Silversun Pickups (music group)

With the release last week of a new EP, Giant Drag's Annie Hardy finally had something to sell other than her hair -- or sex toys. Once stamped with next-big-thing status, the Silver Lake-based rock band, centered on Hardy's sweetly......

Click here to download TV listings for the week of Feb. 28 - March 6 in PDF format This week's TV Movies The Early Show Author Kym Douglas. (N) 7 a.m. KCBS Today Jerry Seinfeld and Tom Papa; Marla Gibbs;......

That lump of muscle in your chest is helpful for keeping your organs functioning, but according to Christopher Pomerenke's 2009 documentary, it is also a drum machine. Proverbially. "The Heart is a Drum Machine," screening at the Egyptian, explores what...

An industry conference with a borderline spring-break-type atmosphere, the annual South by Southwest Festival in Austin, Texas, opens this weekend with interactive and film events. The music business and the media won't descend upon the Texas capital...

Coachella is the defining music event in Southern California every year -- for fans and local artists alike. The festival has become a kingmaker for striving L.A. bands rounding the corner into national prominence. Recent performances by Silversun...

With just under 80,000 people expected to descend upon the city of Indio for the Coachella Valley Music & Arts Festival this weekend, it's safe to say that the event, promoted by Goldenvoice and owned by AEG, has survived the......

If all Ida Maria accomplished in music was writing the 2008 single "Oh My God," she'd have one more immaculate three-minute punk raveup than most musicians pen in a lifetime. But after much blogland ado and a few rapturous, booze-sodden L.A. shows, the...

Growth is a necessity in every corner of rock 'n' roll, even for local heroes not far removed from the fab dives of Silver Lake  and Echo Park. But by the time the Silversun Pickups released their  2006 full-length debut, "Carnavas," they already had...

Among other things, the three-day Coachella festival provided a prominent showcase for a handful of young singers whose profiles figure to get a major boost from their shows. Here's a look at a few whose faces and voices figure to be part of the scene for...

For Los Angeles bands, Coachella is almost a hometown gig, despite its distance in miles and mind-set from the city. During the Silversun Pickups' performance on the main stage Friday afternoon, singer Brian Aubert told the crowd that the band has been on...

"I tell you, that's a very loud ice-cream van over there," Damon Albarn told his audience Saturday at the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival's Outdoor Theater. It wasn't actually an ice-cream van. It was dance-music star Tiësto, the only DJ at this...

Even after years of mansion parties and a hit TV show in "The Girls Next Door," Hugh Hefner is still finding new ways to grow his bunny brand. This time the iconic ears are getting a punky revamp from Los Feliz accessory maker White Trash Charms....