The Cure (Band)

In Advance of his 12-Hour 12/12/12 Extravaganza, Peanut Butter Wolf Picks His Top 12 12" Inch Singles He Bought at Age 12

Since unleashing his metal-themed 666 mix and DJ set on June 6, 2006, Stones Throw chief Peanut Butter Wolf has spent the last half-dozen years watching the signs of the beat. July 7, 2007 brought forth his 777 spiritual podcast mix, following by performances on seven consecutive nights in seven c ... More >>

Cookbook Of The Week: LudoBites Is (Almost) Here!

When the LudoBites cookbook landed with a thud on our desk, our reaction was the same as when the Ludo Truck is parked less than a block away. Other Cookbooks Of The Week can wait -- there is duck fat fried chicken to eat. Ludo Lefebvre's wife and business partner extraordinaire, Krissy, and food ... More >>

Q & A With Haven Brewing's Dave Larsen: L.A. Beer Week, New Zealand Hops Stone's First Local Collaboration

The fourth annual Los Angeles Beer Week might have officially ended with Sunday's festival at Union Station, but there's still one more special LABW brew that has yet to be released. Too bad it's not even ready to drink yet. That's because early in the morning on Thursday, Sept. 20 -- while many e ... More >>

10 Best L.A. Clubs For People Who Don't Like Clubs

There are essentially four reasons why people don't like clubbing: 1) douchebags 2) over-priced drinks 3) shitty music 4) douchebags. Ok, there's also parking and traffic but that's sort of douche-driven too (obnoxious guys -- and gals -- either steal your space, try to hit on you while "cruising" ... More >>

The 20 Worst Hipster Bands: The Complete List

The 20 Worst Hipster Bands: 10-1 Top 20 Worst Bands of All Time Top 20 Musicians of All Time, in Any Genre Top 20 Whitest Musicians of All Time Who are these hipsters we see each day in the streets, on our Tumblr feeds, and on the local news? And why are so many in bands? It's not the mere existen ... More >>

The 20 Worst Hipster Bands: 10-1

Top 20 Worst Bands of All Time Top 20 Musicians of All Time, in Any Genre Top 20 Whitest Musicians of All Time 10. White Rabbits Why do bands need a second drummer? In recent years everyone from Local Natives to Bon Iver to fucking Radiohead has thrown a second kit out there, or at least a floor to ... More >>

Ariel Pink Is the King of Whatever

Raised in Beverly Hills, he became the preeminent Eastside satirical musical madman

Audrey Napoleon Performs Like She Has Sex

Audrey Napoleon is a lot to look at: all ink black precision-cut hair, pale skin, black cat eyeliner, four inch gold heels and perfectly applied red lipstick. Sitting in front of a wall of windows a dozen floors above Hollywood on an overcast Friday morning, she's a perfectly assembled goth dream gi ... More >>

Jimmy Cliff, Liars, Jesse Sykes

Also, New Edition, Kátia Moraes & Sambaguru, Milo Greene and others

10 Awesome Tattoo Artists in L.A.

When it comes to tattooing, we are fortunate to have an enormous wealth of talent in Los Angeles. Though tattoo culture erupted in mainstream popularity several years ago it was a vital part of L.A. long before that and remains so today. There are artists in every corner of the city, with faithful c ... More >>

Kraddy's Anthems of the Hero: "The idea was Led Zeppelin 3000"

One week before the release of his new album, Anthems of the Hero, electronic dance music producer Kraddy, aka Matthew Kratz, is shooting the video for the album's first single "Black Box" at a house in Venice. Directed by Mickey Capoferri, the video depicts a house party gone awry, as two girls fig ... More >>

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 >>

Stephanie Miller's Sexy Liberal Comedy Tour

Michael LamontThe Elaborate Entrance of Chad Deity​Kristoffer Diaz's comedy about television wrestling, The Elaborate Entrance of Chad Deity, just opened at the Geffen Playhouse. Check back on Tuesday for the review, and for capsule reviews for all other shows seen over the weekend. Check back thi ... More >>

Tim Burton at LACMA

How a Hollywood director became a counterculture hero

Music Picks: Stiff Little Fingers, CunninLynguists, The Nubians, System of a Down

Houses, Aloe Blacc, Krautrock Nite, The Radio Dept. and others

Music Picks: Coachella, Girls in Trouble, Ms. Lauryn Hill, Paul Simon

Also, Mary Anne Hobbs, Yoni Wolf, Emmylou Harris and others

Mongols vs. Hells Angels

Music Picks: Repeater, Project Blowed 16th Anniversary, Infected Mushroom

Also, Riot Grrl Christmas Carnival, Captain Ahab and others

Music Picks: Dum Dum Girls, Tricky, Leon Russell, OFF!

Also, Peaches, Killing Joke, Albert Lee and others

X Japan Launches First North American Tour at The Wiltern

See more images from X Japan's historic show in "X Japan @ The Wiltern." Saturday night, X Japan played The Wiltern. It was a night of firsts, as it was both the band's first proper concert in Los Angeles and the first stop on their first North American tour. Considering that the Japanese hard rock ... More >>

Fixing Coachella

Goldenvoice plans to regain the fans' love after a chaotic 2010 festival. Two words: fewer people

A New Documentary Profiles Obsessed Depeche Mode Fans Around the World

Depeche Mode ought to reach out and touch British filmmakers Nick Abrahams and Jeremy Deller for making the most loving and life-affirming documentary about their fans. First off, Trent Reznor pops up for a sizeable interview, and when the elusive Mr. Self Destruct talks about his influences, you dr ... More >>

The Hot Rats at Spaceland: Radiohead in the House (But Not on the Stage)

What a frickin' jam session it could have been. Last night at the Hot Rats' LA debut at Spaceland, most of the members of the Radiohead, LA-based producer Nigel Godrich, and Britt Daniel of Spoon, were spotted. As the Rats, which consists of two members of ace Brit guitar band Supergrass, Gaz Coombe ... More >>

Rock Picks: Al Kooper, Year Long Disaster, Steven Severin, the Phenomenal Handclap Band

Also, Kimya Dawson, the Cigarette Bums, Willi Williams and others

New Year's Eve in LA: Bubbly and Bumpin' In the Clubs with Arabian Prince, Hang the DJs, Part Time Punks and More

The year -and decade- are done, and the city's biggest, most buzzed about New Year's Eve bashes (Hard, Giant, Gridlock) are either out of your budget or out of your comfort zone. The house party of a good friend -with lots of other good friends- might be optimal this Thursday night, but we think we' ... More >>

Sounds of the Skin of a Rabbit

And other West Coasty musical predilections

Part Time Punks Festival Weekend: Raincoats, Gang of Four, and more.

Part Time Punks Festival Weekend: Raincoats, Gang of Four, and more.

Rock Picks: Rain Machine, Pearl Jam, Wallpaper, Bon Iver, Dodos

Also, Seasons, Brodinski, Autolux and others

Goth for Life? A View from the Dark Side

When I stumbled upon Emily Gordon's Lemondrop post "A Secret Most Dark (I Was a Teenage Goth)," I read it eagerly. While it was an amusing, slice-of-life piece, I couldn't understand why Gordon would be embarrassed by her goth past. Is it any different than having been a hippie in the '60s or a punk ... More >>

Reznor Nails It One Last Time

ROCK PICKS: Black Francis, Bob Dylan, Caroline Weeks, Casiokids

Also, Omar Faruk Tekbilek, The Dodos, Buddy Guy and others

Coachella Saturday: Off-site Parties, On-site Tripping, M.I.A's Dayglo Circus & Do-Lab Love

Almost as soon as it began, sponsors and magazines have tried to find ways to promote themselves to Coachella's massive audience (as well as its performers), and there's no better way to do that than a party. Booze, food, DJs and other amusements are laid out at some swank Palm Springs/Indio pad, an ... More >>

Ten Coachella Picks: Ariel Pink, Genghis Tron, Vivian Girls, Mastodon

Plus, A Place to Bury Strangers, Mexican Institute of Sound, Gui Boratto, MSTRKFT and more

It's Only Rock and Roll but I Like It: Music as a Soundtrack to Life

Music is exceptionally - my wife may say irrationally - important to me. I can walk into a store, determined to spend hundreds of dollars, only to turn around and walk right back out if something horrible is playing inside. Music has never been disposable background noise; it's defined me, inspired ... More >>

Live in L.A.: Nine Inch Nails, the Forum, September 6

By Siran Babayan Somebody owes Mr. Self Destruct a great big apology. You know him, Trent Reznor, he who hates everyone. Radio hasn’t given Nine Inch Nails the airplay it used to. And at the risk of setting off torch-wielding fans, NIN’s last two albums, 2007’s Year Zero and this year’s The ... More >>

Ciudad: The Great Leap Backward

Every four years, Susan Feniger and Mary Sue Milliken go back to the City

Shows and Tickets Coming Up

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 >>

Myspace Taste of the Week

I'd like to think that I'm way more popular in real life than I am on Myspace. I've only got like 50 friends, but that's probably because I only say yes to requests from peeps who truly are friends. Call me a weirdo. Anyway, the pals I do have, happen to have thousands of friends and way too much ... More >>

Hard ROQ

Kids Rock

The bands that are saving L.A.’s music scene

In the Mood for Wong Kar-wai

The year’s best films