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The Best Classical Concerts to See in L.A. This Fall

Sat. Oct. 20 Jacaranda: Different Islands First Presbyterian Santa Monica Herman Melville's prose is nearly impossible to transmute into music (George Rochberg and Jake Heggie failed the challenge), but in The Encantadas, Tobias Picker conjures an appropriate accompaniment to depict "the special cu ... More >>

Ryan Adams - Disney Hall - 2/17/12

Ryan Adams Disney Hall 2-17-12 See also: Why Ryan Adams Isn't Allowing Photos Better than... Listening to Love Is Hell in its entirety on Valentine's Day because Heartbreaker just wouldn't be depressing enough. Unless that's your thing. I guess I'd consider myself in the 90th percentile of Ryan ... More >>

Music Picks: Duran Duran, Jessie Evans, k.d. lang, The Dodos, Swahili Blonde,

Also, Janet Jackson, Greg Laswell, The Crystelles, Big Audio Dynamite and others

Tempest Without a Body

Music Picks: Roseanne Cash, Theophilus London, Acid Mothers Temple

Also, George Clinton and Parliament Funkadelic, Raphael Saadiq, Wu Man and others

Tonight: Delorean, Nitzer Ebb, Brian Wright, Brandon Flowers, A Perfect Circle, Useless Keys

Delorean​Delorean's chipper set of dance music was one of the highlights of September's FYF Fest in downtown L.A. -- the Barcelona-born quartet's four-on-the-floor beats proved an exhilarating finish to what, for some, was a frustrating festival experience. With its layered vocals, keening sy ... More >>

Casa Downtown: Your Disney Hall Hangout Where to Go For Light Mexican Food

Valli Hermanchicken tacos at Casa Cocina y Cantina​ It wasn't so long ago that the idea of having a quick bite before a show at the Music Center or the Walt Disney Concert Hall meant eating a protein bar while you circled for a parking spot. Ladies and gentlemen, that is no way to start an ev ... More >>

Music Picks: Liz Phair, the Weepies, Tom Tom Club, Evan Voytas

Also, the Lee Boys, Klaxons, Macy Gray, Eels and others

HOME SWEET PRETEND HOME

KING OF CORROSIVE

First & Hope: Food to Be Ogled

As much blog as restaurant

Music Picks: Gary Numan, Ana Moura, Mark Sultan, XBXRX

Also, California E.A.R. Unit, Bonobo, Mr. Gnome, Grouper and others

Music Picks: Liz Pappademas, Buffy Sainte-Marie, Mad Professor, Bill Frisell

Also, Taylor Swift, Los Tres, Saint Motel, David Allan Coe and others

Music Picks: Pandit Swapan Chaudhuri, Bad Religion, Non

Also, The Wedding Present, Phil Alvin and others

Music Picks: Soweto Gospel Choir, Paul McCartney, Melissa Auf der Maur

Also, Jay-Z, Metric, Triorganico, Air and others

Rock Picks: Willie Nelson, Maude Maggart, Two Tears

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

Over the Weekend: Gothic Belly Dancing, M83, Mutaytor, Yard Dogs Road Show, Saul Williams, Les Claypool

This weekend was about two things in Los Angeles: Watchmen and live music. Deadline Hollywood Daily's Nikki Finke reports that the highly anticipated superhero flick brought in $55.6 million over the weekend, but for those who opted to skip the Arclight mayhem there were plenty of good bands in town ... More >>

Pipe Dreamer

Art School or LAUSD Folly?

A gorgeous downtown high school has no plan, no curriculum — but sure looks fab

Sonic Youths: International Laureates Festival 2008

Players' soulful sounds belie their years

Siouxsie Sioux at the Fonda

Also, Grizzly Bear and the L.A. Phil at Disney Hall

Grizzly Bear and the Los Angeles Philharmonic at Walt Disney Concert Hall, March 1

Grizzly Bear and the Los Angeles Philharmonic Walt Disney Concert Hall Saturday, March 1 photos by Timothy Norris You knew Saturday night was turning magical when a roustabout in the audience at Walt Disney Concert Hall let out a yelp of glee during the LA Philharmonic's octane-fueled performanc ... More >>

Grizzly Bear teams with the Los Angeles Philharmonic

Great news from the L.A. Phil just arrived. Anyone who was at the recent Songs of the City series at Walt Disney Concert Hall and heard Daniel Rossen's voice echo through the room will understand: Don't miss this show. LOS ANGELES PHILHARMONIC AND INDIE ROCK BAND GRIZZLY BEAR CO-HEADLINE FOR ONE-N ... More >>

Last Chance to Be a Better Person!

What to do in Los Angeles this week

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 >>

Mending the Gap

An interview with Joanna Newsom, who performs Ys with a 28-piece orchestra at the Walt Disney Concert Hall on Friday, November 9

Shen Wei Dance Arts

Contact art

Back in the USSR

“Pravda” at Disney Concert Hall

Bright Eyes and Gillian Welch

At Disney Hall, May 6, 2007

Old Hat, New Tenor, Etc.

The Merry Widow, Johann Goldberg's sonata at Disney Hall

A Chanticleer Christmas

Conduct Becoming

Lionel Bringuier, the Mystery Kid

On All Fours

Performing Shrimps and Parading Boats

The Year In Night Music

Can't Let It Go

Dulling Disney

Sandblasting is all part of becoming an L.A. icon

Pipe Poop

Bliss for the Thunderers

The Wing and the Wind

Bunkum Hill

Over the past 50 years, the city has tried repeatedly to turn Grand Avenue into the living, breathing heart of downtown, and has failed miserably. Now, a public-private group led by Eli Broad is trying again — with the emphasis on private

Presense and Future

If This Be Madness

Disney Hall, The Sound, the Fury, the Wounded Knees

(But it’s a nice place to visit)

Disney Primeval

Letters

Experiencing Disney Hall

The Site and the Sound

A Complex Edifice