For a man who just turned 50 a few weeks ago, erstwhile Minutemen bassist Mike Watt sounded pretty youthful at L.A.'s Knitting Factory last night (Jan. 6). Following an acidic performance from Oakland's jazz-rock fusioneers Monster Cock Rally, whose drummer Calvin Weston shared the stage with the Minutemen in the early '80s, Watt and his

The wooden panels of the Walt Disney Concert Hall became trees lining an intimate forest clearing Friday evening (Nov. 9) when the venue hosted an enchanting evening of music by Joanna Newsom. After yanking her slinky black dress free of the harp stool, Newsom performed the entirety of her sophomore album Ys