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Boise

  • Blogs

    February 20, 2013

    L.A. Weekly Theater Awards 2013: The Nominees

    See past recipients: *2012 *2011 (winners) *2011 (nominees) *2010 (winners) *2010 (nominees) *2009 (winners) *2009 (nominees) *2008 (winners) *2008 (nominees) Start looking for your postapocalyptic-chic attire. The 34th annual L.A. Weekly Theater Awards, celebrating the best work on our smaller sta ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 24, 2013

    Theater to See in L.A. This Week, Including Jane Kaczmarek in The Snake Can

    Kathryn Graf's new comedy about women slipping into middle-age, The Snake Can, is this week's pick of the week. Also a nod for Cathy Rigby reprising her decades-long performance in Peter Pan. See below for all the latest New Theater Reviews, and this week's comprehensive stage listings. Also, two s ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 17, 2013

    Theater to See in L.A. This Week, Including Dostoevsky's Notes From Underground

    Nods this week for Laguna Playhouse's production of Neil Simon's Chapter Two and Dostoevsky's Notes from Underground at Zombie Joe's Underground in North Hollywood. For the latest new reviews and comprehensive stage listings, see below. Tanna Frederick and Robert Standley star in N. Richard Nash's T ... More >>

  • Stage

    January 10, 2013

    Emancipation Proclamations

    Ingmar Bergman's Nora and two plays by Horton Foote at Open Fist Theatre present defiant women, in ways that feel almost nostalgic

  • Blogs

    January 10, 2013

    Theater to See in L.A. This Week, Including a Solo Show About Pioneering Actress Hattie McDaniel

    Our critic Lovell Estell was entranced by Vickilyn Reynolds' performance in a show based on the life of Hattie McDaniel, Hattie -- What I Need You To Know. For all the latest New Theater Reviews, and comprehensive stage listings, see below.This week's Stage Feature takes a look a three shows th ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 3, 2013

    Theater to See in L.A. This Week, Including Sherlock's Last Case

    No new reviews this week, but these will return at the same time next week, as the new theater season gets underway. See below for complete listings of shows to see this week.In this week's stage feature, we asked our stable of critics what they most dread and anticipate when being assigned a s ... More >>

  • Calendar

    January 3, 2013

    A Bright New Boise

    No new reviews this week, but these will return at the same time next week, as the new theater season gets underway. See below for complete listings of shows to see this week.In this week's stage feature, we asked our stable of critics what they most dread and anticipate when being assigned a s ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 29, 2012

    Theater to See in L.A. This Week, Including Japanese War Brides Musical Tea, With Music

    A musical about World War II war brides, Tea, With Music, for which the author, Velina Hasu Houston, has added songs and music for this production, is our Pick of the Week. For all new theater reviews, see below. This week's stage fature looks a couple of plays aiming to be light fare: Micha ... More >>

  • Calendar

    November 22, 2012

    Outta Site

    A musical about World War II war brides, Tea, With Music, for which the author, Velina Hasu Houston, has added songs and music for this production, is our Pick of the Week. For all new theater reviews, see below. This week's stage fature looks a couple of plays aiming to be light fare: Micha ... More >>

  • Calendar

    November 1, 2012

    A Bright New Boise

    A musical about World War II war brides, Tea, With Music, for which the author, Velina Hasu Houston, has added songs and music for this production, is our Pick of the Week. For all new theater reviews, see below. This week's stage fature looks a couple of plays aiming to be light fare: Micha ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 30, 2012

    Why Would Any Band Play Spokane?

    Are you a musician? Is your group having issues? Ask Fan Landers! Critic Jessica Hopper has played in and managed bands, toured internationally, booked shows, produced records, worked as a publicist, and is the author of The Girls' Guide to Rocking, a how-to for teen ladies. She is here to help you ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 4, 2012

    Henry Rollins: The Column! Our 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.] Today: I am in Oklahoma City. Outside the tour bus, the wind is blowing nonstop, hair-dryer ho ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 27, 2012

    Henry Rollins: The Column! How I Spend My Nights Off

    [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.] It is a night off. I am in Boise, Idaho, sitting in the Crux, a coffeehouse on Main Street. No ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 27, 2012

    Rollins Announces "Capitalism" Tour, Will Hit Each State Capital

    [Look for your weekly fix from the one and only Henry Rollins right here on West Coast Sound every Thursday.] Henry Rollins doesn't keep his political opinions quiet; in a column last fall about the Occupy protesters he recounted how senator Rand Paul "made a fool of himself trying to compare them ... More >>

  • Music

    May 31, 2012

    Kurt Vile, Santigold, Rusko

    Also, Star & Dagger, Charli XCX, Church of Misery and others

  • Blogs

    May 1, 2012

    Law & Order, Special Fugly Unit: Parker Center, 150 N. Los Angeles St., Downtown

    The building that housed the LAPD's headquarters between 1955 and 2009 starred in TV shows like Dragnet in its heyday, but its slow, fifty-year slide into disrepair gave it a real world stigma that's left it tarnished and crumbling from the inside out -- most obviously because the community doesn't ... More >>

  • Columns

    November 24, 2011

    Occupy L.A.: The Revolution Is Being Televised

    After 46 arrests for civil disobedience, Occupy L.A. feels its oats

  • Blogs

    November 3, 2011

    Youth Lagoon - The Echo - 11-02-11

    Cara Robbins​By Aly Comingore Youth Lagoon The Echo 11-02-11 Better than... a Wednesday night in Boise, Idaho. Most who turned out for Youth Lagoon's sold-out show at the Echo on Wednesday came wondering: how would the band's much-lauded debut record hold up on stage? It was, after all, onl ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 21, 2011

    The Airborne Toxic Event Likes Motorcycles, Mexican Food and Blowing Stuff Up

    Andrea DomanickThe Airborne Toxic Event holds it down at El Gran Burrito​See also: Airborne Toxic Event Want You On the Edge of Their Seat In this week's annual Music Issue, we go on a date catch up with hometown heroes The Airborne Toxic Event, on a motorcycle ride to some of their favorite ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 26, 2011

    In-N-Out Threatens Burger Express with Lawsuit

    A side-by-side comparison of In-N-Our's logo with the logo of Burger Express.​In-N-Out Burger is seeing red when it comes to Idaho's Burger Express. The Boise-based restaurant, which has been open about a month, sports a red sign with a splashy yellow arrow running through it diagonally. Look ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 24, 2011

    The Official Guide to the Best Cathouses in Nevada dishes about prostitutes' "sweet jellyboxes" and johns' "wank-wank sack bags"

    ​Each Thursday, your Crap Archivist brings you the finest in forgotten and bewildering crap culled from basements, thrift stores, estate sales and flea markets. I do this for one reason: Knowledge is power. The Official Guide to the Best Cathouses in Nevada Date: 2002 Publisher: Straight ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 20, 2011

    EXCLUSIVE: Lemmy Talks about the Decay of Good Strip Clubs in LA, Asshole Politicians, and What He's Reading Right Now ("Winnie the Pooh"--No, Really)

    Gustavo TurnerAt the Rainbow: Lemmy's buddy Scottie, Lemmy's son Paul Inder, Lemmy's movie co-director Greg Olliver, lovely Rainbow bartender Kristin, some English dude, Lemmy's movie co-director Wes Orshoski​Last week, more than usual, it was Lemmy-Geddon in L.A. Starting with the icon-studde ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 28, 2010

    Tonight: Built to Spill, Corinne Bailey Rae, Fun., Fear, Foxy Shazam, Kate Nash

    Built to Spill​Seven albums in and 18 years on, Built to Spill has become a band for lifers -- there's something about Doug Martsch's leaden, catchy guitar hooks that never gets old, no matter how tightly you pack your earplugs. The pride of Boise, Idaho, is winding down what will probably be ... More >>

  • Calendar

    October 7, 2010

    BEST NEUROTIC FUNNY LADY

    Built to Spill​Seven albums in and 18 years on, Built to Spill has become a band for lifers -- there's something about Doug Martsch's leaden, catchy guitar hooks that never gets old, no matter how tightly you pack your earplugs. The pride of Boise, Idaho, is winding down what will probably be ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 13, 2010

    Guest Blogger: Letters from Rasputina, Part 4

    Guest Blogger: Rasputina's Melora​ [Rasputina's Melora Creager, the undisputed doyenne of cello-based, kinda-goth, steampunk-avant-la-lettre indie music, has graciously agreed to guest-blog for West Coast Sound in anticipation of their upcoming LA gig at the Troubadour, this Saturday, August 1 ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 15, 2010

    The Melvins Attack the West Coast on New Tour

    The Melvins Attack the West Coast on New Tour

  • Blogs

    July 13, 2010

    Live Review: Kings of Leon at the Hollywood Bowl

    Timothy NorrisThe Kings of Lion at the Hollywood "Fucking" Bowl​[For more photos of the Kings of Leon show and audience, make sure to check out Timothy Norris' slideshow.] Last night, a gigantic family affair took place at the legendary Hollywood Bowl when three brothers and a cousin from Nas ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 20, 2009

    Knitting Factory Hollywood Closing Its Doors

    You could maybe see the writing on the walls as far back as last year, when the Knitting Factory, located in the heart of Hollywood just down from the intersection of Hollywood and Highland, was dealing with occupancy issues. The neighborhood wanted them out, were unhappy with the direction the club ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 14, 2009

    Miss Derringer Returns with New Album, Live Dates

    Miss Derringer is a band with a story, a woman named for a gun who lives on the outskirts of the law, each song revealing another layer of heartache and conflict. On Winter Hill, LA-based group's latest disc, released today, Miss Derringer is caught in the midst of the Boston Irish mob wars of the ... More >>

  • Film+TV

    April 9, 2009

    Leave Him to Heaven: R.I.P. Steven Bach, 1940-2009

    Miss Derringer is a band with a story, a woman named for a gun who lives on the outskirts of the law, each song revealing another layer of heartache and conflict. On Winter Hill, LA-based group's latest disc, released today, Miss Derringer is caught in the midst of the Boston Irish mob wars of the ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 23, 2009

    Henry Clay People Sidelined: Fistfights and Drinking in Fort Collins, Colorado?

    Kevin Bronson over at Buzzbands has reprinted an email sent from Henry Clay People, who have been touring with the Airborne Toxic Event. Seems ATE kingpin Mikel Jollett is sidelined with laryngitis, and while the two groups are awaiting his recovery, shit's going down with HCP.

  • Calendar

    February 5, 2009

    Boise Good Dancer

    Kevin Bronson over at Buzzbands has reprinted an email sent from Henry Clay People, who have been touring with the Airborne Toxic Event. Seems ATE kingpin Mikel Jollett is sidelined with laryngitis, and while the two groups are awaiting his recovery, shit's going down with HCP.

  • Stage

    September 25, 2008

    Athlete's Feats: Trey McIntyre Project

    The daring choreographer makes his West Coast debut at Laguna Dance Festival

  • Calendar

    September 25, 2008

    Athlete’s Feats

    The Trey McIntyre Project makes its local debut

  • Music

    September 4, 2008

    Rock Picks: DJ Quik, Alejandro Escovedo, Ratatat

    Also, the Bad Plus, Amos Lee, Built to Spill, and more

  • Calendar

    June 5, 2008

    Boise, USA

    Also, the Bad Plus, Amos Lee, Built to Spill, and more

  • Stage

    June 5, 2008

    Theater Reviews: Jen and Angie, I'm Just Wild About Harry

    Also, Money & Run, Boise U.S.A. and more

  • Stage

    November 1, 2007

    Doom and Blooms

    The Tiger Lillies

  • Stage

    June 8, 2006

    Theater Reviews

    The Tiger Lillies

  • News

    May 11, 2006

    Big Mammals, Yes! Bugs and Things, No!

    Welcome to Ron Arnold’s pieceable kingdom

  • News

    April 13, 2006

    Quaking Politicians

    They ignore and delay the inevitable on immigrants’ rights at their own peril

  • News

    December 9, 2004

    Turn That Smile Into a Brown

    How the Orange bishop put the deal together

  • Film+TV

    June 26, 2003

    Art vs. Science

    Matthew Barney’s a bore; the Hubble Space Telescope’s a blast

  • Music

    June 5, 2003

    Rubble Rockers

    Matthew Barney’s a bore; the Hubble Space Telescope’s a blast

  • News

    May 22, 2003

    Willful Perversity

    Matthew Barney and “The Cremaster Cycle”

  • News

    January 31, 2002

    Letters

    Matthew Barney and “The Cremaster Cycle”

  • News

    August 2, 2001

    Tax Free Speech

    Pro-industry Frontiers of Freedom challenges Rainforest Action Network’s tax-exempt status

  • LA Life

    January 18, 2001

    Total Immersion

    Running the Salmon River

  • Art+Books

    February 17, 2000

    Gary Gilmore, Meet Harry Houdini

    Matthew Barney on his film Cremaster 2

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