Falling James

Although punk rock has morphed over the decades from a once-shocking form of musical subversion into background music for skateboarding videos, the post-punk genre still retains its possibilities of change and exploration. For every modern post-punk group that's content to mimic Bauhaus and Siouxsie & the Banshees, there are exciting......

When it comes to guitar armies, Tinariwen has everyone else beat. The Malian collective features a multitude of brilliant guitarists whose multilayered interplay seamlessly blends psychedelic hypnosis, bluesy solitude and traditional West African influences. But many band members also fought in an actual army, as rebel Tuareg soldiers against the......

If it wasn't already clear, Brian Burton (aka Danger Mouse) is a rather brilliant musician. In the past decade, he has famously mashed together Jay-Z and The Beatles, restarted CeeLo Green's career with Gnarls Barkley, and worked with such disparate forces as MF Doom, Gorillaz, The Black Keys and Beck......

Bambu walks the same L.A. streets as the rest of us. But the local Filipino-American rapper has the unusual gift of not only being able to pass unscathed through this city's madness but also to articulate what he sees - while offering something like hope for the hopeless. The self-described......

The big box of candy known as Coachella is stuffed again with an assortment of familiar flavors, although there are fewer exotic confections overall this year than in previous editions. A couple of the more notable surprises occur on the first day, when André 3000 and Big Boi realign as......

The Watkins Family Hour is composed of siblings Sean and Sara Watkins (of bluegrass giants Nickel Creek), plus whichever of their friends happens to feel like dropping by for the night. Of course, their friends are a little more unusual than most folks', and much more than an hour is......

If there's anybody besides Paul McCartney who has the right to perform Band on the Run in its entirety, it's former Wings guitarist Denny Laine, who'll do so tonight in a set that was postponed earlier this year. Of course, Laine is more than just one of McCartney's former sidemen:......