Luke Doucet kicked off his LA residency last night in a cosmic overlap that seems to have perfectly paired his honeysuckle tone and mellow gold sound with the unexpectedly soupy-warm weather. How lovely. Manitoba born singer-songwriter (and sometimes spacey-art-rocker) Doucet brings to town a pickup truck of pleasant-voiced pitying and mid-tempo melancholy a la the alt-country greats of the mid-90’s. This long-loved formula still remains the best cure for the cigarette-holed and broken hearted.... more ›

Pet Shop Boys @ Wiltern The Doors @ The Whiskey DJ AM @ LAX Raul Malo @ The Roxy Marisa Monte @ Royce Hall Aterciopelados, Los Abandoned @ Henry Fonda The UVs, Hollywood Harlots, Bastard @ Dragonfly Ass Pocket of Whiskey @ Harvelle's Sia, The Bird & the Bee, Greg Laswell @ Avalon Republic of Loose, Gran Ronde, Box Violet @ The Troubadour From Satellite, Verona Grove, Supercreep, The Robins @ Viper Room Sam... more ›