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Wild Records Keeps Rockabilly Fresh

Since 2001, Dublin-by-way-of-San Francisco transplant Reb Kennedy has released some of the highest energy rock and roll this side of Little Richard. Under the auspices of Wild Records, he's discovered and developed new, predominantly Latino talent. The "Wild sound," as it's known abroad, isn't rot ... More >>

The Best Concerts to See in L.A. This Weekend

Don't forget to check our constantly-updated Los Angeles Concert Calendar Friday, September 6 Anticon 15th-Anniversary Party featuring Baths, Daedelus, Doseone, et al. ECHOPLEX Tip your hat to 15 years of Anticon greatness: The label/collective founded by Oakland's Adam "Doseone" Drucker has champ ... More >>

10 People Who Are Transforming Hollywood

This year's People issue celebrates the 56 Angelenos we find most intriguing. Among those 56 are fashionistas, musicians and novelists -- and, of course, the movers-and-shakers in Hollywood. Check out all of our People 2013 profiles Their influence can be felt on both the screen and behind the ... More >>

Tyrese Gibson: One-Man Band

One of the fascinating Angelenos featured in L.A. Weekly's People 2013 issue. Check out our entire People 2013 issue here. Tyrese Gibson is checking out new office space for his expanding record label, Voltron Recordz, while talking to a reporter and fielding phone calls from underlings. "I like thi ... More >>

We Review Richie Sambora's "Indie Rock" Album

Stadium rocking superstar Richie Sambora is, for some reason, attempting crossover success in the vegan-chorizo taco world of Los Angeles indie rock. See also: Richie Sambora Is Putting Out an Indie Rock Album on Dangerbird. No, Seriously After getting clean and sober and renewing his relationship ... More >>

Maná Gets Inducted Into the Hollywood Guitar Center's Rock Walk

Mexican rockers Maná made their mark in concrete as the foursome were inducted the Hollywood Guitar Center's Rock Walk yesterday. Like Bon Jovi, The Boss and Guns N' Roses all rolled into one (but from Guadalajara, Jalisco), Maná has garnered dozens of accolades -- including winning eleven Grammys ... More >>

The Silver Lake Chorus Somehow Recruited All Your Favorite Indie Artists

The Silver Lake Chorus formed in the winter of 2010 through word of mouth, flyers ("can you or anyone you know sing tenor?") and Facebook. Auditions pared 60 hopeful singers down to a choir of 25 young men and women, many of whom had previous choral experience and most of whom actually reside in Sil ... More >>

Sweden Dominated '90s Radio, and a New Generation Threatens to Do the Same

See also: What The Hell Is Backstreet Boys' "I Want It That Way" About? UPDATE: Mind-blowing Shit Has Come To Light Sweden makes big hits. And we're not talking about Abba and Ace of Base songs, we're talking about American hits. In the '90s, much of the most famous (and ridiculous) pop music was ... More >>

Alex Church Returns to L.A. and His Band Sea Wolf Dives In

Richie Sambora Is Putting Out an Indie Rock Album on Dangerbird. No, Seriously Open Fields! Alleys! The Five Most Overused Backdrops for Band Promo Photos Since his 2007 debut as Sea Wolf, Los Angeles native Alex Church has been compared to no fewer than 5 million other singer-songwriters with guit ... More >>

Richie Sambora Is Putting Out an Indie Rock Album on Dangerbird. No, Seriously

ZOMFG, Denise Richards and Richie Sambora are back together? Apparently. But we didn't ask him about that when we interviewed him on Monday, because we don't care. We care more about the Bon Jovi guitarist's upcoming indie rock album. Yep, that's right, the as-yet-unnamed record will be released by ... More >>

Vintage Trouble's Soulful Homecoming

The hills of Laurel Canyon might not be the first place you'd think to look for a gritty soul band like Vintage Trouble. But one thing that gives the band's rollicking, old-school flavor some authenticity is their decision to rehearse at their drummer Richard Danielson's house there, pitted inside a ... More >>

Henry Rollins: The Column! We Are the Aliens, Everyone Else Is Earthling

[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.] Coming to you from a small room offstage in the very cozy and cool Belly Up in Aspen, Colo., t ... More >>

Henry Rollins: The Column! Memphis on My Mind

[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.] Sitting on the tour bus, the Bon Jovi Mobile-Def Leppard Express (no offense to either corpora ... More >>

Top 20 Hair Metal Albums Of All Time: The Complete List

​See also: *Chuck Klosterman's Favorite Hair Metal Albums One day I was sitting around thinking I want to write a song about ménage a trois...and the line 'love in stereo' came into my head. Inspiration can happen anywhere at any time. -Jani Lane, Hit Parader magazine History has not been ... More >>

The Top 20 Hair Metal Albums Of All Time: #15-11

​See also: The Top 20 Hair Metal Albums Of All Time: #20-16 ​15. Spinal Tap This Is Spinal Tap soundtrack (1984) Rob Reiner's brilliant mock-rockumentary sends up longstanding hard-rock obsessions like Druids and getting super-heavy. (Aspiring local hair-metal god Paul Shortino of Roug ... More >>

Monday Morning Food News Roundup: It's National Bologna Day!

SpecialKRB / FlickrNot Oscar Mayer bologna.​It's National Bologna Day. Not the day we honor the Northern Italian city famous for its ragù, but a day to honor pressed, sliced tubes of meat. Let the lunchmeat reign -- and rain. It's also National Food Day! [LA Weekly] Drinking whiskey in the ... More >>

Stomp Grapes at Malibu Family Wines Food Fest

Flickr/MulsanneFirst, take off your shoes.​ If you've ever wanted to stomp grapes a la Lucy and Ethel, now's your chance. The 11th Annual Malibu Family Wines Grape Crush & Harvest Festival is being held this Sunday, September 25 from 12:30 to 3:30 p.m. at Saddlerock Ranch in Malibu. And, beca ... More >>

Top Five Videos Featuring School Girl Uniforms in Honor of Club Suicide's Summer School

Lina LecaroStraight to the principal's office missy!​As we suspected Carma (-you know what) was a bust this past weekend. In fact, traffic was better than ever on the streets of Los Angeles. Still, we did see one big casualty of the freeway closure and subsequent hype: nightlife. Indeed, with ... More >>

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Short Attention Span Dinner Theater: Your Week in Food, 2/7-2/11

Flickr/Lauren Manning​ In which we highlight the past week in food, either at home or abroad. "The fetish object of the week? My money's on the uni goma tofu at the new Aburiya Toranoko in Little Tokyo, which is to say a smallish cube of firm, blackish tofu made from ground, toasted sesame ... More >>

Sunset Strip Follies

Food Inc.: Michael Pollan and Eric Schlosser Discuss Food Safety, Walmart and How to Feed the World

From left to right, Evan Kleiman moderated a discussion between Michael Pollan and Eric Schlosser.​The lights in USC's Bovard Auditorium dimmed and the crowd erupted into whoops and applause. It was as if Bon Jovi was about to take the stage. But in a way, Michael Pollan and Eric Schlosser ar ... More >>

Girl Scout Cookies: Thin Mints a Runaway Favorite Amid Thinning Competition

Maigh/Flickr​ Late last week, The Wall Street Journal reported that some Girl Scout councils are tightening their sashes this cookie season -- by bailing on a few peripheral varieties and cutting back on excessive packaging. Cookies sales garner the Girl Scouts of America a staggering $714 mi ... More >>

Jersey Grub Truck Hits L.A. Streets This Weekend

Jersey Grub Truck​ Some say the only good things to come out of New Jersey have been Bruce Springsteen, Frank Sinatra, and more recently, the MTV-driven trainwreck/cultural phenomenon that is Jersey Shore. But come this weekend, another East Cost transplant -- The Jersey Grub Truck -- plans t ... More >>

Rock and Roll Hall of Fame 2011 Inductees Leaked?

​A much less momentous version of Wikileaks has interfered with the mysterious selection process for the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Website Hits Daily Double apparently got hold of the list of Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductees for 2011 a few days early (the official announcement is tomorro ... More >>

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 >>

Nightranger: We Wear It Well

Ex-Motley Crue Manager Joins Guns 'n Roses, Sebastian Bach Saves Axl's Life

Ex-Motley Crue Manager Joins Guns 'n' Roses & Sebastian Bach Saves Axl's life

And The Nominees For The 52nd Grammy Awards Are ...

Grammy Awards​Here's a running count of some of the more interesting nominees for the 52nd Grammy Awards, which were being announced Wednesday night at the Nokia Theater in downtown Los Angeles. Song of the Year: "Poker Face," Lady Gaga. "Pretty Wings," Maxwell "Single Ladies," Beyonce "You ... More >>

Slayer’s Bloody Template

More tales of serial murder and psychosis, state oppression, snuff films and endless war over oil

On the Road to Burma

Globetrotting with Ozomatli, unlikely U.S. diplomats

Movie Reviews: Anvil! The Story of Anvil, Dragonball: Evolution, Hannah Montana: The Movie

Also, The Escapist, Forbidden Lies and more

Anvil! The Story of Anvil: A Canadian Metal Band's Great Feature-Length Doc

Duo will make you laugh, cry and cheer with songs like "Hair Pie" and "Show Me Your Tits"

Song and Angst: The Rise (and Fall?) of the New, Dark L.A. Musical

“Dark times engender dark works — not just in musical theater but in all art”

Best Metal Die-Hards: Steel Panther at the Key Club

Best Frat-Boy-Free Drinking: The Roost

Straight Men Who Have Sex With Men

Inside the secret world of the straight guise

A Hero for Our Time

Are rocker video games the new MTV — and will they help save the music universe?

Shows and Tickets Coming Up

Ryan Adams - Royce Hall, UCLA, Jan. 30 and Bridges Auditorium, Claremont, Jan. 22. Both shows on sale Saturday Avenged Sevenfold, Atreyu, Suicidal Tendencies - San Diego Sports Arena, Dec. 7 - All ages Andrew Bird, Handsome Family - Orpheum, Dec. 7 Black Ghosts, Mezzanine Owls, Tweak Bird, more ... More >>

will.i.am Solves Your Girl Trouble

The Black Eyed Pea doles out some Fergielicious advice on his new CD — and online?

I'm in the Band

The rock & roll fantasy of live-band karaoke

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Live the (Party) Dream

Gil Mantera’s Party Dream at Spaceland, May 30

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Don’t Go Away Mad, Just Go Away

The Room Is Spinning!

DJs keep these bars happening

Bush Wins the Air War

Big Media gets rewards for good behavior

Stripping Lessons