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  • Blogs

    April 5, 2012

    Anthony Wilson Quartet - Blue Whale - 4/4/12

    See also: Anthony Wilson, Guitar Pin-up, Begins His Month-long Residency at the Blue Whale Anthony Wilson Quartet Blue Whale 4/4/12 Better than... the guy from 24 Hour Party People playing guitar all night. Last night, before a full house, guitarist-composer-arranger Anthony Wilson began his four ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 7, 2012

    John Pisano Guitar Night with Mundell Lowe - Lucy's 51 - 3/6/12

    John Pisano Guitar Night w/ Mundell Lowe Lucy's 51 3-6-12 Better than ...Nancy Reagan's 90th birthday. John Pisano has been a fixture in Los Angeles for a long time. His tasteful tones have backed musicians like Tony Bennett, Frank Sinatra and Chico Hamilton, but for over fifteen years now he has ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 20, 2012

    Etta James Is Dead

    See also: R&B Legend Etta James Has Dementia, Reveals Sordid Riverside County Money Lawsuit Etta James passed away today at the age of 73 at Riverside Community Hospital in Riverside. James, born Jamesetta Hawkins, suffered a number of health problems at the time of her death, including leukemia an ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 9, 2012

    I Am Shelby Lynne Is the Best Breakup Album Ever

    Breaking up blows. But if there's any bright side to the storm of emotions that makes it hard to eat/sleep/function like a normal human that follows in the wake of a breakup, it's the chance to do some really indulgent, fully acceptable wallowing. And for that, you need a good breakup album. Shelb ... More >>

  • Music

    August 25, 2011

    Music Picks: Janet Jackson, John Escreet Quartet, DJ Quik, Charles Bradley

    Also, Charlie Haden Quartet West, John Williams, Philip Glass and others

  • Blogs

    February 17, 2011

    Henry Rollins: The Column! Rollins on Being an Angeleno in New York (and Missing Joey Ramone)

    Timothy Norris​[The one and only Henry Rollins contributes a weekly column and far-reaching reportage to the music section of the LA Weekly. Look for your weekly Henry Rollins fix right here on West Coast Sound every Wednesday and make sure to tune in to Henry's KCRW radio show every Saturday ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 31, 2011

    R. Kelly Interviewed by Will Oldham/Bonnie Prince Billy (No, Really): The Highlights

    ​The current issue of Interview magazine--the celebrities-talking-to-other-celebrities journal invented by Andy Warhol--features an interview with Aziz Anzari-impersonator (and strangest person in the whole music industry) R. Kelly. The interviewer?: indie man of many hats Will Oldham (aka Bon ... More >>

  • Music

    December 16, 2010

    Ari Up: Punky Reggae Icon

    Honoring the Slits singer with a never-before-published interview

  • Music

    November 4, 2010

    The L.A. Weekly Interview: Best Coast

    A few songs about her crazy, lazy, hazy L.A. world turned Bethany Cosentino into a global icon of cool. Yeah, she's as surprised as you are

  • Blogs

    September 16, 2010

    Stage Raw: Voombodian Women from Outer Space!

    COMPREHENSIVE THEATER LISTINGSNEW THEATER REVIEWSTheater FEATURE on Happy Ending and WaterVOOMBODIAN WOMEN FROM OUTER SPACE! Staged reading of Barry Schwam's new play at Sierra Madre Playhouse, 87 W. Sierra Madre Blvd., in Sierra Madre. Sun., 7:30 p.m. $5 (626) 355-4318 AN EVENING WITH PAT BOONE, ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 9, 2010

    Stage Raw: Circle X and Bootleg Hook Up to Read Plays

    COMPREHENSIVE THEATER LISTINGSNEW THEATER REVIEWSTheater FEATURE on John StepplingCIRCLE X AND BOOTLEG HOOK UP TO READ PLAYS Circle X Theatre Company and Bootleg are joining forces to present a series of Monday night readings of new works, starting September 13, at the Bootleg venue. Playwrights s ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 28, 2009

    Stage Raw: Rachel Rosenthal at 83

    COMPREHENSIVE THEATER LISTINGSLATEST NEW REVIEWSSTAGE FEATURE on Poland, where theater is hipRACHEL ROSENTHAL AT 83 ​The Rachel Rosenthal Company (founded in 1989) is throwing a fundraiser to help celebrate the performance artist's 83rd birthday, past achievements and the upcoming publication o ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 21, 2009

    Stage Raw: L.A. shows NYC-bound

    COMPREHENSIVE THEATER LISTINGSLATEST THEATER REVIEWSSTAGE FEATURE on Leonard Nimoy and Company of AngelsL.A. SHOWS HEADING EAST ​SoulArt Productions presentation of Alex Lyras' The Common Air - a nominee in last year's L.A. Weekly Theatre Awards solo performance award for its 2008 run at the Asylu ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 14, 2009

    Ten Best LA Recordings 2009 (So Far)

    ​Last week as we were sorting through our piles of CDs and accumulated MP3 files, we started to notice how big the stack of recent excellent LA music was. It became apparent that we're in the middle of a pretty great year for Los Angeles releases, and decided to give mid-year props to our fave ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 13, 2009

    Stage Raw: Clowntown City Limits

    THE LATEST NEW REVIEWS ARE EMBEDDED IN THIS WEEK'S COMPREHENSIVE THEATER LISTINGSNEW REVIEW THEATER PICK CLOWNTOWN CITY LIMITSPhoto by Ed RachlesImagine a personable, grimy, makeup-smeared, cigar-chomping guy in a tank top, not unlike Tommy Lee Jones, playing cards outdoors on the porch of some tra ... More >>

  • Music

    April 9, 2009

    Easy Come Easy Go: Marianne Faithfull and Hal Willner's Songs of Tragedy and Heartbreak

    Icon's sandpaper vocals sing it like no one else

  • Music

    May 22, 2008

    Scarlett Johansson's Album of Tom Waits Covers Doesn't Suck

    Icon's sandpaper vocals sing it like no one else

  • Blogs

    April 27, 2008

    Coachella Day Two: The Triumvirate of Kraftwerk, Portishead and Prince

    The Coachella mainstage on Saturday night was a glory to behold, a spirit-lifting evening celebrating joy through technology, through contemplation and through celebration. In a single four hour chunk of time, the lucky masses at Coachella witnessed two-and-a-half humongous performances, two of whic ... More >>

  • Stage

    September 20, 2007

    Theater Listings

    For the Week of Sept. 21-27

  • Music

    March 29, 2007

    Amy Winehouse, Beehive and All

    U.K. soul mama gets crowned on the Sunset Strip Monday, March 19, at the Roxy

  • Music

    February 15, 2007

    Grammy Shmammy

    U.K. soul mama gets crowned on the Sunset Strip Monday, March 19, at the Roxy

  • Music

    February 8, 2007

    Rock Picks

    For the week of Feb. 8 - 15

  • Music

    February 1, 2007

    Rock Picks

    For February 1–8

  • News

    February 1, 2007

    Moz the Cat

    In which Steven Patrick Morrissey speaks of ghosts, glam rock, Obama... and why squirrels like him

  • Music

    May 25, 2006

    If God's Good Word Goes Unspoken

    Feeling Sublime, 10 years after

  • Stage

    January 26, 2006

    Sentimental Journal

    Notes from Billy Crystal’s diary

  • Music

    May 5, 2005

    I Gotta Be Mimi!

    On The Emancipation of Mimi, Mariah Carey flaunts seven octaves, three races, a bundle of nerves, and one king-hell identity crisis

  • Music

    March 31, 2005

    Tender-Fried Juicy Love Bits

    On The Emancipation of Mimi, Mariah Carey flaunts seven octaves, three races, a bundle of nerves, and one king-hell identity crisis

  • Music

    March 24, 2005

    Bless the Child

    Marianne Faithfull’s life after the poison

  • Art+Books

    July 1, 2004

    What Lies Beneath

    Carl Hancock Rux on Asphalt, war-torn cities and the state of black literature in America

  • Columns

    September 18, 2003

    Shopping While Black

    Carl Hancock Rux on Asphalt, war-torn cities and the state of black literature in America

  • Music

    July 24, 2003

    Lick My Detox

    At work and play with rockaholics the Sharp Ease

  • Music

    March 27, 2003

    We Are Familia

    Rock, romance and Go Betty Go

  • News

    October 24, 2002

    Sam & Dave

    The politics of mixology

  • News

    March 21, 2002

    Secret Agent

    Cecil Taylor has evolved you

  • Columns

    February 21, 2002

    TRIBES: Kittens and Puppies and Birds, Oh My

    Cecil Taylor has evolved you

  • News

    May 24, 2001

    Letters

    Cecil Taylor has evolved you

  • News

    October 12, 2000

    The Elixirs

    Charles Lloyd on ultrapolation, dehumidification and the sound

  • Music

    June 1, 2000

    Sea of Lov

    Charles Lloyd on ultrapolation, dehumidification and the sound

  • Calendar

    May 25, 2000

    Him Write Funny

    David Sedaris and the art of self-mockery

  • Music

    May 4, 2000

    American Beauty

    Dead Phish taste the best

  • Music

    November 18, 1999

    Altered Chords

    Artie Shaw on music, God, sex & fame

  • Music

    July 1, 1999

    Juke Joint Jive

    Jimmie Maddin on the L.A. scene circa the '40s & '50s

  • Art+Books

    May 20, 1999

    Frank

    An homage to Sinatra

  • Music

    March 19, 1998

    Jazz Central

    Oral history from a vanished Los Angeles

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