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The Coachella 2013 Awards

The brunette in the backward pink mesh trucker hat and booty shorts grabs a megaphone and addresses her fellow campers. "WECOME TO COOOOACHEELLLA." The congregation of twenty 20-somethings lustily applauds. It's Thursday night, a dozen hours before the festival officially begins, and the rules ar ... More >>

Ernest Cline: The Ready Player One Author's 10 Favorite Songs From John Hughes Movies

While in town for SXSW last week, we checked in with Austin native Ernest Cline, the author of 2011 bestseller Ready Player One. It's sci-fi, but totally readable and compelling; the plot concerns a nerdy overweight teen living in a distopian future America where everyone spends all their time in a ... More >>

5 Best Songs From John Hughes Films

Breakfast Club scene from the musical revue For the Record: John Hughes (Holiday Road)​If you were alive in the 1980's, chances are that the films of John Hughes have worked their way into your memory and/or heart. Whether it was that kiss over cake in Sixteen Candles, that never ending detent ... More >>

Hosea Nova, Who's Your Daddy? and More New Theater Reviews

​High praise this week for "Robert Reimer's nutcase of a play," Hosea Nova: A Jealous and Violent Man (this week's Pick of the Week) at Zombie Joe's Underground in North Hollywood, and for writer-performer Johnny O'Callaghan's Who's Your Daddy, at the Victory Theatre Center, in Burbank. ​For all ... More >>

Los Abandoned - The Echoplex - 10-28-11

Ivan FernandezLos Abandoned say adios and gracias!​See also: Los Abandoned To Perform For The Last Time, Again Los Abandoned The Echoplex 10-28-11 Better Than...everything on MTV Tr3s. The anticipation and excitement over Los Abandoned's reunion show could be felt on the faces in the long, ... More >>

Ryan Adams performs at Hollywood Forever, October 10, 2011

David Black​See also: *Our Q&A With Ryan Adams *Ryan Adams Responds To Our Interview Ryan Adams Hollywood Forever October 10, 2011 Better than:...the sum total of every single stand-up comedy show concurrently happening in the greater Los Angeles metro area. "How L.A. is it that you can se ... More >>

Buy the Kitchen a Round of Beers at The Gorbals

djjewelz/FlickrBacon-wrapped matzoh balls at The Gorbals​ When we saw the menu for Ilan Hall's The Gorbals, we couldn't help but think the Top Chef Season 2 winner's team might require liquid inspiration to pull together the downtown restaurant's weird and wonderful tangle of Scottish, Jewish, ... More >>

Lisa Germano's Dark Magic

An artist best known for her classic work for 4AD returns with a lush new record

Camp Freddy's Donovan Leitch Lists His Top Ten Cultural Moments of the 1980s

Donovan Leitch​In honor of the second week of Camp Freddy's December residency, which happens tonight at the Roxy, West Coast Sound asked members of the band to chime in on their favorite music of the decades. Last week Billy Morrison highlighted his favorite things about the 1970s. Tonight's ... More >>

Stage Raw: Molotov Cocktail Flung in the Cold

THE LATEST NEW REVIEWS ARE EMBEDDED IN THIS WEEK'S COMPREHENSIVE THEATER LISTINGS MOLOTOV COCKTAIL FLUNG IN THE COLD Photo courtesy of HighwaysThat's the PR description for the "Free Performative Mixtape (dub)zeck being staged at Highways on Saturday, Aug. 1, 8 p.m. And it's free. "Plunging Pa ... More >>

Neon Neon Set DeLorean's Story to Music

Boom Bip and Super Furry Animals' Gruff Rhys spin a stainless steel tale of Detroit

Devendra Banhart Curls Up in Your Hand

A wide-ranging interview on Tarot cards, Topanga Canyon, the tackiness of the "freak folk" label and his wonderous new album, Smokey Rolls Down Thunder Canyon

Mashup Mayhem

DJ WiiJ at Safari Sam’s

Not a Gang to Bang

The Denim Doctor is in

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