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Dia De Los Muertos Festival Coming To Hollywood Forever Cemetery

Holy Ghosts! Can you believe Dia de Los Muertes is next week? This weekend, the annual festival at Hollywood Forever Cemetery is gearing up for its 13th year hosting the crown jewel of Dia de los Muertos celebrations in Los Angeles. The event will feature a colorful and lavish costumed parade, liv ... More >>

The Story of a Jewish Guy Who Did Crack and Lived in a Bus, and Now Makes Mexican Music

Growing up Jewish in Southeast Los Angeles with Communist parents who worked alongside the Black Panthers, Wil Abers never seemed to fit in. "I struggled with my identity living around Mexicans and African-Americans, while being white and seeing my parents fight against people in power," says Aber ... More >>

Food News Roundup: Food Safety Bill, Eating With Ozomatli Saveur's Food Blog Awards

The Washington Post: The landmark food safety bill signed by President Obama more than a year ago is stuck in limbo. Gourmet Live: Ozomatli's global musical tastes match their culinary appetite. Saveur: The Best Food Blog Award Winners. Because "In their infinite variety and extraordinary depth, [ ... More >>

Here's The Full List of How Much Each Sunset Junction Band Was Supposed to Be Paid

In August Sunset Junction was denied a permit by the Board of Public Works, due to unpaid fees. This left everyone scrambling to get money they were owed, including ticket buyers, vendors, and bands themselves. Sunset Junction Neighborhood Alliance proceeded to file for Chapter 7 bankruptcy protec ... More >>

Sunset Junction Owes Nearly $1 Million to Artists, IRS and the City, According to Bankruptcy Filing

When the Los Angeles Board of Public Works refused to grant permits to the Sunset Junction Street Fair in August, hundreds of unpaid bills were left littered in the canceled festival's wake. The city wished to be paid up front for costs associated with the street fair; festival organizers scrambled, ... More >>

A Better Life: The Music and The Message

SIMPLY GRAND FOR 25 YEARS

An Evening with Booker T.

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Music Picks: Dum Dum Girls, Tricky, Leon Russell, OFF!

Also, Peaches, Killing Joke, Albert Lee and others

Ozomatli to Perform with USC Trojan Marching Band at Notre Dame Game Halftime this Saturday

Ozomatli and USC meet on Saturday​Two L.A. music institutions will come together during Saturday's USC home game vs. Notre Dame. During halftime, Latin rap/pop/rock nine-piece Ozomatli will perform with the 315-piece the Spirit of Troy marching band. As rare of an honor as this is -- other US ... More >>

Haiku News: Kanye's Meh Mini-Movie, Jónsi Cancels In-Store Tour, Local Natives' New Vid, Katie Perry Gets Branded

Haiku News: Kanye's Meh Mini-Movie, Jónsi Cancels In-Store Tour, Local Natives' New Vid, Katie Perry Gets Hitched

Barack Obama Rally At USC Runs Long

Ozomatli: Is this who we came to see?​More than an hour into today's presidential rally at USC, actor Jamie Foxx led the crowd chant of "We're not exhausted."It's not much of a rallying cry. But for much of the crowd of 37,500, it wasn't even true. Attendees were made to stand in line for hours be ... More >>

Free Ozomatli MP3: Hey Latinos! Vote Next Month and Stop Politicians and Demagogues like Lou Dobbs from Disrespecting You

R-E-S-P-E-T-O​We sometimes make fun of Ozomatli here because they can be a little...well, NPRish and "Soothing Sounds for Liberals." But that's ok, in their case we kid because we respect--they're all amazing musicians, very open-minded to all rhythms and cultures (hip-hop, in particular, and ... More >>

Cut Chemist: Too Many DJs

Call yourself a DJ 'cause you bought two turntables and a mixer? World-class L.A. DJ is putting you on notice

Grim and Grimmer

Randall Roberts' LA Weekly Feature Following Ozomatli into Burma Wins Prestigious AltWeekly Award

​An LA Weekly piece by our former Music Editor (and current LA Times Music Editor) Randall Roberts about LA band Ozomatli's tour of South East Asia has just been chosen as the best Arts feature of 2009 at the 2010 edition of the AltWeekly Awards. Another LA Weekly piece, about the fascinating ... More >>

Rage Against the Machine, Sonic Youth, Massive Attack and Many Others Push for Boycott Against Arizona Law

​(Via Billboard) A number of influential musicians and other artists have now joined their voices to the organized repudiation of the recent immigration legislation in Arizona. The following names have been posted on the website thesoundstrike.net endorsing a boycott of Arizona, most likely b ... More >>

Sona Patel To Drop Fantastic New Album!

​Is there anything Sona Patel can't do? The legendary LA medical marijuana pinup physician is about to release a new album through the boutique Silver Lake label Drama of the Gifted Childd (rumored to be secretly owned by a couple of minor Strokes, the rhythm section of Ozomatli, and nightlif ... More >>

The Hollywood Bowl Announces Its 2010 Schedule

​Is it that time already? Yes, for the 89th time, it is. The Los Angeles Philharmonic Association just announced the line-up for the 2010 Hollywood Bowl season, and despite its age, the outdoor beauty will stage a few firsts: Gustavo Dudamel's first Bowl subscription concerts as music direct ... More >>

Rock Picks: Ozomatli, Harper Simon, Spain

Also, Tenacious D, Lady Gaga, Local Natives and others

MOMMY & 'MATLI

Ozomatli to Perform for Barack and Michelle Obama at the Congressional Hispanic Caucus Awards

LA band Ozomatli have stood on a lot of stages in their fourteen year career. They've faced 10,000 in Kathmandu, have been shuttled into a Palestinian refugee camp in Jordan to perform, have gigged music schools in Burma, have done the Today Show. Next Wednesday, however, they'll play to what is the ... More >>

Getty Outdoor Performance Series

More Ozo, Pink Slips and Villaraigosa Misgivings

L.A. Weekly: Why they’re still picking it up

Video Exclusive: Ozomatli in Burma, Where Cameras Are A Loaded Weapon

Last month I was lucky enough to travel with Ozomatli as they toured Southeast Asia, where they did outreach programs and concerts organized and financed by the U.S. State Department. I wrote a feature on the trip, which appears as the cover story in this week's issue. As well, in addition to being ... More >>

On the Road to Burma

Globetrotting with Ozomatli, unlikely U.S. diplomats

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Ozomatli in Myanmar: Punk's Not Dead

Randall RobertsPunk's Not Dead scribbled on a wall in Yangon, Myanmar No, Ozomatli's not a punk band, at least not in the traditional sense -- though Uli Bella does have a Crass button pinned to his requinto jarocho strap -- but that doesn't mean they don't have the attitude. Long story short: I' ... More >>

'MATLI CREW

Oliver Wang on Ozomatli's Three-Night Stint at H.O.B. (with Chali 2na Back in the Mix)

The first time I ever saw Ozomatli was in 1997, when they played the Elbo Room in San Francisco; their dozen or so members barely fit the tiny stage. The second time I caught them was less than six months later, at a UFW march in support of strawberry workers in Watsonville. The two spaces couldn't ... More >>

Dance Club Pick: Fresh Salsa

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Ozomatli, Weapon of Choice at HOB, 12/20/07

Ozomatli, Weapon of Choice House of Blues, 12/20 I know it’s been said before but I’ll say it again: If heaven had to spit out a party band, it would be Ozomatli. They are the reigning kings of feel-good L.A. roots music. Aside from one lady in a black halter top and spike heels who was thro ... More >>

¡Ask a Mexican! a Degree of Success

"My question is in what field of work would someone with a bachelor’s in Chicano studies land? Here are a few jobs I came up with: working at a lowrider or tattoo shop, designing Virgin de Guadalupe T-shirts..."

Grouching Toward Bethlehem

Dead Man’s Party

Archive

Live in LA

Friday Night at the Races

Can't Let It Go

California Dreaming

Ozomatli and a gathering of West Coast underground hip-hop luminaries fight the power

Manic Monday

Raging against the Establishment

A Real Swell Time

L.A. Weekly Music Awards 2002

Hello, Dali

WMA winners announced, worlds collide

Mas Better Party

And the LAWMA Goes to . . .

L.A. Weekly Music Awards Nominees 1999