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February 27, 2013
Edrina Martinez Is a Space Cadet Called Astronautica
[Editor's note: Weekly scribe Jeff Weiss's column, "Bizarre Ride," appears on West Coast Sound every Wednesday. His archives are available here.] When Edrina Martinez was a little girl, she wanted to be an astronaut or a rock star. Two things got in the way of the 21-year-old electronic producer wh ... More >>
Blogs
November 6, 2012
What's the Difference Between the EDM Scene and the Beat Scene?
Dance music is all the rage these days. That time you thought giant robots were battling at your recent family reunion? Nope, that was just your 12-year-old niece listening to dubstep. See also: *Moon Rocks: The Best High on Earth *What the Hell Is Trap Music (and Why Is Dubstep Involved)? But no ... More >>
Blogs
October 15, 2012
The Best Concerts To See in L.A. This Week: Oct. 15-18
Monday, October 15 Joyce Manor CENTER FOR THE ARTS, EAGLE ROCK South Bay punk-pop band Joyce Manor have gone from house parties to festival shows pretty damn quick, but what can you do? They have charisma, hooks, the decorum you need to keep going even when your fans get obsessive, and of course th ... More >>
Music
September 27, 2012
The Gaslamp Killer Confronts Tragedy and Finds His Way Forward
Monday, October 15 Joyce Manor CENTER FOR THE ARTS, EAGLE ROCK South Bay punk-pop band Joyce Manor have gone from house parties to festival shows pretty damn quick, but what can you do? They have charisma, hooks, the decorum you need to keep going even when your fans get obsessive, and of course th ... More >>
Blogs
June 27, 2012
6Bit Collective: 18-Year-Old Max Wortman Will Blow Your Mind
Begun as the idle passion project of 17-year-old Pasadena resident and budding electronic music producer Max Wortman, 6Bit Collective has developed into quite possibly the best homegrown Los Angeles record label you've never heard of. The collective's various members, which include artists called Dr ... More >>
Blogs
February 22, 2012
Steve Nalepa, the Professor of Party
[Editor's note: Weekly scribe Jeff Weiss's column, "Bizarre Ride," appears on West Coast Sound every Wednesday. His archives are available here.] See also: *Low End Theory Anniversary *More Low End Theory Oral History From Those Who Helped Build It All apologies to Mr. Holland, but our opuses hav ... More >>
Blogs
December 22, 2011
Four Tet - Low End Theory - 12/21/11
Aaron FrankFour TetSee Also: *Our oral history of Low End Theory *Teebs: Flying Lotus' Former Roomie Speaks On Loss And Art Four Tet Low End Theory 12/21/11 Better Than... John Wall and David Guetta's heralded Spotify Playlists. Let's face it: straight vinyl DJ sets can either be delight ... More >>
Blogs
November 4, 2011
More Low End Theory Oral History From Those Who Helped Build It
The Low End Theory CrewPaul DimalantaSee Also: Low End Theory Anniversary: The Story of the Influential Party From Those Who Created it This week we published our oral history of the Low End Theory, the Lincoln Heights weekly club night that has spawned a constellation of internationally hai ... More >>
Music
November 3, 2011
Low End Theory Anniversary
The story of the influential party from those who created it
Music
October 13, 2011
Music Picks: Shelby Lynne, Marsha Ambrosius, John Scofield Quartet, Wiz Khalifa
Also, Leon Russell, Chris Brown, Azar Lawrence Quintet and others
Blogs
September 27, 2011
Having Already Influenced Every Rapper You Like, Freestyle Fellowship Are Back
Trevor TreynorSunshine men go dark and sky rappers eventually touch cement, but Freestyle Fellowship swore that they would never fall the fuck off. That was the promise of 1991, the pre-riot boiling point when their first hand-hawked collection of songs, To Whom It May Concern, crushed casset ... More >>
Music
August 18, 2011
The Ettes, Sade, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Benefit for Nick Curran
Also, Kendrick Lamar, the Punk Rock BBQ, Katy B and others
Blogs
July 15, 2011
Low End Theory Bouncers Bounced Following Bribery Accusations
Regal DeeOn Wednesday night The Airliner club replaced its security guards at the popular Low End Theory party, following widespread reports of bribery. The uber-popular beat scene gathering regularly hosts big-name performers in its tiny space, drawing massive Wednesday-night crowds hoping ... More >>
Music
June 16, 2011
Music Picks: Alison Krauss, Flying Lotus, My Morning Jacket
Also, Jaga Jazzist, Kid Cudi, Baths and others
Music
March 17, 2011
Lina in L.A.: West by Westwest
Also, Jaga Jazzist, Kid Cudi, Baths and others
Blogs
March 14, 2011
LinA in LA: In Line At Low End Theory, and DJs From France, LA and Beyond (Wonderland)
We don't wanna hear the phrase, "everybody's at South By" this week, okay? Yes, Austin's mega music fest, South By Southwest, is well underway and many LA promoters, bands, DJs and musicheads are there BBQ-ing and boozing their brains out. No doubt, many turntablists and producers are still recoveri ... More >>
Blogs
December 28, 2010
Top 10 Most Exciting L.A. Indie Labels of 2010
Top 10 Most Exciting L.A. Indie Labels of 2010
Blogs
November 19, 2010
Interview: Bomb Zombies On Autotune, Smashing Pumpkins, Moms
Bomb Zombies "FWUH (Fuckwhatchaheard)" by Hellfyre Club Bomb Zombies is a collaboration between Low End Theory's DJ Nobody and Nocando, offering smart lyrics executed overbass-heavy 808-and-autotune backing tracks. Their Sincerely Yours EP with a provocative cover was released two w ... More >>
Music
November 18, 2010
The Gaslamp Killer: Greetings From Hell
This Kid's a Total Freak
Music
October 21, 2010
From Russia, With Fuzz
Meet Moscow's L.A.-Inspired Beat Scene
Blogs
October 6, 2010
Tonight: The Futureheads, Broken Bells, Slash, Mexicans With Guns, CocoRosie, Nightmare & the Cat
The FutureheadsThe Futureheads streaked out of Sunderland, England, in 2004 in jetstream of U.K. post-punk bands such as Franz Ferdinand (the respective quartets' debut albums came out only months apart) who looked to the likes of Wire, Gang of Four and XTC for inspiration. The difference-ma ... More >>
Blogs
October 4, 2010
Eagle Rock Music Fest Flies High With Low End Theory DJs, Pay The Man, Ollin and Egyptian Lover
Lina Lecaro [For more exclusive images, see Colin Young-Wolff's slideshow "Eagle Rock Music Festival 2010"] We're surely not the only LA native who wistfully recalled Sunset Junction Street Fairs of yore while stomping along Colorado Blvd. at the Eagle Rock Music Fest Saturday evening. Like ... More >>
Blogs
September 30, 2010
Beat Scene Babe Tokimonsta Remixes TAKE (MP3), Low End Theory to Invade Eagle Rock Music Festival
Tokimonsta remixes TAKE; Low End Theory hits the Eagle Rock Music Fest.The world-famous Low End Theory club will host a stage at the Eagle Rock Music Festival this Saturday. That's the reason for the season, but do we really need an excuse to debut a track combining the talents of two beat sc ... More >>
Blogs
September 8, 2010
Aquacrunkgate: L.A. Artists Take to Twitter to Protest Latest Blog-Made Microgenre
Aquacrunk: noun, a name for a style of electronic music that incorporates heavy beat-based music and earthy, organic textures which sometimes resemble the aquatic. Yeah, it's news to our eyes and ears as well, but not surprising. In the era of the blog, a new genre name pops up every other day, and ... More >>
Blogs
August 16, 2010
Exclusive: L.A. Rapper Mestizo Name-Checks Elliott Smith in Vid for 'Truth Be Told,' via Alpha Pup
Mestizo of Machina Muerte name-checks Elliott Smith on his Alpha Pup debut, "Elecholo"L.A.-based emcee Mestizo, founder of the up-and-coming indie rap crew Machina Muerte, appears at Low End Theory on Wednesday night behind his brand new album Elecholo, due out tomorrow via Machina Muerte/Alp ... More >>
Blogs
August 11, 2010
We Are All Going to Burn in Hell: El-P Throttles Low End Theory for 'Megamixxx3' Release Party, Talks Life After Def Jux and Remembering Camu Tao
El-P gives big ups to L.A.The bass starts in your eardrums, a deafening but not piercing rumble that then travels down your throat and slowly coils itself around your vocal chords, thick like dubstep molasses. Next it sinks into your chest, heavy like regret on prom night. It speeds up, rever ... More >>
Music
July 29, 2010
DJ Kutmah: the Deported
Artist opens up about his harrowing expulsion from the place he calls home
Blogs
July 16, 2010
EXCLUSIVE: First Interview with LA DJ Kutmah after His Controversial Deportation
Two months ago, news broke that the popular Dublab and Low End Theory-affiliated DJ, Justin "Kutmah" McNulty had been detained by Department of Homeland Security authorities for failing to honor a voluntary deportation notice that he had signed over a decade earlier. The arrest triggered a ... More >>
Music
May 13, 2010
Flying Lotus Rising
Could spiritual electronica be the next great California sound?
Blogs
May 5, 2010
Flying Lotus Announces Live Band, Two Record Release Shows
Flying LotusFlying Lotus' Cosmogramma was released yesterday and the praise is near universal. It's been a fertile past few years for music in L.A., and Lotus' third album is a bit of a milestone, drawing from both the electronic production associated with Low End Theory and the city's curr ... More >>
Blogs
April 26, 2010
EXCLUSIVE Interview: BBC Star DJ Mary Anne Hobbs Throws "Volcano Refugee Party" in LA
Shaun BloodworthBBC's Mary Ann Hobbs: LA is "the most exciting electronic scene on the planet"Further confirmation that it is a great time to be alive and digging beats in Los Angeles: BBC's star DJ Mary Ann Hobbs (aka "the first lady of bass") will be broadcasting the next two installments o ... More >>
Blogs
April 23, 2010
Watch: Beat Music Brings Out the Beasts in New Vids from Take and Glitch Mob
Taka, a.k.a. Sweatson KlankWe like Take. A lot. And though we've been harsh, we don't totally hate Glitch Mob. The former released his excellent new album, Only Mountain, on Alpha Pup this week. The record hearkens back to a time when Boards of Canada and Squarepusher were buzzing up-and-com ... More >>
Blogs
April 23, 2010
TONIGHT: The Final Installment of Calling All Kids, with Brainfeeder and Dublab
Too much of a good thing?West Coast Sound has been a vocal supporter and loyal patron of Calling All Kids nearly since its inception in January of 2009. Which is why it saddens us to learn that the free, weekly Friday-night club at Silver Lake's Hyperion Tavern is coming to an end. It seem ... More >>
Articles
January 28, 2010
Locked and Loaded: Nocando
Too much of a good thing?West Coast Sound has been a vocal supporter and loyal patron of Calling All Kids nearly since its inception in January of 2009. Which is why it saddens us to learn that the free, weekly Friday-night club at Silver Lake's Hyperion Tavern is coming to an end. It seem ... More >>
Music
January 28, 2010
Locked and Loaded: Nocando
The Low End Theory spawns a thrilling, progressive L.A. rap album
Music
December 24, 2009
2009: The Year in Obsessions
L.A. Weekly’s music editor lists the 10 records he couldn’t get out of his head
LA Life
October 1, 2009
Best of L.A.: Shopping
L.A. Weekly’s music editor lists the 10 records he couldn’t get out of his head
Blogs
August 26, 2009
INCHES004: New Wax from Division Day, Nosaj Thing, Anticon and Bygones ( MP3s, chart)
In the unpredictable wake of music's digital rebirth, vinyl has experienced a modest boom in popularity, seen by many (with delicious irony) as a replacement for the awkward middleman that is the compact disc. INCHES seeks not only to review the output of L.A.'s healthy vinyl community (artists and ... 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 >>
Music
July 23, 2009
Music Picks: Sky Saxon Tribute, Daddy Kev, Grace Jones, The Mekons
Also, Jarvis Cocker, Regina Spektor, Ida Maria, Themselves and others.
Music
June 11, 2009
Busdriver: Crushed Groove
"Your least favorite rapper/With a haircut like a pineapple/Wearing khakis torn/With a voice like a high soprano."
Blogs
June 18, 2008
Islands in the Afternoon, Th' Corn Gangg in the Evening
If you're a fan of Montreal art pop band Islands, who floored us twice this spring at various festivals, you may want to take a half day today, or at least take a long lunch in Santa Monica. The band, who are touring in support of their newly released Arm's Way, are playing at 1 p.m. today at the ... More >>
Music
June 5, 2008
The Who's Who of L.A.'s Living Legends Crew
Eight men out
Music
June 26, 2003
Rhyme of the Century
In the beginning was Busdriver, then came the word
Music
February 14, 2002
Ring of the Fellowship
In the beginning was Busdriver, then came the word
Music
December 13, 2001
A Walrus Shrugged
Chilling with AWOL 0ne, The Rapper Laureate of La Habra
Music
July 26, 2001
Apocalypse Nowhere
Chilling with AWOL 0ne, The Rapper Laureate of La Habra
Music
April 5, 2001
Sigh Language
A darker shade of AWOL One
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