Tom Brosseau

The Best Concerts to See In L.A. This Week

Monday, March 25 Corima, Upsalon Acrux PEHRSPACE There are, in fact, thriving musical styles that have blessedly little to do with the latest pop trends. Roughly intersecting prog-rock and art-jazz is a thing called Zeuhl Music, a very heavy, propulsive sonic form whose roaring rhythm sections and ... More >>

Music Picks: Ghostface Killah and Adrian Younge, and Anthrax

The Best Concerts in L.A. This Weekend

Friday, January 11 Carolyn Edwards, Adam Marsland TAIX As leader of both Spindle and 3D Picnic and a longtime member of The Negro Problem, Carolyn Edwards is one of the best and brightest musicians in Silver Lake's indie-pop underground, but she reveals the full breadth of her talent through her so ... More >>

Music Picks: John Beasley, Down, and Tift Merritt

Music Picks: Hootenanny, The Moonbeams, Kamasi Washington

Also, Eleni Mandell, Endermen, The Lions

Music Picks: Lila Downs, Merle Haggard, I See Hawks in L.A., Die Antwoord

Also, Das Racist, Gonjasufi, Roky Erickson and others

Tonight: The Submarines, Sea of Bees, Bobby Bare Jr., Melissa Etheridge, Pacific Hurt, Sabrosa Purr

The Submarines​From Declare a New State!, the break up/make up album that put them on the map four years ago, the Submarines have moved on to become one of indie-pop's most beloved couples. Blake Hazard and John Dragonetti followed that album up in 2008 with Honeysuckle Weeks, a collection of ... More >>

2009: The Year in Obsessions

L.A. Weekly’s music editor lists the 10 records he couldn’t get out of his head

Rock Picks: Willie Nelson, Maude Maggart, Two Tears

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

Linda Perhacs to Perform Live, Debut New Song Tonight (And Five Other Moments of Canyon Bliss)

For fans of semi-obscure Canyon folk music, tonight is a watershed moment. Linda Perhacs, whose single album from 1970s, Parallelograms, is a transcendent piece of Topanga beauty, will perform selections from the album for the first time ever. As well, she will debut a new song, the first she's unve ... More >>

Ten Days of Dublab

Mia Doi Todd, Linda Perhacs, Hecuba, LA Ladies Choir, More to Perform Music from Parallelograms Live

​A few months back we announced the debut performance of Linda Perhacs at REDCAT in October as part of Dublab's tenth anniversary celebration. We have more details on what should be a magical evening of folk. Perhacs, if you don't know, released a single transcendent album in 1970s, one that ... More >>

Video Premiere: Tom Brosseau Wanders Through Downtown LA in "You Don't Know My Friends"

There have been days this summer when our desire to listen to Tom Brosseau's new Posthumous Success has approached craving. Driving through Hollywood, we've rummaged through the piles of discs on the floorboard like a smoker digging for half-smoked butt. But then, usually it's not a problem if it's ... More >>

Ten Best LA Recordings 2009 (So Far)

​Last week as we were sorting through our piles of CDs and accumulated MP3 files, we started to notice how big the stack of recent excellent LA music was. It became apparent that we're in the middle of a pretty great year for Los Angeles releases, and decided to give mid-year props to our fave ... More >>

Best LA Music of 2009 So Far Part IV: Nite Jewel and Tom Brosseau

​Last week as we were sorting through our piles of CDs and accumulated MP3 files, we started to notice how big the stack of recent excellent LA music was. It became apparent that we're in the middle of a pretty great year for Los Angeles releases, and decided to give mid-year props to our fave ... More >>

Voice of Authority

Rock Picks: Black Lips, Maria Taylor, Audacity, Irina Bjorklund

Also, Gangi, Chris Cornell, Joe Lally, Useless Keys and others

Rock Picks: Leonard Cohen, Wavves, Los Fabulosos Cadillacs, Britney Spears

Also, The Henry Clay People, Vetiver, Mad Professor and others

West Coast Sound: An L.A. Music Pro's Guide to South by Southwest

Ten to watch: The next Ford jingle?

LA at SXSW Tip #1: Is Fol Chen the City's Best New Band?

At least 171 Los Angeles-area acts will represent at the South by Southwest Music Conference in Austin, Texas, next week, and they range from metal (Ancestors, Metallica, Black Math Horseman), acoustic (Jim Bianco, Tom Brosseau, Tori Amos) and punk (Japanese Motors, the Mae Shi, DEVO) to hip-hop ( ... More >>

Rock Picks: Everest, Mumiy Troll, Busta Rhymes

Also, Faun Fables, Chris Darrow tribute, Allen Toussaint and others

Rock Picks: DJ Quik, Alejandro Escovedo, Ratatat

Also, the Bad Plus, Amos Lee, Built to Spill, and more

Rock Picks: Ice Cube, Bob Dylan, Dog and Pony Show

Also, Chuck Berry, Southern Culture on the Skids, Paul Weller, and more

Another guide to more LA Bands at SXSW

In our ongoing attempt to prop some worthy musicians headed to Austin this week, yet another list of LA bands/songwriters to chase down at SXSW in Austin this week. This is a tipsheet for those of you with $$$ in your eyes. Looking for a band to break, license, co-opt, manipulate, convince to sell o ... More >>

Los Angeles area well represented at South by Southwest 2008

Want proof that L.A.'s in the middle of an astoundingly fertile period of musical expansion? See the list below. We're going to have our hands full this year. Expect around the clock coverage from Austin.

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