Mr. Kees might sound like a dabbler, but the man's a doer. As a hip-hop, reggae and rock drummer and as an MC and a club DJ with his sound crew... More >>

It's oddly encouraging to note that the biggest artist to ride the Zeitgeist in 2005 was Kanye West. While West is indeed a self-important wad... More >>

THURSDAY, JAN. 26 No, no, let's move on. FRIDAY Chicago blues session dudes and more appearing under the Chicago Blues Reunionflag as a... More >>

Numbers is the band for that inevitable day when the federal government installs black rubber tubes that dangle from the ceiling in every... More >>

You've only to hear Walter Clevenger's bright power pop to know that he's a Nick Lowe fan. And if you've been hearing less of Costa Mesan... More >>

You can take the band out of OC, but you can't shake the Orange County sand out of the band. As the drummer for heavy rockers Fu Manchu, Scott... More >>

This weekend, OC will look as if a guitar bomb hit it. Thousands of guitars, amps and other things musical will be strewn about the Anaheim... More >>

THURSDAY, JAN. 19 The NAMM Jam melts down the Doll Hut with its traditional festival kickoff ponytail rock-dude afterparty, prelude to a... More >>

The only English phrase fit to describe Dale Crover is one I have to borrow from my friend Mike Boomer: unstoppable killing machine.Crover has... More >>

Opera buffa was once the neglected second child in the Zeitgeist of opera—the Samuel Alito to its Chief Justice John Roberts. Sure, it has... More >>