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 >>
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 >>
Tucked away in the heart of Koreatown lives Miguel Atwood-Ferguson. One of L.A.'s most revered instrumentalists, he picked up the violin at age 4, and 28 years later has collaborated with a diverse list of artists -- including Kobe Bryant, of all people, with whom he played on his very first profess ... More >>
[Editor's note: Weekly scribe Jeff Weiss's column, "Bizarre Ride," appears on West Coast Sound every Wednesday. His archives are available here.] You can't quite call Andrew Lojero a promoter. It does him a disservice to say that he "throws shows." What he does is closer to arranging love letters t ... More >>
[Editor's note: Weekly scribe Jeff Weiss's column, "Bizarre Ride," appears on West Coast Sound every Wednesday. His archives are available here.] You can't quite call Andrew Lojero a promoter. It does him a disservice to say that he "throws shows." What he does is closer to arranging love letters t ... More >>
One of the fascinating Angelenos featured in L.A. Weekly's People 2012 issue. Check out our entire People 2012 issue here. Anyone willing to open a jazz club these days must be a little crazy, but if Joon Lee is nuts, he's doing a great job of hiding it. In fact, since its late 2009 debut in Little ... More >>
Also, Eleni Mandell, Steve Reich, Call Us Forgotten and others
Dwight Trible Cosmic Band The World Stage 12-28-11 It began shortly after midnight, where the Los Angeles grid unravels into Leimert Park. At the World Stage, vocalist Dwight Trible oversaw a tight band and a rapt, full congregation, delivering a nearly two-hour concert of ecstatic positivity and c ... More >>
Dwight Trible Cosmic Band The World Stage 12-28-11 It began shortly after midnight, where the Los Angeles grid unravels into Leimert Park. At the World Stage, vocalist Dwight Trible oversaw a tight band and a rapt, full congregation, delivering a nearly two-hour concert of ecstatic positivity and c ... More >>
The PianistSure, you were surprised to hear Tyler, the Creator's "Yonkers" smack dab in the middle of Power 106 DJ Felli Fel's four-hour nighttime mixshow, instead of tucked away in Sunday's midnight "Wake Up Show," but what if you heard him in a jazz club? Matt Tavares, whose neglected MySp ... More >>
The PianistSure, you were surprised to hear Tyler, the Creator's "Yonkers" smack dab in the middle of Power 106 DJ Felli Fel's four-hour nighttime mixshow, instead of tucked away in Sunday's midnight "Wake Up Show," but what if you heard him in a jazz club? Matt Tavares, whose neglected MySp ... More >>
Yes, it is Valentine's Day Weekend. Couples will be canoodling in a desperate attempt to prove to themselves and everyone else that they still have it; singletons, meanwhile, will be in defensive party mode, making Marrieds jealous, or weeping themselves to sleep after engaging in a helpin ... More >>
Yes, it is Valentine's Day Weekend. Couples will be canoodling in a desperate attempt to prove to themselves and everyone else that they still have it; singletons, meanwhile, will be in defensive party mode, making Marrieds jealous, or weeping themselves to sleep after engaging in a helpin ... More >>
Also Parkway Drive, Martha Wainwright, Anna Tijoux, the Deadbeats and others
Also Meth Leppard, Tennis With Lord Huron, Kid Infinity and others
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 >>
Also, Dustin Wong, Greg Dulli, Ghostface Killah
Soft Cell as you've never heard them.In a just released video, Soft Cell's 1981 megahit "Tainted Love" gets completely reinvented by neo-soul maverick Bilal, electronics genius Daedelus and classical virtuoso Miguel Atwood-Ferguson. The result is a little bit jazz and a little bit funk-soul, ... More >>
String Quartet in a Dark Bar? Quartetto Fantastico Pays Homage to John Lennon [Video]
New Flying Lotus Track and Video With Miguel Atwood-Ferguson Ensemble from Grand Performances
via MySpaceMiguel Atwood-FergusonTonight's installment of Grand Performances at California Plaza -- one of our town's finest, free music al fresco opportunities -- figures to be especially grand. Miguel Atwood-Ferguson, the composer/producer/arranger/multi-instrumentalist who boasts a resume ... More >>
Could spiritual electronica be the next great California sound?
Flying LotusFlying Lotus' Cosmogramma was released yesterday and the praise is near universal. It's been a fertile past few years for music in L.A., and Lotus' third album is a bit of a milestone, drawing from both the electronic production associated with Low End Theory and the city's curr ... More >>
Flying LotusFlying Lotus' Cosmogramma was released yesterday and the praise is near universal. It's been a fertile past few years for music in L.A., and Lotus' third album is a bit of a milestone, drawing from both the electronic production associated with Low End Theory and the city's curr ... More >>
Flying LotusFlying Lotus' Cosmogramma was released yesterday and the praise is near universal. It's been a fertile past few years for music in L.A., and Lotus' third album is a bit of a milestone, drawing from both the electronic production associated with Low End Theory and the city's curr ... More >>
Suite for Ma Dukes Orchestra "Take Notice" Video Premiere [MP3]
Suite for Ma Dukes Orchestra "Take Notice" Video Premiere [MP3]
An L.A. collective conjures California creative soul music with a lot of improvisational elements
Also, HEALTH, Hypnotic Brass Ensemble, Múm, Leon Russell and others
Hypnotic Brass Miguel Atwood-Ferguson Ensemble Shake the Explex
Local party-thrower and events curator ArtDontSleep recently organized an impromptu jam session between several beat music masters and acoustic instrumentalists at Echo Park's Knobworld recording studio. Grace OhThe guest of honor was Flying Lotus, a.k.a. Steven Ellison, on the occasion of ... More >>
Local party-thrower and events curator ArtDontSleep recently organized an impromptu jam session between several beat music masters and acoustic instrumentalists at Echo Park's Knobworld recording studio. Grace OhThe guest of honor was Flying Lotus, a.k.a. Steven Ellison, on the occasion of ... More >>
Local party-thrower and events curator ArtDontSleep recently organized an impromptu jam session between several beat music masters and acoustic instrumentalists at Echo Park's Knobworld recording studio. Grace OhThe guest of honor was Flying Lotus, a.k.a. Steven Ellison, on the occasion of ... More >>
Also, the Von Bondies, Tindersticks, Dave Rawlings Machine & Gillian Welch, and others
Randall Roberts (with apologies to professional photographers everywhere)Miguel Atwood-Ferguson conducts his Suite for Ma Dukes at the Luckman Last night at the Luckman Fine Arts Complex composers/producers/musicians Miguel Atwood-Ferguson and Carlos Nino debuted their "Suite for Ma Dukes," a colle ... More >>
Also, Cut Chemist, NOFX, Hal Blaines 80th bash and more
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 >>
No Age, Chapin Sisters, Mia Doi Todd, the Knux, Flying Lotus, Madlib and more
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