Pete Townshend

California Assembly District 39 Campaign: Will Raul Bocanegra Be Any Different Than Richard Alarcon?

Lyrics from The Who's "Won't Get Fooled Again" (see video after the jump) have probably been used many times before by political pundits, but that won't stop us from using them again: "Meet the new boss/Same as the old boss!" Those immortal words from The Who's Pete Townshend are particularly relev ... More >>

Music Picks: Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band, Esperanza Spalding, Jack White

Also, the Crystelles, Arturo Sandoval, Backbiter and others

Let's Be Honest: Concerts Are Too Fucking Loud

Chris Reed​By Gabrielle Canon Everyone likes to argue about which bands are the best. But there's one thing everyone agrees on - louder is better. At the end of the day, we all seem to want amps that go to 11. Concerts these days are louder than just about anything else in daily life, unless ... More >>

Future Islands - Echoplex - 11/17/11

Ian Cohen​See also: Future Islands: Too Noisy For New Wave, Too Pussy For Punk Future Islands Echoplex 11-17-11 Better than: Nursing your woes while crying in your beer. Having someone spill theirs on you while dancing in place takes way less effort I'd been told that Baltimore synth-pop be ... More >>

Mary J. Blige, Larry Carlton, Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds

Also, Peanut Butter Wolf, Lucy Woodward, Chromeo and others

Ten Reasons To See Eddie Vedder Tonight (Besides Reliving Your Grunge Glory Days)

​Yes, yes, the '90s have gone the way of the flannel shirt, BUT they are making a comeback faster than you can say "Citizen Dick" (the Day-Glo '80s could only interest newborn hipsters for so long). That being said, the drummer of the fictional band from Singles, the one and only Eddie Vedder, ... More >>

THERE'S NO "THE" BEFORE EAGLES

Top 6 Controversial TV Appearances By Bands, in Honor of Odd Future Playing Fallon Tonight

​The ever controversial Odd Future (OFWGKTA) rap collective is set to perform tonight on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon. We're not sure what this means, but we imagine a certain amount of destruction, danger and disrespect will be involved. (At least, we hope.) Earlier today, Roots drummer Quest ... More >>

EXCLUSIVE: Lemmy Talks about the Decay of Good Strip Clubs in LA, Asshole Politicians, and What He's Reading Right Now ("Winnie the Pooh"--No, Really)

Gustavo TurnerAt the Rainbow: Lemmy's buddy Scottie, Lemmy's son Paul Inder, Lemmy's movie co-director Greg Olliver, lovely Rainbow bartender Kristin, some English dude, Lemmy's movie co-director Wes Orshoski​Last week, more than usual, it was Lemmy-Geddon in L.A. Starting with the icon-studde ... More >>

Tonight: Betty LaVette, Jews on Vinyl Revue, Eastern Conference Champions, Wallpaper, Mighty Mighty Bosstones, Jets Overhead

Elizabeth FladunBetty LaVette​One of the best Betty LaVette stories came out of the veteran soul singer's performance a couple years ago at the Kennedy Center Honors in Washington, D.C. In a nod to one of the year's honorees, the Who, LaVette delivered a show-stopping rendition of "Love Reign ... More >>

Rock Out With Your Doc Out

Stage Raw: Summer Festivities

COMPREHENSIVE THEATER LISTINGSNEW THEATER REVIEWSSTAGE FEATURE on [title of show] and Dani GirlSUMMER FESTIVITIES Open Fist Theater Company launches its annual Fist Look Festival this weekend, with The Existents, a rock musical by Douglas Crawford and Jason Wooten, music and lyrics by Ty Taylor. T ... More >>

Stage Raw: Brewsie & Willie

COMPREHENSIVE THEATER LISTINGSNEW THEATER REVIEWSSTAGE FEATURE ON LINDA PURL'S FESTIVALBREWSIE AND WILLIE ​Poor Dog Group's adaptation of Gertrude Stein's novella, is among the productions being reviewed this week. Photo by Scott Grolier Check back here on Monday night for reviews of THE BAKER'S ... More >>

Stage Raw: Unknown Future, Theater on Seward Closes Its Doors

COMPREHENSIVE THEATER LISTINGSNEW THEATER REVIEWSSTAGE FEATURE on Lieutenant of Inishmore and A Tale Told by an IdiotAN UNKNOWN FUTURE: Theater on Seward Closes its Doors John Fleck performs tonight (Thursday), 8 p.m. with his sardonic one-man comedy about Trader Joe's (and points beyond), Side E ... More >>

Stage Raw: Pasadena Playhouse Emerges from Bankruptcy

COMPREHENSIVE THEATER LISTINGSNEW THEATER REVIEWSCURRENT STAGE FEATURE on KING LEARCAPTURED AURAL PHANTASY THEATER ​CAPT presents a special event tonight (Friday) night, Hooray for Hollywood Extravaganza, celebrating the legends of Our Fair City, In a style mixing radio and vaudeville. The Galler ... More >>

Over the Weekend: Buzzcocks at Club Nokia

Falling JamesThe Buzzcocks' Peter Shelley​ Let other punk rock bands sing about anarchy and nuclear destruction. The Buzzcocks specialize in affairs of the heart, and singer-guitarists Steve Diggle and, especially, Pete Shelley have penned an endless series of love songs that distill all of th ... More >>

Long Gone: The Great Lost Quick Album

Band's sole album, Mondo Deco, is reissued on vinyl

Who Will Play The Super Bowl Half-Time Show (That Wasn't a Question)

The Who at the Super Bowl: YEAHHHHHHH!​Billboard reports that The Who--a UK duo comprising singer Roger Daltrey and half-deaf guitarist Pete Townshend who are perhaps best known for soundtracking very popular American crime-lab procedural TV programs--will be the half-time performers at the 20 ... More >>

Coachella Day 3: The Kills Kill It, Throbbing Gristle Force Me Into The Fetal Position, and The Clipse Cancel

Slowly, my brain is slinking its way towards sensible shape. Three days of Coachella are not for the faint of heart -- if nothing else it requires a quarter-ounce of weed, an array of narcotic edibles from potcorn to cannabis cakes, several brightly colored pills of indiscriminate origin, copious ... More >>

For Those Who Stand Long . . . A Led Zeppelin Reunion?

Checking out the rumors at the Sunset Marquis' Gibson Through the Lens reception

Flowers, Felt and Fantasy

What to do in Los Angeles this week

Days of Lines and Poses

SxSW journal

Maude!

SXSW or no SXSW, my first sign of Texas pride was the Texas-shaped gravestone in the Texas State Cemetery I noticed outside the airport shuttle. Landed in Austin in drizzling weather; even in a crowded airplane making four stops it's easy to single out the passengers headed here – they're the ... More >>

Pete Townshend Comes Alive!

with Rachel Fuller, Tenacious D, Ben Harper, Alexi Murdoch, Joe Purdy at Hotel Café

Rock Picks

For the week of March 1 - 8

For Those About Türoque

The world’s second-greatest air guitarist breaks wind in a new memoir

Music Picks

Live in LA

Pet Sounds

Petra Haden + The Who = ♥

Pick Up the Torch

The Hives in the land of true rock & roll

Wrong Is Right

Pillow of Wrongness

Audio Visual

Saved by the Light

Down These Sick Streets

CSI: Dark and darker

Still Rockin’ in the Almost Free World

Let's Have a Party

Strange Bedfellows: Winona and the Chicago 7

No Taste Is Good Taste

Combat Rock

Sleater-Kinney on the frontlines

Heroes Dream

Bruce Springsteen in the city of ruins

Like a Rhinestone Preacher

Nick Cave survives and surpasses

Teen Spirit

Rockboy Ben Kweller phones home

Give the Anarchist a Cigarette

Mick Farren on the Deviants, fantasy fiction and blowing shit up

Peppermint Twist

The White Stripes’ blues in the red zone

Renaissance Man

Soul Warp

Shooting Off Sparks