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The Juggalos are known to be a tough crowd
The hills of Cave-In Rock Illinois are alive this week with the sound of the 14th Annual Gathering of the Juggalos. And while we have no doubt the vast majority of the fans are going to have a great time,...
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Guns 'N' Roses' Appetite For Destruction and N.W.A.'s Straight Outta Compton arrived in the summers of 1987 and 1988, respectively. Titanic records, they foreshadowed the more confrontational music of the '90s. Both tell parallel tales of Los Angeles...
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[Editor's note: Weekly scribe Jeff Weiss's column, "Bizarre Ride," appears on West Coast Sound every Wednesday. His archives are available here.]
Echo Park isn't particularly ripe for transcendence. Subtract the recently reopened lake and the rollin...
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Chuck E. Cheese
[Editor's Note: Shea Serrano sometimes writes about Why This Song Sucks, and sometimes about his hilarious and poignant life and times. Better put your shoes on because your socks are about to be blown off.]
The very first job I...
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Drake is both a successful, critically acclaimed popstar, and a bona fide human meme. He shifts from angry, over-the-top braggadocio to desperate, doubting, melancholy croons. He's either coolly assured in his sexuality or skeptical he'll ever find s...
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We're not saying this guy is a boner sidler, but his t-shirt illustrates the problem.
Gentleman, this is a public service announcement.
We know that things can get hot and sweaty on the dance floor. The atmosphere is festive, the music is peakin...
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Phish
Hollywood Bowl
8/5/13
Better than...playing hackey sack alone
It would be understandable if the members of Phish were a bit little exhausted heading into their show at the Hollywood Bowl. A month long summer tour has seen the band make its wa...
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Ras G
Tired of hip-hop that seems to be stuck in the past or trying too hard to be the future? Well, Brainfeeder artist Ras G will have you know that they're actually the same thing. An instrumental hip-hop artist bred in south L.A., his new album...
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Dear Fan,
I'm in a weird spot with my music "career." I have a label that's actually willing to put my stuff out, but the last album barely broke even. I don't tour and I don't even have a band with which to play local live shows. Since I'm doing thi...
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Get off your phone!
Twenty-four hours of partying over two days is a lot, but many took the plunge over the weekend for Hard Summer, the annual two day electro-fest.
See also: The Best of Hard Summer 2013
70,000 attendees descended upon Chinato...
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Hard happens a lot. The L.A.-based festival series spearheaded by Gary Richards does one-off events in Los Angeles and beyond year round, and their big events Day of the Dead and Hard Summer are highlights on the electronic festival circuit.
See al...
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Sunset Strip Music Festival
Sunset Strip, West Hollywood
Aug. 1-3, 2013
The Sunset Music festival sought to reverse sagging attendance this year, and the line-up got a shake-up. There was less emphasis on head-banging, with instead such artists as r...
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Hanni El Khatib -- See Thursday
Don't forget to check our constantly-updated Los Angeles Concert Calendar
Monday, August 5
The Janks, The Herbert Bail Orchestra
THE SATELLITE
The Herbert Bail Orchestra's lead singer and guitarist Anthony Fratt...
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Mark McGrath
By Michael Alan Goldberg
Courtesy of founder/organizer/smirkmerchant Mark McGrath, the shamelessly '90s-talgic "Under the Sun 2013" tour -- featuring Sugar Ray, Smash Mouth, Gin Blossoms, Fastball and Vertical Horizon -- aiming to ta...
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Miguel
Hollywood Palladium
8-1-13
Better than: Wine and candlelight
Miguel wants to love you. He wants to kiss you. He wants to hold you and make you feel like a woman. He wants to adorn you with his affection. He is also apparently, judging by hi...
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RADIO BROADCAST #227
08-04-13
See also: Henry Rollins: Treating Our Citizens Like Dogs
Fanatics! I am still in Germany, doing the shows and preparing our show for this weekend. I will have it fully finished over the weekend, and it will be ...
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Hard Summer -- See Saturday
Don't forget to check our constantly-updated Los Angeles Concert Calendar
Friday, August 2
Kitten
THE TROUBADOUR
Kitten, local kids born in the '90s yet channeling the '80s, are an A&R exec's dream. The group is a c...
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Daphne Guinness at Giorgios
On the Rox
9009 W. Sunset Blvd., W. Hlywd., at., Aug. 3, 4-8 p.m.
The Standard Hollywood
8300 Sunset Blvd., W. Hlywd., Sat., Aug. 3, 10 p.m.
The Robertson
665 N. Robertson Blvd., W, Hlwd., Sat., Aug. 3, 10 p.m.
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Afrojack
By Natasha Miller
One imagines that when you're standing behind the decks at a massive concert, a solitary king ruling over an undulating sea of adoring fans, it's hard not to feel a surge of absolute power and control. After all, you're...
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Now in its sixth year, the Sunset Strip Music Festival attracts sweaty denizens to Sunset Boulevard every summer, many dressed in leather pants and other hair metal-era duds. The entertainments include food trucks, booze and a long ...
