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Henry Rollins! The Column
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4:30 am
Feb. 8, 2012

Fuck Guilty Pleasures: DragonForce Gives Power Metal a Good Name

By Linda Leseman

Metal isn't supposed to be cheerful. Metal is supposed to be brootal. As a general rule, if it's not Van Halen's "Jump," it should not involve synthesizers. If lyrics don't tend toward evil, they... More >>

West Coast Sound

4:00 am
Feb. 8, 2012

The Eagles' "Hotel California": 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 Eagles' "Hotel California" History: Everyth... More >>

West Coast Sound

3:30 am
Feb. 8, 2012

The Weezer Cruise: Rivers Cuomo Shows Us His Underwear

By LA Weekly

By Wendy Fonarow My best friend and I recently found ourselves boarding the Weezer Cruise. The red eye from L.A. took us to Miami, where we departed for a five-days-at-sea music carnival, featu... More >>

West Coast Sound

9:22 am
Feb. 7, 2012

Coachella Tickets: Now Is The Best Possible Time To Buy Scalped Ones Online

By Ben Westhoff

So Coachella sold out in a heartbeat, again. Even though they added a second week and, you know, certain headliners aren't maybe the most exciting headliners ever. But, of course, that doesn't... More >>

West Coast Sound

9:19 am
Feb. 7, 2012

Brody Brown: From the Compton Crips to the Grammy Stage

By Danielle Bacher

Inside a white-walled room in Interscope Records' co-founder Ted Field's film production company, a relaxed Brody Brown leans back into his chair. "You know, I feel like it's coming true, the dr... More >>

West Coast Sound

5:00 am
Feb. 7, 2012

Regent Theatre in Downtown L.A. to Become Performance Venue

By David Cotner

Downtown's Regent Theatre -- a Skid Row echo of the movie palaces on Broadway just a couple of blocks west -- has been a first-run cinema, a warehouse, and during the porn heyday of the '70s an... More >>

West Coast Sound

4:30 am
Feb. 7, 2012

Big Sir Had Serious Health Scares. So They Made an Album About Life and Death

By Ivan Fernandez

Six years after the members of Big Sir were forced to confront their mortality head-on, singer-composer Lisa Papineau and bassist Juan Alderete are back with their third album of jazz-prog-elect... More >>

West Coast Sound

4:00 am
Feb. 7, 2012

Shlohmo Brings His ?Ambient, but ?Not Chilled Out, Electronic Music to Europe

By Aaron Frank

Since dropping out of art school in 2010 to pursue music full-time, Shlohmo has become an L.A. electronic-music rising star. Born Henry Laufer and raised in the Fairfax District, the lanky 21-ye... More >>

West Coast Sound

11:02 am
Feb. 6, 2012

Mahlerpalooza: Gustavo Dudamel Makes L.A. the Mahler Capital of North America

By Christian Hertzog

See also: *Mahlerpalooza: Our Tips for Getting Through Gustavo Dudamel's Nine Concerts in 22 Days *Stravinsky vs. Schoenberg: Who Was More Gangsta? Did you have a WTF moment Saturday night, ... More >>

West Coast Sound

5:00 am
Feb. 6, 2012

Electric Guest on Their Danger Mouse-Produced Debut

By Aaron Frank

While recording Electric Guest's debut album Mondo, which comes out in April, singer Asa Taccone took several weeks off to recover from a bout of shingles. The condition had been brought on by ... More >>

West Coast Sound

4:30 am
Feb. 6, 2012

Virtual Boy's Intergalactic Love Story

By Kai Flanders

Henry Allen and Preston Walker of Virtual Boy are two modest guys, mild-mannered to the point of shyness. They are prompt and polite; their hair isn't shaved ridiculously. Their music isn't the ... More >>

West Coast Sound

4:00 am
Feb. 6, 2012

Judith Hill: Why Just About Everyone is Falling for Her

By Tom Meek

Before she was picked to sing back-up for Michael Jackson's ill-fated 2009 London shows, Judith Hill was a relatively unknown perfomer from Pasadena. When Hill appeared near the end of Jackso... More >>

West Coast Sound

3:30 am
Feb. 6, 2012

The Mae Shi Reunite!

By Liz Ohanesian

The Mae Shi never broke up, technically. Still, the L.A. group's last show was nearly three years ago, in Germany, and featured only one original member. In the meantime, they've all gone on to... More >>

West Coast Sound

10:48 am
Feb. 3, 2012

Meet Jahlli, the Gender-Bending Rapper-Producer Duo From Watts

By Rebecca Haithcoat

See also: *Save Sessions LA *Syd the Kyd on Odd Future, Her Sexuality and Why She Hates the Word "Lesbian" When Jahcyy and Galli, the lyricist-producer duo Jahlli, are asked how they got tog... More >>

West Coast Sound

8:56 am
Feb. 3, 2012

Gotye - El Rey Theatre - 2/2/12

By Gabrielle Canon

See also: Our Gotye slideshow Gotye El Rey Theatre 2/02/12 Better than ... watching the music video for "Somebody That I Used To Know" over and over. "Somebody That I Used To Know" is the k... More >>

West Coast Sound

4:45 am
Feb. 3, 2012

Why Highland Park Is the New Echo Park

By LA Weekly

Over the last couple of months I've been doing a lot of what a writer does best -- hanging out in bars and listening to people talk. I live in Echo Park, and around these parts the bar banter is... More >>

West Coast Sound

3:33 am
Feb. 3, 2012

Fanatics! Henry Rollins' KCRW Show Tomorrow Night: Scandinavian Edition (Plus: Henry and the Flaming Lips???)

By Henry Rollins

KCRW Broadcast #150 for Saturday, February 4, 2012 See also: Henry Rollins: The Column! Hands Are Groping Me, Breasts Are Pushed Into Me Fanatics! Coming to you from freezing Scandinavia! I am ... More >>

West Coast Sound

9:20 am
Feb. 2, 2012

Fujiya & Miyagi - the Echo - 2/1/12

By Liz Ohanesian

Fujiya & Miyagi, Evan Voytas, TV Girls The Echo 2/01/12 Better than... listening to Fujiya & Miyagi through headphones. There were moments where it felt incredibly awkward to stare at Fujiya &... More >>

West Coast Sound

5:00 am
Feb. 2, 2012

Schoolboy Q on Kendrick Lamar, How Rappers Influence Kids to Gangbang and the One Question He Hates

By Rebecca Haithcoat

See also: Schoolboy Q's Questions and Answers: He Didn't Know What to Do With His Life. Rap Was the Last Resort This week's music feature is on Schoolboy Q. Lounging on a couch in his manager's... More >>

West Coast Sound

4:30 am
Feb. 2, 2012

The Five Best "Awful" Prince Albums

By Dan Weiss

How can an artist be hailed as one of the greatest of all time, when a big chunk of his later career is dismissed or hated on by his fans? Sure, lots of young firecrackers age into old snoozes ... More >>

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Schoolboy Q's Questions and Answers

By Rebecca Haithcoat

Read bonus material from Schoolboy Q's interview, including his thoughts on Kendrick lamar, how rappers influence kids to gangbang, and the one question he hates being asked. In his late teens,… More >>

Music Picks: Coldplay, Estelle, Joss Stone, Lana Del Rey

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fri 2/3 Eleanor Friedberger TROUBADOUR Eleanor Friedberger's recent solo album, Last Summer (which, indeed, came out last summer), is all over the map lyrically, as the former leader of Fiery Furnaces finds herself… More >>

Ethan Gold's Art and Tragedy

By Chris Walker

Last January saw the release of singer-songwriter Ethan Gold's debut, Songs From a Toxic Apartment. The title wasn't a metaphor. His Fairfax abode was a literal cesspool, festering with flaking… More >>

Music Picks: X, Lucinda Williams, Jackie DeShannon, Fujiya & Miyagi

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fri 1/27 Dengue Fever, Secret Chiefs 3 EL REY THEATRE First, the bad news: Last time I saw L.A.'s Dengue Fever at El Rey, in 2008, these Cambodian-American popsters seemed overwhelmed by the… More >>

<i>L.A. Woman</i> Was the Doors' Bluesy Masterpiece, and Jim Morrison's Kiss-Off to L.A.

L.A. Woman Was the Doors' Bluesy Masterpiece, and Jim Morrison's Kiss-Off to L.A.

By Jeff Weiss

Click here for "L.A. Woman: Track List," by Jeff Weiss In the winter of 1970-71, the Doors hibernated inside their rehearsal studio in West Hollywood to create L.A. Woman. Recorded and… More >>

L.A. Woman: Track List

By Jeff Weiss

Click here for "L.A. Woman Was the Doors' Bluesy Masterpiece — and Jim Morrison's Kiss-Off to L.A.," by Jeff Weiss. L.A. Woman was released in April 1971. Forty-one years later, surviving… More >>

Glen Palmer Makes Clothes for Rock Gods

By Justin Bolois

On a sunbaked afternoon in Malibu, rock & roll tailor Glen Palmer rummages through a congested closet, pulling out some of the various elegant vests, sport coats and three-piece suits… More >>

Music Picks: Skrillex, Diplo, Wu-Tang Clan, The Health Club

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fri 1/20 The Stitches, The Villains ALEX'S BAR The Stitches might have started in 1994, but the Orange County quartet blasts out a bratty, feral sound that places it in 1977, the beginning… More >>

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