5 Openings to Look Forward to in 2016: Shake Shack, Tiki Bars and Spicy Noodles
There are plenty of reasons to be excited about 2016. In the new year you can look forward to the unveiling of Roy Choi and Daniel Patterson's long-awaited fast food restaurant, the arrival of Danny...
View ArticleState of the San Gabriel Valley 2015: America's Largest Chinese Food Scene...
The San Gabriel Valley's Chinese restaurant scene in 2015 can be summed up in two words: hot pot. Hot pots aren’t new to the area; places serving the bubbling, communal cauldrons of broth, meats and...
View Article10 Great Albums to Prove That 2016 Hasn't Been All Bad (in Haiku Form)
The first six months of 2016 rank among some of the most wretched in memory. We lost Prince, David Bowie and Phife of A Tribe Called Quest. Commander-in-Cheeto Donald Trump threatens to unravel the...
View ArticleWe'll Always Have "FDT": Jeff Weiss' Best Music of 2016, in Haiku
L.A. Weekly columnist and Bizarre Ride honcho Jeff Weiss counts down his 10 favorite albums of the last six months, including indelible discs from Isaiah Rashad, NxWorries and Kadhja Bonet.
View ArticleFuck Off, 2016: A Look Back at the Artists We Lost This Year
David Bowie, Prince, Leonard Cohen, Sharon Jones — 2016 was an awful year for music fans.
View ArticleMeet the 3 New Distilleries That Opened in L.A. This Year
Thanks to new regulations, liquor can be made locally, and you can try the products at the distilleries, too.
View ArticleThe Top 10 Metal Albums of 2016
That new Metallica album is pretty great, but these 10 albums are even better.
View ArticleThe 5 Best New L.A. Breweries That Opened in 2016
A noticeable trend this year was the emergence of several great Belgian-focused facilities around Los Angeles.
View ArticleHere's How Much Women Ran Hip-Hop in 2016
From the return of Remy Ma to the rise of Lizzo and Young M.A., women in hip-hop had a banner year in 2016.
View ArticleFrom Boyle Heights Protests to BLM at MOCA, 5 Moments That Defined the L.A....
“I watched a white riot in Portland, Oregon, the other night,” comedian Dave Chappelle said on Saturday Night Live, the weekend after the U.S. presidential election. “The news said they did a million...
View ArticleL.A.'s 20 Best Live Shows of 2016
From festival sets to secret shows, these were our live-music highlights of the past 12 months.
View Article10 Things for Music Fans to Look Forward to in 2017
As Trump's Cabinet of Wingnuts grows with each news cycle, many of us are not feeling particularly optimistic about the year ahead. But don't despair! Music is here to save us, or at least provide a...
View ArticleThe Best L.A. Albums of 2016
Let's celebrate another great year for Los Angeles music, thanks to Anderson .Paak, YG, Warpaint, Frank Ocean and yes, even Kanye.
View Article(Don't) Look Back in Anger: 2016 Was a Weird, Sad and Wonderful Year for L.A....
There was way too much death (and emo) in L.A.'s clubs and music venues in 2016. But there were highlights to found, as well, from the opening of Union to the many memorable Bowie and Prince nights.
View ArticleThe Best Albums of 2017 So Far, in Haiku Form
At least our dystopian times come with a terrific soundtrack.
View ArticleL.A. Weekly's Top 10 Metal Albums of 2017
Humanity may be one reckless Tweet away from getting decimated in a nuclear holocaust. There's never been a better time to throw some headphones on, blast some ear-bleeding heavy metal, and shut out...
View ArticleSex, Politics and Other Natural Disasters as 2017 Goes Down in Flames
Sex, politics and natural disasters like this year has seen couldn't find their way into a Hollywood movie if you had an army of screenwriters writing it.
View Article2017's Best and Most Notable Art Exhibitions and Events
Pacific Standard Time: LA/LA was the movement that couldn't be missed. Nearly every major art institution in Los Angeles — and quite a few in Orange County, Santa Barbara, San Diego and other SoCal...
View ArticleGood Riddance, 2017! The Year Was Tough on Pretty Much Everyone in L.A.
Any hopes that racism, homophobia, sexism, Islamophobia and general bigotry were on their way out with every passing generation were dashed in a year of tiki torch–holding white supremacists, religious...
View ArticleThe 10 Best New Bars in L.A.
From pop culture–inspired pop-ups (that kept popping), to dive-bar makeovers that were raging reinventions, to conceptual spaces that varied from campy to vampy, it was an intoxicating year in the bar...
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