Andrea Domanick

Fuck Guilty Pleasures celebrates the over-produced, commercial, artless, lowbrow music that we believe is genuinely worthwhile. Like, among the best music ever. Editor's Note: Former Weezer bassist Mikey Welsh was found dead in a Chicago hotel room on October 8, 2011. The cause of death is unknown, but it is......

Beirut The Greek Theater October 4, 2011 As we wrote last week, playing a large, open-air amphitheater can be a challenge for any act that doesn't feature an orchestra or power chords. Last night, however, Beirut showed 'em how it's done. While autumn rain managed to clear up by the......

Odd Future Wolf Gang Kill Them All The Palladium September 29, 2011 Better than... L.A.'s other live acts (still). Strobe lights, blood and bubble guns: Ladies n' gents, Odd Future is back in town. Last night's set at the Palladium was the kind of raucous horrorshow audiences around the world......

You know that autumnal mix of optimism and anticipation that arrives with the electricity in the newly-crisp air? That's what Grouplove's debut full-length, Never Trust A Happy Song, sounds like. The work dropped Tuesday on Atlantic Records, just in time for fall, following a year of hype for the L.A.-based......

A free show? Great. A free show curated by a local label? Even better. A free show curated by a local label at a swanky rooftop bar? Count us in. L.A.'s own IAMSOUND Records is teaming up once again with the Mondrian Hotel for a new slate of free Mondrian......

See also: Wavves On How They Managed To Get Kicked Out Of Both The VMAs and Lil Wayne's Afterparty The decor of the Eagle Rock home Nathan Williams shares with his girlfriend, Best Coast's Bethany Cosentino, looks kind of like how his music sounds: fun, a little gritty and tinged......

Haven't you always wanted to hear a color-coded piano duet based entirely on the punctuation in J.D. Salinger's short stories Franny and Zooey? Well, esoteric art fiends, tonight you finally can! Contrary to what you're thinking, "Franny and Zooey for Piano Duet" isn't a liberal arts kid's senior thesis--it's the......

Update: Interscope reps have responded to allegations that their L.A. offices were involved in the narcotics ring described below. Washing their hands of Rosemond, they call reports of Interscope's involvement "erroneous and completely unsupported," asserting that his alleged use of their offices as a pickup and delivery point were unknown......

See also: Wavves of Pleasure: Indie Poster Boy Nathan Williams Makes Time For Recreation In next week's print edition we hang loose with scuzzed-out surf rockers Wavves -- look for it in the just-renamed West Coast Sound page! (It used to be called Page Two.) For the piece, we journeyed......