One of my great regrets of last year was not flying to Brooklyn see Japanese experimental rhythm band (or however you want to describe them these days) the Boredoms
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There are many different approaches to the art of the flyer, as many as there are mediocre photoshop hacks and “artsy” fonts. One glimpse of the flyer wa
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Despite its slick vinyl interior and oozing red lights, the Cha Cha Lounge in Silver Lake is still a gum-under-the-table kind of joint that looks as though a piñat
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Opportunities to step up and sway on L.A. dance floors are everywhere. But getting squeezed and shaken — and liking it — that’s another story. A returning sum
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A set from the Tleilaxu Music Machine begins as many electronic performances do, with a boy and his laptop working together to create the midtempo electro dance sou
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It’s the 30th Anniversary Playboy Jazz Festival at the Hollywood Bowl this weekend. Three decades ago a lot more jazz giants (and fans) walked the Earth, and the
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Maybe instead of wallowing in unchecked misery over “the girl with the fat diamond ring” (really, the fat diamond ring is the main thing that you remem
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Berlin-based techno artist Sascha Ring, who records under the pseudonym Apparat, has recorded some of the most beguiling and adventuresome electronic music of the 00
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It's been a bad month or two for music industry reporters at America's major daily newspapers. You probably remember the LA Times' retraction of Chuck P
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Big ass night for Los Angeles music. If you're in from out of town, you picked a good frickin' Monday to be here. Fortify with a big dinner cuz there's n
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