September 11, 2026

Links: L.A. performances (9/11/26).

This week: Hannah Norman, Paul Bryan-Jeff Parker, Blind Boys of Alabama, WASP, Mike Keneally, Aztec Antigone, Renee Fisher, Vardan Ovsepian, Soul Devourment, William Parker, L.A. Jazz Quartet, Dan Clucas, Alden Helmuth, Chucho Valdes, Jumpstarted Plowhards, Bonnie Barnett/CuZns, Unsane, Robert Glasper, Alex Skolnick, Devin Daniels, more.

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Posted by metal on September 11, 2026 2:01 PM |

September 3, 2026

Preview: WASP at the Wiltern, Fri. Sept. 11.

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For apocalypse's sake.

Posted by metal on September 3, 2026 7:05 PM |

August 27, 2026

Ponderilla: Missing Dolly.

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The throwback who kept pushing forward.

Posted by metal on August 27, 2026 6:17 PM |

August 20, 2026

Abstractionist shorts: Ben Goldberg, Charles Lloyd, The Scalene Triangle.

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Woof, splash, flush.

Posted by metal on August 20, 2026 4:08 PM |

August 13, 2026

Live review: Rachel Eckroth Sextet at the Baked Potato, August 6, 2026.

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Gnarl & Hammond soul.

Posted by metal on August 13, 2026 2:08 PM |

August 6, 2026

Live review: Steuart Liebig Quartet, Smudges at Neighborhood Unitarian Universalist Church, August 2, 2026.

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Chased and shipwrecked.

Posted by metal on August 6, 2026 11:32 AM |

July 30, 2026

Review, retrospective and interview: Code Blue's "Recharged!" and "Live at the Fab Mab '78."

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Frontman Dean Chamberlain talks about musical muscle and staying crazy.

Posted by metal on July 30, 2026 10:33 PM |

Live review: Vinny Golia Large Ensemble, Black Flute Brigade at La Tierra de la Culebra Art Park, July 25, 2026.

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Twisty and harmonious.

Posted by metal on July 30, 2026 6:05 PM |

July 23, 2026

Ponderillo: Burning Spear at the Hollywood Bowl, June 21, 2026.

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Still heavy.

Posted by metal on July 23, 2026 4:14 PM |

July 16, 2026

Record review: Michael Manring and Friends, "Subtext" (Cleopatra)

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All you could want from fusion.

Posted by metal on July 16, 2026 6:54 PM |