LAist began the month with a new food series exploring the popular and unknown late night eats around town. If a Top Chef winner opened up a late night spot in Los Angeles, denizens would flock it, yet the LA Times and other media might be wary. Turning to sports, the Dodger season was quite memorable in the way that it imploded and the LA County Sheriff's Department made some games of their own such... more ›

Primal Scream - Riot City Blues (Columbia): The Primals seem to have found a time machine. This disc sounds more like a follow-up to 1994's Stones-rock Give Out But Don't Give Up rather than anything they've done in the decade since. The electronics and experimentation from Vanishing Point on are all gone, replaced by throwaway lyrics like "Gotta keep on keepin' on," Rod Stewarty 'Maggie May'-style mandolins, and blues shuffles that place them firmly in Dadrock territory. While there's no doubt that the noisy sample-heavy phase of the Primals had run its course, it's hard to see this album as anything but a placeholder or (worse) a retreat. It sounds like it could've been made in a week, and while the songs are mostly fun, there's a lot of filler. Our advice: Primals fans should head for iTunes to grab 'Country Girl', 'Dolls', 'When The Bomb Drops' and 'Hell's Comin' Down' for four bucks, and let the rest of this one be. more ›

Quick: Guess This Band! A) They're lanky British rockstars with a propensity for self-glorification that would make even Richard Branson blush B) Their sound seems almost deliberately engineered to collapse ampitheatres and make your grandmother cry C) They've got their dealer on speed-dial D) They're playing the Parish tonight! Who are they? Yes, the Spice Girls were a good guess. But that ship sailed a long time ago. We're in fact talking about Kasabian,... more ›

You want that Spice back in your life, that special flavor and kick that only come from horrible choreography and worse lip-synching. That’s right, Austin, time to ‘spice up your life’ once again with the much-awaited reunion of The Spice Girls , England’s biggest affront to world taste since the boiled chicken sandwich. And for those of you who love the live shows but consider yourselves even bigger fans of their studio work, the... more ›