The Doors

We Hang Out With Kiss at Their New Restaurant in Torrance

Kiss co-founders Paul Stanley and Gene Simmons are partners in a restaurant called Rock & Brews, which on Wednesday will open its third location, on PCH in Torrance. "Often this idea of themed restaurants means that it's an excuse for crap food," self-described "foodie" Stanley tells us on-site, as ... More >>

Music Picks: The Weeknd, That '70s Soul, Power of the Riff

Music Picks: Eagle Rock Festival, New Order, Madonna

Here Are What People on Twitter Think Are the Best Songs Ever

I wish I were smarter. Were I a Stephen Hawking or a Marie Curie (or even Master Splinter) I'd be able to explain how Twitter is the unedited consciousness of young America, how it is simultaneously vitriolic and beautiful, how maybe no form of social media has before, or ever will, function as perf ... More >>

Ariel Pink Is the King of Whatever

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

Cooper Black: The Story Behind Louie's Typeface

An overweight balding man exits a subway station and, as he walks, up pops his name in bold, cartoonish, drop-shadowed white letters: Louie. He stands alone in the doorway of a pizza parlor inhaling a slice, his eyes searching and expressionless, watching people pass by as people watch him, an urban ... More >>

New Book on Mickey Cohen Shows He Wasn't Just a Notorious Gangster -- He Was a Folk Hero

Here in the breezy capital of bland, blond celebrities, it's hard not to feel a pang of regret after reading Tere Tereba's engrossing new book, Mickey Cohen: The Life and Crimes of L.A.'s Notorious Mobster (ECW Press, Toronto), that Los Angeles lost one of its few genuinely colorful personalitie ... More >>

Top Ten Worst Replacement Singers in Rock and Metal

​At the beginning of the year, Boston metalcore giants Killswitch Engage announced that they had parted ways with vocalist Howard Jones, and two weeks ago they announced they were bringing their first vocalist, Jesse Leach, back into the fold. At the very least, it seems a way to ensure they w ... More >>

Surviving Doors Members Speak on Jim Morrison's Substance Abuse

See also: *L.A. Woman Was the Doors' Bluesy Masterpiece, and Jim Morrison's Kiss-Off to L.A. *Surviving Members of the Doors Discuss L.A. Woman, Track by Track In December we scrambled from the Pacific Palisades to Ojai, interviewing the major players behind The Doors' opus L.A. Woman. The sessions ... More >>

Skrillex - Cinespace - 1/24/12

See also: *Our cover story on Skrillex *Top Five Girls Who Look Like Skrillex Skrillex, Alvin Risk, Koan Sound, Dan Sena Cinespace 1/25/12 Better than... Seeing Skrillex at a festival Skrillex's six night hometown tour began yesterday, when the local boy-done-good held court before a sold out cr ... More >>

Top Five Girls Who Look Like Skrillex

Girls That Look Like Skrillex, submitted by BittyBandolero​See also: *Our cover story on Skrillex *Skrillex Is Making Music With Members Of The Doors! We Speak With Him And Robby Krieger About It *The Top Five Covers of Skrillex's 'Scary Monsters and Nice Sprites'" In this week's cover story, ... More >>

Kyuss Lives: Five Reasons To Embrace The Group Without Josh Homme

Between 1988 and 1995, desert-rockers Kyuss made a valiant effort to save rock 'n' roll. The band's mixture of Black Sabbath-style riffs and a laid-back desert attitude helped them establish the genre of stoner rock. Though not a commercial success at the time, their shadow looms large over rock and ... More >>

Live Review: The Growlers at the Troubadour

photo by Wendy Gilmartinstage rush at the Growlers​ WHO: The Growlers WHERE: Troubadour WHEN: 7/1/11 It was a spazzed-out, hopped-up, sweaty set of pure fun at Friday night's holiday weekend kick-off with the Growlers and their devoted, drunken fans. Partly made up of beach-bums with some ... More >>

Wet Hot American Summer and David Wain at Gallery 1988 For 'Camp Firewood' Art Exhibit, Inspired by the Film

​On Friday night, Gallery 1988's so-called Venice location (which is really in Santa Monica) runneth over with fans of cult classic movie Wet Hot American Summer. They packed in to check out "Camp Firewood," an exhibition of 65 works of art inspired by the film, and perhaps to catch a glimpse ... More >>

Anthony Wiener Take Heart! The Four Greatest Penis (and 1 Boob) Exposures In Rock

Does this remind you of anything?​What a weird week it's been for fans of penises and liberal politicians alike. Last Friday, NY Democratic Representative Anthony Wiener's Memorial Day weekend plans were ripped asunder when a weird dickpic was posted to his twitter account. Weiner claimed the ... More >>

Live Review: Scott Weiland at Viper Room (Plus! Book Signing at Book Soup)

Jena ArdellInside Scott Weiland's sold-out show at the Viper Room.​ Scott Weiland signed copies of his new memoir Not Dead & Not For Sale at Book Soup in West Hollywood last night before heading across the street to the Viper Room, where he performed a sold-out show. Jena ArdellScott Weilan ... More >>

Swans: Forever Changes

Prodigal son Michael Gira returns to L.A. with more Swans music

Hollywood Sleaze Palaces Closing Down, Part XIV: The Mau-Maus at Paul Picasso's Peep/Art Show

Lina LecaroThe Maus Maus' Rick Wilder still lives up to his name.​ Hollywood's upscale clubsterfuck evolution continues to claim more casualties. Buzz on the streets (and blogs) is that gay stalwart The Spotlight on Cahuenga is in serious danger of closing end of this year. Crane's Hollywood T ... More >>

Sunset Strip Music Festival: Warner Drive Headlines Viper Room Tonight, Talks Hollywood Business Savvy, Meeting One's Idols & Why The Band Will Never Pay-to-Play

[L-R] Warner Drive's Candice, Jonny U, Albert, Jonny Law and Elvis​For those of us raised in Los Angeles (not counting Silver Lake transplants who are too cool, or lazy, to drive west of Vine) partying and playing music on the Sunset Strip is a right of passage. Love it or loathe it, we all h ... More >>

Filter Frontman Richard Patrick Talks Headlining Gig at Sunset Strip Music Festival and New Album 'The Trouble with Angels,' Rejects Mellowing with Age

Filter's Richard Patrick​File this under one of those "only in L.A." moments: You're at a concert with your arms crossed cooly, head nodding up and down, perhaps even stomping your foot once the chorus to your favorite song kicks in. Then suddenly, the Terminator T-1000 (yeah, the liquid silve ... More >>

David Cross Appears with Lightbulb Mouth Radio Hour in Long Beach

Thanks to a little thing called the Internet, approximately 150 people in and around Long Beach descended upon the East Village Art District's Basement Lounge last night for a not-so-secret performance by comedian David Cross. Seeing a well-known celebrity in a tiny venue with cheap, stiff drinks is ... More >>

Edible Girls Burlesque at Bordello... Plus, On Blast (The Next Local Band You Must Know)

"Who likes to eat girls?" asked burlesque queen Courtney Cruz before a packed house at Bordello on Saturday night. While some in the audience blushed and giggled, most hollered with a resounding "hell yeah" as L.A. Weekly's Best of L.A. '09 winner introduced "Edible Girls," the November installment ... More >>

"Wait! Who's That Singing????": Top Ten List of Major Stars Covering Other People's Music

Bowie also waited for his man​Pitchfork reports that Peter Gabriel will be releasing an album of covers, in which he will tackle hits and more obscure cuts by David Bowie, Paul Simon, Elbow, Bon Iver, Talking Heads, The Arcade Fire, Regina Spektor, Radiohead, Lou Reed ("The Power of the Heart" ... More >>

Old World Meets New Age in Thriller Nowhere-Land

A.W. Hill's Stephan Raszer is the thinking man's private eye

Lou Reed's Berlin: Julian Schnabel Captures the Music, Moment and Mood of His Man

Director makes cinematic trance of Reed's days-long 2006 concert at Brooklyn's St. Ann’s Warehouse

Theater Listings

For the week of Nov. 16-22

Theater Listings

For the week of Oct. 26-Nov. 1

Unknown Pleasures

Joy Division portrait, Control, proves the exception to the rock-biopic drool

Theater Listings

For the week of Oct. 19-26

Renaissance Man Val Kilmer May Have Met his Match.

The Iceman cometh

Theater Reviews: The Drawer Boy, Hollywood Hellhouse, Max Maven

Also Jim Morrison's Swimming to the Moon and this week's pick, Innocent When You Dream.

After the Fall

Oliver Stone at ground zero

Back to the Garden

The music and mythology of Laurel Canyon

Prasad, Um?

Alexander the Not-So-Hot

Oliver Stone aims for respectability

An Hour With Moses

The Old Testament superstar looks remarkably like Val Kilmer

Things Change

Spartan, Mamet’s off his game

The Angeleno Aesthetic

Joie Davidow on the rise of the L.A. Look

Undead Do Dance

Danny Boyle’s 28 Days Later and Guy Maddin’s Dracula

To Live and Skate in L.A.

Tweakers in The Salton Sea and the wild boys of Dogtown

Corruptors

The rap on Styles of Beyond

Dance With A Stranger

Falling in love at 40 cents a minute

The Trip