Monday, April 8 Thao & the Get Down Stay Down THE TROUBADOUR Usually, when songwriters are as wickedly intelligent as Thao Nguyen, they tend to write morbidly gloomy and/or overly serious anthems of great meaning and purpose. That's not to say the Virginia native doesn't have her grand and heavy mo ... More >>
Monday, February 25 The Residents EL REY THEATRE Somewhere between rock & roll's spiritual mystique and a distinctly unhinged surrealist pathology, you'll find the lair of bizarro-art-imitates-music tribe The Residents. Unprecedented, with no discernible frame of reference save for a magnificently ... More >>
*Top 20 Worst Bands of All Time *Top 20 Musicians of All Time, in Any Genre *Top 20 Sexiest Female Musicians of All Time *Top 20 Sexiest Male Musicians of All Time A few months back Rolling Stone put out their updated 500 Greatest Albums of All Time list. (Here's a quickly-scannable version; Sgt. P ... More >>
See also: The 20 Best Albums Not in the Canon: 20-11 *Top 20 Worst Bands of All Time *Top 20 Musicians of All Time, in Any Genre *Top 20 Sexiest Female Musicians of All Time *Top 20 Sexiest Male Musicians of All Time 10. Built To Spill Perfect From Now On (1997) Not really grunge but not springy ... More >>
By Oliver Wang Rufus Wainwright Orpheum Theater 5/12/12 See also: Exclusive: Rufus Wainwright On His New Album, "I've Done That Whole Ponderous, Psuedo-Genius Thing" Better than: ...the ham elevator next door at UMAMIcatessen At the Orpheum last night, Rufus Wainwright opened his show by beginn ... More >>
See also: With the Help of Mark Ronson, Rufus Wainwright Learns to Dance Rufus Wainwright's new album Out of the Game is widely being hailed as the Canadian singer's pop masterpiece, and boasts a distinct '70s-influenced yacht rock vibe that could have come straight out of Laurel Canyon. Although ... More >>
Also, Calle 13, Andre Nickatina
Also, Slow Club, Kneebody, The Pretty Reckless, Apparat and others
What's cooler than cool?If good things come in pairs than bad things just rain down like the ashes of an atomic bomb. If you follow the Catholic faith (or believe in the cruelty of forced asceticism) then you know that today is Ash Wednesday--otherwise known as the first day you give up all y ... More >>
What's cooler than cool?If good things come in pairs than bad things just rain down like the ashes of an atomic bomb. If you follow the Catholic faith (or believe in the cruelty of forced asceticism) then you know that today is Ash Wednesday--otherwise known as the first day you give up all y ... More >>
What's cooler than cool?If good things come in pairs than bad things just rain down like the ashes of an atomic bomb. If you follow the Catholic faith (or believe in the cruelty of forced asceticism) then you know that today is Ash Wednesday--otherwise known as the first day you give up all y ... More >>
Scissor SistersScissor Sisters' new album Night Work -- three years in the making, and re-making (they scrapped 18 months of work and started over) -- is a typically frisky, preening mash-up of glam and disco that contains a lot of you're-gonna-have-to-be-there moments. Fun, to be sure. But ... More >>
Scissor SistersScissor Sisters' new album Night Work -- three years in the making, and re-making (they scrapped 18 months of work and started over) -- is a typically frisky, preening mash-up of glam and disco that contains a lot of you're-gonna-have-to-be-there moments. Fun, to be sure. But ... More >>
Al GreenYou've perhaps debated the lineup, read Nightranger's survival guide, gotten the reasoned perspective from Falling James, seen a certain local blog's mixtape and even tried to gauge the hippie traffic patterns. You either have the compunction for Sunset Junction, or you don't. Fact ... More >>
Also, GZA, Jimmy Webb, Fol Chen and others
http://www.myspace.com/timurandthedimemuseum In downtown Los Angeles last night, some set out for the Music Center to see Ukranian bass Vitalij Kowaljow sing a passionate farewell to his daughter, as Wotan in Wagner's "Ring" cycle, while others tucked into the Central Library to see Timur Bek ... More >>
Brad Mehldau is not an L.A. guy. Born in Jacksonville Florida, the pianist spent much of his childhood in Connecticut. He went to school in New York, started playing with Joshua Redman in New York, and now lives in Brooklyn, but his concert at the Largo on Tuesday night felt like a homecoming. Larg ... More >>
Brad Mehldau is not an L.A. guy. Born in Jacksonville Florida, the pianist spent much of his childhood in Connecticut. He went to school in New York, started playing with Joshua Redman in New York, and now lives in Brooklyn, but his concert at the Largo on Tuesday night felt like a homecoming. Larg ... More >>
Also, Kimya Dawson, the Cigarette Bums, Willi Williams and others
COMPREHENSIVE THEATER LISTINGSLATEST NEW REVIEWSSTAGE FEATURE on Parade at the TaperINTERVIEW with Pieter-Dirk Uys and Charlize TheronTHE DOCTOR IN SPITE OF HIMSELF​Photo courtesy of Ipenema Theater Troupe and the Electric Lodge TheatreCheck back here Monday afternoon for reviews of Moliere's The ... More >>
Timothy NorrisHe's our man. It's always amazing to me when lyrics and other sounds beget tears, when a thought in someone's head transmitted from his neurons to his vocal chords (which propel sound waves through the open desert air) land on the thousands of eardrums awaiting the message, whatever ... More >>
Icon's sandpaper vocals sing it like no one else
And other Feb. 28-March 6 shows
Dec. 27 - Jan. 3
What to do in Los Angeles this week
Ryan Adams - Royce Hall, UCLA, Jan. 30 and Bridges Auditorium, Claremont, Jan. 22. Both shows on sale Saturday Avenged Sevenfold, Atreyu, Suicidal Tendencies - San Diego Sports Arena, Dec. 7 - All ages Andrew Bird, Handsome Family - Orpheum, Dec. 7 Black Ghosts, Mezzanine Owls, Tweak Bird, more ... More >>
An interview with Joanna Newsom, who performs Ys with a 28-piece orchestra at the Walt Disney Concert Hall on Friday, November 9
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Also, The Hills Have Eyes II, Air Guitar Nation and After the Wedding
Also, The Hills Have Eyes II, Air Guitar Nation and After the Wedding
Unembarrassed and undestroyed, Leonard Cohen at 71
Guillemots’ lead singer is named Fyfe Dangerfield. Life is good.
Guillemots’ lead singer is named Fyfe Dangerfield. Life is good.
Guillemots’ lead singer is named Fyfe Dangerfield. Life is good.
Antony and the Johnsons’ uncut emotions
Antony and the Johnsons’ uncut emotions
When the music was fast, and the players anonymous
Restless nights with Julianna Raye
Kristian Hoffman, a dedicated evader of fashion
Edited by Kateri Butler
Rufus Wainwright poses as rock star, makes an imperfect-summer record
Rufus Wainwright poses as rock star, makes an imperfect-summer record
Rufus Wainwright poses as rock star, makes an imperfect-summer record
Rufus Wainwright poses as rock star, makes an imperfect-summer record
Rufus Wainwright poses as rock star, makes an imperfect-summer record
Rufus Wainwright poses as rock star, makes an imperfect-summer record
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