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The 20 Worst Hipster Bands: The Complete List

The 20 Worst Hipster Bands: 10-1 Top 20 Worst Bands of All Time Top 20 Musicians of All Time, in Any Genre Top 20 Whitest Musicians of All Time Who are these hipsters we see each day in the streets, on our Tumblr feeds, and on the local news? And why are so many in bands? It's not the mere existen ... More >>

Ariel Pink Is the King of Whatever

Raised in Beverly Hills, he became the preeminent Eastside satirical musical madman

Steve Albini Has A Food Blog

Crotchety genius Steve Albini* has a food blog. It's called Mario Batali Voice. Why? As Albini explains it on the blog: "This is what I made Heather for dinner. The name comes from the way I bring her food in bed and present it to her using an imitation of Mario Batali's voice from TV. When she post ... More >>

Top Five Reasons Why Grouplove is About to Blow Up

Grouplove​You know that autumnal mix of optimism and anticipation that arrives with the electricity in the newly-crisp air? That's what Grouplove's debut full-length, Never Trust A Happy Song, sounds like. The work dropped Tuesday on Atlantic Records, just in time for fall, following a year ... More >>

Music Picks: Joan Osborne, Tears for Fears, the Cute Lepers, J. Cole, Low

Also Bon Iver, Cerebellion, Surfer Blood and others

Fanatics! Henry Rollins' KCRW Show Tomorrow Night: MC5, Tinariwen, Dax Riggs and More

​KCRW BROADCAST #1245 for Saturday, July 30 Fanatics! We have put together a stellar playlist for you to check out tomorrow night. It took me a long time to get into the MC5 album Back In The USA. It wasn't that the songs weren't great -- they are. It was always the production that bugged me ... More >>

Jared Leto's Lost Film

Mosh Pit, Jam Session, or Drum Circle? We Attempt to Figure Out FMLY Ride

Sam BlochLeaving Media Park. Not pictured: riders delighting in agitating financially secure couples on date night, and said restaurant patrons asking each other if this is Critical Mass​STORY BY SAM BLOCH On Saturday, over 200 bicycle enthusiasts descended upon Culver City's Media Park for ... More >>

Music Picks: Talib Kweli, Pete Yorn, Lucy Schwartz

Also Rise Against, Piney Gir, Deradoorian and others

Japan Nite 2011 at The Viper Room: Presenting 5 Japanese Bands You Should Hear Right Now

Shannon CottrellLolita No. 18​See more photos in Shannon Cottrell's gallery "Japan Nite with Mo'Some Tonebender, Lolita No. 18, Zukunasisters, Hystoic Vein and Josy."Read more about Japan Nite in Siran Babayan's post "SXSW Recap: Japan Nite Raises Money for Earthquake Relief." For the past fi ... More >>

Lemmy's Guide to L.A.'s Gentlemen's Clubs

On Working With David Lynch: 4AD's Vaughan Oliver

Influential designer cites "sense of ambiguity" as a sensibiity he shares with the director

A Selected David Lynch Discography

EXCLUSIVE Interpol Interview: Paul Banks on Rebooting the Interpol Franchise, Life After Carlos, and Clarifying His Feelings about Women and Drugs

Jelle WagenaarInterpol: Rebooted​ Interpol headlines the Greek Theatre this Saturday, October 23rd, with openers White Rabbits. After cycling through his Manhattan neighborhood, Interpol singer and guitarist Paul Banks arrives at his destination to make final preparations before boarding a pl ... More >>

Music Picks: Liz Phair, the Weepies, Tom Tom Club, Evan Voytas

Also, the Lee Boys, Klaxons, Macy Gray, Eels and others

The Grilled Cheese Invitational 2010: 6 Hours, 82 Sandwiches

Robert TakataA sandwich on the griddle (left) and the team from Fantasy Factory compete at Grilled Cheese Invitational 2010.​ 6 hours, 82 sandwiches and one really bad lactose hangover, I survived another Grilled Cheese Invitational. Far better organized than last year's nightmare of an event, the ... More >>

Rock Picks: Al Kooper, Year Long Disaster, Steven Severin, the Phenomenal Handclap Band

Also, Kimya Dawson, the Cigarette Bums, Willi Williams and others

Rock Picks: Gabriel Andruzzi, DANNY B. HARVEY, RIOT GRRL XMAS CARNIVAL

Also, Boogie Nazis, the Growlers, Good Old War and others

Rock Picks: Fuck Buttons, Exene Cervenka, Imogen Heap, John Fogerty

Also, HEALTH, Hypnotic Brass Ensemble, Múm, Leon Russell and others

Antichrist: Couple Retreats

Lars von Trier puts his made-in-hell spouses — and his audience — through the ringer

Rock Picks: Pelican, Herman Dune, Rasputina, Bill Frisell, Random Patterns

Also, the Rakes, Cold War Kids, Idan Raichel Project and others

Raymond Pettibon, Sonic Youth, Daniel Johnston, Ron English Celebrate Rock, Paper, Scissors at Bergamot Station

View more photos in the Rock, Paper, Scissor slideshow. Timothy NorrisOne in Ron English's series of kids dressed like Kiss This was a really cool weekend for those of us interested in the convergence of music and art, and whether some of the better-known musician/artists can stand alongside maste ... More >>

Rock Picks: Everest, Mumiy Troll, Busta Rhymes

Also, Faun Fables, Chris Darrow tribute, Allen Toussaint and others

Will the Stink of Success Ruin the Smell?

Downtown L.A.'s DIY haven tries to keep it real as the club's best-known ambassadors - No Age, Mika Miko and Abe Vigoda - hit the mainstream

The Day the Music Died: The End of Indie 103.1

Henry Rollins, music director Mark "Mr. Shovel" Sovel and DJ Darren Revell talk about the shutdown

Rock Picks: The Duke Spirit, New York Dolls, Lil Wayne

Also, Darker My Love, X, Legal Weapon, and others

Rock Picks: Pacha Massive, Calexico, Juliana Hatfield

Also, We the People Festival, Temple Bar farewell, Mad Juana and more

Rock Picks: Digable Planets, Pigeon John, the Wedding Present, Prima Donna

Also, Josh Rouse, the Raconteurs, Chicha Libre and more

Mountain Goats, The Annuals, Natural History Museum, 6/6

The Mountain Goats, The Annuals, Natural History Museum, June 6 It's packed again for First Fridays at the Museum. There's a line of people waiting to get into the room the Annuals are playing in - some are just trying to make sure they get in before Mountain Goats play, but North Carolina's The ... More >>

Rock Picks: Slick Rick, Tapes 'n Tapes, Kate Nash

And other May 8-15 shows

Rock Picks: Coachella, Lynda Carter, Hot Chip

And other shows happening April 24-May 1

Van Halen: Reunited (and It Feels So Good)

Van Halen at Staples Center, November 20

Slint's Return to Spiderland

Brian McMahan on the return of his band . . . and party music!

Rock Picks

for the week of January 25 – February 1

Rock Picks

For the week of December 28 - January 4

Weird Scenes Inside the Silver Mine

From old-school heads to prepubescent punks, Silver Lake is where L.A.’s indie rock heart still beats

L.A. Music '06: Welcome to Indie Land

The Magic Kingdom has Tomorrowland; we’ve got Spaceland. Plus, more magical local bands, man.

Beautiful Dreamers

Mew wake up America

Band on the Run

Unsigned local group finds fame, fortune, Duran Duran in the U.K.

Community Values

Earlimart takes you with them

Photos of Ghosts

Joiners in Believing

Prog rock is back, and it’s coming for your hipster children

Corporate Radio Doesn’t Suck

Indie 103, loud and Clear Channel?

Lost at Sea

Paddling upstream down the 99

Boy Wonder

Liam Lynch has more in his utility belt than silly songs and sock puppets

Three-Ring Chaos

You can’t wreck a disaster

Wavebreakers

Sound of the Taurus

Vintage soul to please the people

The Road Wes Traveled

Fourteen hours riding shotgun with the director of Rushmore

School's Out