It seems that you can’t open a magazine these days without reading a prediction about “the next big thing” in music or the underground band that is “going to be the next Nirvana.” While many get swept up in praise, one such band, New York’s Coheed and Cambria, who will be playing at the Troubadour Tuesday and Wednesday night, haven’t let the hype get to their heads. Read more...

Rich Robinson The Viper Room Jan. 22, 8:30 p.m. Remember the Black Crowes? Not the crows who counted and sang about old man Mr. Jones, but those guys from Georgia who were big in the ’90s. Read more...

Being a rock band in Los Angeles is a lot like applying to college with a perfect SAT score. It may open some doors, but there’s no guarantee of success. Read more...

“The 2004 Golden Globe Awards” NBC Jan. 25, 7 p.m. Look! It’s a Dr. Evil punch line waiting to happen … the Hollywood Foreign Press Association’s annual awards show is basically the margarine to the Emmy’s butter, the Diet Coke of the Oscar’s Coke Classic. Read more...

Despite having a career that has spanned over three decades and having recently had three of his albums make Rolling Stone’s list of the “500 Greatest Albums of All Time,” Randy Newman has never had a multi-artist tribute. Read more...

Famous for making his plays available for the public to adapt, playwright Charles Mee is quickly becoming a household name. The saying that Mee’s plays are everywhere ““ not least at UCLA ““ is becoming a bit of a cliché. Read more...

When the topic is an on-campus theater production with even a speck of hype, theater students are almost biologically inclined to put in their two cents. Read more...