The Coachella experience


Coachella is always a desert transformed — an oasis for the noisy, the avant garde and those who get down and dirty. This year, business executives and punk rockers commiserated in the name of rock ‘n’ roll, electronica and hip-hop — anything to make their head spin, hands clap or hips shake. For first-timers, the […]

Coachella leaves indie roots in the dust


“We’re very excited to be here tonight,” Grizzly Bear’s Ed Drost said to an ocean of fans Friday at the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival. “LCD Soundsystem, Jay-Z, Fever Ray … Is it too much?” he asked with a grin. The answer turned out to be yes, actually. The January announcement of the festival’s […]

All that jazz


Pianist and jazz studies major Emily Intersimone starts off USC Thornton School of Music’s annual senior recital season.

Prog-metal band ends saga at beginning


Every end has a beginning. That’s the tagline for Coheed and Cambria’s fifth studio album, Year of the Black Rainbow, and it fits. Serving as the prequel to the band’s series of concept albums — a five-part saga called “The Amory Wars” — Year of the Black Rainbow tells the story of the fictional universe […]

Unique instruments define D.C. trio


In much the same way that indie-pop group Tilly and the Wall revolutionized tap shoes, band True Womanhood breathes new life into church organs and industrial blades. The group takes these items and turns them on their heads, creating unusual and different sounds out of items that aren’t part of a classic rock band. Its […]