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

Don't forget to check our constantly-updated Los Angeles Concert Calendar Friday, September 13 Monophonics THE MINT Monophonics are like a whole section of the record store come to life -- especially that wall above the register where they keep the serious stuff. The Bay Area band do acrobatic son ... More >>

Music Picks: Mad Decent Block Party, Weeknd, Cold War Kids

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

Friday, April 13 Coachella Valley Music & Arts Festival EMPIRE POLO CLUB Although it's unlikely that the Rolling Stones and their sprawling entourage will descend on this sun-baked music festival for a surprise set, as was rumored earlier this year, there are still many intriguing storylines scatte ... More >>

Music Picks: Coachella, Merle Haggard, Spiritualized

Beachwood Sparks Are One of L.A.'s Most Influential Bands You Don't Know

With folk music back in the mainstream consciousness via acts like Bon Iver and Fleet Foxes, the timing for Beachwood Sparks' reunion is right. "I think we were one of the bands that paved the way for that," founding member and bassist Brent Rademaker tells us. He's excited to talk about their new a ... More >>

Pearl Jam Are the Most Boring Band in 20 Years

See also: The Worst Song Of The '90s? A Line-By-Line Dissection Of Alanis Morissette's "Ironic" August marked the 20-year anniversary of Pearl Jam's Ten. Yes, for 20 soul-crushing years we've listened to Eddie Vedder mumble. Which is somehow even worse than Jeff Ament's endless procession of silly ... More >>

From the Archives: Jonathan Gold's "13 Ways of Looking at Nirvana" (Kurt Cobain, RIP 17 Years Ago Today)

Kurt Cobain, RIP (1967-1994)​Today, on the 17th anniversary of Kurt Cobain's untimely death, we reprint the following reflections from Jonathan Gold, originally written seven years ago. 1. A friend's East Village studio somewhere in July 1989. Nirvana, who had slept on the floor, are pissed, ... More >>

Music Picks: Haroula Rose, Jimmy Webb, Adler's Appetite, Nikka Costa

Also, The Melvins, Graf Orlock, Dudamel/Mahler 9th, Lissie and others

Gemma Ray: Under the Covers

U.K. chanteuse on musical remakes, dim-witted dinosaurs and missing her sauerkraut

Rock Picks: GZA, the Ettes, A.A. Bondy, Mose Allison

Also, the Kris Special, Jesse Sykes, Mamak Khadem and others

INCHES reviews Lambo, Marshmallow Ghosts (mbrs of BMSR, Appleseed Cast), Bipolar Bear, and Pink Noise (MP3s)

In the strange wake of music's digital rebirth, vinyl has experienced a modest boom in popularity, seen by many as a replacement for the awkward middleman that is the compact disc. INCHES reviews the output of L.A.'s healthy vinyl community (artists and labels, indie or other), believing that good m ... More >>

Buddyhead Redux

L.A.'s most loved and feared music Web site is back, leading the never-ending quest for music that doesn't suck

WTF? Melvins to Perform 'Houdini' In Its Entirety in Four Cities, But Not LA?

One of the greatest heaviest records of the 1990s was the Melvins' sludge-filled riff-o-rama Houdini. Half of it was (halfway) produced by Kurt Cobain, the rest of it was not, and the whole of it shattered many glass bongs when listened to at full volume. The album, funded by Atlantic Records in t ... More >>

Chris Darrow's Kaleidoscopic Vision

A mentor to Ben Harper; a "world music" propenent before there was even a name for it

Holy Shit, it's Mudhoney: Back on Sub Pop and Live in L.A @ El Rey

Mudhoney with Japanese Motors and Model/Actress @ El Rey Theatre November 14th, 2008 By Rita Neyter Mudhoney on stage. Photo by Timothy Norris. Click image for entire slideshow. "Mudhoney! HOLY SHIT!" shouted the bassist/vocalist of L.A.-based band Model/Actress. Holy shit, indeed. It's kind of ... More >>

The Melvins Take Us on a Tour of Their Los Angeles

Rolling with Dale and Buzzo

Rock Picks: Julieta Venegas, White Stripes, Spectrum

For the week of September 13 – 20

Sub Pop One Hummer

By Randall Roberts He’s out there somewhere. I know it. He apparently comes every year. At least that’s what they tell me up in Seattle, where Bruce Pavitt, co-founder of Sub Pop Records, is some sort of minor legend. You know, Bruce Pavitt, the dude with the vision to uncover a few of the gr ... More >>

Inflatable Ego

A boy-meets-balloon-gets-girl story

Used Country

Waiting for the Black Keys

Look, Ma, No Cheese

Pearls and Brass’ The Indian Tower is rockly rocker’s rock

Spaceland at 10: A Birthday Toast

Can I still get on the list?

E=MC⁵

Thirteen Ways of Looking at Nirvana

Street Action

Eat, Memory

Searching for the taste of home

Flannel Surfing

For Earth Below

Nebula: Synthetic dreams of metal machines

Ten Bands You Can't Kill

A non-definitive tribute to the bands we adore

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