Subject: Led Zeppelin

• Getting Bombastic with Portugal. The Man

  Portugal. The Man have burdened themselves with an awkward moniker (also: damn that superfluous period), but despite a name that makes you feel foolish while uttering it in public, the Oregon via Wasilla, Alaska group (who perform at Anaheim's Chain Reaction July 25) create compelling music that's actually worth the buzz it's generating. Their new album, Church Mouth (Fearless), is scrappy yet melodic and full of unexpected dynamics and swooping, inventive vocal arrangements courtesy of guit

  July 24, 2007

• Ann Wilson Hearts “Immigrant Song”

  This cover of “Immigrant Song” by Heart vocalist Ann Wilson is better than I expected it to be (it will appear on her debut solo album, Hope & Glory, out Sept. 11). Her rendition isn't as bombastic as the original (nothing could be, really), but it's an interesting interpretation of a classic-rock chestnut that retains some of the latent Eastern mystery of Led Zeppelin's version while lending it a subtler edginess. And while she may be 57, Ann is still in lusty vocal form here. Wilson ex

  July 30, 2007

• Live Review: Kat Von D's MusInk Tattoo and Music Festival on 02/23

  I wasn't quite sure what to expect as my shoes scuffed over the wet asphalt toward Kat Von D's first annual MusInk tattoo and music festival on Saturday. But at the very least I figured as long as I didn't walk out of there with a black eye or a tramp stamp it was gonna be a good day. The trail of cigarette smoke and fishnet stockings led me to to the front entrance. Despite the biting wind and the sprinkles over head, the tunes blaring from the KROQ DJ booth and hoards of anxious ticket hold

  February 25, 2008

• SXSW Day 4: Seeking the Elusive Black Moth Super Rainbow

  March 16, 2008

• IKEY OWENS, KEYBOARD LEGEND

  June 29, 2000

• Hits!

  Fingerprints

  January 3, 2008

• Tsk Tsk tonight in Long Beach

  There's a cool LA band called Tsk Tsk playing at the Puka Bar in Long Beach tonight. Imagine PJ Harvey singing for Led Zeppelin -- that's Tsk Tsk, You might want to know that their dreadlocked guitarist also does time in the Breeders, but even more importantly, singer Kathleen puked on my bedroom floor in high school. Make sure to remind her of that if you see her. To hear songs from their years-in-the-making-yet-not-released full length, click here. The Puka Bar is located at 710 W

  January 26, 2009

• To Do This Weekend 2/6-2/8

  Led Zepagain, Friday, Feb. 6, 7 p.m.Squeeze the lemon at this tribute band's concert revisiting Led Zeppelin's 1977 tour. Price: $15House of Blues, 1530 S. Disneyland Dr., Anaheim, CA; 714-778-2583Fritz Coleman, Saturday, Feb. 7, 8 p.m.Yes, that Fritz Coleman, the weather caster from the channel four news team. Check out his stand-up act. It's sure to be a hail-storm of entertainment. Brea Curtis Theatre, 1 Civic Center Circle, Anaheim, CA; 714-990-7722Sleeping Beauty, Sunday, Feb. 8, 2

  February 6, 2009

• All Girl Led Zeppelin Tribute Mz. Led

  February 12, 2009

• [Sound Guy] The Best Tribute Bands to Never Exist

  January 8, 2009

• Boston Transplants Audible Mainframe Are Carving a Niche for Live Hip-Hop in OC/LBC

  July 3, 2008

• OC Bands Free the Robots, God's Good Soldiers, Dusty Rhodes and the River Band at South By Southwest

  March 6, 2008

• [DVDish] Move Along, Kids: Reviews of Justic League, The Darjeeling Limited, More

  February 28, 2008

• ¡Ask a Mexican!®

  January 24, 2008

• Hits!

  The Noize Music

  December 20, 2007

• DVDish

  WEB EXCLUSIVE! Jungle Fever
  

  November 22, 2007

• 49th State Blues

  Portugal. The Man Prove That Alaskans Got Soul to Burn

  November 8, 2007

• Rocket Surfin'

  Air

  September 20, 2007

• Aural Reports

  May 10, 2007

• Cherub Rock

  A toddler and her dad road-test alt-lullabies

  March 29, 2007

• Take Me Out (to Eat)

  Franz Ferdinands tour-food diary . . . yum!

  January 25, 2007

• Hits!

  Pepperland Music

  October 26, 2006

• The Disappointment Remains the Same

  October 26, 2006

• Hits!

  July 20, 2006

• Don't Need a Cure

  July 20, 2006

• Hits!

  June 29, 2006

• Get Out!

  May 18, 2006

• To Soar On

  April 27, 2006

• 'A Lot of Beards'

  January 19, 2006

• Bird Is the Word

  Doves are modern British to the max

  October 6, 2005

• Pay Attention!

  August 4, 2005

• STREET WAVES

  Innaway Before And After Science

  June 9, 2005

• Noise Noise Noise

  March 10, 2005

• Something Innaway

  January 20, 2005

• Pure Pop for Poster People

  September 9, 2004

• The Song Remained the Same

  May 29, 2003

• Best Albums of 2003!

  January 9, 2003

• To the Rescue!

  August 29, 2002

• The Indigent Girls

  May 2, 2002

• Best of OC, 2001

  September 27, 2001

• Wonderlovin' From the Oven!

  July 26, 2001

• No Goon Rants

  November 30, 2000

• David Turbow, Singer/Guitarist of Supernovice

  August 31, 2000

• Pretty In Pink

  April 27, 2000

• Los Lobos Come Home!

  October 14, 1999

• Ultra Phat!

  February 11, 1999

• LA Weekly: Buddyhead Redux

  There were Web sites back in 1998? Sure were! After all, that's the year Travis Keller and Aaron North started LA-based Buddyhead, the influential, infamous (Keller once sneaked into Fred Durst's office to steal red baseball caps and sell them on eBay!), shit-talking and genuinely beloved (well, probably not by Fred Durst) music site that spawned a record label of the same name.The site went dormant in 2005, and, as the Web goes, pretty much disappeared from memories as it disappeared online. Bu

  July 16, 2009

• [Locals Only] The Colourist Are Already Local Favourites

  July 30, 2009

• The Colourist; As Tall As Lions

  August 27, 2009

• Legends of Rock Festival

  September 17, 2009