John Payne

The enduringly debonair, witty and with-it Bryan Ferry has an excellent new record out called Frantic, on Virgin Records. Mr. Ferry, late of avant-rock frontiersmen Roxy Music and the creator of numerous diverse and critically praised solo works, has followed his 1999 ’30s-tribute album As Time Goes By with another......

Photo by Mario del Curto "I NEVER CREATE A THEATER PIECE ON A subject which I entirely understand. My interest is an artistic investigation, and if I find a theme that interests me and which I might not be able to precisely describe, then I try to invite the audience......

Photo by Hiroshi Nomura THIS IS THE STORY OF THE COMPLETE MUSICIAN. Or fairly complete -- Ryuichi Sakamoto would say he's only begun his search for the definitive sound. And that'd be saying something, coming from a man with a rather astounding number of achievements spanning the realms of film......

Photos by Gregory Bojorquez THANKS TO ALL WHO PACKED THE HOUSE AT THE ROXY LAST WEEK TO celebrate with us our fourth annual L.A. Weekly Music Awards (LAWMA). Your glittering stars, sundry industry weasels, curious lookers-on and friends and family of our choice selection of nominees milled about, chattering happily,......

FOR THIS YEAR'S EDITION OF OUR ANNUAL MUSIC AWARDS, TO BE HELD AT THE ROXY ON JUNE 26, THE ARTISTS were selected in a poll of 30 local music writers given the task of choosing the best L.A.-based musicians. Our nominees were chosen purely on the basis of quality, regardless......

A lotta folks gawk as three sets of people do things on computers, turntables and mixers; one of the performers, Mira Calix, daringly attempts her time onstage without the aid of video projections. DJ Calix is a former graphic artist at Warp Records in London who discovered that she could......