Michael Berick

This year's incarnation of the L.A. Bluegrass Situation features comedians Steve Martin, Ed Helms and John C. Reilly. But they're not telling jokes -- they're doing some serious picking. The annual event has been a hot ticket since it began in 2010; this year it goes from May 3-6 at......

Better Than: Listening to these bands perform on "Morning Becomes Eclectic." It was only three years ago when the National appeared at the Hollywood Bowl in the "crowd's still outside" slot before Modest Mouse and REM. They returned last night as the headliners, and filled the Bowl to boot. Not......

Power pop, like bubblegum before it, is often viewed as the domain of skinny-tie moptoppers singing ditties about girls and cars. Longtime power pop icon Tommy Keene, however, doesn't fit this stereotype. His moodier music accentuates the "power" in power pop, building his muscular guitar sound upon an expert mix......