Rob Barber

Music
November 3, 2011
Music Picks: Method Man, Sufjan Stevens and Raymond Raposa, Billy Childs Jazz Chamber Ensemble
Also, Lights, Gallows, Slow Club
Blogs
September 13, 2011
Reviews of The Elaborate Entrance of Chad Deity; Jolson at the Winter Garden; Laurel and Hardy; and more . . .
Courtesy of the Getty VillaThe Helen and Hecuba Show, in "Trojan Women (After Euripides)"SITI Company's Trojan Women (After Euripides) at the Getty Villa is a regal and passionate affair about despair, oddly floating in its own world. See Theater feature on Wednesday. Also check out this ... More >>
Music
August 4, 2011
Music Picks: Katy Perry, Phish, Deerhunter, Sia, Warped Tour
Also, Big Audio Dynamite, Jill Scott, Cypress Hill and others
Blogs
April 21, 2010
"Seasonal Depression Was a Big Inspiration": An Interview with High Places
Katelyn Reeves"If we lived in LA, people would be stoked," High Places Rob Barber said in an early interview. And despite lots of love for their debut album for Thrill Jockey from East Coast tastemakers like Pitchfork and the Village Voice, and from the blogosphere, soon enough, Barber and HP ... More >>
Music
March 18, 2010
Music Picks: Bassekou Kouyate & Ngoni Ba, Donovan, Ana Tijoux, John Wicks
Also, Janelle Monae, Devendra Banhart, the Low Anthem and others
Blogs
November 9, 2009
Hawnay Troof, Panther Top Lo-Fi, Hi-Energy Fest @ The Smell (11/06)
Very occasionally, what should have been yet another multi-band bill turns into something much bigger than the sum of its parts. On Friday, The Smell witnessed what might have been the shortest, most satisfying mini-festival in recent memory. Though not billed as a music festival at all, the combina ... More >>
Music
October 1, 2009
Best of L.A.: Nightlife