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Sonos & The Lash: Two of the Coolest Places in Los Angeles

Charles Karel Bouley | Posted 04.30.2013 | Los Angeles
Charles Karel Bouley

Los Angeles is lucky to have Sonos Studio and The Lash within 20 minutes driving of each other. The city keeps getting cooler and it's venues like these that make it that way.

Youngblood Hawke 'Come Running' to Pop-Rock Success

Molly Fosco | Posted 04.29.2013 | Los Angeles
Molly Fosco

If you live in Southern California, you've definitely heard their single "We Come Running" on the radio, and by now you might even be able to sing a...

Where Have All The Rock Gods Gone?

Sasha Bronner | Posted 04.03.2013 | Los Angeles
Sasha Bronner

Music takes my breath away. That's not an expression. It actually takes my breath away. I've given it a direct line to my beating heart and when I hear a magical song, it feels like my chest is being cracked open -- ice cubes popped quickly out of a plastic freezer tray.

A-Sides Interview: Cool 'Kids' Blondfire Set to Make 'Waves'

Jon Chattman | Posted 10.28.2012 | Entertainment
Jon Chattman

Blondfire is about to breakout like your prepubescent younger brother.

WATCH: DJ Remixes LA, Comes Up With Something Awesome

Posted 08.16.2012 | Los Angeles

What does LA sound like to you? Perhaps an orchestra working to a hip hop beat, or soft acoustic guitar? In a KCET series called Artbound, DJ Cut C...

LISTEN: The Best 99 Songs About Los Angeles

The Huffington Post | Lucy Blodgett | Posted 04.11.2012 | Los Angeles

We love Los Angeles. We love it even if traffic makes us anxious, even if we don't have a football team, even if we're so spread out we can barely mee...

Mayer Hawthorne Plays the Artists Den, Los Angeles

Ruthie Abel | Posted 04.08.2012 | Los Angeles
Ruthie Abel

Singer-songwriter Mayer Hawthorne, a 32-year-old Detroit native, carved out a few minutes to chat before joining his band, the County, for a performance influenced by classical soul, jazz and hip-hop.

WATCH: 'The 210! The 605! The Freeways Are Not So Nice!'

The Huffington Post | Kathleen Miles | Posted 01.10.2012 | Los Angeles

What do hardcore punk rockers from Los Angeles scream about? In hardcore band It's Casual's case, the freeways. Whether you're into discordant musi...

Vinyl Revival: Record Stores In Los Angeles (Yes, They Exist!)

2011-02-22-marpoplogoweb1.jpg | Mar Yvette | Posted 11.24.2011 | Los Angeles

Story comes courtesy of MarPop By Mar Yvette Lookin' for a rekka sto'?? Ease up, old school. Downloading and streaming aren't the only game ...

Do It Live: Zach Galifianakis, FYF & The Pillows

| Katie Bain | Posted 10.30.2011 | Los Angeles

We’ve got some big deal shows on the calendar this week, with Janet Jackson performing some of her biggest hits, (Rhythm Nation, Escapade, That’s ...

LA Live Music This Week: The Cool Kids' Guide

| Katie Bain | Posted 09.26.2011 | Los Angeles

Yeah, this week’s Yuck and Cults shows are sold out hard, but fret not dear ones. There are still plenty of musical options in that oh-so-delicious ...

BLOGWATCH> Beck's Record Club Writes and Records Albums In 24 Hours

Beck's Record Club | Posted 05.25.2011 | Arts

Beck and a cast of musicians gather and record an album in a day, and the videos are rough, and unrehearsed, and sometimes incredible....

In Search of LA: 'Sherman, Set the Way-Back Machine...' (PHOTO)

Jim Stevenson | Posted 05.25.2011 | Los Angeles
Jim Stevenson

He resists the word "psychedelic", but the music on Echo Park musician Tim Presley's first solo album White Fence is, in many ways, a time tunnel straight back to 1967.

In Search of LA: Country Rockers in the Big City (Photos)

Jim Stevenson | Posted 05.25.2011 | Los Angeles
Jim Stevenson

David LaBrel writes about heartache and love going bad, and you can hear his first 13 years in Helena, Montana in his songs' country gait, the pedal steel and the passing twang in his voice.