Email Author Randall Roberts

Awards

• 2010 - AAN AltWeekly Awards, published June 25, 2009

  "On the Road to Burma"

• 2010 - AAN AltWeekly Awards

  "Bon Iver at Hollywood Forever Cemetery"

• 2010 - AAN AltWeekly Awards, published February 12, 2009

  "Katy Perry Unpeeled"

• 2010 - AAN AltWeekly Awards, published November 23, 2011

  "The Day the Music Died"

• 2008 - Association of Food Journalists Awards, published April 25, 2007

  "Chinatown Confidential"

• 2006 - National Association of Black Journalists Awards, published June 1, 2005

  "It Was Just Like Beverly Hills"

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2009 Stories by Randall Roberts

• 2009: The Year in Obsessions

  published December 24, 2009

  In the Age of Musical Abundance, it’s the height of arrogance to think that any Best Albums list would presume to be... More >>

• ALBUM ANALYZER

  published December 10, 2009

  In an ongoing effort to better understand the many classic albums of L.A., we’ve come upon an equation that gets to the... More >>

• The Polyamorous Affair, Weave, Zaza, Tearist, Laco$te

  published December 3, 2009

  There are many Southern California sounds, and they range from trippy psychedelia to Topanga folk to funky rock and soul and beyond. Hot L.A.... More >>

• Michael Jackson: This Is (Not Quite) It

  published October 29, 2009

  If you’re a Michael Jackson die-hard, prepare to be thrilled — and heartbroken. This Is It, the... More >>

• DJ Hero: From AM to Z-Trip

  published October 29, 2009

  Thursday, October 15, 6:50 p.m. I’m in Vegas, on the way from airport to Palms Hotel. In half an hour, the DJ Hero... More >>

• Stuck in a Moment: U2 at the Rose Bowl

  published October 29, 2009

  It was cool. It was a big Happening with flashing lights, lots of color, inspiration, 100,000 people screaming along in... More >>

• Ennio Morricone: The Italian Icon

  published October 22, 2009

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• Mullen on Music

  published October 15, 2009

  In addition to enabling a budding generation of Los Angeles punk rockers by opening Hollywood punk club the Masque, Brendan Mullen also was a... More >>

• Boxes in Flux: Where the Action Is!

  published October 8, 2009

  Times are tight, for sure. A $50 box set is a luxury that few can afford. Given the choice between a four-CD collection of... More >>

• Ten Days of Dublab

  published September 24, 2009

  Dublab’s 10th-anniversary celebration is a typically inspired program of events, and occurs on 10 consecutive nights at 10 different... More >>

• Ooh La-La Festival

  published September 17, 2009

  The French want us Angelenos to pay attention to what they're doing over there, apparently. It's not enough that Parisian dirty electro and house... More >>

• Promote This: The Adler Effect

  published September 10, 2009

  The Adler posse knows a thing or two about the concert business. Lou Adler, the patriarch, is responsible for some of the... More >>

• Lightning Bolt: An Interview With Brian Chippendale

  published September 3, 2009

  Lightning Bolt is a two-piece band from Providence, Rhode Island. In the past 12 years, Brian Chippendale (drums) and Brian... More >>

• Ann Powers: Dateline Alabama

  published August 27, 2009

  Here’s a question: Does it matter whether the Los Angeles Times pop music critic actually lives in Los Angeles?... More >>

• House of the Holy: Sunn 0))) guitarist Greg Anderson on “Big Church” and Monoliths & Dimensions

  published August 6, 2009

  “Big Church,” by the L.A./Paris duo Sunn 0))), begins with a female chorus. Then a low-tuned, distorted guitar... More >>

• Grace Jones at the Hollywood Bowl

  published July 30, 2009

  In case you need reminding after all these years, Grace Jones isn’t like us. If, halfway through her astounding show... More >>

• Remembering Tom Wilkes, Album Cover Designer

  published July 16, 2009

  The great Southern California–based art director, designer and photographer Tom Wilkes, who died on June 28, left a... More >>

• Memorial Day: Michael’s Staples Center Farewell

  published July 9, 2009

  View photos in the Michael Jackson memorial slideshow.... More >>

• Representing Michael Jackson

  published July 2, 2009

  In the hours following Michael Jackson’s death last week, West Coast Sound spoke to the late King of Pop’s... More >>

• On the Road to Burma

  published June 25, 2009

  Watch "Video Exclusive: Ozomatli in... More >>

• Woman, Man Walking: PJ Harvey and John Parish Return to California

  published June 18, 2009

  This past spring at El Rey, PJ Harvey and John Parish introduced California to songs from their rich, velvet-upholstered... More >>

• Box of Dreams: Decades in the Making, Neil Young's Archives, Vol. 1 Is Unveiled

  published April 30, 2009

  Longtime L.A. record man and Neil Young spokesman Bill Bentley says he first saw a listing for a Neil Young archival project... More >>

• Michael Jackson’s Julien’s Auction Canceled

  published April 16, 2009

  View photos of the memorabilia in the "Portraits from the King of Pop's... More >>

• Phil Spector’s Deadly Ways: Does Leonard Cohen’s Death of a Ladies' Man Foresee Lana Clarkson’s Murder?

  published April 16, 2009

  As we prepared for this month’s “Leonard Cohen Week,” which concludes with Friday’s twilight... More >>

• West Coast Sound: Burger, Fries and a Prince Remix CD

  published April 9, 2009

  In the wake of Prince’s much decried three-show evening at L.A. Live on March 28, an event that was plagued by sound... More >>