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Mexican Dubwiser - Viper Room - 05-10-2013

Mexican Dubwiser (with live band) Viper Room 05-10-2013 Better Than...his DJ sets Mexican Dubwiser, the stage name of producer Marcelo Tijerina, celebrated the release of his debut album Revolution Radio in the U.S. with a live set at the Viper Room. Tijerina, who's lived in L.A. since 2000, take ... More >>

What's Wrong With Los Angeles' Latin Music Scene?

Los Angeles is known worldwide as a creative hub, and it has one of the biggest Latino populations anywhere. But on the eve of three of the Western hemisphere's biggest and most important music festivals -- South By Southwest, Vive Latino, and Coachella -- one has to wonder: Where is the L.A. Latino ... More >>

Premiere: Quitapenas' "Mas Tropical"

Quitapenas is a nine-piece group from Riverside whose name means, we're told, "take away your worries." They've got afro-Cuban influences and are putting a new spin on cumbia. Which, if you ask us, is something that could use a new spin! Below, we've got the premiere of their single "Mas Tropical, ... More >>

The Delirians Lead An East L.A. Rocksteady Renaissance

East Los Angeles is enjoying a rocksteady renaissance, thanks largely to a group called The Delirians. They formed as teenagers and have made the traditional Jamaican music their own, blending the slower-than-ska-but-faster-than-reggae riffs with signature East L.A. sounds of soul, funk and R&B. The ... More >>

Texas Dude Moves To Argentina and Launches a Latin Alternative Revolution

Texas native Grant Dull is not the guy one would expect to see at the forefront of a revolution in Latin American music. A former resident of San Antonio with no connection to Latin America (other than his hometown's proximity to the Mexican border), he is one of the co-founders of Buenos Aires, Arg ... More >>

The Ten Best Latin Alternative Albums of 2012

It has become difficult to define what Latin Alternative is these days. The genre seems to encompass everything from traditional roots band playing an accordion to a progressive hip-hop MCs to singer-songwriters crooning romantic ballads -- and can be sung in Spanish, English or Spanglish. It's a hy ... More >>

The Best Concerts To See in L.A. This Weekend: Nov 2-4

Friday, November 2 Grace Potter & the Nocturnals THE WILTERN If anyone should be a star, it's Grace Potter. Commercial enough to sing duets with Kenny Chesney, she's also freaky enough to trip out occasionally with folks like Flaming Lips' Wayne Coyne and Black Keys' Dan Auerbach, who produced part ... More >>

Maná Gets Inducted Into the Hollywood Guitar Center's Rock Walk

Mexican rockers Maná made their mark in concrete as the foursome were inducted the Hollywood Guitar Center's Rock Walk yesterday. Like Bon Jovi, The Boss and Guns N' Roses all rolled into one (but from Guadalajara, Jalisco), Maná has garnered dozens of accolades -- including winning eleven Grammys ... More >>

Gaby Moreno - Largo - September 4, 2012

Gaby Moreno Largo September 4, 2012 See also: Our People issue profile of Gaby Moreno Better than.... Your current favorite Spanish artist. Celebrating the release of her first all-Spanish album Postales, Gaby Moreno performed her entire work live last night at Largo. Wearing a shiny 1920's-inspi ... More >>

The Story of a Jewish Guy Who Did Crack and Lived in a Bus, and Now Makes Mexican Music

Growing up Jewish in Southeast Los Angeles with Communist parents who worked alongside the Black Panthers, Wil Abers never seemed to fit in. "I struggled with my identity living around Mexicans and African-Americans, while being white and seeing my parents fight against people in power," says Aber ... More >>

La Vida Boheme: Venezuelan Disco Punks Perform Before the Dodgers Game on Sunday

See also: Viva Los Dodgers 2012 Lineup Announced: Ximena Sariñana, Ana Tijoux, More Henry D'Arthenay is psyched for this Sunday's Dodger game, and not just because it's only the second of his life. As he tells us over Skype from his home in Caracas, Venezuela, his band La Vida Boheme will also per ... More >>

Ana Tijoux: "Recording is like flirting with your songs. Touring is the relationship"

See also: *Viva Los Dodgers 2012 Lineup Announced: Ximena Sariñana, Ana Tijoux, More *Reviewed: Ana Tijoux performs at MacArthur Park, 8/11/11 Having grown up in political exile in France during Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet's reign, it seems natural that rapper Ana Tijoux -- now 34 -- would c ... More >>

Viva Los Dodgers 2012 Lineup Announced: Ximena Sariñana, Ana Tijoux, More

See also: *Ximena Sariñana: An Indie-Pop Star In Mexico, Anonymous In L.A. *Our review of Ana Tijoux at Levitt Pavilion at MacArthur Park Viva Los Dodgers, a festival celebrating Los Angeles' Latino culture, just announced this season's lineup exclusively through West Coast Sound. Held in Lot ... More >>

Mars Volta and At the Drive-In's Omar Rodriguez-Lopez Is a Real Bastard

Ximena Sariñana: Five Things She Loves About Echo Park Boys

See also: Ximena Sariñana: An Indie-Pop Star In Mexico, Anonymous In L.A. Ximena Sariñana knocked the wind out of us at the SXSW PlayNetwork showcase last week. We weren't quite as delirious as a pair of Mexican twink uber-fanboys who'd traveled hundreds of miles, but we were certainly smitten. ... More >>

Best Posts Of The Week

Jena Ardell​"It's fucking Halloween, do you know where your skull is?" Glenn Danzig asked the crowd at Gibson Amphitheater on Monday night. Actually, it was his skull that was showing up in strange places this week, as Jena Ardell imagined what scenes from famous movies would look like if Danz ... More >>

Ximena Sariñana on Boys, Bands and Why The Valley Trumps Echo Park

Emily Shur​See also: Ximena Sariñana: An Indie-Pop Star In Mexico, Anonymous In L.A. Last week we told you about Mexican indie-pop star Ximena Sariñana, who just embarked on her first American headlining tour as part of her U.S. crossover attempt. Ahead of her Wednesday appearance on KCRW ... More >>

Best Posts Of The Week

​How well do you know your L.A. hip-hop dances? For the debut of her column on the subject, Jessica A. Koslow ran down the controversial origin story of the Dougie this week. Turns out a rapper named Lil Wil was doing it first, and had some choice words for our Inglewood heroes Cali Swag Distr ... More >>

Ximena Sariñana: An Indie-Pop Star In Mexico, Anonymous In L.A.

Emily Shur​Ximena Sariñana grew up a child star acting on popular telenovelas in her native Mexico. She then moved to film, followed by a stint at Berklee College of Music. At 25, she's an indie-pop star living fairly anonymously in a new country. The bilingual Sariñana moved from Mexico Ci ... More >>

Music Picks: Esperanza Spalding, Elbow, Toro Y Moi, Blink-182

Also, Glen Campbell, the Smashing Pumpkins, Lanie Lane and others

Top Three L.A. Bands at Outside Lands Besides Best Coast and Foster the People

Andrea Domanick Orgone​L.A. acts like Warpaint, Odd Future, Foster the People and Best Coast have really been making the festival circuit rounds this summer, and this past weekend at Outside Lands in San Francisco was no exception. Eight L.A. artists -- including Best Coast and Foster the Peop ... More >>

Ximena Sariñana at The Echoplex 7/16/11

Erica E. PhilliipsXimena Sariñana​WHO: Ximena Sariñana WHERE: The Echoplex WHEN: 7/16/11 Better than... the movies. Cut from a similar dainty-floral-patterned cloth as Zooey Deschanel and Jenny Lewis, child actress turned cheerful indie darling Ximena Sariñana has led an ... More >>

Music Picks: Bob Dylan, Azalia Snail, Makabert Fynd, Seun Kuti

Also, No Age, Crystal Antlers, Imelda May and others

Babies, Lobster Balls, and Bands with Beards at the Silverlake Jubilee

Daiana FeuerMom says, "He takes his music very seriously"​ So the world didn't end on Saturday. And from the looks of this kid in the picture, he would have been very disappointed if the Rapture had taken place and he never got his chance to play at the Silverlake Jubilee in around 18 years. H ... More >>

Ximena Sariñana Premieres Songs from Forthcoming Sophomore Album at Mucho Wednesdays

Ivan Fernandez​To those unfamiliar with Mexican singer/actress Ximena Sariñana, it will come as a shock to know that the appearance of such a tiny, unimposing figure such as herself could set a record for a capacity crowd at La Cita in downtown LA. Hundreds of dedicated fans stood in line a f ... More >>

Listen: Big Sir's Lisa Papineau Collaborates with the Mars Volta's Omar Rodriguez Lopez

Lisa Papineau makes power moves. Is a new LP on the way?​Big Sir vocalist, Air collaborator and solo artist Lisa Papineau lends her haunting voice to a pair of songs on a brand new album by the Mars Volta's Omar Rodriguez Lopez. It seems like the axe-wielding afro'd wonder churns out a new al ... More >>

Now Streaming: The Mars Volta's Omar Rodriguez Lopez Records an Electronic Album with Low End Theory's DJ Nobody (And it's Really Good!)

The Mars Volta's Omar Rodriguez Lopez hooks up with Low End Theory's DJ Nobody for the album "Tychozorente"​Much has been made of legendary L.A. hip-hop producer Madlib's 2010 album-a-month series. But another of this city's storied musical madmen has been doing his part to flood the market wi ... 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

INCHES reviews Best Coast, Omar Rodriguez Lopez Group, Lustmord, Bipolar Bear (MP3s)

In the strange wake of music's digital rebirth, vinyl has experienced a modest boom in popularity, seen by many as a replacement for the awkward middleman that is the compact disc. INCHES reviews the output of L.A.'s healthy vinyl community (artists and labels, indie or other), believing that good m ... More >>

INCHES reviews Nite Jewel, Omar Rodriguez-Lopez, Slang Chickens, My Estrogeneration comp (MP3s)

In the strange wake of music's digital rebirth, vinyl has experienced a modest boom in popularity, seen by many as a replacement for the awkward middleman that is the compact disc. INCHES reviews the output of L.A.'s healthy vinyl community (artists and labels, indie or other), believing that good m ... More >>

Rock Picks: Winifred E. Eye, Stagecoach, Marianne Dissard, Thao

Also, Franz Nicolay, Sweet, Tinted Windows and others

You Can't Spell Obama With B-A-M-F-O-R-D

A funny fund-raiser and other things to do this week

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