LOS ANGELES — Protests don’t always come in the form of eye-catching soundbites. The anarchist post-rock collective Godspeed You! Black Emperor gave the Ace Hotel a panoramic view of a broken world and the urgent need to fix it. Godspeed you! Black Emperor  7 p.m., Tuesday Ace of Spades,…

Kyle Kohner’s five-part series ranking the 50 best albums of 2017 continues with numbers 40 to 31. Missed the first entry? Start at the beginning. 40. Ariel Pink – Dedicated to Baby Jameson Dedicated to Bobby Jameson signals a return to Ariel Pink’s roots with a lo-fi approach, thus making this project feel less manufactured…

At some point, Canadian post-rockers Godspeed You! Black Emperor will realize their creative scope is finite, right? Wrong! Luciferian Towers Godspeed You! Black Emperor Sept. 22 Once again, the nine-piece collective that never ceases to amaze, lulls listeners with a record exceptionally postured by the band’s unique instrumental punch. Its seventh…