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Cardi B, Ashley McBryde, Laura Veirs

Cardi B“Invasion of Privacy”(Atlantic *** 1/2)It’s Cardi B’s world we’re living in.“Invasion...

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Diplo, Bettye LaVette, Logic

Diplo - “California” (Mad Decent ***)Even Diplo can’t party all the time. The former Philadelphia...

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Jack White, Reuben Studdard and Nathaniel Rateliff and the Night Sweats

Jack White“Boarding House Reach”(Third Man ***)Going back to his beginnings with his ex-wife Meg in the White Stripes,...

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Jimi Hendrix, Hayley Heynderickx and August Greene

Jimi Hendrix“From Both Sides of the Sky”(Experience Hendrix / Legacy ** 1/2)Jimi Hendrix has only been dead for 47...

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Music Report

Insomniac Reveals Monumental Lineup For 22nd Annual Electric Daisy Carnival Las Vegas

Today, Insomniac revealed the most anticipated festival lineup of 2018, featuring more than 250 top dance music artists from...

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Music CD Reviews

Mary Gauthier and The Bad Plus

Mary Gauthier - “Rifles and Rosary Beads” (In the Black, ****)For nearly five years, Mary Gauthier...

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Album reviews: Jaden Smith, Neil Young and Chris Stapleton

Neil Young & the Promise of the Real - “The Visitor” (Reprise ***)At 72, Neil Young remains a...

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Music Preview

Angel City Chorale Celebrates Connectivity with

Angel City Chorale (ACC), the esteemed Los Angeles choir led by Founder-Artistic Director Sue Fink, will present Interactive,...

Music Blog

7 reasons to love Chance the Rapper

Not that the hottest young indie rapper in the land needs any validation from a middle-aged mainstream rock star, but what Eddie...

Chris Riemenschneider

Music Blog

Festival M.A.R.S. - April 14 thru 23 in DTLA

The inaugural Festival M.A.R.S. (Music & Arts ReSound) will take place Friday, April 14 through Sunday,...

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Music Preview

Cashmere Cat at The Wiltern on May 12

In anticipation of his long-awaited debut album, Cashmere Cat is tourning North America this spring, and will be at...

Music Interviews

Peter Manning Robinson - The Art of The Refractor Piano™

While there are many great musicians who walk among us, it is very challenging to create something truly innovative and unique....

Jonathan Burkhead

Music Preview

"Asia On Tour" comes to the Belasco Theatre on April 9

Live Nation is proud to present “Asia On Tour”, a new tour series promoted exclusively by Live Nation featuring Miyavi...

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Music Preview

Puffy AmiYumi to appear at the Belasco Theater on April 4

Puffy AmiYumi are one of the most famous music icons in Japan, where they are a household name synonymous with all things pop...

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21 Savage's "Issa Tour" comes to The Wiltern on April 12

Monster Energy Outbreak Tour presents 21 Savage’s “Issa Tour.” The Atlanta Breakout Hip-Hop star will...

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Music Interviews

The Wild Feathers & The Shelters ain't no strangers to the road

Something about the billowing dust picked up by an old pickup; the endless diners and bars that appear like beacons along desolate...

Cooper Copeland

Music Interviews

Five Fingertips: new indie pop songwriter brings knowledge and passion to his debut album

Lurking in one of the most bustling independent music scenes, way over there in Athens, GA, is a guy who loves music—no,...

Cooper Copeland

Music Live Show Reviews

Madonna, Oct 27 @ The Forum

Take a dose of Cirque du Soleil acrobatics, Broadway-style choreography, costumes changes that would have made...

Mari Fong

Music News

Russia using Crystal Method music in drone footage for propaganda purchases.

Russian leader Vladimar Putin's military presence in Syria has taken a new turn. In addition, to propping up the Syrian regime,...

Music CD Reviews

Depression Cherry and the evolution of Beach House

As each track cues up, you think you know what to expect. A resounding sound, you might call it, but always familiar—in...

Cooper Copeland

Music Live Show Reviews

FYF Fest highlights: everything but Kanye

Congratulations! You made it through the groovy madness of FYF with few battle scars, lots of dust in your underwear, and even...

Cooper Copeland

Music Blog

Monster Energy Outbreak Tour – 2015 Electronic Edition – presents GTA

Monster Energy and Idol Roc Entertainment announce GTA to headline the fall electronic leg of the Monster Energy Outbreak Tour...

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Music Special Features

FYF Countdown: two weeks to go, too many bands to see

For many of us Angelenos, the turn of August brings about a great sense of anticipation. Yes, summer may be winding down, and...

Cooper Copeland

Music Special Features

bBooth launches American Idol auditions in Los Angeles

bBooth, Inc., the Talent Discovery Company, announced it will be hosting an open call for registration and auditions for the...

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Music CD Reviews

Getting over heartbreak with Mac DeMarco's new album Another One

As young people with malleable hearts, metabolisms, and eardrums, we tend to soak up the elements around us that ring true to...

Cooper Copeland

Music Blog

Listen Up/Tune In: Jacco Gardner

Tossing and turning in bed, unable to shake the restlessness that the day passed has brought, our mind wanders. It wanders into...

Cooper Copeland

Music Special Features

Nina Revisited: A spell never to be broken

She was, by all accounts, a complicated woman. No one could or would argue with that. Bearing a temper and contempt for those...

Cooper Copeland

Music Blog

Noises Abroad Part I: Nova Heart, Bomba Estéreo, Jaakko Eino Kalevi, The Holydrug Couple

In this first installment of the new weekly series where we showcase bands from across the seas that ought to be heard stateside,...

Cooper Copeland

Music Blog

Listen up/tune in: Sun Bones

When you’re daydreaming about summertime, with all of its beaches, pools, and agreeable mischief, you most likely have...

Cooper Copeland

Music Special Features

What’s golden? Jurassic 5 reuniting to celebrate 20 years of hip-hop glory

If you were at all tuned in to the radio during the 90s, then you know that big moves were being made on the hip-hop front. With...

Cooper Copeland