Many people have read Karl Marx’s “Capital” ““ but few, if any, have heard it sung.

When musicians from New York, London and Los Angeles meet at an art residency on the island of Crete, Greece, it is hard telling what will happen. For the band Grouplove, the name says it all.

The Hammer Museum is adding motion to its still life paintings in partnership with public radio station KCRW 89.9 FM for yet another “Also I Like to Rock” free concert series this summer.

Norwegian singer-songwriter Sondre Lerche wasted no time when the red curtain rose in the intimate art deco El Rey Theatre Wednesday night.

June 2, 2011 – Second-year theater student Tommy Schulz brings his djembe drum to the Venice drum circle regularly. For him, the drum circle’s impact extends beyond making music. We talked to him about why he plays and how drum circles affect his life. [1:33]

From the cardigan-clad woman ceremoniously dancing around the citation ticket she set on fire to the man in the tiki mask playing the bongos, it seemed that the wild spirit of the Venice Beach Drum Circle remains unbroken despite the prevalence of security.

UK indie band Noah and the Whale stoically took the El Rey stage Wednesday night after Canadian opener Bahamas warmed up a responsive crowd with sweet and twangy rockabindy – a combinaiton of rockabilly and indie – songs, including a sing-along to Wreckless Eric’s “(I’d Go the) Whole Wide World.”

Incessant cheers cracked a smile on lead singer and guitarist Charlie Fink’s face, however, as the band launched into “Give a Little Love” off its debut album.

Sympathy Sympathy did not pass the Spring Sing auditions last year ““ but they did not let rejection stop them from playing upbeat songs filled with synthesizers and pop culture references.

Because artists are already in the business of sharing their works and ideas, perhaps they are naturally inclined to share their living space ““ and chores ““ in cooperative housing.

It’s 8:45 p.m. at the Roxy on a Saturday night. A line of people wearing Ed Hardy and Affliction shirts adorn the sidewalk, waiting to see a band they probably won’t remember.