Kevin Bronson

As they displayed at Coachella in April and again last week opening for LCD Soundsystem at the Hollywood Bowl, Sleigh Bells have no problem making enough racket to fill a big space. The Brooklyn noise-pop duo's sharp guitar licks and ironically cheeseball/irresistably thunderous beats, as displayed on the album nobody......

The most treacherous territory Superchunk had to negotiate to make Majesty Shredding, the band's first album in nine years, had nothing to do with music. It was -- and you aspiring rockers can relate -- those pesky day jobs. Frontman Mac McCaughan and bassist Laura Balance, of course, are co-founders......

Foals' arty fusion of indie-rock and dance music took two albums to coalesce, but it did on Total Life Forever, which came out in May on Sub Pop. The album earned the Oxford, U.K., quintet a nomination for Britain's Mercury Prize. What it's earning them on their current 22-date tour......

Fans who witnessed Jónsi in the 93-degree heat at the Outdoor Theatre at Coachella in April fairly swooned over the Sigur Rós frontman's gorgeously orchestrated pop-prog anthems. Those people ain't seen nothin' yet. The falsetto-wielding singer-guitarist is touring behind his solo album "Go," and all indications are his stage show,......

When Shadow Shadow Shade burst onto the L.A. scene about two years ago -- then known as Afternoons -- you'd have thought there wasn't an arena big enough to hold them. An early song, "Say Yes," hit the radio, and Shepard Fairey designed a poster for it. The seven-piece collective......

Corin Tucker calls her debut album "more of a middle-aged mom record." Oh, that many middle-aged moms could rock like this. The founding member of seminal riot grrls Sleater-Kinney and mother of two last week launched her first tour as the Corin Tucker Band, the trio she formed with Sara......

Remy Zero winds up a bittersweet reunion tour tonight, but it might not be the last fans have heard of the Alabama-bred, L.A.-based quintet. The band known best for the single "Save Me" (the theme for TV's Smallville) reunited earlier this year to play shows in memory of their drummer......

Fran Healy could charm the fedora off a hipster. In fact, he pretty much did Sunday night in one of the closing sets at Filter's Culture Collide festival. The frontman of the Scottish quartet Travis played an acoustic set inside a crowded, steamy church in Echo Park, starring as much......

The Culture Collide festival, which kicked off Thursday night at five venues in Silver Lake, Echo Park and downtown, is making for some wonderful daze in the neighborhood. The brainchild of Filter music mag, the inaugural event has imported bands from more than a dozen nations, sprinkled them onto bills......

Not much we can say here is going to change your mind about Arcade Fire. You're either a believer, or not. You've either dropped some paycheck/worked an angle/called in a favor to get a ticket to one of the next two nights' sold-out shows, or not. (Or, you'll wait for......