Top Music Stories

Is Riff Raff Serious?

Jeff Weiss
This maddeningly inscrutable white rapper is more entertaining than you are More >>

Daily Music

West Coast Sound

9:56 am
May. 27, 2012
Kinky, La Santa Cecilia, Las Cafeteras - Silver Lake Jubilee - 5/26/12
By Erica E. Phillips
See also: *Las Cafeteras on the Strict Rules of Son Jarocho Music *Jubilee Preview: XBXRX Have Been Banned From Venues. So Many Times Somewhere between $4.90 Singhas at Sompun Thai and the 410... More >>

West Coast Sound

10:59 am
May. 26, 2012
The Internet, Kilo Kish - The Echo - 5/25/12
By Rebecca Haithcoat
See also: Odd Future's Syd the Kyd Joins The Internet The Internet, Kilo Kish The Echo 5/25/12 In September, Odd Future subgroup The Internet (producer Matt Martians and DJ/producer/engineer ... More >>

West Coast Sound

8:26 am
May. 25, 2012
Exclusive: Levitt Pavilions Announce Summer Lineups
By Erica E. Phillips
In an exclusive to West Coast Sound, the Levitt Pavilions in Pasadena and MacArthur Park have revealed the lineups to their massive, free summer concert series -- almost 100 shows between the tw... More >>

West Coast Sound

5:00 am
May. 25, 2012
The Top 20 Whitest Musicians of All Time: The Complete List
By LA Weekly
*Top 20 Worst Bands Ever: The Complete List *Top 20 Musicians of All Time, in Any Genre: The Complete List *Top 20 Sexiest Female Musicians of All Time: The Complete List *Top 20 Sexiest Male M... More >>

West Coast Sound

4:00 am
May. 25, 2012
Danzig Says He Would Have Played Wolverine Less 'Gay' Than Hugh Jackman
By Danielle Bacher
See also: *Glenn Danzig's Amazing Art Collection *The Craziest Danzig Stalker of Them All *Glenn Danzig's Head On Other People's Bodies: An Appreciation Glenn Danzig is a hard man to get face t... More >>

West Coast Sound

3:58 am
May. 25, 2012
Jubilee Preview: XBXRX Have Been Banned From Venues. So Many Times
By Elano Pizzicarola
Punk legends XBXRX have a reputation for raucous shows, driven by their frenzied stage theatrics that have sometimes left members hospitalized. The group, which is now based in L.A. and performs ... More >>

West Coast Sound

3:30 am
May. 25, 2012
Fanatics! Henry Rollins' KCRW Show Tomorrow Night: Henry's Live With a Ton of New Records
By Henry Rollins
KCRW Broadcast #166 for Saturday, May 26, 2012 See also: Henry Rollins: The Column! South Africa's Present and Future Fanatics! What a show! So many new tracks! Besides that, we give our thanks ... More >>

West Coast Sound

8:45 am
May. 24, 2012
Los Globos Under Fire: Residents Complain of Noise, Urination, and Public Sex
By Andrea Domanick
See also: Los Globos Gets A Hip New Reinvention Less than a year after Sunset Junction went down in flames, Silver Lake's music scene is again the subject of civic tension, as its neighborhood c... More >>

West Coast Sound

8:15 am
May. 24, 2012
The Pharcyde - The Roxy - 5/23/12
By Rebecca Haithcoat
See also: *The Pharcyde's Bizarre Ride, 20 Years Later: An Appreciation *Top 20 Greatest L.A. Rap Albums Of All Time: The Complete List The Pharcyde The Roxy 5/23/12 Better than ... listenin... More >>

West Coast Sound

5:00 am
May. 24, 2012
The Hookers: Punk, Metal, Southern and Particularly Nasty
By Jonny Whiteside
Louisville, Kentucky-based punk-metal act the Hookers are among the hardest-hitting and most under-appreciated forces in contemporary music. Their sound -- screamingly pure, brutally focused, dang... More >>

West Coast Sound

4:00 am
May. 24, 2012
Henry Rollins: The Column! South Africa's Present and Future
By Henry Rollins
[Look for your weekly fix from the one and only Henry Rollins right here on West Coast Sound every Thursday, and come back tomorrow for the awesomely annotated playlist for his Saturday KCRW broad... More >>

West Coast Sound

3:30 am
May. 24, 2012
The Top 20 Whitest Musicians of All Time: 5-1
By LA Weekly
See also: *The Top 20 Whitest Musicians of All-Time: 20-16 *The Top 20 Whitest Musicians of All-Time: 15-11 *The Top 20 Whitest Musicians of All Time: 10-6 *Top 20 Worst Bands of All Time 5. Ra... More >>

Music

12:00 am
May. 24, 2012
The Roots, Hilary Hahn, The Urinals
By L.A. Weekly Music Critics
fri 5/25 The Internet ECHO Syd the Kyd and Matt Martians, who make up this soulful Odd Future offshoot, are relocating to Atlanta for the summer... More >>

West Coast Sound

8:59 am
May. 23, 2012
The Pharcyde's Bizarre Ride, 20 Years Later: ?An Appreciation
By Jeff Weiss
See also: *Our review of the Pharcyde at the Roxy, 5/23/12 *J-Swift Made Big Hits With the Pharcyde Before Tragedy and Drugs Nearly Took Him Down *Top 20 Greatest L.A. Rap Albums Of All Time... More >>

West Coast Sound

8:53 am
May. 23, 2012
Trampled by Turtles - The Fonda Theatre - 5/22/12
By Molly Bergen
Trampled by Turtles The Fonda Theatre 5/22/12 Better than ... your daddy's bluegrass band. We've seen some weird things in our time, everything from artist meltdowns to near riots and young p... More >>

West Coast Sound

8:34 am
May. 23, 2012
Joon Lee: The Jazz Junky
By Sean J. O'Connell
One of the fascinating Angelenos featured in L.A. Weekly's People 2012 issue. Check out our entire People 2012 issue here. Anyone willing to open a jazz club these days must be a little crazy, b... More >>

West Coast Sound

4:00 am
May. 23, 2012
The Cranberries' 'Zombie': Why This Song Sucks
By Shea Serrano
[Editor's note: Why This Song Sucks determines why particular tracks blow using science. It appears on West Coast Sound every Wednesday.] Song: The Cranberries, "Zombie" History: "Zombie" came... More >>

West Coast Sound

3:30 am
May. 23, 2012
The Top 20 Whitest Musicians of All Time: 10-6
By LA Weekly
See also: *The Top 20 Whitest Musicians of All-Time: 20-16 *The Top 20 Whitest Musicians of All-Time: 15-11 *Top 20 Whitest Musicians of All-Time: 5-1 *Top 20 Worst Bands of All Time 10. Eric C... More >>

West Coast Sound

9:31 am
May. 22, 2012
Kota Wade: Oh, to Be Young and Indie
By Falling James
One of the fascinating Angelenos featured in L.A. Weekly's People 2012 issue. Check out our entire People 2012 issue here. When Mickey Rooney and Judy Garland decided to put on a show in those c... More >>

West Coast Sound

9:21 am
May. 22, 2012
Moral Defect - Howl at the Moon - 5-21-12
By Jena Ardell
Moral Defect Howl at the Moon 5-21-12 Overheard in the crowd: "That was the sickest cover of "In Da Club" I've ever heard!" At Howl at the Moon last night, local group Moral Defect delivered e... More >>

West Coast Sound

8:43 am
May. 22, 2012
Brad Mehldau Trio - Broad Stage - 5/21/12
By Sean J. O'Connell
Brad Mehldau Trio Broad Stage 5-21-12 See also: Top Ten Jazz Albums for People Who Don't Know Shit About Jazz Brad Mehldau's most recent album, Ode, is a return to the trio format that helped ... More >>

Slideshows

VOICE Daily Deals

Find a Concert

for free stuff, music info & more!

From the Print Edition

Is Riff Raff Serious? Is Riff Raff Serious?
By Jeff Weiss

Visualize Riff Raff. His hair is a crop circle of braids. His eyes are blue, dilated and deserted. Gold grills glint on his teeth. A boy band–thin beard zigzags across… More >>

The Roots, Hilary Hahn, The Urinals The Roots, Hilary Hahn, The Urinals
By L.A. Weekly Music Critics

fri 5/25 The Internet ECHO Syd the Kyd and Matt Martians, who make up this soulful Odd Future offshoot, are relocating to Atlanta for the summer in order to "get away and just… More >>

Father John Misty Just Quit Fleet Foxes: We Get High in His Van Father John Misty Just Quit Fleet Foxes: We Get High in His Van
By Aaron Frank

Until January, Josh Tillman was the drummer from Fleet Foxes. When I meet him at Good Luck Bar in Los Feliz it's two weeks after the announcement of his departure… More >>

Music Picks: Too $hort, Best Coast, Brad Mehldau Trio Music Picks: Too $hort, Best Coast, Brad Mehldau Trio
By L.A. Weekly Music Critics

fri 5/18 Best Coast WILTERN "We were born with sun in our teeth and in our hair," Bethany Cosentino declares on the title track of Best Coast's just-released second album, The Only Place.… More >>

The Branding of Best Coast The Branding of Best Coast
By Kai Flanders

Read more outtakes from our interview, "Best Coast on Designing Clothes for Urban Outfitters, and Other Subjects." Los Angeles indie-pop duo Best Coast has become a veritable phenomenon. The act consists… More >>

Music Picks: The Dickies, Rufus Wainwright, Jack DeJohnette Music Picks: The Dickies, Rufus Wainwright, Jack DeJohnette
By Weekly Critics

fri 5/11 The Dickies MALIBU INN After another beautiful day in Malibu, you'll take a long, romantic walk along the beach to watch the sun set ... followed by an evening with the… More >>

About Us | Media Kit | Work for LA Weekly | Esubscribe | Free Classifieds | LA Weekly Advertising | National Online Advertising | Mobile | Privacy Policy | Terms of Use | Site Problems? | RSS | Site Map
© 2012 LA Weekly, LP, All rights reserved.
Browse Voice Nation
avatar
Newsletters | Mobile
  • Voice Places

    Voice Places

    Discover restaurants, nightlife, travel, shopping...

  • VOICE Daily Deals

    VOICE Daily Deals

    Get 50 to 90% off every day on restaurants, movies, massages...

  • Best Of

    Best Of...

    More than 10,000 of the BEST things to eat, drink, and experience

  • My Voice Nation

    My Voice Nation

    Join the Village Voice community and get exclusive deals and info

  • Happy Hour

    Happy Hour

    Your local Happy Hour guide at your fingertips

or

Log in or Sign up

Social Connect:

Use your favorite account to access My Voice Nation.


Use your My Voice Nation account to log in:





Forgot password?
or

Sign Up or Log in

Social Connect:

Sign up for My Voice Nation with your preferred network.


Sign up for a My Voice Nation account:



Privacy policy