Music Pick: Ohmme
Sima Cunningham and Macie Stewart are a duo from Chicago who perform under the name Ohmme. Their 2018 debut album, Parts, is difficult to neatly categorize because the two musicians blend their voices...
View ArticleMusic Pick: Filthy Friends
Sleater Kinney's Corin Tucker makes a welcome return to the spotlight with Filthy Friends, her project with R.E.M. guitarist Peter Buck. The duo have worked together with varying lineups over the past...
View ArticleMusic Pick: The Damned
It’s rare that a band like The Damned would confine their uncontrollable punk chaos and occasionally majestic goth fantasies to a small club like Alex’s Bar, but here they come with two nights of...
View ArticleMusic Pick: Polartropica and Capyac
Polartropica play shiny, shimmering synthpop that’s pumped up with the kind of ebullient beats that will make you feel like a sparkle of light swimming among the disco-ball reflections on the dance...
View ArticleMusic Pick: Cowboy Junkies
When sibling trio Michael (guitarist), Peter (drummer) and Margo Timmins (vocalist) joined with bassist Alan Anton to form Cowboy Junkies in Toronto in 1985, they stood out from most groups of the era....
View ArticleCulture Pick: L.A. Phil's All-Beethoven Chamber-Music Concert
In the summer, L.A. Philharmonic migrates to its warm-weather feeding grounds at the Hollywood Bowl, but there are still a few weeks of key performances inside the acoustic marvel known as Disney Hall....
View ArticleMusic Pick: Lara Downes & Hila Plitmann
On her latest album, Holes in the Sky, pianist Lara Downes surrounds herself with an impressive lineup of special guests who help her cover music from across a variety of genres by such disparate women...
View ArticleComedy Pick: Margaret Cho at Largo
Margaret Cho's work encompass more than comedy — she has recorded poignant songs about dogs with Fiona Apple and Ben Lee, appeared in burlesque revues, and is the executive producer of Mercy Mistress,...
View ArticleMusic Pick: Elysian Fields
“Dead radio if all we know is all we know,” Jennifer Charles warns solemnly against Oren Bloedow’s momentous guitar arpeggios, which toll like doom-laden bells, on “Karen 25,” from Elysian Fields’...
View ArticleMitchell Frank: Not Much Will Change with Live Nation's Acquisition of...
In a move that will undoubtedly have a great impact upon Los Angeles’ live music scene, it was announced today that Live Nation has acquired Spaceland Presents, along with the Echo and EchoPlex. The...
View ArticleParty Pick: Back in the Day with DJ Moist
DJ Moist on hump night? Kinda perfect ain't it? The L.A. based R&B and hip-hop selector can be found spinning sexy sounds on Mondays (at his long-running Moist Mondays at La Cita Bar) and Fridays...
View ArticleMusic Pick: Loren Connors
Like many guitarists, Loren Connors plays the blues, but he does it in a way that is experimental and unpredictable rather than slavishly traditional or nostalgic. The native of New Haven, Connecticut,...
View ArticleMusic Pick: The Hives, Refused and Bleached
The Hives' new single, "I'm Alive," is another triumphant rise from the grave by the ever-demonstrative and rambunctious Swedish garage-rock band. They're co-billed with their countrymen Refused, who...
View ArticleMusic Pick: Phil Ranelin & Tribe Renaissance
It's hard to quickly summarize the wide-ranging musical career of Phil Ranelin, but the new three-album set on Wide Hive Records, Phil Ranelin Collected 2003-2019, is a good place to start. The...
View ArticleMusic Pick: The Stranglers
The Stranglers have been touring since 1990 without Hugh Cornwell, the group's original, misanthropically romantic lead singer, and they've never had quite the same impact without their main voice. On...
View ArticleMusic Pick: Lucy Rose Finds the Words
"Conversation don't come easy, but I've got a lot to say," Lucy Rose declares aptly enough on "Conversation," the first track on her latest album, No Words Left. Even as both the song's lyrics and...
View ArticleMusic Pick: Andrew Bird
Andrew Bird belies the seemingly sarcastic title of his new record, My Finest Work Yet, with a set of contemplative songs that take a look at the current political and emotional climate. The musical...
View ArticleMusic Pick: French Vanilla
A lot of dance-music performers insist that they want to make you think, but French Vanilla are one of the few bands whose lyrics really will get your brain to do the twist while you're in a glittery...
View ArticleMusic Pick: Imogen Heap
Imogen Heap has been working behind the scenes for the past few years. She hasn't toured the United States since 2000, and the English singer's most recent full-length album is Sparks, which was...
View ArticleMusic Pick: Zoë Keating
The low tones of the cello are more visceral and deeply convulsive than the high-flying melodic sorties of a violin. In Zoë Keating's hands, the cello becomes an even more expressive instrument that's...
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