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March 13, 2013
Alicia Keys - Staples Center - 3/12/13
Alicia Keys Staples Center 3/12/13 Not many New Yorkers who could march onto the Staples Center stage to Frank Sinatra's "New York, New York," ahead of a quick snippet of "Empire State of Mind" without getting the crowd fired up. (Even Jay-Z gave a semi-apologetic intro before performing the latter ... More >>
Blogs
March 12, 2013
Miguel - Red Bull Sound Space - 3/11/13
Miguel Red Bull Sound Space 3-11-13 Better Than: The nose bleed section at Staples Center. A Miguel concert is something like if strip clubs held church services during happy hour. "Take your shirt off! It's hot in here!" someone yelled at him, with the same fervor as an "amen." See also: Miguel ... More >>
Blogs
February 20, 2013
LOLing At Rappers and Basketball Players at the NBA All-Star Game
This past weekend, Houston was host city of the NBA All-Star Game, which means that Houston was the center of the rap and basketball universe. I live in Houston, and I was able to go to some of the things. Plenty of smarter people have already written about the terribleness of Ne-Yo's performance ... More >>
Blogs
February 14, 2013
Henry Rollins: Football, Violence, and America
[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 broadcast.] See also: Henry Rollins: The GOP's Disdain for Women Is Appalling A few Sundays back, in a roo ... More >>
Blogs
February 13, 2013
The Worst Traffic Jam In The History Of The Man And Maybe Even The Universe
Here's what this is: It takes EXACTLY 17 minutes for me to get from the entrance ramp of the freeway near my house to the machine at my work where employees swipe in. I know this because I have made the drive roughly 1,400 times during my seven years of employment. I also know this because I have, o ... More >>
Calendar
December 20, 2012
A Different Kind of Holiday Variety Show
Here's what this is: It takes EXACTLY 17 minutes for me to get from the entrance ramp of the freeway near my house to the machine at my work where employees swipe in. I know this because I have made the drive roughly 1,400 times during my seven years of employment. I also know this because I have, o ... More >>
Music
April 12, 2012
Coachella: Seven Lesser-Known Acts You'd Be Silly to Miss
Here's what this is: It takes EXACTLY 17 minutes for me to get from the entrance ramp of the freeway near my house to the machine at my work where employees swipe in. I know this because I have made the drive roughly 1,400 times during my seven years of employment. I also know this because I have, o ... More >>
Blogs
February 13, 2012
Why the Grammys Stink
See also: *2012 Grammys: The Best, the Worst and the Weirdest *Deadmau5, Rihanna - House of Blues - 2/13/12 *Dan Wilson: From "Closing Time" to Adele's "Someone Like You" So, our Grammy credentials were fairly limited last night. In fact, we were trapped in a room for eight hours, with journalists ... More >>
Blogs
February 13, 2012
2012 Grammys: The Best, the Worst and the Weirdest
Rebecca HaithcoatDrake's after-partySee also: *Why The Grammys Stink *Deadmau5, Rihanna - House of Blues - 2/13/12 *Dan Wilson: From "Closing Time" to Adele's "Someone Like You" Adele won everything. Kanye didn't show. Nicki Minaj out-Gaga'ed Gaga by showing up with a Pope imitator as her e ... More >>
Blogs
January 12, 2012
Syd the Kyd On Odd Future, Her Sexuality And Why She Hates The Word "Lesbian"
Star ForemanIn this week's cover story, we kick it with Odd Future members Syd the Kyd and Matt Martians, and talk with them about their new duo The Internet, whose album Purple Naked Ladies was recently released digitally. Syd also opens up about her sexuality and what it's like being in a g ... More >>
Blogs
November 18, 2011
Mary J. Blige - Club Nokia - 11-17-11
Timothy NorrisMary J. Blige Club Nokia 11/17/11 Better than ... eating ice cream after a breakup. Dressed in an aquamarine silk shirt, black leggings, lace-up knee-high boots and a fedora, Mary J. Blige belted the final chorus of a song from her upcoming album, the clumsily titled My Life ... More >>
Blogs
September 19, 2011
Five Pop Songs Ruined By Glee
Glee's GQ shootYou've got to hand it to Lea Michelle, Matthew Morrison, and the rest of the cast of the TV show Glee -- they certainly have a special talent for taking a once awesome pop song and turning it into an insufferable case of over-singing and unnecessary theatricality. The third sea ... More >>
Blogs
August 16, 2011
Top Three L.A. Bands at Outside Lands Besides Best Coast and Foster the People
Andrea Domanick OrgoneL.A. acts like Warpaint, Odd Future, Foster the People and Best Coast have really been making the festival circuit rounds this summer, and this past weekend at Outside Lands in San Francisco was no exception. Eight L.A. artists -- including Best Coast and Foster the Peop ... More >>
Blogs
May 16, 2011
Montae 'M-Bone' Talbert -- Behind Cali Swag District's 'Teach Me How to Dougie' -- Shot to Death in Inglewood Drive-By
Exposay22-year-old Montae TalbertUpdate: TMZ wildly speculates that M-Bone's murder was tied to a Twitter war over a girl, while the Los Angeles Times quotes his publicist as saying it was "a random act of violence." We're not buying either theory. Here's why, after the jump. Originally poste ... More >>
Blogs
May 2, 2011
Prince Announces More Dates for Los Angeles Residency!
At this past Saturday night's performance, Prince announced the next three dates for his 21 Nite Stand at the Forum. Again, about 85% of the tickets will be on sale for an incredible $25 (we heard that for last Thursday's show, you could walk up and get tickets for $10). As the press rel ... More >>
Blogs
April 25, 2011
Prince at The Forum Friday, 4/22: Short On Encores, Big On Surprises
Lina LecaroAt this point, fans planning to attend any of Prince's 21 shows at the Los Angeles Forum (5 in, he's got 16 to go) can count on a few things: flashy/foxy get-ups, celeb guests (dancing and/or singing), plenty of purple people in the crowd, exquisite hit medleys, and a crazy-ass, e ... More >>
Calendar
December 30, 2010
Mick Rock
Lina LecaroAt this point, fans planning to attend any of Prince's 21 shows at the Los Angeles Forum (5 in, he's got 16 to go) can count on a few things: flashy/foxy get-ups, celeb guests (dancing and/or singing), plenty of purple people in the crowd, exquisite hit medleys, and a crazy-ass, e ... More >>
Blogs
October 18, 2010
Across the Universe: New Flying Lotus Video, Weezer Best Coast, RHCP Lawsuit, R.I.P Eyedea
Across the Universe: New Flying Lotus Video, Weezer Best Coast, RHCP Lawsuit, R.I.P Eyedea
Blogs
September 13, 2010
Who Cares About Bieber, Gaga, or the VMA's? You Do! Winner Recaps Past and Present
Who Really Cares About Bieber, Gaga, or the VMA's? You Do! Winner Recaps Past and Present
Blogs
June 4, 2010
Live in L.A.: LCD Soundsystem, 50 Cent, Peanut Butter Wolf, Isis, The xx, Local Natives
James Murphy of LCD SoundsystemHope you don't feel slighted, Los Angeles. Two weekends ago on That Other Coast, LCD Soundsystem brought the house -- or, rather, Terminal 5 -- down with an eye-popping, ear-decimating, 2 1/2-hour show that wound up with "New York I Love You" and a cover of Alic ... More >>
Blogs
April 17, 2010
Day 1: Volcano, Disorganization Can't Stop the Music
We're tempted to tell you about Jim Morrison and the really interesting remixes of their old catalog featured on the soundtrack to the new documentary People Are Strange. This is because we spent a few hours listening to it trapped in traffic trying to get to the parking lot so we could get to spend ... More >>
Blogs
April 2, 2010
Tonight: DJ Skee Reinvents the Wheels of Steel with "Skeetox"
Via DJ Skee's TwitpicNo word if J. Lo is one of the surprise guests at Skeetox (Probably not). Taking the DJ performance to a new level is a tall task. Since DJs stepped outside of the club and onto the stage, they've struggled with making the often-obscure craft translate to their crowd. Wha ... More >>
Music
April 1, 2010
Music Picks: Pandit Swapan Chaudhuri, Bad Religion, Non
Also, The Wedding Present, Phil Alvin and others
Calendar
February 5, 2010
YO YAMAHA
Also, The Wedding Present, Phil Alvin and others
Blogs
February 1, 2010
Grammys' Social Media Rock Star Summit: Music Fans at the Forefront of Digital Culture
Melissa Jun RowleySocial Media Rock Stars: Digg's Kevin Rose and Mashable's Pete CashmoreFor more than half a century the Grammy Awards have been the pinnacle institution of American music. (But that doesn't mean the tone of the show and the brand itself have to be institutional.) While the ... More >>
Blogs
January 21, 2010
Mega-Telethon Broadcasting From L.A., Elsewhere
CNNAnderson Cooper.A Friday telethon to raise money for the victims of last week's earthquake in Haiti will be broadcast from Los Angeles, New York, London and Haiti, organizers announced Thursday. It will be everywhere: ABC, CBS, NBC, Fox, CNN, BET, The CW, HBO, MTV, VH1, CMT, PBS, TNT, Show ... More >>
Blogs
December 22, 2009
Nacional Records on Fire: The Ten Best Spanish-Language/Latin Albums 2009
By Christopher Lopez It's been a year of surprises in "Latin music," (whatever that catch-all genre term for Spanish-language music means in 2009). Reggaetón continues fading, albeit slowly, and the industry's mainstays aren't garnering the attention they used to. Case in point: Don Omar's summer ... More >>
Music
April 2, 2009
Five Hours of Hot and Cool With Prince at L.A. Live
The Artist: "If you fix the sound, I'll be here every night - and I'll do it for free"
Blogs
March 30, 2009
Live in L.A.: Prince's Three Shows at L.A. Live Provide Much Frustration for Many People (including Prince)
Randall RobertsPrince at L.A. Live (taken on dinky cell camera) There's a lot of responsibility to go around for the wildly uneven Six Hours of Prince gig at L.A. Live on Saturday night. You can blame AEG, the owners of L.A. Live, which is what Prince did during the final of his three performances ... More >>
Blogs
February 23, 2009
Prince Getts Off At Avalon Post-Oscars Party, Covers the Cars, Rolling Stones and Jimmy Eat World
We'll get to a review of the show in a minute, but first, oblige us to cut to the chase and share/brag/go crazy/get nuts about something: We danced on stage with Prince last night! Near the end of The Artist's astounding covers-packed set at Avalon (for his "surprise" post-Oscar bash), he had one of ... More >>
Film+TV
October 16, 2008
The Secret Life of Bees: Buzz Kill
Saccharine civil rights drama is all honey, no sting
Music
September 25, 2008
Rock Picks: Pacha Massive, Calexico, Juliana Hatfield
Also, We the People Festival, Temple Bar farewell, Mad Juana and more
Music
August 28, 2008
Rock Picks: Ice Cube, Bob Dylan, Dog and Pony Show
Also, Chuck Berry, Southern Culture on the Skids, Paul Weller, and more
Music
May 1, 2008
Rock Picks: Stagecoach, Alicia Keys, Vetiver
And other shows happening May 1-8
Blogs
February 11, 2008
Ill-Thought Out Observations From This Year's Grammy's
Because Live Blogging is so gauche. Occasionally the Grammy Committee's old fogey sensibility yields huge dividends. See the inclusion of Morris Day and the motherfucking Time. As far as I know, only two people have paid much attention to Morris Day and the Time post "Jerk Out:" the illustrious ... More >>
Columns
November 29, 2007
Stroll of Fame
Following the WGA parade through Hollywood.
News
May 3, 2007
Jailhouse Rock
Singing for supper in the Alcatraz of Arizona
Film+TV
August 24, 2006
Southern Comfort
OutKast�s flashy but flaccid Prohibition musical
Music
August 17, 2006
Microsoft Wants to Kill Your iPod, Summer Goes Pop!
OutKast�s flashy but flaccid Prohibition musical
Music
July 14, 2005
Pop-Star Poetry
Match the overpaid artist with the published verse!
Music
July 7, 2005
Live in LA
Match the overpaid artist with the published verse!
Columns
June 16, 2005
The Ego Has Landed
Match the overpaid artist with the published verse!
Music
March 31, 2005
Tender-Fried Juicy Love Bits
Match the overpaid artist with the published verse!
Columns
February 17, 2005
Killing Them, but Not Softly
Match the overpaid artist with the published verse!
Music
February 10, 2005
Every Now and Then He Falls Apart
Seeing Bright Eyes in the big picture
Music
January 20, 2005
When Legend Precedes
The erstwhile John Stephens� uphill battle with the hype
Music
December 9, 2004
Genesis Regenerated
The erstwhile John Stephens� uphill battle with the hype
News
December 25, 2003
Strange Memes and Nascent Trends
The erstwhile John Stephens� uphill battle with the hype
Music
May 2, 2002
Teen Spirit
Rockboy Ben Kweller phones home
Music
January 3, 2002
The Year in Music
Rockboy Ben Kweller phones home
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