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September 4, 2026

Links: L.A. performances (9/4/26).

This week: Charles Owens, Clayton Cameron, Simon Phillips, John Daversa, CuZns/Smudges, Sam Hirsh, Rebel Jazz Fest, GNR, Julia Rigby, Hellmuth/Lasansky, Buddy Guy, Chief Adjuah, Aztec Antigone, Smitty Smith, more.

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Posted by metal on September 4, 2026 2:33 PM | Permalink

September 3, 2026

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

For apocalypse's sake.

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

August 27, 2026

Ponderilla: Missing Dolly.

The throwback who kept pushing forward.

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

August 20, 2026

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

Woof, splash, flush.

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

August 13, 2026

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

Gnarl & Hammond soul.

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

August 6, 2026

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

Chased and shipwrecked.

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

July 30, 2026

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

Frontman Dean Chamberlain talks about musical muscle and staying crazy.

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

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

Twisty and harmonious.

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

July 23, 2026

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

Still heavy.

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

July 16, 2026

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

All you could want from fusion.

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