Neil Hamburger

Dick Jokes for Jesus: Comedy Bang Bang's Nativity Pageant Taught Us the True Meaning of Christmas

See also: *Our Slideshow on Comedy Bang Bang's Nativity Pageant *10 Best Stand-Up Comedy Shows in Los Angeles Some folks will tell you that the War on Christmas begins every Black Friday -- a day when faithless, mouth-breathing hordes descend upon shopping malls in an orgy of consumerism that ope ... More >>

The Best Concerts To See in L.A. This Week: Oct. 15-18

Monday, October 15 Joyce Manor CENTER FOR THE ARTS, EAGLE ROCK South Bay punk-pop band Joyce Manor have gone from house parties to festival shows pretty damn quick, but what can you do? They have charisma, hooks, the decorum you need to keep going even when your fans get obsessive, and of course th ... More >>

Music Picks: Neil Young, Aimee Mann, Low End Theory Anniversary

Music Picks: The Descendents, Stones Throw 15th Anniversary Show,, Princess Pangolin, Brian Setzer

Also, Guns N' Roses, Weingart, Stevie Wonder's House Full of Toys, and others

The 911 on Halloween

Music Picks: Willie Nelson's Country Throwdown, Yellow Magic Orchestra, Holly Golightly & the Brokeoffs, Peter Murphy

Also, Erykah Badu, Andre Williams, Animals & Men and others

A Bunch of Shit and Some Other Crap

Countdown to Records Store Day: We Found Sasha Grey's Favorite Record Store!

​ Wombleton Records sells an amazing collection of rare- and not-so-rare imports--though its stated mission is to further cultural exchange between Los Angeles and Glasgow, it does all that and more carrying everything from Suzy Quattro and Zounds LP's to original pressings of Dutch freakbeat ... More >>

DJ of the Week: Dublab's Co-Founder Frosty

​ dublab has been an internet radio station for over ten years now, pioneering the format and introducing L.A.--and the world--to up-and-coming acts from all genres of music. Hip hop, psyche, jazz, funk, punk, beat--you name it, and it's streamed on dublab.com. Flying Lotus, the Gaslamp Kille ... More >>

Music Picks: She Wants Revenge, Nilbog, Lady Gaga

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

MAKE US LAUGH, FUNNY BOY!

Marc Maron

Music Picks: SWANS, Sebadoh, Arbouretum, Cass McCombs

Also Meshell Ndegeocello, Kaki King, Local Natives and others

Top 20 Most Ridiculous Grammy 2010 Nominations: Still Ridiculous after All These Months

Grammys: they're nuts!​ [Originally published December 2010] It's that time of the year, the time when the imploding music industry gathers to display their astonishing cluelessness by nominating a bunch of hacks, flashes-in-the-pan, and old people that have done their best work 40 years ago ... More >>

REMEMBER WHEN MIKE MYERS MATTERED?

Top 20 Most Ridiculous Grammy 2010 Nominations

Grammys: they're nuts!​It's that time of the year, the time when the imploding music industry gathers to display their astonishing cluelessness by nominating a bunch of hacks, flashes-in-the-pan, and old people that have done their best work 40 years ago as "the best music of the year." Yup-- ... More >>

This weekend: OK Go, Weezer, Bonobo, Pretty Lights, Lucero, Karl Denson's Tiny Universe

Day 19OK Go​Almost anything goes in the Theater of OK Go. The art-pop quartet's headlining tour, which concludes Saturday in Los Angeles, has included (according to various online reports): Enough confetti to drown an arena full of Flaming Lips fans; the guys decked out in primary colors; a 3 ... More >>

Music Picks: The Hangmen, Brother Ali, Tommy Rock-A-Shacka, Weezer

Also, Hellride, Bonobo, New Kingdom and others

Tonight: Gorillaz, Reigning Sound, White Sea, Bullet for My Valentine, VersaEmerge, Onra

Gorillaz​The festival-closing Coachella set by Gorillaz back in April was as memorable for what it wasn't as what it was. The Damian Albarn-fronted collective went it without its typical big-screen animations and played unmasked -- with the Clash's Mick Jones and Paul Simonon joining for a se ... More >>

Top 10 Men With Meat Names

Men With Meat Names is an ad-hoc website that lists, you guessed it, men with meat names. We compiled the ten best into one, easy-to-read top-10 list for your reading (or is tasting?) enjoyment. Are the photos a bit large? Sure they are, but you don't want to see tiny thumbprint shots of these guys, ... More >>

This weekend: Rx Bandits, Band of Horses, Vampire Weekend, Muse, Abbot Kinney Festival, Epicenter Festival, Willie Nelson, Rancid, Waved Out II, Helmet

Rx Bandits​Few would have thought that the Orange County ska-punk kids who a decade ago started playing as the Pharmaceutical Bandits would grow up to be a Coachella band. But the quartet now known Rx Bandits has, their party in the desert last spring certifying Matt Embree and crew as musica ... More >>

But Thaaat's His Life!

Legendary Indie Label Drag City Finds Way To Work "Tila Tequila" and "Juggalo" Into Headline Promoting Bizarre Anti-Comedian Neil Hamburger

This poor man is now the bitch of Tila Tequila and ICP​File this one under: "the Internet and search engines have turned all cool, interesting pop culture into the bitch of the stupidest forms of pop culture." Once upon a time, Drag City was a label that stood for the awesomely weird, from cu ... More >>

Tim Heidecker and Eric Wareheim to Tour U.S.

Tim Heidecker and Eric Wareheim, of the Adult Swim series Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job!, are hitting the road. The duo's home television network just announced that Tim and Eric Awesome Tour, Great Job Chrimbus Spectacular 2010 will launch in Seattle on November 1 and conclude in Atlanta on ... More >>

This Weekend: Miguel Atwood-Ferguson, Rage Against the Machine, Robyn, Jackson Browne, Lyle Lovett, Keith Urban, Delta Spirit

via MySpaceMiguel Atwood-Ferguson​Tonight'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 >>

A WEEK RICH IN FULCHER

A WEEK RICH IN FULCHER

AND GOD CREATED FUNNY

Hamburger Sinatra Jr.

GO LA: Fringe Artists, Porno Films and Lisa Lampanelli

Plus some high-brow stuff to do, February 27-March 5

Three Hipsters Walk Into a Silver Lake Bar ...

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

Neil Hamburger: The LA Weekly Interview

Interview by Jonah Flicker Comedian Neil Hamburger released the musically excellent and thoroughly funny Neil Hamburger Sings Country Winners (Drag City) this past April. Over the course of ten songs, Hamburger spins melancholy tales that make Johnny Cash sound like John Tesh and offers wry observa ... More >>

Neil Hamburger Spins Bing Crosby Live at Dublab.com NOW!

No, really, you should listen to Neil Hamburger's guest DJ slot at Dublab right now.

Neil Hamburger, Spaceland, 3/30

Neil Hamburger Spaceland, March 30 Walking on stage cradling three drinks in his arms, Neil Hamburger makes his first impression on the audience by spilling them slowly onto his own tuxedo while setting up his notes on the monitors in front of him. Much of the booze in his glasses ends up soaked in ... More >>

Upcoming Shows

Ryan Adams - Royce Hall, Jan. 30 & 31 Dave Alvin - McCabe's Jan. 18 & 19 Autechre - Echo, April 4 Bad Religion - House of Blues, April 4 & 5 Big Sandy, Deke Dickerson - Safari Sam's, Dec. 28 Black Heart Procession - Spaceland, Jan. 11 Black Mountain - Troubadour, Feb. 5 Built to Spill, Meat P ... More >>

Warning: Contains Grateful Dead Karaoke!

What to do in Los Angeles this week

Program Notes: Hippies at the Phil, a Primer

In anticipation of Joanna Newsom's performance with a 28-piece orchestra, we offer a primer - and an homage to orchestral liner notes - for those of the symphonic persuasion

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Concerts Clubs Other Rock & Pop

Rock Picks

For the week of July 5 - 11

Bombs, Bush & Baseball

The Right to Die... Onstage!

Between rock and a sidesplitting place with “World’s Funnyman” Neil Hamburger

Like a Cancer

Neil Hamburger is so inside he could break out

Super Furry Sound

A year in music