extravaganza TH ... More >>

Page Two: Red Hot + Rio, the Sequel

Music Picks: Stiff Little Fingers, CunninLynguists, The Nubians, System of a Down

Houses, Aloe Blacc, Krautrock Nite, The Radio Dept. and others

Music Picks: Of Montreal, Kristeen Young, Sofia Gubaidulina,

Also, Federico Aubele, Fancy Space People, Golden State and others

Top 5 Things to Do This Weekend in L.A.

​ There is a cold front headed our way so you can either spend it huddled alone in your apartment, or out dancing, drinking, and merrymaking with friends and wellwishers alike. We think you should go out dancing, drinking (but not driving) and merrymaking, and have some events so awesome that ... More >>

L.A. Folk People: Feather

Flying Lotus, Madlib, J.Rocc Support Psychedelic Research at Cornerstone Research Collective's Holiday Benefit (Live Review)

​On Saturday night, Cornerstone Research Collective presented "The Way of the Infinite Harmony," its first holiday benefit at the historic Masonic Temple at Hollywood Forever, boasting a lineup packed full of L.A. heavyweights Madlib, J. Rocc, Flying Lotus, Miguel Atwood-Ferguson, Quartetto Fa ... More >>

Michel Gondry's Top Ten Music Videos Ever (In Honor Of His Book Signing Tonight)

​ Tonight Michel Gondry's coming to Family Books on Fairfax to sign copies of his new book/DVD My New New York Diary, a collaborative project with cartoonist Julie Doucet that merges autobiographical illustrations and cinematic storytelling. My New New York Diary is a hardcover volume from Pi ... More >>

Tonight: Foals, Mumford & Sons, John Legend and the Roots, Griffin House, Jason Derulo, Evan Voytas, Radars to the Sky

Steve GullickFoals​Foals' arty fusion of indie-rock and dance music took two albums to coalesce, but it did on Total Life Forever, which came out in May on Sub Pop. The album earned the Oxford, U.K., quintet a nomination for Britain's Mercury Prize. What it's earning them on their current 22- ... More >>

Wanna Eat a Gourmet Meal Surrounded by Rarely Seen Modern Art While Flying Lotus and Daedelus Serenade You?

Have dinner with Flying Lotus at Dublab's exclusive fall fundraiser!​Contributing to a worthy cause should be its own reward, but let's face it -- for the majority of would-be good Samaritans, a little karmic credit and the resulting tax write-off just aren't enough. Thankfully, L.A. web radi ... More >>

This Weekend: HARD Summer, Silversun Pickups, Weezer, New L.A. Folk Festival, Power of the Riff festival

Soulwax​The two most pressing questions about Saturday's HARD Summer in downtown Los Angeles have nothing to do with quality. With Soulwax, Crystal Castles and Major Lazer topping a bill that includes the likes of Flying Lotus and Diplo, promoter Gary Richards has assembled the kind of dance ... More >>

Live in L.A.: LCD Soundsystem, 50 Cent, Peanut Butter Wolf, Isis, The xx, Local Natives

James Murphy of LCD Soundsystem​Hope you don't feel slighted, Los Angeles. Two weekends ago on That Other Coast, LCD Soundsystem brought the house -- or, rather, Terminal 5 -- down with an eye-popping, ear-decimating, 2 1/2-hour show that wound up with "New York I Love You" and a cover of Alic ... More >>

Download: Free Music from Inara George and Charlie Wadhams

Sargent Singles, Vol. 1​The increasingly fascinating music label-collective-initiative Vosotros has just kicked off a new monthly release series with a pair of free MP3s from Inara George and Charlie Wadhams. Willoughby mastermind Gus Seyffert produces and co-writes both "Q" -- starring the s ... More >>

Weekend Roundup: Mia Doi Todd at the Bootleg Theater

Daiana FeuerMia Doi Todd​At one point during Mia Doi Todd's performance last Sunday at the Bootleg Theater , everyone took a dip in the river of life. The cool, refreshing waters became irresistible. Todd stood there beckoning on a lily pad. Her voice began and ended in a whisper but the midd ... More >>

Music Picks: Bassekou Kouyate & Ngoni Ba, Donovan, Ana Tijoux, John Wicks

Also, Janelle Monae, Devendra Banhart, the Low Anthem and others

WATCH: Michel Gondry and Mia Doi Todd Make Human Rubik's Cube

Mia Doi Todd, all wrapped up in taffeta?​Late last year -- via our Rock Picks, of all sources -- LA Weekly broke the news that Mia Doi Todd and Michel Gondry were working together. As it turned out, the magnificent L.A. cult folkster and the endlessly inspired French director had collaborated ... More >>

J.ROCC, THE THRONES, BAND OF SKULLS, THE SLITS AND BRETT DENNEN

Also Grace Potter & the Nocturnals, Espers, a Nicollete Larson Tribute, and others.

Flux Screening Series

Linda Perhacs to Perform Live, Debut New Song Tonight (And Five Other Moments of Canyon Bliss)

For fans of semi-obscure Canyon folk music, tonight is a watershed moment. Linda Perhacs, whose single album from 1970s, Parallelograms, is a transcendent piece of Topanga beauty, will perform selections from the album for the first time ever. As well, she will debut a new song, the first she's unve ... More >>

Mia Doi Todd, Linda Perhacs, Hecuba, LA Ladies Choir, More to Perform Music from Parallelograms Live

​A few months back we announced the debut performance of Linda Perhacs at REDCAT in October as part of Dublab's tenth anniversary celebration. We have more details on what should be a magical evening of folk. Perhacs, if you don't know, released a single transcendent album in 1970s, one that ... More >>

Over the Weekend: Puscifer at Club Nokia, Denis Leary at Nokia Theatre, Electric Cherry Blossom in Little Tokyo, The Masses Office Party

This weekend was definitely one you could call a perfect beach weekend, though that didn't keep us from heading indoors for more entertainment and nights that went much later than we'd planned. We counted curse words with Denis Leary, boogied with Puscifer, partied at Electric Cherry Blossom and cra ... More >>

Weekend Report: Mia Doi Todd, Carlos Nino, Gaby Hernandez, Grace Woodroofe and More Cram an Office Space with Music

Randall Robertsif you look closely, you can see a reflection of the party in the curve of the balloon. (not really.) We've just got one decent snapshot of Saturday night's party in Hancock Park at the offices of the Masses (or at least one that's not dark and blurry), and it was taken as we were si ... More >>

Rock Picks: Pelican, Herman Dune, Rasputina, Bill Frisell, Random Patterns

Also, the Rakes, Cold War Kids, Idan Raichel Project and others

In the Studio with Build an Ark at Knobworld in Echo Park -- and a 39-Piece Orchestra Tribute to J Dilla!?

Build an Ark at Knobworld "Give me swirly!" Joshua Spiegelman calls out from behind his flute. Three musicians hold handmade strands of bells out in front of them, tracing fancy configurations in the air like delicate kites. "Robust, curvaceous!" Spiegelman exclaims, offering up a poetic biology ... More >>

Pacific Heights: L.A. Weekly's Top 10 L.A. Recordings of 2008

No Age, Chapin Sisters, Mia Doi Todd, the Knux, Flying Lotus, Madlib and more

Rock Picks: Digable Planets, Pigeon John, the Wedding Present, Prima Donna

Also, Josh Rouse, the Raconteurs, Chicha Libre and more

Heath Ledger's Final Days Among the Masses

L.A. Art Collective Struggles to Go On After Actor's Death

Marfa Film Fest Dispatch: World Premiere of Heath Ledger-directed music video

(photo by Randall Roberts) Today's a travel day for me, having just experienced the best little festival I've ever attended, the first annual Marfa Film Festival, in Marfa, Texas. The second annual one is already on my calendar for next year (and in the interim I'll be trying to convince my bosses ... More >>

Rock Picks: Watson Twins, Les Claypool, Autechre

Plus other April 3-10 shows

Gea: Mia Doi Todd's Unresolved Chords

An L.A. artist wanders with the transcendent spirits of Joni Mitchell and Alice Coltrane

Concerts and Tickets Coming Up

Autechre - 4/14, Echoplex Bad Religion - 3/4,5,11,13, House of Blues Bamboozle (All-American Rejects, Jimmy Eat World, Paramore) - 4/5, Verizon Amphitheater Bamboozle (My Chemical Romance, Anti-Flag, Saves the Day, Chiodos) - 4/6, Verizon Amphitheater Bjorkestra - 3/9 , Safari Sam's Black Keys ... More >>

Rock Picks: Ruins, Beirut, Turbonegro, Metric

Also, Bill Callahan, Emmylou Harris and more picks for the week of October 4 –11

Rock Picks: The Slits, Squiddo, Electrocute

For the week of August 2 - 9

Carlos Niño

The beginner

Rock Picks

For September 21–28

DJ Shadow, Cut Chemist, Madlib, Jurassic 5, Dilated Peoples, MF Doom—No Shit!

Live in LA

Crossroads in the Choir

The future folk of Mia Doi Todd

Gimme Sheltered

Post-revolutionary Patti

Motor City Breakdown

Freeways’ hot fahren in the summertime

Techno Prisoners

Circles/Cycles

L.A. Weekly Music Awards 2000

Nerve Action

Flaming Lips and the spark that bleeds