Souls of Mischief Souls of Mischief The El Rey 8/16/2013 This year marks hip-hop's 40th anniversary. It also marks the 20th anniversary of one of hip-hop's greatest albums, Souls of Mischief's 93 'til Infinity. The title track has been rapped ove...
Coolio has brought so much happiness to your life already, but that's potentially just the beginning. How would you like to retire off of his music? See also: Little Known Facts About Coolio, Who Is 50 (!) Today That could happen, should you decide...
For five magical days again this year Cave-in-Rock, Illinois hosted one of our favorite events, The Gathering of the Juggalos. We met many characters, and our photographer, Nate "Igor" Smith captured them all. There was the naked BBQing Juggalo, th...
RADIO BROADCAST #229 08-18-13 See also: Stop and frisk needs to stop Fanatics! Currently fighting jet lag in Seoul, South Korea. The weather here is nuts. At night, it cools down to a mellow 90-something. During the day, forget it. I have n...
Them Jeans -- See Friday Don't forget to check our constantly-updated Los Angeles Concert Calendar Friday, August 16 James Murphy 333 LIVE Leave it to James Murphy to dig up the Herb Alpert deep cuts, and to kick off a mix with a song that sou...
James Murphy 333 LIVE 333 S. Boylston St., Fri. Aug. 16, 9 p.m. STUDIO 69 Sat., Aug. 17, 10 p.m.-3 a.m., Location TBD; check Facebook THE ECHO 1822 Sunset Blvd., Sun., Aug. 18, 10 p.m.- 2 a.m. Here's the bad news: Summer's fading fast. The...
Really though, just how different is 2Chainz? By Ali Lerman Every day (and sometimes every hour) a new and amazing hashtag will appear on Twitter and BAM! The Twittersphere is overrun with gems. Case in point: #UnansweredRapQuestions. Because le...
This week New York City's "stop & frisk" tactics were deemed by Federal judge Shira A. Scheindlin to be unfairly slanted towards minorities and therefore unconstitutional and struck down. New York mayor Michael Bloomberg was not at all happy about t...
Miguel Joya Though he'd never met Miguel Joya, Al De La Riva was often mistaken for him. Random women would come up and hug De La Riva -- a 28-year-old veteran of the East Los Angeles backyard scene -- and guys would put him in headlocks, thinking...
[Editor's note: Check it out, nerds! Tune Deaf is our new comic, focusing on music culture in Los Angeles. We hope you will like it!] Like us on Facebook at LAWeeklyMusic. Follow @laweeklymusic The 20 Worst Hipster Bands The 20 Worst Bands of Al...
"We're not just covering songs. We're rearranging them and making them fresh for new audiences to carry them on," says Itai Shapira of The Decoders, a group that started out as a studio project but took on a life of its own. The concept is this: Ea...
Eastside Luna Luv By Gabriel San Roman Las Cafeteras, a seven-piece son jarocho inspired ensemble from East Los Angeles, are beaming after the release of their latest music video "Luna Lovers," which we debuted last week. The song is the second...
fri 9/13 Monophonics THE MINT Monophonics are like a whole section of the record store come to life -- especially that wall above the register, where they keep the serious stuff. The Bay Area band does acrobatic songs that loop the loop from c...
Walshy Fire with Major Lazer at Ultra 2013 Mad Decent's block party hits our town today September 14 at L.A. Center Studios. The event features Riff Raff, Matt & Kim, Sasha Go Hard and headliners Major Lazer. You know what a Major Lazer party is ...
[Editor's note: Weekly scribe Jeff Weiss's column, "Bizarre Ride," appears on West Coast Sound every Wednesday. His archives are available here.] See also: Julia Holter Dims the Noise The dog days of summer haven't deterred the Dodgers. After a bru...
Joan Jett and Lita Ford at the Whisky in August 1977 The story of The Runaways is mythic for many reasons: Sure, hot jailbait girls were involved, but then there's the fact that two of them went on to become bonafide, solo rockstars. There's also...
[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.] There's really no other way to set this u...
Cody Morin: Juggalo, Make-A-Wish recipient, not a gang member [Editor's note: Daniel Hill and Drew Ailes covered the 2013 Gathering of the Juggalos in Cave-in-Rock, Illinois.] Seventeen-year old Cody Morin has been sponsored by the Make-A-Wish f...
Alan Thicke Robin Thicke's "Blurred Lines" is the song of the summer, and helps continue the Thicke family's run of pop culture ubiquity. After all, Robin's father Alan played Kirk Cameron's father on Growing Pains, penned the theme songs for The...
Sleep tight! [Editor's note: Daniel Hill and Drew Ailes covered the 2013 Gathering of the Juggalos in Cave-in-Rock, Illinois.] At the Gathering of the Juggalos, festivities run daily from noon until 5 a.m. That's when things get weird. After hou...
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