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Gibson Amphitheatre To Shut Down

Gibson Amphitheatre, the mainstay mid-size concert venue at Universal City, will close its doors in September, according to its operator Live Nation Entertainment. As announced in December 2011, the 6,200-capacity amphitheatre is expected to be demolished to make way for The Wizarding World of Har ... More >>

Miguel Atwood-Ferguson Has Classic Training and Modern Sensibilities

Tucked away in the heart of Koreatown lives Miguel Atwood-Ferguson. One of L.A.'s most revered instrumentalists, he picked up the violin at age 4, and 28 years later has collaborated with a diverse list of artists -- including Kobe Bryant, of all people, with whom he played on his very first profess ... More >>

The Five Best Concerts in L.A. This Week

Monday, July 23 The xx FONDA THEATRE These U.K. goth-soul ghouls haven't played in the United States since 2010, when The xx wrapped up support of their self-titled semi-hit debut and subsequently went into studio-hibernation mode. This summer, they're back on the road ahead of the Sept. 11 release ... More >>

Music Picks: Rome, The xx, Aretha Franklin

Also, Cannibal Corpse, I See Hawks in L.A., Smokey Robinson and others

My 4-Year-Old Twin Sons Have Terrible Taste In Music

So, here's how my sons started listening to lite rock. Not long ago, my wife was out grocery shopping (aka grocery shopping). I was at home taking care of my 4-year-old twin sons (aka playing on the Internet and being really clever on Twitter). They were practicing writing letters and numbers at t ... More >>

Top 20 Sexiest Female Musicians of All Time: The Complete List

*Top 20 Sexiest Male Musicians of All Time: The Complete List *Top 20 Worst Bands of All Time: The Complete List *Top 20 Musicians of All Time, in Any Genre: The Complete List What we talk about when we talk about sex and rock 'n roll is often dudes, the lusty front men and axe-grinders who, perhap ... More >>

Top 20 Sexiest Female Musicians of All Time: #5-1

*Top 20 Sexiest Female Musicians of All Time: #20-16 *Top 20 Sexiest Female Musicians of All Time: #15-11 *Top 20 Sexiest Female Musicians of All Time: #10-6 *Top 20 Worst Bands of All Time: The Complete List *Top 20 Musicians of All Time, in Any Genre: The Complete List 5. Avril Lavigne Combining ... More >>

10 Comedy Acts to Watch in 2012

Eric AndrèThey've got the talent, the credits and the buzz, and all are poised to make the leap to the comedic Big Leagues in 2012. Here are the individuals, groups and projects that will have Los Angeles talking -- and more important, laughing -- next year. Some are our picks, but some are selecti ... More >>

Hollywood Walk of Fame is More Like Great White Way: Minority Stars Hard to Find

shakira.comShakira got her star on this week.​Updated at the bottom with comments from the Media Action Network for Asian Americans' Guy Aoki. First posted at 12:59 p.m. It looks like L.A's world-famous Walk of Fame might as well be called the Great White Way. That's because minorities are s ... More >>

Ximena Sariñana: An Indie-Pop Star In Mexico, Anonymous In L.A.

Emily Shur​Ximena Sariñana grew up a child star acting on popular telenovelas in her native Mexico. She then moved to film, followed by a stint at Berklee College of Music. At 25, she's an indie-pop star living fairly anonymously in a new country. The bilingual Sariñana moved from Mexico Ci ... More >>

Brian Lichtenberg: Diva Duds

Aterciopelados at The Conga Room 7/14/11

Lauren M. WhaleyAndrea Echeverri​Review by Erica E. Phillips WHO: Aterciopelados WHERE: The Conga Room WHEN: 7/14/11 Better than ... the real thing? Maaaaybe not. But maybe. Tal vez. If you were expecting Colombian fusion feminist rocktress Andrea Echeverri to open the night with a roof-rai ... More >>

It's Cinco De Mayo: Do You Know What Actual Mexicans Are Listening To?

Listen up Gringos! Today might be Cinco De Mayo but did you know there's a lot more to the strangely non-English language celebration than rhyming 'Cinco' with 'Drinko'? There is! You see, there's this country called 'Mexico' just south of here, and it turns out Cinco De Mayo actually commemorates ... More >>

8 Things You Need to Know About Music in the Cloud

cloud music...​ The future is almost here. Except for the part with jet packs and holographic television. The part that is here? Cloud based music storage. WTF is that, you might be wondering, and why should I care? Herewith we will tell you what it is, why it's important, and how it affects ... More >>

Top 10 Cover Songs of 2010

Top 10 Cover Songs of 2010

Teen Inc., Julia Holter and Tim & Eric's DJ Douggpound Meet ... Shakira? (Listen)

​L.A. label Learning Music has just dropped a new music treat just in time for Christmas: a beat-heavy cassette (yes, cassette) in gift-ribbon red -- an album rightly dubbed LARGER (for the size of the sound, not the medium) featuring collabs with Teen Inc., Julia Holter, Adult Swim bro DJ Dou ... More >>

This weekend: Sufjan Stevens, Interpol, the Temper Trap, Shakira, Monster Massive, Bobby Brown

Denny RenshawSufjan Stevens​If you take in Sufjan Stevens' shows in Los Angeles this weekend expecting some warm-and-fuzzy orchestral pop from a banjo-toting folkie, you've got another thing coming. In fact, dancing shoes may be in order. Stevens' newest album The Age of Adz is full of insist ... More >>

Music Picks: Batusis, Interpol, Minus the Bear

Also, Taj Mahal, Shakira, Sufjan Stevens and others

Cut Chemist: Too Many DJs

Call yourself a DJ 'cause you bought two turntables and a mixer? World-class L.A. DJ is putting you on notice

Did Shakira Plagiarize Her Soccer World Cup Theme?

How many "Soccer World Cup Themes" are there anyway? We already reported on the official (R. Kelly) and the self-appointed (Weezer), but now comes an interesting allegation about yet another soccer World Cup Theme. Colombia's crossover diva Shakira recently released her "Waka Waka," a collaboration ... More >>

Nightranger: Ritual de lo Rock Show

Lunch in a Jar: Jennifer Aniston Goes On Baby Food Diet

GerberHere comes the airplane, and it's coming to take your dignity​It turns out that you don't have to starve yourself or go on a juice fast in order to become movie star thin. You just need to run your lunch through a food mill, remove all texture and enjoyability, and treat yourself like a ... More >>

Mega-Telethon Broadcasting From L.A., Elsewhere

CNNAnderson Cooper.​A Friday telethon to raise money for the victims of last week's earthquake in Haiti will be broadcast from Los Angeles, New York, London and Haiti, organizers announced Thursday. It will be everywhere: ABC, CBS, NBC, Fox, CNN, BET, The CW, HBO, MTV, VH1, CMT, PBS, TNT, Show ... More >>

Nacional Records on Fire: The Ten Best Spanish-Language/Latin Albums 2009

By Christopher Lopez It's been a year of surprises in "Latin music," (whatever that catch-all genre term for Spanish-language music means in 2009). Reggaetón continues fading, albeit slowly, and the industry's mainstays aren't garnering the attention they used to. Case in point: Don Omar's summer ... More >>

UNDER PRESSURE

Going the distance with jump-cut electro rockers Jogger.

Slit-eyed Ladies, Edible Willies, and Evan Dando Up Your Nose: Deep Inside the World of Crap Lyrics

Rod the Mod (#7) once fell in love with "a slit-eyed lady" (not pictured)​For every "Blowin' In the Wind"and "The Times They Are A-Changin'" there's a "We Didn't Start the Fire" and "Muskrat Love." There's never a shortage of lists out there of good and bad pop lyrics. And who among us hasn't ... More >>

'Star Trek' Disappoints Some Latino and Gay Fans

Heard in the Laemmle Grande lobby downtown after a Star Trek screening got out Saturday night:"Scotty was Irish -- no, Scottish. He was Celtic. But how come no Latinos?! Que pasa?!!!"The man's exasperated comment echoes frustrations by Latino trekkies who love the movie but wonder why the Enterprise ... More >>

Nightranger has a ball with The Mutaytor, the Kibitz Room's Jammers and MyHouse's Hot-to-Trot Homies

Annie Lennox: Songs of Mass Destruction

Record review

Argelia Atilano

Think pink in the morning

Child Cares

(Powdered) Sugar Walls

The Grammy parties and the pod people

His Smile Looked Really Out of Place

Grammy notes from the Style Council

Love, Love, Love

The romantic songs that shape our hearts: A special Valentine’s Day report

$50,000-worth of Nasty Shoes Stolen

Apparently thieves broke into a truck and stole $50,000-worth of Taryn Rose shoes destined for the designer's Beverly Hills boutique. $50,000? I went to Taryn Rose's website and some of her stuff is plain nasty. The shoes even have names like 'Shakira', 'Tyra' and 'Britney'. How about 'Pay ... More >>

The Year Blogs Got Lame, Business Got Hip and Nostalgia Was King

Best Pirated-Loot Spots

Spank Rock, Wolfrock and Honest Hips

The Spy Trap

The Beat Goes On

Rick Rubin

Laptop Laserium

Used in concert by Seal — Seal! — G-Force is one trippy-ass program

¡Olé! Allah!

¡Viva Los Locutores!

Los jefes de la mañana

The Contemporaries

Getting the Skin-ny

Viva la Revoluçion

Sound and sedition at the LAMC

L.A.’s Survival of the Sexiest

We Are Familia

Rock, romance and Go Betty Go

When the Music’s Over

Mother Lode