Daniel Kohn

It was Memorial Day, 2012. Ahead of their set at Metallica's inaugural Orion Festival in Atlantic City, the members of East L.A. rock outfit Kyng paced anxiously backstage. They were greeted by the man who handpicked them to play: James Hetfield. He then introduced them onstage. After hearing Hetfield sing......

Nine Inch Nails Staples Center 11/8/13 In 2009 Trent Reznor declared he was done with Nine Inch Nails for the foreseeable future. Subsequently, he's carved out a successful second career as a film score composer, including winning the Oscar for The Social Network. Then there's his work with post-industrial outfit......

Last night at The Observatory in Santa Ana was the party for photographer Andrew Youssef. Youssef has stage four colon cancer, and has chronicled his experiences in his column Last Shot; be sure to also check out OC Weekly music editor Nate Jackson's recent cover story for that publication about......

The Flaming Lips Greek Theatre 10/29/13 Last night, Wayne Coyne emerged from a sea of plastic dressed as a blood soaked Carrie with the theme to Halloween blaring in the background. Coyne's bandmates sported Michael Myers masks and red and black confetti rained on the crowd. Last night's show at......

Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros' Big Top L.A. State Historic Park 10/17/13 Better than...the carnival in Big Top Pee-Wee The outskirts of downtown L.A. might seem to be an unlikely spot for a carnival, but 12 piece hometown feel-good collective Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros have pulled off......

Atoms For Peace Hollywood Bowl 10/16/13 Supergroup Atoms For Peace features Thom Yorke, Flea, Nigel Godrich, Joey Waronker and Mauro Refosco. They last played L.A. in June, a secret show (and their first in three years) in front of 300 fans and friends at a spot called Club Fais Do-Do......

A chance meeting at an artist colony on the island of Crete brought together the five members of Grouplove, and the Laurel Canyon-based act's blend of indie pop and alt rock turned their first single, "Tongue Tied," into a surprise hit last year. (It's also featured on an iPod commercial.)......

Five years ago, if you told someone that Black Sabbath would be playing strong, sold-out shows across North America, they probably would have shook their heads. Even as recently as a year or so ago, the idea of the band putting the right pieces together for a last hurrah seemed......

Phish Hollywood Bowl 8/5/13 Better than...playing hackey sack alone It would be understandable if the members of Phish were a bit little exhausted heading into their show at the Hollywood Bowl. A month long summer tour has seen the band make its way across North America. Playing their first show......

Mayer Hawthorne can be excused for running a few minutes late. The Ann Arbor-native just returned to Los Angeles from a European tour and will be making several L.A. to New York trips in the coming days as part of a promotional push for his upcoming album Where Does This......