GoLA Pick: Musas Mexicanas World Premiere
L.A. Chamber Orchestra has long been interested in contrasting classical warhorses with inventive new music, and LACO concertmaster Batjer presents the world premiere of Mexican-American composer Juan...
View ArticleGoLA Pick: Bringing Cave Paintings to Life
Conductor Gustavo Dudamel leads the L.A. Philharmonic in the U.S. premiere of Tan Dun's Buddha Passion, an oratorio based on fables inspired by the Dunhuang Cave paintings in China.
View ArticleLethal Looks: Haus of Q.U.T.I.E.S.' Lizard and Dad
Growing up in L.A. and frequenting nightclubs, art shows and punk gigs, Danny Fuentes became a fan, follower and friend to purveyors of alternative fashion, which led to creating spaces for them in his...
View ArticleMusic Pick: Kikagaku Moyo
Kikagaku Moyo are labeled as a psychedelic band, an open-ended description that, in the Japanese quintet's hands, can encompass a wide variety of styles. On their recent record, Masana Temples, tracks...
View ArticleMusic Pick: Marissa Nadler
Marissa Nadler possesses such an entrancing, beautifully melancholic voice that it's no wonder so many of her musical peers want to work with her.
View ArticleRespect Is the Most Committed Drum & Bass Party in North America
Glitzy, large-scale festivals are a big opportunity for DJs to gain exposure to thousands of people. Yet despite massive production and considerable numbers, nothing quite compares to the intensity of...
View ArticleGoLA Pick: Yuja Wang Premieres John Adams' Good Tunes
Yuja Wang long ago established herself as one of the world's most dazzling pianists. The Chinese stylist is super fast yet has a nuanced touch that belies her pyrotechnical abilities. She turns her...
View ArticleGoLA Pick: L.A. Phil Premieres Bryce Dessner's Triptych
Bryce Dessner is best known as one of the guitarists for The National, playing alongside his brother Aaron. But Bryce has also had a notable career as a composer of chamber music, film scores and...
View ArticleGoLA Pick: New Opera The Passion of McQueen
In both his life and his art, fashion designer Alexander McQueen was thoroughly outrageous, so it's more than fitting that his final hour before his suicide in 2011 has inspired not a book or a biopic...
View ArticleA Night of All Robyn Everything
Swedish pop star Robyn sings about dancing on her own, but that's not what her fans do. Hundreds flocked to the Echoplex on Friday, Nov. 2., on the heels of her new album release to dance together at...
View ArticleLethal Looks: The Club Scene's Secret Valentine
Growing up in L.A. and frequenting nightclubs, art shows and punk gigs, Danny Fuentes became a fan, follower and friend to purveyors of alternative fashion, which led to creating spaces for them in his...
View ArticleMusic Pick: Rosie Tucker
Among the personal interests listed on the Facebook page of Rosie Tucker, a solo singer and member of post-rock band Gypsum, are "spotting the homoerotic subtext, abandoning epic novels and DIY...
View ArticleMusic Pick: The Monochrome Set
Although The Monochrome Set emerged during the British punk-rock explosion in 1978, their music soon evolved into a wide variety of styles that anticipated modern indie pop. Lead singer Bid was briefly...
View ArticleGoLA Pick: L.A. Opera Presents The Clemency of Titus
After the minimalist staging of L.A. Opera's introspective psychological drama The Loser, the local company returns to lavish sets, elaborate costumes and a large cast with its fancy new production of...
View ArticleMusic Pick: Joe Jackson
It's been 40 years since Joe Jackson glided onto the music scene with his signature mixture of beautifully introspective songwriting, intimately captivating showmanship and raucously exciting piano...
View ArticleMusic Pick: Spear of Destiny
There was a time in the mid-'80s when British mildly Goth post-punkers Spear of Destiny, led by the charmingly moody Kirk Brandon, had a string of hits, not least the endearing call to arms of "Never...
View ArticleMusic Pick: Sam Fender
The chisel-faced Sam Fender, who stares balefully out of his photographs, part belligerent, part come-hither, is the recipient of the Critics' Choice Award at the 2019 Brits — the English cousin to our...
View ArticleMusic Pick: Julia Holter
Julia Holter's music falls into an uncharted territory that's somewhere between art rock, chamber pop and ambient electronica. The L.A. singer's latest album, Aviary, is an epic work with 15 tracks,...
View ArticleMusic Pick: Cherry Glazerr
"I can't pretend to know anything because I'm just an idiot like the rest of you," Clementine Creevy writes about Cherry Glazerr's new album, Stuffed and Ready. "So it's about me coming to terms with...
View ArticleYuja Wang Lights a Fire With John Adams’ Devil Concerto
Yuja Wang has often swept through town like a whirlwind, dazzling local audiences with her incandescent playing at various memorable performances over the past decade. But the stylish Chinese pianist...
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