Donovan (Singer)

Lina Lecaro Party Pick of the Week

TEDDY'S, 7000 Hollywood Blvd., Hlywd., Tuesdays Remember when Teddy's in the Roosevelt Hotel was notorious for its tough door? Hostess Amanda Demme was both celebrated and vilified for her in-crowd-only gatherings, making entrance to the small club not only coveted but covered in media beyond the l ... More >>

The Best of SXSW Music: Saturday 3/17/2012

So, we come to it: the end of all things. Four days of madness, Doritos, Skrillex and finally, St. Patrick's Day. Before we bid SXSW 2012 farewell, allow us to share our favorite moments from SXSW day four. Later, we'll let you know which shows weren't so hot. Find our favorites below, and if there ... More >>

Pan African Film Festival 2012

Music Picks: Tinariwen, Colbie Caillat, A.R. Rahman, Best Coast

Also, Monopoly, David Bazan, Gravespawn and others

Perez Hilton Grows Up: Chats About New Music Projects, His New Attitude. Plus, A Peek Inside His Blue Ball Birthday Bash

Lina Lecaro Selena Gomez and Perez Hilton are true blue. ​ With live performances by Macy Gray, Dita Von Teese, Prince Poppycock, and Greyson Chance to name a few and Debbie Gibson, recorded greetings by Lady Gaga, Taylor Swift, and Justin Bieber, and an in person Happy Birthday serenade from ... More >>

Music Picks: Nicole Eva Emery, Hard NYE, Peter and the Wolf,

Also, Jesus Makes the Shotgun Sound, Octavius, Cosmologic and others

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 >>

Dance Club Pick: Club Med

Sweat, Sleaze and Stars: Jane's Addiction Brings Hits, Circus to Hollywood's Roxy

Check out more pictures from the show in Timothy Norris' slideshow, Jane's Addicition @ The Roxy. Jane's Addiction needs to either quit it with last-minute gigs or take up residency in my back yard. For what seemed like the fifth time in less than two years, Perry Farrell and company announced anot ... More >>

Music Picks: Bassekou Kouyate & Ngoni Ba, Donovan, Ana Tijoux, John Wicks

Also, Janelle Monae, Devendra Banhart, the Low Anthem and others

MAKE US LAUGH FUNNY BOY!

Camp Freddy's Billy Morrison and Donovan Leitch List Ten Important Cultural Moments of the 1990s

Editor's note: In honor of the final week of Camp Freddy's December residency, which happens tonight at the Roxy, West Coast Sound asked members of the band to chime in on their favorite music of the decades. Two weeks ago Billy Morrison highlighted his favorite things about the 1970s. Last week Don ... More >>

Camp Freddy's Donovan Leitch Lists His Top Ten Cultural Moments of the 1980s

Donovan Leitch​In honor of the second week of Camp Freddy's December residency, which happens tonight at the Roxy, West Coast Sound asked members of the band to chime in on their favorite music of the decades. Last week Billy Morrison highlighted his favorite things about the 1970s. Tonight's ... More >>

Camp Freddy's Billy Morrison Highlights His 10 Most Important Cultural Events of the 1970s

Billy Morrison​Editor's Note: For Angelenos, guitarist Billy Morrison is perhaps best known for his work with all-star cover band Camp Freddy, which also features core members Dave Navarro (guitar), Matt Sorum (drums), Donovan Leitch, Jr. (vocals), Chris Chaney (bass). Indie 103.1 fans no doub ... More >>

SONGSTRESS-MUSICIAN SUNNY WAR

She's going to blow your mind

Over the Weekend: Perry Farrell and Macy Gray Surprise at L.A. Weekly's L.A. Weekend, Plus We Get Krafty at the Grilled Cheese Invitational

Other than the term "swine flu," we learned several very important things over the weekend: Bea Arthur (RIP) made a damn good leg of roast lamb, there is definitely a limit to how much grilled cheese one can consume, and that the Belvedere vodka served at our L.A. Weekend festival -- yeah, that stuf ... More >>

SELF-PROMOTION PICK OF THE WEEK

The 50 Best Albums of the Year (#20-11) (Sponsored By Teen Wolf Too)

Some might say this was the finest work Jason Bateman would ever do. 20. Al Green-Lay It Down (Blue Note) What more did you want from Al Green? Did you want him to wear Levar Burton sunglasses and use auto-tune? Did you want him to do a ladies only tour? Did you want him to employ interplanet ... More >>

Weiss' Best Reissues & Compilations of 2008

Steve Stein and partner Double Dee, were dropping lessons on kids when Shadow and Cut Chemist were still constructing crates out of lincoln logs. Finally collected on the aptly named, Illegal Art label, Steinski's seminal singles are that rarity--as fun as they are important. Neither The Avalanches ... More >>

British Psych, Prog & Alt. Rock Extravaganza

Super Tuesday

Ed Banging; Ponytail checks out; rock-star mash-up; Lemmy see that

Bored of the Dance

Book signings gone wild; Spindrift, BRMC at Safari Sam's; Sundance from afar

Paper Dolls

The high road and the low road

Fuck Tha Police

And culture clash at LACMA

Birthday Perez-ants

Sometimes I feel like I need a shower after I read it, but I'm gonna be honest right now and admit that Perez Hilton's gossip blog is a fairly frequent guilty pleasure. Still, I'm just not sure what I think about the guy as a person. I usually love me some chatty/catty gay boys, but sometimes a bitc ... More >>

Rock Picks

For the week of March 22-29

E.L.O. Is for Lovers!

Aerobic Exorcise

Danava: Too much, and then... more!

Rock Picks

For September 7-14

Crazy Snake

Film Reviews

For the week of April 7-13

Wiggin' Out

Gays, Dames and Dogs

5 Blogs for Musical Archaeologists

Snake Bites

Snaking Through the Garden of Delight

Proxy Music

The Sound of the City

Edited by Kateri Butler

Ring of Fans

Dandyland

Polaroids from Silver Lake

Think Pink

Canning the Angst

Advocacy Journalism

Edited by Kateri Butler

Strange Bedfellows: Winona and the Chicago 7

In Character

The mayor of Joshua Tree

Cagey Cretins

Tyranny, mutation and Blue Öyster Cult

Urine Trouble Now

Edited by Kateri Butler

Turn the Tide

Don't Look Back

Highway 65 Revisited