Monday, April 8 Thao & the Get Down Stay Down THE TROUBADOUR Usually, when songwriters are as wickedly intelligent as Thao Nguyen, they tend to write morbidly gloomy and/or overly serious anthems of great meaning and purpose. That's not to say the Virginia native doesn't have her grand and heavy mo ... More >>
Twenty-two-year-old virtuoso pianist Austin Peralta died shockingly the day before Thanksgiving. Until now, details of the final hours of his life have been mostly a mystery. See also: The Life and Death of Austin Peralta His coroner's report, obtained by West Coast Sound, states that viral pneumo ... More >>
Twenty-two-year-old virtuoso pianist Austin Peralta died shockingly the day before Thanksgiving. Until now, details of the final hours of his life have been mostly a mystery. See also: The Life and Death of Austin Peralta His coroner's report, obtained by West Coast Sound, states that viral pneumo ... More >>
You can't please everyone. No sooner had my list of the five best punk rock guitarists gone up than the complaining started. Folks were annoyed that there was a tie for first, yes, but that was only one of the things they found to complain about. Mostly it was about how their no-talent low-life favo ... More >>
Friday, February 15 Foxygen ECHOPLEX If you add up the ages of Foxygen's 20-something Sam France and Jonathan Rado, then subtract it from the current year, you will verge on the era from which the duo's album, We Are the 21st Century Ambassadors of Peace & Magic, takes its cues. There isn't a '60s ... More >>
Friday, February 15 Foxygen ECHOPLEX If you add up the ages of Foxygen's 20-something Sam France and Jonathan Rado, then subtract it from the current year, you will verge on the era from which the duo's album, We Are the 21st Century Ambassadors of Peace & Magic, takes its cues. There isn't a '60s ... More >>
Friday, February 15 Foxygen ECHOPLEX If you add up the ages of Foxygen's 20-something Sam France and Jonathan Rado, then subtract it from the current year, you will verge on the era from which the duo's album, We Are the 21st Century Ambassadors of Peace & Magic, takes its cues. There isn't a '60s ... More >>
[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.] Of all the things that transpired last year, I want to take on the Sandy Hook shooting incident ... More >>
[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.] Of all the things that transpired last year, I want to take on the Sandy Hook shooting incident ... More >>
Friday, September 21 Azure Ray LARGO AT THE CORONET Both Orenda Fink and Maria Taylor went on to successful solo careers and side projects after their band Azure Ray broke up in 2004, but there was something irreplaceable about the way the two singers used to blend their sweetly sad voices together ... More >>
Friday, September 21 Azure Ray LARGO AT THE CORONET Both Orenda Fink and Maria Taylor went on to successful solo careers and side projects after their band Azure Ray broke up in 2004, but there was something irreplaceable about the way the two singers used to blend their sweetly sad voices together ... More >>
[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: Miles Davis Celebration and Postage Stamp Unveiling - Hollywood Bowl - 6/27/12 Abo ... More >>
Also, Calle 13, Andre Nickatina
Also, Lindsey Buckingham, Los Lobos, Kenny Garrett and others
Also, Charlene Soraia, Chuck Loeb, the Head Cat, Feed Me and others
Also, New Multitudes, Cool Moms, Alpha & Omega, Cloud Nothings and others
Stanley Clarke Band Catalina Bar & Grill 2-23-12 Better than...vacuuming Joan Rivers' carpet. Last night, mere blocks from Academy Award street closures and packs of scantily clad women, bassist Stanley Clarke took to the Catalina Bar & Grill to kick off the first of his three night residency, bac ... More >>
Also, Wye Oak, Jeff Lorber Band, Hiromi and others
Since the late '80s Philly-bred bassist Christian McBride has been a low end powerhouse for artists including Milt Jackson, Diana Krall and Questlove. He spent the most time in our fair city between 2006 and 2010 when he was the "Creative Chair for Jazz" with the Los Angeles Philharmonic, and ... More >>
Also, Dengue Fever, Jessie Baylin, Reigning Sound, Black Bananas and others
Also, Guns N' Roses, Weingart, Stevie Wonder's House Full of Toys, and others
Also, Jane Birkin, Human Drama, Big Jay McNeely
Also: Wadada Leo Smith's Ten Freedom Summers, Danzig and others
Also, Emmylou Harris & Her Red Dirt Boys, Odd Future, Gillian Welch and others
Also, Emmylou Harris & Her Red Dirt Boys, Odd Future, Gillian Welch and others
Also Conspiracy of Beards, Lykke Li, Khaira Arby and others
Also Conspiracy of Beards, Lykke Li, Khaira Arby and others
Miles Davis' Percussionist Brings Brazil to Footsie's
Miles Davis' Percussionist Brings Brazil to Footsie's
The 32nd Annual Playboy Jazz Festival had its typical big-name veterans play - George Benson, Marcus Miller, Chick Corea, Manhattan Transfer - but it was the lesser known performers who almost stole the show. Trombone Shorty and Orleans Ave. and Naturally 7 made their first appearances and the Pete ... More >>
Even if the only ink you sweat is your printer cartridge and your idea of iron comes in your vitamin supplements, there's a lot to recommend at this weekend's Ink-N-Iron Festival: the tunes. Among the the tatted masses, meticulously coiffed pompadours, corseted pin-up girls and acres of machi ... More >>
Hopping around with the Playboy Jazz Festival, the L.A. Jazz Quartet and Kim Richmond's Concert Jazz Orchestra
Hopping around with the Playboy Jazz Festival, the L.A. Jazz Quartet and Kim Richmond's Concert Jazz Orchestra
Last year we came down pretty hard on the numbskulls journalists in the press room at the Grammys, but would like to officially recant last year's unfair judgment. Specifically, for the record, this is what we said about what awaits the lucky Grammy winners backstage: ...their audience, a bunch of ... More >>
Also: Vocalist Nnenna Freelon, Five Peace Band with Corea, McLaughlin and Garrett
Jazz picks around L.A.
Jazz picks around L.A.
Ahn Trio shines under the night sky
A new column. Mostly jazz, some metal; all Burk. —ed.
A new column. Mostly jazz, some metal; all Burk. —ed.
A new column. Mostly jazz, some metal; all Burk. —ed.
Music materials 2004
Music materials 2004
Music materials 2004
Headbanging for credit at the Musicians Institute
Funked up, bumming you out and completely down: Electric Miles still charged for days
A guide to summer fetes and flights of fancy
Progressive jazz for your silent night
Progressive jazz for your silent night
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