Arcade Fire (music group)

Beck covers David Bowie's 'Sound and Vision' with 160-piece band

2013-02-12 09:28:00

Beck’s vision recently got an infusion of luxury money, and he's used it in service of a good cause: creating a jumbo helping of David Bowie's "Sound and Vision." Over the last few years, the Los Angeles singer, songwriter and producer has been...

Grammys 2013: Mumford & Sons win album of the year

2013-02-10 20:17:00

High-energy arena-folk act Mumford & Sons triumphed over relative newcomers such as Frank Ocean and Fun. to win the most prestigious Grammy prize, album of the year, for its "Babel."�The turned-to-11 folk of "Babel" was the only album of the year...

Having Fun. on the way to the Grammys

2013-02-03 07:00:00

Considering the powerful audience that New York trio Fun. performed for last month, its set during next week's Grammys telecast must feel like a house party gig. "When President Obama asks you to play, there's no way you can say no," said Nate Ruess,...

Radar Brothers try something new with 'Eight': No CDs

2013-01-29 07:00:00

The Radar Brothers are the kind of band a label doesn't know how to handle. The problem? The Jim Putnam-led local outfit doesn't sell many records. And it's a pattern. The Radar Brothers have long been regulars on the L.A. scene, conjuring up an...

2013 Grammy Award nominees

2012-12-06 17:03:00

Indie-rock trio Fun. and R&B/hip-hop star Frank Ocean scored big in Grammy Award nominations, scoring six nods apiece mostly in the top Grammy categories. The Recording Academy announced the nominations Wednesday during a show in Nashville. The 55th...

Jack Black and Richard Linklater on 'Bernie,' crafts and gospel

2012-11-28 16:00:00

Producer Scott Rudin set up Jack Black and Richard Linklater nearly a decade ago for "School of Rock," with Rudin persuading the indie filmmaker to tackle the commercial comedy. Black and Linklater reunited this year for "Bernie," a disquieting, dark...

Taking a noise snapshot at L.A. restaurants

2012-08-18 00:00:00

We know it's noisy out there in the restaurant world. Customers' complaints are growing, critics are including noise commentary in their reviews, and restaurateurs, to some extent, are trying to figure out ways to modify the acoustic mayhem. But just...

5 Questions for Eric Park

2012-07-16 16:32:20

Live: The Clean stays youthful at the Echo

2012-05-31 16:37:43

Mick Jagger, Jeff Beck on 'SNL': Some NBC stations censor song

2012-05-20 16:37:08

Redd Kross survives the 'awkward' stage, readies new album

2012-05-08 16:37:13

Rita Wilson is tuning up with a new album, Troubadour show

2012-04-30 21:36:24

I like to think of them as a less pretentious Arcade Fire. (Or an Arcade Fire for less pretentious people?) This California eight-person group, depending on the time slot they're given, is a big candidate to be a sleeper hit of the fest if they play their cards right. -Jessica Galliart

2013-04-02 16:04:00

Rating: ** (out of 4 stars) Andrew Spencer Goldman, the mostly one-man team making up Fulton Lights, slyly used a rhetorical question for the title of his new album.

2013-02-25 13:48:00

Kids These Days open their self-released debut album, "Traphouse Rock," with the sound of several radio stations cutting in and out between static. It comes off as a brief tongue-in-cheek commentary on the Chicago septet's style-blurring sound.

2012-11-15 08:58:00