Kevin Bronson

In the best tradition of the punk-rock troubadour, Frank Turner doesn't come armed with much more than a guitar and his anger. At 28, the hard-touring Englishman, who spent his early years in the hardcore band Million Dead, sounds every bit the wizened veteran on his past two albums, Love......

As it might be with a lot of husband-and-wife musical collaborators who populate our fair city (the Submarines and the Weepies come to mind), it must be tough being the family cat when the creative juices are flowing in the Matthew Beighley/Jacqueline Santillan household. Beighley and Santillan are the principals......

The short story about Ben Folds' forthcoming album Lonely Avenue is that it will come with four short stories -- the deluxe version anyway -- by the man who wrote the lyrics for the record, author Nick Hornby. The 43-year-old piano man and Hornby came up with the idea for......

The best thing about Saturday's FYF Fest at Los Angeles State Historic Park downtown is that with its wildly diverse lineup and 36 bands, it's a bargain for 30 bucks. The worst thing about Saturday's FYF Fest is that there are only so many hours in the day. FYF's three......

Ramona Gonzalez may be growing up, but the music she is making as Nite Jewel isn't growing out. On her new EP, Am I Real?, made in collaboration with Cole Greif-Neill, follows up last year's debut album Good Evening with more spare, spacey explorations of electro-funk and disco-pop. It's bedroom......

From Declare a New State!, the break up/make up album that put them on the map four years ago, the Submarines have moved on to become one of indie-pop's most beloved couples. Blake Hazard and John Dragonetti followed that album up in 2008 with Honeysuckle Weeks, a collection of sharply......

L.A. art-pop outfit the Mae Shi (2003-2009) were so much fun people missed them when they were sleeping, so you can imagine how fans felt when they broke up. (Or seemed to, since the message on their MySpace page still reads "We do not break up.") Now comes word of......

By now, we're sure you have your strategy mapped out for Saturday's street festival portion of the Sunset Strip Music Festival. You're hitting the Sunset Strip early for Semi Precious Weapons; you're darting between outdoor stages for the likes of Travie McCoy, Neon Trees, Slash, Kid Cudi and Common; and,......

It's been 15 years since Filter scored its big hit with "Hey Man, Nice Shot," and a year and half since Richard Patrick passed that signpost of career middle age by releasing a greatest-hits compilation. He must've thought there was still some rockin' to do -- or he heard the......