Much of Blah-Blah-Blah is a man trying to stand still for once in his life, shoring up what he has left, and the backdrop is kept vague—an apartment in a city somewhere, with a TV flickering in the corner. But once in a while Iggy Pop turns and watches t

Electronic outfit Death In Vegas' second album, The Contino Sessions, marked a slight change in direction - there was more attention to live instrumentation than their first album, Dead Elvis. Furthermore, the inclusion of guest vocalists meant that the

Located on the Miracle Mile in the Mid-Wilshire district, the El Rey is indeed something of an architectural miracle. Designed by the noted architect Clifford A. Balch in 1936, the art deco venue boasts a Streamline Moderne design, with sleek contours an

Well, I was careful about what I wore. From our second gig on, I looked a lot more like what I’ve looked like, on and off, since: no shirt, a pair of tight, slim jeans, bare feet, and I had permed hair and a white, painted face. By the third or fourth gi

Musical polymath Barry Adamson released his ninth album 'I Will Set You Free' on his own Central Control label in January, supported by this solitary date at London's Queen Elizabeth Hall. Since the separation of Magazine, the post-punk quartet formed by

CRACKPOT singer M.I.A has one of the weirdest gig riders I've seen.That's setting the bar high. Cher wanted a room for her wigs; Iggy Pop insisted on a copy of USA Today with a story about morbidly obese people in it. And, hey, Gordon, you must have hear