He's not in bands, but he makes them sound a hell of a lot better
He's not in bands, but he makes them sound a hell of a lot better
Tonight is the 2012 MTV Video Music Awards. Now in its 29th year, it's had its share of memorable moments, none more so than during the 1997 broadcast. On the occasion of its 15th anniversary, here's the case for why it was the best VMA's ever televised.
Orange County ska group No Doubt just released their first new single in a decade, "Settle Down." We couldn't help but notice the cover of the record looks like dog shit. So we asked Dann Miller, a renowned graphic designer responsible for one of the year's best album covers, a few questions about ... More >>
One of the fascinating Angelenos featured in L.A. Weekly's People 2012 issue. Check out our entire People 2012 issue here. As a teenager, Pilar DÃaz spent Friday nights at Tower Records in Hollywood with her dad. It was something of a coping mechanism; her mother and sister were killed in a car ac ... More >>
See also: Crazy Town's Shifty Shellshock Is Out of His Coma! Here's Everything You Need To Know About Him Rap-rock remains the coolest idea ever. You've just been scared off of it by the mountain of terrible rap-rock in existence. Here are ten songs that prove the Woodstock '99-tainted genre could ... More >>
See also: *White Fence's Tim Presley Moves Retro Rock Forward *Top 5 L.A. Garage Rock Bands *Mikal Cronin: Ty Segall's Homie on the Bay Area Scene, No Doubt, and Making Music His Mom Likes Ty Segall, White Fence, Mikal Cronin, The Feeling of Love The Troubadour 3/3/12 Though not technically from ... More >>
Mikal Cronin's self-titled debut arrived last year as part of a successful trio of thrashy rock releases from the Bay Area, which also included Thee Oh Sees' Carrion Crawler/The Dream and Ty Segall's Goodbye Bread. Maintaining a stark level of intimacy, Cronin's album is the most wholesome and engag ... More >>
BrassSpeakIt's an August afternoon in Hollywood, and the shaggy-bearded rapper Speak is snacking on mac 'n' cheese in a recording studio at Atlantic Records. He doesn't seem like he belongs here. For starters, he's wearing beach bum attire: sun-bleached peach board shorts and Sperry Top-Sid ... More >>
Lina Lecaro Moore gives more. See also: The Never-Ending Story of Fishbone Gets Another Chapter with a New Documentary Fishbone Bootleg Theater October 20, 2011 Better than... bands they've influenced like the Chili Peppers and No Doubt. We had actually forgotten about one of our gnarlies ... More >>
Confidence is key, as Compton rapper Game knows. Like our sister paper Village Voice said last week, Game (we hate that he dropped the "The") is "the ultimate company man ... he has kept admirably cool while the years pass by; instead, when asked about the delays in interviews, he responds w ... More >>
Tha BoogieIt began with a MySpace message. Three Rancho Cucamonga teenagers who called themselves "Tha Boogie" were starting their music careers, and took to the social networking site to post some of their newest recordings for anyone to hear. But there was one man in particular they wante ... More >>
Tha BoogieIt began with a MySpace message. Three Rancho Cucamonga teenagers who called themselves "Tha Boogie" were starting their music careers, and took to the social networking site to post some of their newest recordings for anyone to hear. But there was one man in particular they wante ... More >>
In this week's Nightranger column, we cover last week's Macy's Passport "Glamorama" event at the Orpheum Theatre downtown. The event was scaled back from years past live music-wise (Macy Gray and Eric Hutchinson performed short sets in between the runway looks) but the production was still top-notch ... More >>
Red Zebra, Jalisco Bar, As If and GLBT Pride
Ludovic Lefebvres french revolution, 4.0
We're tempted to tell you about Jim Morrison and the really interesting remixes of their old catalog featured on the soundtrack to the new documentary People Are Strange. This is because we spent a few hours listening to it trapped in traffic trying to get to the parking lot so we could get to spend ... More >>
We're tempted to tell you about Jim Morrison and the really interesting remixes of their old catalog featured on the soundtrack to the new documentary People Are Strange. This is because we spent a few hours listening to it trapped in traffic trying to get to the parking lot so we could get to spend ... More >>
The appeal of a piece of music can be measured by how well it can be covered. If you can change not just the musicians, but the instruments, and still come out with something solid, then it's a winner. Take "The Imperial March (Darth Vader's Theme)" as an example. Ever since its first appeara ... More >>
The appeal of a piece of music can be measured by how well it can be covered. If you can change not just the musicians, but the instruments, and still come out with something solid, then it's a winner. Take "The Imperial March (Darth Vader's Theme)" as an example. Ever since its first appeara ... More >>
By Siran Babayan (All photos by Timothy Norris. Click images for entire KROQ slideshow.) In my worst nightmare, the Cure would be upstaged by Kanye West. Yes, the two would share a bill; West making a surprise appearance and leaving the crowd in a frenzy, the Cure headlining the show and making ... More >>
For the week of June 21–28
Clowns to the left, hipsters to the right
Here's a link to an extended version of Falling James' interview with Manu Chao appears on L.A. Weekly's website this week. They cover his first L.A. show playing with No Doubt in 1989, to his love of punk rock bands like the Ramones and MC5to the worries of turning into a rock star asshole. ... More >>
Disneyland goes all Chili Peppers and shit
Inspired by Joe Donnelly's awesome new blog, I just had to let y'all know what I'm feeling today: -I'm sad my girl Sicily got booted off of The Search For the Next Pussycat Doll last night. Actually, I'm happy 'cause hopefully that means she'll go back to her band of (real) badass babes-- The Holog ... More >>
Inspired by Joe Donnelly's awesome new blog, I just had to let y'all know what I'm feeling today: -I'm sad my girl Sicily got booted off of The Search For the Next Pussycat Doll last night. Actually, I'm happy 'cause hopefully that means she'll go back to her band of (real) badass babes-- The Holog ... More >>
The rock & roll fantasy of live-band karaoke
The rock & roll fantasy of live-band karaoke
Dr. Israel and Heavyweight Dub Champion at the Knitting Factory, Monday.
A buncha beloved Brit post-punk finds its day in the (reissue) sun
A buncha beloved Brit post-punk finds its day in the (reissue) sun
A buncha beloved Brit post-punk finds its day in the (reissue) sun
And other picks for Wednesday, February 1
And other picks for Wednesday, February 1
And other picks for Wednesday, February 1
And other picks for Wednesday, February 1
As persona overtakes person, Love, Angel, Music, Baby shows Gwen Stefani still drives her own ambition
As persona overtakes person, Love, Angel, Music, Baby shows Gwen Stefani still drives her own ambition
As persona overtakes person, Love, Angel, Music, Baby shows Gwen Stefani still drives her own ambition
N*E*R*D moves on from hip-hop and rock
Beth Gibbons & Rustin Man, beyond the footnotes
Sheila Nicholls gets a life
Sheila Nicholls gets a life
The Von Steins know it’s only new wave, but they like it
N*E*R*D want theirs
Edited by Kateri Butler
Pressure drop! Hepcat rocks steady
Paul ‘n’ Princess: Very stimulating!
Edited by Kateri Butler & Libby Molyneaux
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