Chris Kissel

Another vital L.A. music space is being forced out of its longtime home. Pehrspace, the all-ages DIY gallery and venue in Echo Park that has long served as an incubator for experimental music, posted a copy of a letter they received on Monday informing them their lease would be terminated in 60 days. The news comes......

An L.A. DIY institution could soon be reduced to rubble. On Saturday morning, Jim Smith, owner of storied downtown all-ages venue the Smell, posted a picture on Facebook and Instagram of a demolition notice posted outside the venue Friday evening. The notice says an application to demolish the venue's one-story......

Old timers remember the brawls. "There used to be big fights,” says Manuel, a regular who has been coming to La Cita to dance for 20 years. “But that doesn’t happen anymore." Those who haven't been coming here quite so long recall a dark bar, unwelcoming to outsiders. "You know......

On a recent warm evening, a few dozen listeners packed into Stones Throw’s little storefront space in Highland Park to take in three hours of new age music. The walls were lined with succulents, and a projector in the back played a video of a California coastal landscape. As attendees......

L.A. electronic musician Adam Forkner, who performs under the name White Rainbow, will not be charged with assaulting his ex-girlfriend, Christine Messersmith, according to a spokesman for the L.A. City Attorney's office. However, Messersmith tells L.A. Weekly that she still plans to pursue legal action against Forkner for allegedly attacking her......

The former girlfriend of Adam Forkner, an L.A. experimental electronic musician who performs under the name White Rainbow, says Forkner viciously assaulted her while the couple were at home last month. "Adam Forkner (aka white rainbow), my boyfriend for the last 7 months, repeatedly beat me senseless in February,” a......