Jack Kerouac

CD Reviews

Broken Dreams and Hard Hearts

Larry McMurtrys fractured look at short fiction of the American West

Some Names Are Better Than Others

There's no denying it: Bands have a huge boner for naming themselves after Smiths songs. Tonight, LA's Sweet and Tender Hooligans are playing at the Grove of Anaheim (opening up the second of Tiger Army's five night stand). They get their name, natch, from "Sweet and Tender Hooligan," but it's not ... More >>

Top 10 Americana Albums of 2008

Picking the best folk and Americana records of the year isn't nearly as hard as discarding those great records that just didn't feel right stuck in the category. Releases by Calexico and DeVotchKa felt far too worldly to pigeonhole as folk or country, for instance, while Blitzen Trapper's fantasti ... More >>

Tim Lane's Graphic Short-Story Collection 'Abandoned Cars' Considers the Wreck of the American Dream

Picking the best folk and Americana records of the year isn't nearly as hard as discarding those great records that just didn't feel right stuck in the category. Releases by Calexico and DeVotchKa felt far too worldly to pigeonhole as folk or country, for instance, while Blitzen Trapper's fantasti ... More >>

A Phoenix From the Ashes

Pretty Girls Make Graves

Missing, in Action

A Wandering Boy is reflected in those he left behind

Carelessly Brilliant

Len Jenkins Careless Love is a herky-jerky fun ride

Cultured Carnies

Taiwans national acrobats weird up the circus thing

There is Nothing New but Dylan

Buddy Seigal talks with Dave Alvin about God

Daily Journal

Steven Daily paints what he is

Brandi Lyon

Steven Daily paints what he is

Twin Peeks

Steven Daily paints what he is

He Smoked!

Luther Allison smoked, died and bursts forth again on a live release

[CD Review] Cub Country, 'Stretch That Skull Cover and Smile' (Future Farmer)

Luther Allison smoked, died and bursts forth again on a live release

Wax On, Wax Off: Pendleton Collaborates With Hurley on "Boardshirt" Design

​Pendleton wool products have been an American staple for well over 100 years. Their famous blankets, in fact, have become sacred to the numerous Indian nations with which the company has traded. Many Native Americans are both born into and buried with a Pendleton blankets. The colorful patterns o ... More >>

Dirty 'Fighter'

The Micky Ward story falls through the ropes in a too-familiar film

Newport Beach Film Festival: Programmers' Picks!

A dozen of the finest the fest has to offer