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Prohgress (Left) and Kev Nish (Right)
[Editor's note: Soon-to-be-award-winning gonzo music journalist Danielle Bacher prowls the late late night scene for West Coast Sound. For this installment, she hit the town with L.A. hip-hop group Far East Mo...
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By Brittany Spanos
Britney Spears' new song "Work Bitch" debuted recently, and she also announced her upcoming two year residency in Las Vegas.
The single, helmed by an EDM heavyweight, is in the vein of her will.i.am collaboration "Scream & Shout...
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Bob Marley
[Editor's Note: Best Album Ever is a column where critics talk about their favorite records and what was happening in their lives when they got into them.]
When I was in fourth grade my family lived in a small apartment a block from th...
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Savages -- See Monday
Don't forget to check our constantly-updated Los Angeles Concert Calendar
Monday, September 30
Savages
THE FONDA THEATRE
When Savages laid waste to El Rey Theatre earlier this year, the thrilling new English post-punk qua...
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White and Tupac Shakur
By Jake Paine
Around 7:30 p.m. Monday, rapper Kevin "Flipside" White was shot dead in what is believed to be an unprovoked attack during a gang conflict at Watts' Nickerson Gardens and Jordan Downs housing projects, accord...
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Carcass
Few metal bands are considered to be pioneers of two distinct subgenres. As teenagers, British group Carcass brought gore-obsessed grindcore to the forefront with their 1988 debut Reek of Putrefaction and the next year's follow-up Symphoni...
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Zola Jesus -- See Friday
Don't forget to check our constantly-updated Los Angeles Concert Calendar
Friday, September 27
Zola Jesus, J.G. Thirlwell
HOLLYWOOD FOREVER CEMETERY
Raised in the woods of Wisconsin, Zola Jesus has taken the eerie still...
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RADIO BROADCAST #235
09-29-13
Fanatics! This show is so good, I can barely stand it! Take a moment to look over tonight's 31 flavors.
As some of you obviously know, VUM reached their target amount of funds to be raised to press their new al...
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Long before Riot Grrls, the Los Angeles punk scene was a breeding ground for rebellious, rockin' females. Audacious and un-apologetic on stage, in their private lives and in print, this breed of brazen babes were never just part of the scene, they ma...
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Grouplove at the Troubadour
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Marlene Perez of the Rhythm Shakers
Since 2001, Dublin-by-way-of-San Francisco transplant Reb Kennedy has released some of the highest energy rock and roll this side of Little Richard. Under the auspices of Wild Records, he's discovered and deve...
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See also: Henry Rollins: Chemical Weapons for Sale
I am still laughing about Putin's op-ed published in The New York Times on 9-11-13. Quite often, American behavior has been less than becoming, but one of the last people I will hear it from is this...
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The Fonda
9-24-13
Better than: Most anything you've ever heard from a 16-year-old girl.
Every iPhone in the house was up and Instagramming when Lorde began to sing the first few lyrics of her hit song "Royals." Her performance of the minimalistic,...
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FLOWER SNIFFIN
KITTY PETTIN
BABY KISSIN
CORPORATE ROCK
WHORES
That was the slogan emblazoned on the back of the first Nirvana t-shirt. The front depicted a simplistic drunken smiley face. Kurt Cobain's blotto logo has popped up everywhere: bumper st...
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[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.]
School has been in for four weeks already...
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Franki Chan
[Editor's note: Weekly scribe Jeff Weiss's column, "Bizarre Ride," appears on West Coast Sound every Wednesday. His archives are available here.]
The Iheartcomix offices aren't short on symbolism. For one, the Echo Park event producti...
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Moby really likes L.A. The producer/DJ/photographer and blogger moved here from his native New York three years ago, and the city, he says, suits him. He likes the people, the domesticity, the community, the aspirations, the artistic tendencies. He l...
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The Symbiosis Gathering 2013 went down in Oakdale, CA this past weekend, providing eager festies one more opportunity to get loose before festival season winds down for the fall. Check out our review of the event here.
The crowd was eclectic, with ...
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Jonwayne
Jonwayne & Mount Kimbie
Echoplex
9/24/13
Last night at the Echoplex, Stones Throw rapper/producer Jonwayne sauntered on stage with zero fanfare. In a t-shirt, basketball shorts and his now signature sandals, Wayne looked as though he'd j...
