Liz Ohanesian

There is a lot about San Antonio-based Girl in a Coma that will appeal to Angelenos: the faint hint of '50s nostalgia in the track "El Monte"; the way Nina Diaz's voice floats across songs like a huskier Hope Sandoval; the fact that the trio is named after a Smiths'......

In a blog post last Saturday, promoter Sean Carnage announced that, due to a threat of closure of Echo Park art and music hub Pehrspace from the City, his popular Monday night shows will be changing locations, at least temporarily......

Sam Bradley's only album is a six-song EP that he recorded four years and has no plans to reprint, despite selling the last copy for $5 at the Hotel Cafe last night. His MySpace page features demos of songs that probably won't be released until later this year. He doesn't......

Thursday night, the auditorium of Micheltorena Elementary School was packed with supporters and detractors of the annual Sunset Junction Street Fair for a special meeting held by Silver Lake Neighborhood Council. The three hour meeting was intended more as an information session with representatives from LAPD, LAFD, Council District 13......

It's a strange time to be a musician, to be working on the creative end when the business model that has sustained your industry for so long has spent the past several years in the midst of a nosedive. What do you do when people continuously ponder, talk and write......