Silversun Pickups (music group)

"Twilight Saga" bites into Teen Choice Awards: Robert Pattinson and his vampire pals picked up 12 awards at the ceremony, which airs on Fox at 8 p.m. Monday. This will probably continue to happen at every non-Oscars awards ceremony until 2013, after the...

The indie act, whose sound has evolved and deepened, delivers highly charged modern guitar rock. Not every rock act needs to change to play the big rooms. At the Greek Theatre on Friday, the Silversun Pickups looked as they always......

One in a series of occasional articles The Troubadour, awash on a recent night in indigo light and chiming guitars, doesn't look all that different than it did in the 1970s, when music history plugged in to the club's stage amps and earned the tiny...

Part of a series of occasional articles. Two weeks ago, rock band Arcade Fire landed the No. 1 spot on the Billboard charts with its third album, "The Suburbs." For the band's devoted fans as well as some online music prognosticators, hitting the top...

A list of upcoming concerts across the Southland, with on-sale dates in parentheses. Gibson AmphitheatreMarc Anthony, Nov. 11 (Fri.); LA Weekly's L.A. 101 with Silversun Pickups, Nov. 3 (Sat.) Hollywood Bowl Ennio Morricone and the Hollywood Bowl...

Return to form: With "Backspacer," Pearl Jam scores its first No. 1 album in 13 years, Billboard reports. The set sold 190,000 copies in its first week in stores, according to Nielsen SoundScan. It's Pearl Jam's first release outside the......

Indie rock fave Pavement has been rumored as a Coachella headlining candidate since the Stockton-bred act announced its reunion this fall. The band just got one step closer to making an appearance in Indio in 2010, revealed this morning as......

One of the breakout artists of 2009, fashion-conscious pop-star Lady Gaga showed off her ability to break glass on last night's "American Music Awards." But there are limits to her power. Speculation that the Recording Academy would consider changing its....

Always one of the more controversial categories, best new artist remains, perhaps, the most difficult Grammy field to get just right. The vaguely defined category is open to interpretation. Read the Grammy rules: "A new artist is defined as any......

CRITIC'S NOTEBOOK: A big Grammy nomination: This show has got to go RECORD OF THE YEAR "Halo," Beyonce "I Gotta Feeling," The Black Eyed Peas "Use Somebody," Kings of Leon "Poker Face," Lady Gaga "You Belong With Me," Taylor Swift......

The nominations for the 2010 Grammy Awards were unveiled tonight at downtown's Club Nokia -- just a few city blocks from the P&H HQ -- and we brought you live coverage beginning at 6 p.m. In addition to finding out......

The top categories were focused on a few artists and albums. The biggest surprise: Dave Matthews Band's album of the year nod. Beyoncé's "Halo" just got a lot brighter: R&B's reigning diva collected a field-leading 10 Grammy Award nominations including.....