Brett Callwood

To celebrate the CD and vinyl release of Ladies and Gentlemen ... The Bangles!, a collection of early demos and outtakes, The Bangles are playing three shows at the Whisky a Go-Go, the scene of many of their shows in the early '80s....

The Guatemalan-born, L.A.-based singer-songwriter teamed up with Daptone producer/bassist Gabriel Roth to deliver her grooviest, most soulful album to date....

A week after the conclusion of the presidential election, people all over the country are still hurting. Some, including many right here in California, are taking their frustrations out onto the streets, and thankfully the majority of those people are keeping their protests peaceful. But there's still a lot of......

Last night, Thursday, Oct. 27, Avenged Sevenfold dropped a welcome bombshell on its fans. Those with half an ear to the ground knew that they would be performing an invite-only show on the roof of the Capitol Records building, and that the four-song set would be streamed live to their......

L.A. punk band Bad Religion has always been known for its socio-political lyrics, openly questioning authority at any opportunity. That’s the band’s bag; super-sweet melodies contrasting with Greg Graffin’s deadpan delivery, dressed up with often deceptively intelligent lyrics. So just imagine what the guys are making of the current political......

Korn are as synonymous with the nu-metal scene birthed in the mid-1990s as the Sex Pistols are with punk. That down-tuned, filthy-yet-textured guitar sound; that bass-heavy rumbling; those despairing lyrics; and a vocalist who turns from distraught crooner to flailing devil in a millisecond. Bands like Faith No More, Tool,......

Sitting in a Silver Lake restaurant, watching the members of Glam Skanks pool their funds in order to purchase some key lime pie, it’s difficult to reconcile their endearingly awkward interactions with the smash of glitter, makeup and fishnets that engulfs the foursome when they're on stage. Live, this band is......

Nostalgia can be a wonderful thing. While keeping a finger on the pulse of modern music is a noble endeavor — nobody wants to be considered a dinosaur, after all — it’s natural to get all warm and fuzzy about the music that we listened to in our formative years......

So much great music has come out of the Los Angeles area, created by geniuses, cartoon characters and everything in between, that it's no surprise there are just as many great books chronicling that music's history. Whether it be Laurel Canyon in the 1960s, Sunset Strip through the decades, or......

Back in March, we wrote a feature about Violent J of the Insane Clown Posse, who was about to play a solo show in town. We interviewed J, and, as is the way with the man, he wasn’t short on a thing or two to say. As we noted at......