Buddy Dughi of rockabilly/roots bands the Hot Rod Trio, Suzy Q & Her Be-Bop Boys, and the Buddy Dughi Combo is who you would—and... More >>

San Pedro-based Seatbelt & the Pecking Order's debut album blasts off with an animated wallop of rockabilly and roadhouse. "Break Her Down"... More >>

Inspired by a demo created for an art exhibit, Arp's In Light is soft, repetitious and often thoughtfully adrift. Other times, it's itchy and... More >>

From his LCD Soundsystem persona, James Murphy comes off as a bit of a cantankerous crank—a hater, even. "Losing My Edge" dropped an H-bomb... More >>

Ladies and gentlemen, we are floating in Robert Wyatt. It's a tribute to the 62-year-old cult legend's boundless imagination that a concept album... More >>

ANAHEIM Chain Reaction The most successful of the all-ages venues in the county, Chain Reaction hosts shows nearly every night. The bands are... More >>

Fans of deafening reverb and swirling guitars rejoiced when enigmatic My Bloody Valentine front man Kevin Shields announced in November that his... More >>

A mixture of luck, fate, a CD and a hand-me-down book coalesced to bring peace and personal responsibility to local rapper Taylor Smith. They... More >>

Laptop Jockeys' Mortal Enemy Ron D Core has been deejaying the hardest electronic music for 22 years, operating (with his wife, Helen Liang) Dr.... More >>

Sameer Gadhia of indie-rock band the Jakes is wise beyond his years. The Jakes started as a high school band? We started in 2004, and all of us... More >>