Jeff Weiss

If you’re unfamiliar with Delroy Edwards, that’s in part by design. In an era when obnoxious self-promotion and social media stunting are often seen as unimpeachable virtues, the Silver Lake resident exists as a refreshingly enigmatic alternative. Despite his swiftly rising stature as one of L.A.’s best dance producers and......

"This publication was born out of curiosity and hope. Curiosity regarding the possible rebirth of true rebel music. Hope in its eventual victory over the bland products professional pop stars have been feeding us. May the punks set this rat-infested industry on fire. It sure could use a little brightness.”......

The first time I saw Linafornia, she was mercilessly slaughtering her competition. Last November at the Beat Cinema Beat Battle, the Leimert Park producer artfully incinerated all those vying for the $300 grand prize. The other entrants had talent, but many imitated the Low End Theory vanguards a little too......

Summer is the most subjective of seasons. It offers infinite options, particularly in Southern California, land of chronic sunshine and birthplace of surf rock, beach goths and G-funk — whose synthesizer whines are as iconic to the time of year as ice cream trucks, fireworks and barbecues. If the weather......

A Buddhist R&B singer seems almost as antithetical as a Scientologist psychiatrist or a Mormon beer baron. One tradition is rooted in emotional volatility and the other is a serene religion seeking enlightenment. Bodhisattvas posses wisdom, but Bobby Brown made “Don’t Be Cruel.” It’s a toss-up. If her stellar debut......

The first six months of 2016 rank among some of the most wretched in memory. We lost Prince, David Bowie and Phife of A Tribe Called Quest. Commander-in-Cheeto Donald Trump threatens to unravel the fabric of American democracy, one Chinese-made “Make America Great” hat at a time. Climate change has......

There are at most 10 people in the world who could successfully pull off the outfit that Riff Raff wears when he saunters into this Koreatown restaurant on a May afternoon. Even the professionally flamboyant Bishop Magic Don Juan would have to remove his top hat in tribute to the......

Let's be unequivocally clear: If they demolish the Smell, it's the gentrification tombstone piledriver to downtown L.A. The killing of culture in favor of coffee shops selling $7 cold brews. Another meaningless triumph for real estate philistines who would rather build another parking lot than preserve one of our city's......

If you were a teenage L.A. rap fan in the late 1990s, you know the legend of Hot Karl — the bespectacled battle-rap assassin from the West Valley, whose two months of consecutive victories on Power 106’s Roll Call briefly made him the city’s hottest rapper, and the greatest ever......

It’s not surprising that La Luz moved to L.A. It’s surprising that they aren’t from here in the first place. If you didn’t know better, you’d figure the Seattle transplants were born in a Hermosa Beach house, circa 1964. They cast psychedelic surf-rock spells, ripe for the best party that......