If the Los Angeles bomb squad blows up your screenplay maybe Hollywood isn’t meant for you.

D. J. Pangburn covers the Apocalypse, the Rapture, Ragnarök, what have you, from his front row seat in Los Angeles.

Is this what it’s come to for desperate and aging unknown bands?

There are two types of irritating sports fans: fake and bandwagon. Los Angeles Lakers and Boston Celtics fans create the perfect storm of the phony and the spoiled. And because of that it’s becoming increasingly difficult for me to watch the NBA finals without vomiting. They are the bane of my existence.

In response to the Los Angeles City Council’s boycott of all things Arizona, the Arizona Corporation Commission, which controls Arizona’s utilities and power, has flirted with the idea of denying L.A. electricity from Arizona.  Arizona power makes up about 25% of the supply for Los Angeles, so this statement would be a massive one if [...]

Flying Lotus’ sophomore album Cosmogramma is due out May 4th here in the US and May 3rd in the UK, but you don’t have to wait that long to hear all the psychedelic, glitch-filled tracks off the new album. Right now, yup right this very second, you can head to the Flying Lotus myspace page [...]

Them Crooked Vultures, the amalgamation of Dave Grohl, Joshua Homme and John Paul Jones, have announced an addition of three more dates to their spring 2010 tour. Besides their multiple dates across Canada in May, an appearance at Coachella Valley Music & Arts Festival and shows in Las Vegas and Denver, the group is adding [...]

M.I.A., the queen of hipster zaniness, will be making her first appearances of 2010 during July’s HARD LA and HARD NYC festivals.  She’ll be supported by Sleigh Bells, Rye Rye, Ninjasonik, Theophilus London, and Destructo, to name just a few.

If you’re one of the unlucky people, like me, who has to hear about your friends/co-workers SXSW plans, you’re probably brewing with envy at the idea of drinking all day in the hot Austin sun, seeing amazing bands everyday all day/night and being apart of the indie music scene’s annual vacation. Lament no longer. Even [...]

We’ve got some tickets to give away for Lovvers’ show at the Echo in Los Angeles on March 10th (Wednesday). All you have to do is click here and enter to win. Boom! It’s that easy. Local homies Abe Vigoda and The Black Apples will join the UK rockers.  8$ advance, 10$ at the door–but [...]

NBC’s white knight is back! Jay Leno is telling bad jokes at 11:35pm again, hoping a drowsier audience laughs harder. Rejoice and give your friends uninspired high-fives. In more important news, Sam Waterson is back issuing justice, as Law & Order returns to 10 p.m. Last night Leno returned to The Tonight Show, and a [...]

I’m not exactly what you’d call “well-traveled.”  I’ve been to some excellent places and seen the great things they have to offer, for sure, but I’m not some jet-setter who can readily put forth an opinion on many of of the major cities of the world.  Instead, I’ve learned about them largely through the lyrics [...]