Liz OhanesianAlan Wilder backstage at the El Rey Friday night, Alan Wilder brought his long-running electronic music project Recoil to the El Rey. For fans of the former Depeche Mode member's work, it was a momentous occasion. This was Wilder's first tour since he left Depeche Mode in the mid ... More >>
Meat-on-meat crime at Waterloo & City
Lynval Golding on the return of ska's magnificent seven (minus one)
Patrice de VilliersRoger Daltry, with trout According to the British website Love Music, Love Food (LMLF), "there are two things which help to make the world a better place, food and music." To that end, LMLF combines the two in a collection of photographs of musicians with their favorite fo ... More >>
When we saw this video of Alan Wilder playing piano as Martin Gore sang "Somebody" on Facebook this morning, we thought it was some Depeche Mode fan inside-joke. After all, Wilder left the band about fifteen years ago and any speculation that he may someday return to the fold, even for one night, se ... More >>
Dewey Cox and the Hard Walkers at the Roxy, Tuesday, December 3 By Randall Roberts You know what? Dewey Cox can kiss my ass. He’s all back and everything, strutting about on the Roxy all re-energized, playing the hits, trying to act like the '80s and '90s never happened. He doesn’t know what we ... More >>
What to do in Los Angeles this week
The American Cinematheque puts the “rock” back into Mods & Rockers
And one shining Prince
A year in music
Doug Aitken and his world of video
Dylan's visions, Lequizamo's Freak, Debbie Reynolds among the demons, Africans in America
Revisited Bob Dylan's secret insurrection
A calendar of festivals under the sun and stars
