Live Review: Lucinda Williams at the Wiltern Theatre

November 21, 2008 Too country for rock and too blues for country, singer-songwriter Lucinda Williams toiled for nearly two decades before finding acclaim in 1994 with a Grammy for songwriting – only to have commercial success continue to elude her. 1998 saw an end to all that with the release of Car Wheels On A Gravel Road, […] […]

Ten Songs To Relight The Pilot Light In Your Soul

Ten songs to relight the pilot light in your soul. […]

Live Review: John Doe and Kathleen Edwards at the El Rey Theatre

November 13, 2008 It seemed like an incongruous pairing — weathered, elder punk statesman John Doe joining arms with young singer/songwriter Kathleen Edwards for an evening twang-heavy duets and solo performances — yet when the two brought their “Hurtin’ & Flurtin’” tour to the El Rey Theater last night, what looked potentially ridiculous on paper was […] […]

Live Review: The Dodos at the Echoplex

Seeing a show at the Echoplex is not unlike watching a band in the basement of your friend’s house: the ceiling is low, lots of concrete makes for terrible sound and you spend most of your time looking at the back of someone else’s head. […]