Paul T. Bradley

Biopics are undoubtedly the lamest expressions of music culture. The bulk of them are formulaic bores aimed at die-hard fans who can nod through plot points they already knew. "I can't wait 'til they meet Ringo / beat porn addiction / kill that kid with their tour bus!" Banal, predictable,......

How do you become a baller? Well, as Bill Shakespeare once said (and I'm paraphrasing here), "Some are born ballers, some achieve baller-ness, and some have baller-status thrust upon them."  Well, I wasn't born a baller, but Dutch EDM superstar Afrojack (who is 26, worth millions of dollars, and whose debut album......

I recently authored a post with the headline "Why Hipsters Are Obsessed With Fleetwood Mac." Though I stand by it, my editor had to talk me into the headline. Why? Because not only is this a lazy use of the English language, it is also an outdated one. I will explain below......

What's up with the hipster-led Fleetwood Mac revival going on right now? Let's look at the evidence: Ruminative indie-darling Nicholas Jaar started his Coachella weekend one set with "The Chain." Last month Gossip it-Girl Leighton Meester and her friend did an earnest and well-rendered cover of "Dreams" that got blogs all buzzy.  Oh, and......

Perhaps you've heard about all of the crazy sponsorships celebrities are getting to simply show up to Coachella and wear clothes. Glee actress Lea Michele is said to receive $20,000 from Lacoste to wear the French fashion label's clothes, while Spring Breakers star Vanessa Hudgens is getting paid $15,000 by McDonald's to......

Something is brewing in Elysian Valley. On a recent Friday night, above the normally quiet streets, throbbing beats emanate from behind the prefabricated walls of Hinckley's Self-Storage. Outside, a line of teens stretches for blocks. They check their phones, chat and pace. Nearby, food trucks queue up to take advantage......

The other day I was walking to my favorite non-corporate coffee shop to get high on beans and think up ways to fight the man, when I saw the above box of cassette tapes, just sitting there on the street. It contained an amazing collection, everything from Portishead to Culture......

Los Angeles overflows with musicians who will one day be famous - and many more who will disappear into the ether. Everyone's trying to make it, and searching for the right crowd to show off their stuff.  Thankfully, our city is blessed with lots of open-mic nights, where, for anyone......

The Fabulous Forum reopened earlier this month. The Inglewood arena been re-imagined, from top to bottom! So what if it's owned by those dicks at Madison Square Garden Co.? The changes gave us an opportunity to behold it again, as if for the first time. In fact, it got us......