Turning old songs into our worst nightmares What’s the Noise? Michael Tatum Welcome to the first installment of my column, which purges the mysteries of all the music that I, and hopefully you as well, love: rock, rap, punk, country, blues, R&B, jazz, disco, techno, reggae, soul, African and other "world" music, top 40, and alternative ­ everything except heavy metal, because, to be brief, I could live without it. Read more...

Wolf’s new book fights ‘Fire with Fire’ Kerckhoff Art Gallery hosts feminist writer’s book signing By Nisha Gopalan Dateless, man-hating women, driven to lesbianism, find solace in feminism. Read more...

L.A. Phil: It’s the new style Setting 20th-century pace for rest of season, Los Angeles Philharmonic blazes through Stravinsky, darts gracefully through Prokofiev, teases audience through Lutoslawski By John Mangum Still feeling the rush from a recent European tour, the Los Angeles Philharmonic blazed through a program of uneven quality Thursday evening at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion. Read more...

Singer DeMent effortlessly confronts emotion Gifted songwriter brings honesty, talent, elegance to country music By Michael Tatum My father died a year ago today Rooster started crowing when they carried Dad away There beside my mother, in the living room I stood With my brothers and my sisters knowin’ Dad was gone for good Well, I stayed at home long enough just to lay him in the ground And then I caught a plane to do a show up north in Detroit town Because I’m older now and I’ve got no time to cry. Read more...

Church rifts quell clergy in ‘Demon’ at Doolittle By Jennifer Richmond Daily Bruin Staff Different views often cause upheaval and tension. But when there is a serious difference of opinion among members of the church’s hierarchy, a type of genocide occurs within its walls. Read more...

‘Cuarteto’ provides bridge between cultures By Omid Bürgin-Esmai’li Take a dose of tango, bossa nova and lambada, mix that with a European art form, and add some multicultural ideology and there you have it: the Cuarteto Latinoamericano, a renowned string quartet known for promoting mostly contemporary works of Latin American composers. Read more...

EDLOS comes from out of this world to UCLA A capella quartet to showcase theatrics, antics at Schoenberg By Gaby Mora Daily Bruin Staff The EDLOS a capella group has come a long way to perform for UCLA students ­ as far as outer space, the members claim. Read more...