Gary Numan

Rock drummer Roy Mayorga was at the top of his craft in May 2011. Stone Sour, with Mayorga at left He started playing Lehigh Valley punk rock shows while a middle school student living in Whitehall, and then became a......

Best known for the 1979 New Wave staple “Cars,” this synth-rock trailblazer is in the midst of a next-gen resurgence thanks in part to recent collaborations with Nine Inch Nails and the arty Brooklyn band Battles. (Hit up YouTube for Numan&#...

Baron Von Luxxury is named Baron Von Luxxury. This is his fake name, and may warrant you to stop, consider it, and maybe even say it out loud. BVL sounds like the brand of a designer handbag company in Belgium with a bent for Feudalism, not the...

Young singer Lana del Rey made her Los Angeles debut at the Troubadour on Wednesday night. Los Angeles Times pop critic Randall Roberts was there....

3.5 stars (out of 4) Battles -- a collection of indie-rock stalwarts with tenure in Helmet, Don Caballero and Lynx -- is busy proving that complicated, sometimes noisy music can be fun. Its 2007 full-length debut, “Mirrored,” combined...

The electronica Ford & Lopatin plays a release party for "Channel Pressure" at the Echoplex tonight. Those fearing a surplus of MIDI might want to steer clear, but for the rest of us, it might be useful reminder that music can be funny and seriously...

Ten traffic jams to get you through Carmegeddon this weekend....

Yes, the VMAs were last weekend, but we've already got a contender for next year (as if): the new video by the New York band Battles for the song "My Machines," featuring a career-reviving star turn from Gary Numan. Directed......

2 stars (out of 4) The prolific Kevin Barnes, the Athens, Ga., songwriter prone to appearing in outrageous costumes on stage (or sometimes wearing nothing at all), brings a blast of much-needed flamboyance to frequently staid, self-serious indie rock....

After a critically lauded Doris Day tribute album in 2009, spitfire vocalist from across the pond Nellie McKay is back with “Home Sweet Mobile Home,” another LP brimming with wry humor dressed in range of styles including reggae, jazz and 50â...

Pop & Hiss looks at the weekend's top gigs. Thursday Walter Meego @ the Echo. This onetime Chicago-based threesome is now a Los Angeles-residing five-piece, and the Echo gig should serve as a sort of coming out party for the......

Though the Internet has sparked a certain decentralization of the music industry, some things are immutable. Specifically, Los Angeles' role as an oasis for labels attempting to leverage the city's deep pool of musicians, entertainment industry contacts...