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Gibson Amphitheatre To Shut Down

Gibson Amphitheatre, the mainstay mid-size concert venue at Universal City, will close its doors in September, according to its operator Live Nation Entertainment. As announced in December 2011, the 6,200-capacity amphitheatre is expected to be demolished to make way for The Wizarding World of Har ... More >>

Five Must-See L.A. Bands at SXSW

Initially a place where music executives could check out a bunch of emerging bands in the span of a few days, SXSW has become the spring break of the music biz. Bands from all over the globe descend on Austin hoping to convince the masses they're the next big thing. While megastars like Bruce Spring ... More >>

10 Restaurants for Mardi Gras

We think Paul Simon must have accidentally left out a few lyrics from "Take Me to the Mardi Gras." Sure, we love the "music in the street both night and day" and the chance to "jingle to the beat." But what about the celebratory New Orleans-style food and drinks? Jambalaya, gumbo, crawfish and etouf ... More >>

tUnE-YarDs - The Music Box - 11-2-11

Timothy Norris​By Maud Deitch See also: *Our tUnE-yArDs slide show *tUnE-yArDs' w h o k i l l: 21st Century Soul Music: The inside story on the best album of 2011 (so far) tUnE-YarDs The Music Box 11-2-11 Better than...that one time in college. You were just experimenting. Within moments ... More >>

Music Picks: Shelby Lynne, Marsha Ambrosius, John Scofield Quartet, Wiz Khalifa

Also, Leon Russell, Chris Brown, Azar Lawrence Quintet and others

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

tUnE-yArDs' w h o k i l l: 21st Century Soul Music

The inside story on the best album of 2011 (so far)

Music Picks: Coachella, Girls in Trouble, Ms. Lauryn Hill, Paul Simon

Also, Mary Anne Hobbs, Yoni Wolf, Emmylou Harris and others

Live Review: Jukebox The Ghost, Hooray For Earth, and AB & The Sea at the Echo

Jessica DustonAB & The Sea​ Last night the pop came in three varieties at the Echo: traditional, experimental, and extra sweet. It was almost like being in Galco's, something for everyone. The first band up was AB & The Sea, who were dressed up prim and proper with collared shirts and cardiga ... More >>

Download a Free Album From 'The Scenesters' Film, Feat. Franks, Baths, Wallpaper, Big Search, Pukes, Sweaters, Lord Huron, Le Switch and more

The Scenesters screens at the Downtown Independent, live music from Big Search, Sweaters, Franks and Lord Huron​Full disclosure: I, L.A. Weekly writer Chris Martins, served as music supervisor on this film, and booked the bands for this event. But that doesn't make 14 free songs any less sweet ... More >>

Watch: Harper Simon Debuts New Video by Actor/Director Joshua Leonard

Harper Simon Debuts New Video by Actor/Director Joshua Leonard

Over the Weekend: Baaba Maal, Tinariwen and Yeasayer Play the Bowl

Fool's Gold (Andrea Whiting)​By Andrea Whiting Given that it was Father's Day and the dude half-responsible for my existence loves live music, I decided to bring my dad along to the season's first KCRW World Festival. And via this ploy to beat out my little sister for the Best Daughter Award ... More >>

Hollywood Backs Boxer, Kaus Fights the Machine

Make no mistake, Hollywood's biggest political players are lining up behind the 2010 re-election bid of U.S. Senator Barbara Boxer, The Hill has reported.Film director Steven Spielberg​From David Geffen to Barbra Streisand to Steven Spielberg, the liberal/entertainment establishment gave Boxer bar ... More >>

'Beatles are Bigger than David Crosby,' Says the Vatican

​L'Osservatore Romano, the Vatican newspaper of record, has apparently released a list of their Top Ten Rock Albums. We're saying apparently because most links to this story lead back to articles in the British press reporting this. The Osservatore's website--a bizarre Umberto-Eco-worthy labyr ... More >>

Guest Blogger: '(500) Days of Summer' Co-Screenwriter Scott Neustadter on Music & Film

By Scott Neustadter​ Editor's note: Screenwriter Scott Neustadter struck gold in 2009 with his script for (500) Days of Summer, which he co-wrote with Michael H. Weber. The film, shot in downtown Los Angeles, stars Zooey Deschanel and Joseph Gordon-Levitt, and viewers watch the rise and fall ... More >>

Ever Wondered How "World Music" Got Its Awkward Name?

We are the World (Music)​Music, as Madonna wisely pointed out, makes the people come together (it also apparently makes the bourgeoisie and the rebel. Oh, Madonna...). But the endless, relentless, unmanageable offer of music that the invention of recording unleashed in the very late 19th centu ... More >>

Rock Picks: Ozomatli, Harper Simon, Spain

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

Harper Simon to Join Brian Wilson at the Disney Concert Hall

Harper Simon Joins Brian Wilson at the Disney Concert Hall

"Wait! Who's That Singing????": Top Ten List of Major Stars Covering Other People's Music

Bowie also waited for his man​Pitchfork reports that Peter Gabriel will be releasing an album of covers, in which he will tackle hits and more obscure cuts by David Bowie, Paul Simon, Elbow, Bon Iver, Talking Heads, The Arcade Fire, Regina Spektor, Radiohead, Lou Reed ("The Power of the Heart" ... More >>

Harper Simon Record Release at the Echo Tonight

Harper Simon Record Release at the Echo Tonight

Movie Reviews: Land of the Lost, My Life in Ruins, Pressure Cooker

Also, Corked!, Downloading Nancy and more

Ziggy Plays Guitar

GO LA: Mort Sahl, Ziggy Marley and Everything In Between

What to do in L.A., May 1-7

Top 10 Americana Albums of 2008

By Noah W. Bailey Picking the best folk and Americana records of the year isn't nearly as hard as discarding those great records that just didn't feel right stuck in the category.Releases by Calexico and DeVotchKa felt far too worldly to pigeonhole as folk or country, for instance, while Blitzen ... More >>

Rutling Is the Sincerest Form of Flattery

The Rutles: 30th Anniversary Reunion American Cinematheque March 17th It was here - well, not here, really, but in fact several thousands of miles away in the UK - that, Monty Python alum Eric Idle, along with Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band alum and frequent Python collaborator Neil Innes, concocted the ... More >>

Grizzly Bear live on Morning Becomes Eclectic, Feb. 27

On Wednesday morning, the subterranean temple that is the KCRW studio complex on the campus of Santa Monica College played host to a great six-song set by Grizzly Bear, of Brooklyn, New York. Broadcast live on Nic Harcourt's Morning Becomes Eclectic show, the set, which you can listen to on the stat ... More >>

Hello Mommy Africa: A Hipster's Guide to Afro-Indie Rock

Here's eight records. Now go start a riot

Neko Case: Deep Red Belle

She's an auburn-haired Caucasian woman of Ukrainian descent. Is Case also the blackest woman in indie rock?

Summer Lovin', Happened So Fast

Freedom's Just Another Word for Arty Videos, the Doors and Sippy Cups

What to do in Los Angeles this week

Rock Picks

For Sept. 28 – Oct. 5

Accident at Sea

Unicorns become Islands

Festivus Maximus

Do you enjoy crowds, music and exhaustion?

Last Call in Gaza

A burned-out bar as an election symbol

San Grove-ero Fest And Mo Cheese

Thanks for the Weirdness

African Idol

People Whose Passing We Lament

All That Jazz

Talking about my generation

Also Opening This Week

Paul Williams, Subjective Artist

Citizen of the Crossover World

Angelique Kidjo’s sounds of the diaspora

Septic Infection

Stanton Warriors’ break-step-tococcus

Oldies But Goodies

The television event

Super Furry Sound

A year in music

Cherry Street

A music giant remembered on the anniversary of his death

Soul Stirrer

The gospel according to Bobby Womack

Sound + Vision

Music and the movies

School's Out

Sweet Heart