Nikki Darling

Very occasionally, what should have been yet another multi-band bill turns into something much bigger than the sum of its parts. On Friday, The Smell witnessed what might have been the shortest, most satisfying mini-festival in recent memory. Though not billed as a music festival at all, the combination of......

View more photos in Timothy Norris' Pearl Jam slideshow. What seemed to be the entire unofficial Los Angeles Pearl Jam fan club made it out to the Gibson Amphitheatre at City Walk last night, and that's a good thing, because Eddie Vedder certainly plays to his fans. Pity the poor......

View more photos in the "Mt. Eerie @ Eagle Rock Center For Arts" slideshow. There's a line in the David Bowie song, "Five Years," that goes, "It was cold and it rained so I felt like an actor," which somehow set a tone for Sunday night's K Records show at......

In an effort to better familiarize our readership on the upcoming FYF Fest, which occurs this Saturday at the LA State Historic Park downtown, West Coast Sound sent a brief questionnaire to a few bands scheduled to appear. Today's installment features LA's Mika Miko. West Coast Sound: This year's festival......

In an effort to better familiarize our readership on the upcoming FYF Fest, which occurs next Saturday at the LA State Historic Park downtown, West Coast Sound sent a brief questionnaire to a few bands scheduled to appear. First on the list, for obvious reasons, is Nobunny. Who, or what,......

Sunday's vegan breakfast and brunch at the Eagle Rock Center For the Arts was an example of a good idea executed to perfection. Despite the humidity, the space hummed with good attitudes and yummy raisin cookies, tofutti cream cheese and toasty bagels. Local art/music heroes Lucky Dragons were there, as......