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The Polka Dot Lives on for Animal Collectivenew

Animal Collective make music that’s sometimes discordant garage rock, sometimes more like the most unrestrained Beach Boys, sometimes nothing like rock or pop at all. Their albums are a welter of found sounds and instruments, each treated and warped and rolled inside-out until they’re unrecognizable. But there’s beauty and joy and life there, too.

Los Angeles CityBeat | Trinie Dalton | 01-23-2009 | Profiles & Interviews

Tags: Animal Collective, Merriweather Post Pavilion, experimental rock

Who is Brian Wilson?new

Since the first “Brian Is Back!” campaign in 1976, Wilson has developed something like the tidal rhythm of the sea he sang about: sometimes in, sometimes out; sometimes high, sometimes low.

Los Angeles CityBeat | Chris Ziegler | 01-09-2009 | Profiles & Interviews

Tags: Brian Wilson, Beach Boys, That Lucky Old Sun

Daniel Davies' Rock and Roll Fantasynew

Fronting the excellent Year Long Disaster, Daniel Davies won't be known as "Dave's kid" for long.

Los Angeles CityBeat | Joshua Sindell | 08-15-2008 | Profiles & Interviews

Tags: Year Long Disaster

Bitter:Sweet Found Each Other on Craigslistnew

Although they've hit the road only once before, the band's had a large amount of commercial success in television and on the internet, with songs featured in TV shows like Lipstick Jungle, while the new album was the No. One seller on iTunes last week and will be featured at Starbucks stores nationwide.

Los Angeles CityBeat | Gabrielle Paluch | 07-18-2008 | Profiles & Interviews

Tags: Drama, trip hop, Bitter:Sweet

Nortec Collective's Bostich + Fussible Stay Groundednew

Nortec Collective Presents Bostich + Fussible: Tijuana Sound Machine is all about returning to roots and root inspirations, while constantly evolving as electronic composers.

Los Angeles CityBeat | Will K. Shilling | 05-02-2008 | Profiles & Interviews

Tags: Mexico, Bostich + Fussible, Nortec Collective, Nortec Collective Presents Bostich + Fussible: Tijuana Sound Machine

DJ Kazell Helped Put L.A. on House International Mapnew

That DJ Kazell has become one of America's great spinners is no joke: True DJ fans appreciate the extra work and skill that goes into opening and sustaining a big night, including setting the mood, modulating energy, and handing off the baton off to the next spinner with aplomb.

Los Angeles CityBeat | Dennis Romero | 03-28-2008 | Profiles & Interviews

Tags: DJ Kazell

Cadence Weapon Raps With Breakneck Flownew

Ordinary rappers rarely try to distance themselves from party funk, and even more rarely try to align themselves with cerebral electronica. But 22-year-old Cadence Weapon is no ordinary rapper.

Los Angeles CityBeat | Greg Katz | 03-28-2008 | Profiles & Interviews

Tags: Cadence Weapon

Success Remains the Best Revengenew

Junkie XL remains a music-industry iconoclast, having pushed beyond accepted practices of marketing and distribution well before Internet downloads hobbled the major-label machine.

Los Angeles CityBeat | Matt Diehl | 03-28-2008 | Profiles & Interviews

Tags: Booming Back At You, Junkie XL

Life After System of a Downnew

When SOAD went on hiatus, bassist Shavo Odadjian remained busy with a series of projects in music, film, and online. He describes it as "coming out of my shell."

Los Angeles CityBeat | Steve Appleford | 02-29-2008 | Profiles & Interviews

Tags: Shavo Odadjian