AltWeeklies Wire
From Sun to Firenew
Back after eight years, Sean Lennon makes art out of heartbreak.
L.A. Weekly |
John Payne |
10-12-2006 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Sean Lennon, friendly fire
American Dreamernew
Idealism is under siege in The U.S. vs. John Lennon.
L.A. Weekly |
John Payne |
09-14-2006 |
Reviews
Twin Starsnew
Leigh and Chandra Watson are more than indie-rock backup singers -- they are magical.
L.A. Weekly |
John Payne |
08-10-2006 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: The Watson Twins
DNA Mutation!new

Catch Liverpool's own Pop Levi before he spreads.
L.A. Weekly |
John Payne |
08-03-2006 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Pop Levi
Ghost Angelnew
60s cult icon Scott Walker steps back into the sun.
L.A. Weekly |
John Payne |
06-29-2006 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Scott Walker
Pretty Punknew

The hood rats in Wassup Rockers learned to skate, rock, turn their world upside down ... and give Larry Clark the biggest wedgie of his life.
L.A. Weekly |
John Payne and Caroline Ryder |
06-22-2006 |
Movies
Tags: Larry Clark, Wassup Rockers
Samba Entanglanew
Tropicalia master Tom Ze apologizes for patriarchy, commits sonic fuckery.
L.A. Weekly |
John Payne |
05-11-2006 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Estudando O Pagode, Tom Ze
Jon Brion's Amazing Musicquariumnew
The Nowhere/Everywhere man discusses Kanye West, Fiona Apple, Frank Sinatra, quantum physics, Roxy Music, acoustic alchemy, God and extreme coffee drinking.
L.A. Weekly |
John Payne |
05-11-2006 |
Music
Misty Mountain Stompnew
Citay takes inspiration from an era when rock's ambition toward the large-scale and epic was regarded as a good and righteous thing.
L.A. Weekly |
John Payne |
02-23-2006 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Citay
Heavy-Duty Rock 'n' Rollnew
Pearls and Brass play very heavy and exceptionally musical jams that rock with harmonized guitar leads and a rolling-thunder rhythm section that propels the mass forward like it's all one body.
L.A. Weekly |
John Payne |
02-23-2006 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Pearls and Brass