When the Houston Brothers closed down their restaurant/bar Butchers & Barbers last year to reinvent the space, it was safe to assume they would launch another themed bar — that's what twins Mark and Jonnie are good at, after all. Good Times at Davey Wayne's, Breakroom 86 and No Vacancy......
The singer-keyboardist says he always thought love songs were "cheesy." Then he found himself writing an entire album of them and calling the project Jaws of Love....
"My first birthday was in the Vietnamese newspaper,” admits the young singer-songwriter, whose debut EP "Low" has already racked up over 30 million Spotify streams....
What’s in a name? More specifically, a band name. To many musicians, their moniker is an inside joke, a story, or just a couple random words someone spouted out on a drunken night. But whatever the origin, those words become so much more, representing this group of people’s art and......
M.I.A. Belasco Theater 11-11-13 M.I.A. has been, well, missing in action for the past few years. Sure, there was her middle finger (in tribute to a Hindu goddess?) during 2012's Super Bowl halftime show, and got involved in a nasty custody dispute with her child's father. Her just-released latest album,......
Fiona Apple and Blake Mills Walt Disney Concert Hall 10-7-13 Better Than...Fiona's tears It's been a tough few months for Fiona Apple. At the end of August, the singer-songwriter stormed off stage at a fashion show in Tokyo after asking the audience on several occasions to pipe down (they didn't)......
Taylor Swift Staples Center 8-19-13 Fifteen thousand people cheered for two hours straight as Taylor Swift played to a packed Staples Center crowd last night. Though my brother is correct that she looked like a Who from How The Grinch Stole Christmas, I don't think any Whos down in Whoville......
ScHoolboy Q, Ab-Soul, Dizzy Wright XXL Freshmen Live 2013 Club Nokia 5-18-13 Better Than... Actually being a freshman in high school Since 2008, hip-hop magazine XXL has named its "top freshmen" each year, and on Saturday night the bulk of them performed at Club Nokia. Black Hippy crewmates Schoolboy Q......
Death Grips The Echoplex 12/6/12 Better Than...a quick, aggressive fuck in a public bathroom See also: Why Death Grips Sold Drama, Instead of Their New Album It's been a turbulent year for noise-rap duo Death Grips, whose label Epic Records were poised to release their debut album The Money Store......
