Popular music is, by its very nature, antagonistic. Artists creating rock and hip-hop are constantly trying to tear down old, out-dated paradigms of a generation, or perhaps of a few weeks earlier, and to replace it with something new and fresh. Read more...

While most college students have enough difficulty deciding on a major, it’s hard to believe that someone like Shujaat Husain Khan started preparing for his career when he was just 3 years old. Read more...

Wire “Send” Pink Flag Records If anything Wire is in the same boat as Sonic Youth ““ it consists of veteran rockers who are way too old to rock as hard as they do, yet they pull it off better than the younger ones who should (White Stripes, I’m looking in your direction). Read more...

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Audiences of Rennie Harris’ “Facing Mekka” can expect one thing plain and simple from the eclectic dance performance: an experience. Harris, whose company, Puremovement, is performing this week at Freud Playhouse through April 27, sets out to remove labels surrounding the dance world, rather than fitting into them. Read more...

The role of the music rebel is always relevant, and the rebellion against conformity flows from hip-hop, to jazz, to funk, to rock. One of the emerging hip-hop voices coming out of Los Angeles is Bambu, a Pilipino American rapper who pens lyrics about life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. Read more...

Blond bombshell meets tall, dark and handsome. Yet another night of blind date debauchery hits the streets of Westwood, combining a leafy dinner with a short trip to the infamous sculpture garden and a movie to heighten understanding of familiar relationships. Read more...