L.A. Music Scene

Blogs you might want to read: Three in a series.
I've heard that several of this year's students are music-focused. I thought I'd post a couple of LA music blogs to give y'all a sense of who plays here, etc.

I'd start with Aquarium Drunkard. L.A. City Beat describes it as "Probably L.A.’s most successful music blog, the Drunkard not only posts daily MP3s and commentary, it also offers concert ticket giveaways and features like “Off the Record,” where artists contribute travel writing on the cities they call home ... It’s looking like music blogs are, for better or worse, the new first line of tastemaking defense; site-runner Justin Gage has spun things off into radio shows with Little Radio and Sirius, concert sponsorships, and a record label. Scrolling down to the section marked “Townies” in the right column reveals links to his music-blog brethren, including Rock Insider (Rockinsider.com; when checking out a blog for the first time, a glance at the blogroll/links section will give you a good idea of its DNA)."

For concert coverage, I'd also suggest Losanjealous, which gives us a great alternative music calendar of events, and some great pictures. Go to the homepage and then click the Los Angeles Concerts tab.