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On Tuesday, February 2, Knitting Factory Records will be reissuing Fela Kuti's afrobeat landmark, The '69 Los Angeles Sessions, which was recorded that year Read full Post
Nineteen years ago, Vic Chesnutt first unleashed his brand of gritty southern rock from his rural Georgia home. Now with a band featuring Fugazi's Guy Picciotto Read full Post
It began with a little movie about a boy and his giant robot, and it has ultimately become a respected and loved outlet for Asian popular culture. The Giant Robot Bi Read full Post
You don't have to go full freegan to eat without a wallet. Times are hard, but that's no reason to deprive your stomach of tasty treats. Here are our Top 10 Read full Post
Conor McPherson’s pristine study in urban loneliness, first produced in 2004, unfolds in a Dublin walkup where a sexually confused therapist, Ian (William Denn Read full Post
This has been a banner year for trippy beat-laden psychedelic folk breakdowns in L.A., and you can thank Manimal Vinyl for a lot of it. There are a dozen odd labels Read full Post
When the hand-crank version of a trusty household appliance is still in your garage, you could view it as a sign that engineering improvements over the years have ha Read full Post
A 58-year-old man was shot to death August 22 near Baldwin Village as he was helping out a female friend. View Larger Map Larick Matheson drove up to a home in the Read full Post
While gay rights groups in California continue to clash over which year to push forward with a pro-gay marriage ballot measure (check out this Queerty post), Chief U Read full Post
If you spend your days watching Top Chef or playing Restaurant City online or even actually attending culinary school, you might be thinking about opening your own r Read full Post
Perhaps  Burbank was the last destination Laura Ling and Euna Lee had figured for a fantasy getaway, but for the two Los Angeles journalists imprisoned in North Kor Read full Post
From a storefront located in the highly controlled, non-spontaneous South Park district of Downtown glows a business that is actually an important piece of any real Read full Post