The Black Angels area a very serious rock band. They play serious music, they don't smile on stage and they for damn sure do not look like they are having a good time. It's not that they seem bored on stage, it's that they -- either intentionally or unintentionally -- exude cool. It drips from their pulsating rhythms, from their drawn out songs, from their I-Don't-Give-A-Fuck-What-You-Think, I'm-Just-Here-To-Play-'Cause-I-Love-Music look. They aren't the best musicians, they don't put on the greatest show in music but without a doubt, the Black Angels are the coolest band in music today. more ›

With indie rock mainstays Devotchka, Oh No! Oh My!, Foreign Born, Snowden, Illinois, The Black Angels, St. Vincent, and Thee More Shallows, how can one really go wrong? Well, quite simply by not publicizing your festival enough. My experience swerving was a little disconcerting, mainly because of the poor turnout. It's my turn to take a stab at this whole Swerve Festival. Everything seemed perfect on paper (the music, the art, the film, and the... more ›

Your boy begins his 10-night stand at the re-opened Palladium. This is why they hate us. Morrissey @ Palladium Angie Stone @ Roxy Oliver Future, Asher, Salt & Samovar @ Spaceland Burning Brides, Who Rides The Tiger @ Viper Room Castledoor @ The Echo Metal Skool, Suicide Holiday, Glass Pinata @ Key Club Swords of Fatima, Abe Lincoln Story, Themes @ Mr. T's Bowl The Black Angels, Spindrift, Brian Glaze @ The Troubadour The... more ›

Jimmy Buffett @ Irvine Meadows more ›

The Raveonettes, Electric Duo, Midnight Movies, The Meek @ Spaceland The Black Angels, VietNam, Spindrift @ The Troubadour Deerhoof @ Natural History Museum B-Real @ Key Club The Pharcyde, Ugly Duckling @ Blue Cafe The Colour, Simon Dawes, Takota @ The Roxy Kottonmouth Kings @ Ventura Theatre Matt & Kim, Japanther, Mika Miko, No Age @ The Echo The Moderates, Gliss, The Cheat @ El Cid Sara Hickman @ McCabe's Lorenzo Lamas @ The... more ›

Meg Tilly @ Book Soup (West Hollywood, book signing) more ›