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4:30 am
May. 16, 2012
Ana Tijoux: "Recording is like flirting with your songs. Touring is the relationship" See also: *Viva Los Dodgers 2012 Lineup Announced: Ximena Sariñana, Ana Tijoux, More *Reviewed: Ana Tijoux performs at MacArthur Park, 8/11/11 Having grown up in political exile in France during ... More >>

West Coast Sound

4:00 am
May. 16, 2012
Lewis Pesacov: Don't Hate Him Because His Life Is Amazing See also: The Alchemy of Fool's Gold: The self-titled debut album by a polyglot L.A. 10-piece: Hebrew vocals and West African rhythms? Lewis Pesacov is living the dream. Not only has he learned ... More >>

West Coast Sound

4:30 am
May. 15, 2012
Sick Jacken and Cynic Talk Terror Tapes Vol. 2 See also: Psycho Realm's Message Resonates As Strongly As Ever Sick Jacken and Cynic are lauded Pico-Union rappers; the former is a member of underground hip-hop sensation Psycho Realm, while ... More >>

West Coast Sound

4:00 am
May. 15, 2012
Top Ten Jazz Albums for People Who Don't Know Shit About Jazz See also: *Top 10 Rap Albums For People Who Don't Know Shit About Hip-Hop *Top 5 Los Angeles Jazz Albums of 2011 Lots of folks know almost nothing about jazz, but condensing the hundred some od... More >>

West Coast Sound

3:32 am
May. 15, 2012
Ask a Teen Raver: Kerah's Last Column Kerah Rose is a 19-year-old college student from Riverside and EDM aficionado. Ask a Teen Raver appears on Tuesdays in West Coast Sound. Send your questions to teenraver@laweekly.com. Dear Teen R... More >>

West Coast Sound

3:30 am
May. 15, 2012
It's Casual Hate Stop-and-Go Traffic, So They Made An Album About It Los Angeles' stop-start traffic has been boosting drivers' blood pressure for decades. Yet to our knowledge no band had addressed and channeled this almost universal Angeleno rage until local har... More >>

West Coast Sound

10:03 am
May. 14, 2012
Coachella 2013 Dates Announced: Tickets Go On Sale Thursday See also: *Top Ten Awkward Coachella Dance Move GIFs *Our complete Coachella coverage UPDATE: General admission passes are $349, including all fees. Next year's installment of Coachella will o... More >>

West Coast Sound

8:41 am
May. 14, 2012
Black Moth Super Rainbow - The Echoplex - 5/12/12 Black Moth Super Rainbow The Echoplex 5/12/12 Better than: watching Usher sing over watered-down techno on Saturday Night Live. In a rare live appearance at the Echoplex on Saturday, enigmat... More >>

West Coast Sound

4:00 am
May. 14, 2012
A Band That Gives a Shit Getting a residency at a club or bar is often a great opportunity for an up-and-coming band, giving them a chance to gradually build a following. But Derek Jordan -- whose band Decoded plays Amply... More >>

West Coast Sound

3:30 am
May. 14, 2012
Iggy Azalea - The Roxy - 5/12/12 See also: Meet Iggy Azalea, the Street Smart Blonde Bombshell Behind "Pu$$y" Iggy Azalea The Roxy 5/12/12 Iggy Azalea's last L.A. show was something of a catastrophe; she didn't go on until af... More >>

West Coast Sound

10:48 am
May. 13, 2012
Rufus Wainwright - Orpheum Theater - 5/12/12 By Oliver Wang Rufus Wainwright Orpheum Theater 5/12/12 See also: Exclusive: Rufus Wainwright On His New Album, "I've Done That Whole Ponderous, Psuedo-Genius Thing" Better than: ...the ham e... More >>

West Coast Sound

10:01 am
May. 11, 2012
Exclusive: Rufus Wainwright On His New Album, "I've Done That Whole Ponderous, Psuedo-Genius Thing" See also: *Reviewed: Rufus Wainwright at the Orpheum Theater, 5/12/12 *With the Help of Mark Ronson, Rufus Wainwright Learns to Dance Rufus Wainwright's new album Out of the Game is widely being... More >>

West Coast Sound

4:30 am
May. 11, 2012
Yes, Young Hines Is His Real Name By William Lamb Unlike Young Jeezy or even Young M.C., Young Hines is the Georgia-born, Nashville-based singer-songwriter's real name. A harried nurse scribbled "Young Mr. Hines" on a patient inf... More >>

West Coast Sound

4:00 am
May. 11, 2012
Get Ready For Los Angeles' Biggest Rap Battle in Years See also: Top Ten Rap Albums For People Who Don't Know Shit About Hip-Hop Rap battles have always been important in hip-hop. Many aspects of the genre's evolution and spirit of competition have s... More >>

West Coast Sound

3:34 am
May. 11, 2012
Fanatics! Henry Rollins' KCRW Show Tomorrow Night: More Aussie Music, Boris KCRW Broadcast #164 for Saturday, May 12, 2012 See also: Henry Rollins: The Column! R.I.P. MCA Fanatics! Hello from beautiful Western Australia! This will be the last Saturday I will be here. So... More >>

West Coast Sound

3:30 am
May. 11, 2012
Best Coast on Designing Clothes for Urban Outfitters, and Other Subjects See also: *The Branding of Best Coast *Our Best Coast cover story from 2010 Our music feature this week focuses on indie-pop duo Best Coast. They're a band with a lot of fans and a lot of criti... More >>

West Coast Sound

9:43 am
May. 10, 2012
Jimmy Cliff - Sonos Studio - 5/9/12 Jimmy Cliff Sonos Studio 5/9/12 Better than: Staying in and watching The Harder They Come. Sonos Studio had an auspicious debut in Los Angeles last night, hosting a evening of music and conver... More >>

West Coast Sound

5:00 am
May. 10, 2012
With Apologies to The Daily Show, Here's Today's Moment of Zen Illustration by Max Kornell We've had a lot to say about Adam Yauch, which you can read below. But, in a way, this kind of says it all. RIP MCA ... More >>

West Coast Sound

4:00 am
May. 10, 2012
Five Bizarre Social Networking Sites From Musicians Remember about a decade ago when every rapper had to have his own clothing line? And then remember about four years ago when every rapper had to have his own social networking site? Surprisingly, ... More >>

West Coast Sound

4:00 am
May. 10, 2012
Henry Rollins: The Column! R.I.P. MCA [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 >>

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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
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