Todd Rundgren

5 Musical Comedy Things to Do in L.A. This Week

See also: *Our Calendar Section, Listing More Great Things to Do in L.A. *5 Artsy Things to Do in L.A. This Week If you need a laugh to start your weekend, or if you want to cool down from your week with some music, L.A. has you covered. This week, Angelenos can take in some jazz, enjoy some Real ... More >>

Days of Future Passed

The Best Concerts in L.A. This Week

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 >>

Music Picks: Lloyd Price, Leni Stern, Amon Tobin and The Residents

Music Picks: Hugh Cornwell, Carlos Guitarlos, Zakir Hussain's Masters of Percussion

Also, Charlene Soraia, Chuck Loeb, the Head Cat, Feed Me and others

Music Picks: The Descendents, Stones Throw 15th Anniversary Show,, Princess Pangolin, Brian Setzer

Also, Guns N' Roses, Weingart, Stevie Wonder's House Full of Toys, and others

Top 10 Music Managers Who Fucked Over Their Clients

The family Knowles in happier times​In light of the surprising news over the reasons Beyonce fired her longtime manager (and longtime father for that matter) Mathew Knowles, we remembered a time when scummy managers were not only the norm, but expected. Here are the Top 10 Managers in Music Hi ... More >>

Music Picks: Matt & Kim, Partch, Booker T, Motley Crue,

Also, Spain, Civil Wars, Bruno Mars and others

Top 10 Most Recycled Women of Rock (Only Three Call Themselves Groupies!)

Jena Ardell​ Everyone has had a crush on rockstar before, but these woman actually pursued and conquered rockstars. In order to make our Top 10 Most Recycled Women of Rock list, these ladies had to have dated (or bedded) six or more famous musicians. There's one musician who appears on four o ... More >>

The Man Who Invented The Monkees and The Archies, Music Promoter Don Kirshner, Dead at 76

Everything's Archie! MyspaceA cartoonized Don Kirshner presents The Archies with their gold record​ Just a word here about the passing of a giant, Mr. Don Kirshner, who died today at the age of 76. Now, some of us who were around back in "the day" might appreciate a bit of context-putting-in ... More >>

This Weekend: El Guincho, Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti, Harlem, Dawes, Peter Case

El Guincho​Yes, that's the voice of Julieta Venegas on the re-imagined "Mientes," one of the five tracks on El Guincho's new EP Piratas de Sudamérica. El Guincho, the nom de tune of Barcelona experimentalist Pablo Díaz-Reixa, fueled some underground buzz with his 2007 album Alegranza. A pri ... More >>

Music Picks: 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea, Bridget St. John, Bad Astronaut, Kings of Leon

Also, Lilith 2010, Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti, Smokey Robinson, Antibalas and others

Music Picks: Baaba Maal, Snuffaluffagus & Rats, Carlene Carter and Friends, Country Throwdown

Also, Freestyle Fellowship, Bebe Buell, Billy Joe Shaver and others

Today in WTF: Meat Loaf To Plug Bizarre Concept Album on Shopping Network QVC

billboard.comJesus Christ Super Meatloaf​The Baron of Bombast himself is back (back again, that is--he's back twice a decade)! A few weeks ago Meat Loaf released a new single, with the unfortunate title "Los Angeloser," which could be the stupidest West Coast song title since the Red Hot Chil ... More >>

Music Picks: Pandit Swapan Chaudhuri, Bad Religion, Non

Also, The Wedding Present, Phil Alvin and others

Rock Picks: Willie Nelson, Maude Maggart, Two Tears

Also, Cold Cave, Ceci Bastida, Califone, and others

Top 5 Topless Groupies: Women Who Bared It All For Music (NSFW)

​Rock-n-roll and breasts often go (tee-hee) hand in hand. In fact, Motley Crue drummer and groupie magnet, Tommy Lee, has this rule about coming into his dressing room: "You're not allowed in unless you remove an article of clothing. And I'm not talking about your socks. It's pretty f***ing c ... More >>

Rock Picks: Daedelus, Peanut Butter Wolf, Femi Kuti, Isis

Also, The Choke, Nouvelle Vague, Wilco, Sunset Rubdown and others

Grammy Week: Magical Music Moments All Over Town

Rock Picks: Spindrift, Randy Newman, The Gutter Twins

Also, Zola Moon, David Banner, Naïm Amor, and more

Rock Picks: Sunset Strip Music Festival, Neil Innes, Cheap Trick

Also, Nikka Costa, Willie Nile, We Are Scientists, and more

Rock Picks: Air, Rufus Wainwright, Arctic Monkeys, Bad Brains

For the week of September 20 – 27

Laser-Guided Melodies and a Boy Named George

Snap, Crackle, Punk

Lewis Taylor’s Stoned

One of the year’s finest albums you never heard

The Year's Best DVD Gift Boxes

Future Sounds

Midnight Movies at the Planetarium

Peace operatives Super Furry Animals’ non-proliferation treatise

Killer Clones and the MP3

Shooting Off Sparks

Forward Into the Past

The terrifying togs of That '70s Show; the retro robots of Rolie Polie Olie