Little Dragon (music group)

Best week ever: Baltimore events, music, movies and more

2011-10-23 17:52:00

No reason to stay indoors. Here's a look on what's going on this week MOVIES OPENING (Friday; subject to change) Anonymous In Time Puss in Boots The Rum Diary Take Shelter NOTABLE TV MONDAY Hoarders (mid-season premiere; 9 p.m.; A&E) Possessing Piper...

Best week ever: local events, music, movies and more

2011-07-25 05:03:00

MOVIES OPENING (Friday) Cowboys & Aliens Crazy, Stupid, Love. The Smurfs NOTABLE TV Mongo Wrestling Alliance (season finale; 12:15 a.m. Monday; Adult Swim) There’s Something Wrong With Aunt Diane (special; 9 p.m. Monday; HBO) The A-List: New York...

Big Boi thrives on collaboration

2013-04-25 09:10:00

Big Boi is a serial collaborator, one of those endlessly curious artists who’s always thinking “what if?” when he charges into a new project. As one-half of OutKast, Big Boi helped expand the language of hip-hop. As a solo artist, he&...

Album review: Big Boi, 'Vicious Lies and Dangerous Rumors'

2012-12-11 00:00:00

**1/2 (out of four) Both as a solo artist and with Outkast, Big Boi has proven to be an intensely dedicated craftsman--an open-minded listener rooted in Southern funk but relentlessly interested in pushing its boundaries. Yet that rep is often forgotten,...

Local Q&A: Chance the Rapper

2012-11-15 16:27:00

Most people serving high school suspensions use the extra time to ponder the consequences of their actions. Chance the Rapper used it to launch a music career. The young MC, born Chancelor Bennett 19 years ago, started work on his debut mixtape "10 Day"...

Spotify updates its radio function, takes on Pandora

2012-06-19 16:37:38

Local Q&A: BJ the Chicago Kid

2012-03-18 14:26:00

Band name: BJ the Chicago Kid Sound: BJ, born Bryan Sledge, does Chicago's rich soul tradition proud on his latest album, "Pineapple Now-Laters," veering between socially conscious head-nodders (a cover of War's 1972 anthem "The World Is a Ghetto") and...

Lollapalooza 2012 lineup: Red Hot Chili Peppers, Black Sabbath, Black Keys headline

2012-04-10 20:41:00

The 2012 Lollapalooza lineup to be announced Wednesday reaffirms that the culture of DJs and electronic artists is catching up with rock as a live attraction on the lucrative summer festival circuit.� Two of the rock headliners for the Aug. 3-5...

Hard Summer books Skrillex, Miike Snow, Boys Noize, James Murphy

2012-04-24 16:36:14

Rockin' Detroit Bar celebrates 10 years

2011-10-13 21:13:00

Club Mesa, a popular Costa Mesa destination for punk shows in the 1980s and '90s, is long gone. A decade ago The Memphis Group transformed the old club at 843 W. 19th St. into Detroit Bar. It hasn't stopped rocking Orange County. On Saturday, Detroit...

Big Sur's Henry Miller Memorial Library celebrates anniversary with a season featuring Fleet Foxes, MGMT, Philip Glass

2011-07-15 16:35:39

This week's on-sales: Taylor Swift, UCLA Live, Red Hot Chili Peppers and more

2011-07-19 16:35:05

Neighborhood: Pilsen Sound: ?We just realized we?re a rock band. That?s really all there is to it. I think we used to hide behind things we weren?t comfortable with doing--synths, pianos, stuff like that.

2012-07-30 08:28:00