RADIO BROADCAST #230 08-25-13 Fanatics! This year has gone by so fast. It just hit me that this is our last show for August and we had not done our Case of the Punks broadcast. We have been doing this one for many years now, where every Augu...
It's the last Friday in August and rapper Dom Kennedy's Other People's Money camp is throwing a promotional party at Little Tokyo's RIF consignment store; the suffocatingly hot half that's been cleared of merchandise is serving as a VIP area for the...
"Pile on that kale salad," sings Taylor Goldsmith of Dawes from the Whole Foods parking lot. The ad-libbed riff on his song "It's A Little Bit of Everything" draws a mannered whoop from the weekend afternoon crowd, who have come to politely welcome W...
Strap on your party hats! FYF Festival goes down this weekend, August 24 and 25, at L.A. State Historic Park. But that's all we're going to tell you -- test your festival knowledge with our annual FYF SAT below: View Survey Like us on Facebook at ...
Elouen Soviac Elouen Soviac is surely the world's biggest Electric Light Orchestra fan. You doubt it? Well, how about this: Elouen is not his real name, but a title he legally adopted in 2001 after using "elouen" (a word he made up) to describe th...
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Two weeks ago, I left you in Germany at the start of the Wacken Festival. Now, we continue ... Day 2, Show 1: The first show was scheduled for 1215 hrs. A 60-minute set. At 0900 hrs. a Wacken shuttle picked me up from the hotel and we made the appr...
Let's play a game. It's called "What Famous California Rap Song Does This Drawing Represent?" I just made it up. I wish it had a better name. Maybe something like "Karate Fire!" The only problem is, that wouldn't be very representative. There is zero...
Venice Sunset From the glossy, international beach dream of tobacco titan Abbot Kinney, to an oilfield slum for half a century, Venice's history has been turbulent. Because of its affordability the neighborhood attracted a diverse counterculture p...
We recently published a piece on the history of L.A. bass music, which despite some good information neglected a few years. We'd like to fill in the gaps. See also: A History of Bass Music in Los Angeles First, let's take it way back. This will be ...
Baroness frontman John Baizley (second from left) One year ago, alt-metal band Baroness was touring Europe behind the release of their criticially-acclaimed LP Yellow & Green. This ambitious double album was getting strong buzz for introducing pro...
[Editor's note: Weekly scribe Jeff Weiss's column, "Bizarre Ride," appears on West Coast Sound every Wednesday. His archives are available here.] From this spot in Silver Lake, you can walk to four medical marijuana dispensaries in a two-block radiu...
Taylor Swift Staples Center 8-19-13 Fifteen thousand people cheered for two hours straight as Taylor Swift played to a packed Staples Center crowd last night. Though my brother is correct that she looked like a Who from How The Grinch Stole Christma...
Attendees at the "Rumble on Pine" Rockabilly Block Party The Moose Lodge lounge is rocking. On this recent Saturday night in Whittier, rockabilly culture is alive and well. You know the look: The ladies are in classic polka-dot dresses and signa...
Rusko's performance at Contol in 2009 is considered a major moment in the history of L.A. Bass The term bass music is a catch-all for darker, urban breakbeat electronic music styles that include drum n' bass, dubstep, trap and some of the more ag...
Hi Fan, My husband, two cousins and a friend have been practicing in my basement for about two years (whee for me! lol). They have played quite a few open mics with good response. A few local bands have invited them to be openers and the bar where t...
Daylyt Battling another MC is a daunting enough proposition, but Watts MC Daylyt has done it while (at various times) wearing a ski-mask, stripping naked or dressed as Batman. Through it all, he's become one of the most successful and in-demand b...
"Lt. Facemelter" U.S. Air Guitar National Finals House of Blues 8/18/2013 Neon spandex, fake blood, dick bulges, and such luminaries as "Cold Steel Renegade" and Peter "Stiff" Dickens were all in effect at the U.S. Air Guitar National Finals on...
Chuckie H20 Festival L.A. State Historic Park Aug 17. 2013 The H20 Festival, held Saturday at L.A. State Historic Park, was meant to appeal to the largely untapped market of Latino hip-hop fans. Featuring Pitbull, Tribe Called Quest, Big Boi, La ...
The Polyphonic Spree- See Thursday Don't forget to check our constantly-updated Los Angeles Concert Calendar Monday, August 19 Best Coast EL REY THEATRE Best Coast's songs are so giddy and sugary that it's easy to make fun of the increasingly...
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