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January 15, 2013
What's the Deal With Those "Radio Stations" That Play While You're Pumping Gas?
What's your favorite radio station? More specifically: What's your favorite radio station to listen to while you're pumping gas? Admittedly, it's a pretty stupid question, because, as L.A. folks are undoubtedly aware, you don't have a choice. If you're at one of 171 stations in the broader metro are ... More >>
Blogs
August 21, 2012
The 20 Worst Hipster Bands: 20-11
Top 20 Worst Bands of All Time Top 20 Musicians of All Time, in Any Genre Top 20 Whitest Musicians of All Time Who are these hipsters we see each day in the streets, on our Tumblr feeds, and on the local news? And why are so many in bands? It's not the mere existence of hipster groups that distress ... More >>
Blogs
June 15, 2011
Flaming Lips Stir Souls (Living and Dead) at The Hollywood Forever Cemetery
Flaming Lips Stir Souls (Living and Dead) at The Hollywood Forever Cemetery
Blogs
September 17, 2010
Edward Sharpe Collaborates with Spike Jonze, Pro Skaters and Fireballs in New Video Featuring Unreleased Ima Robot Songs (MP3s Too!)
An actual screen-grab: Edward Sharpe and Spike Jonze ride their skateboard through the flames of death.Worlds collide in a new Spike Jonze-produced skateboard short featuring unreleased Ima Robot songs and a whole heaping lot of pyrotechnics! What more do you need to know? Okay, a few deets ... More >>
Blogs
July 14, 2010
Catch Up or Die: An Open Letter to the Sunset Junction Festival (or, How FYF Fest is About to Own You, Big Time)
Dear Sunset Junction, What the hell happened? You used to be it. The local music festival. The best of local talent -- upcoming national acts, even music legends, they all beat a path to your door. You weren't just a music festival, you were a local institution. Hell, you were instrumenta ... More >>
Blogs
July 13, 2010
Free Track from Manimal's Highly Anticipated David Bowie Cover Project: Edward Sharpe & the Magnetic Zeros' "Memory of a Free Festival"
The cover of Manimal Vinyl's We Were So Turned On (aka Repetition) compilationEdward Sharpe & the Magnetic Zeros are one of many local bands that contributed a tune to Manimal Vinyl's star-studded David Bowie compilation We Were So Turned On (aka Repetition). Sharpe & the Zeros chose a deep- ... More >>
Blogs
June 29, 2010
Listen: Edward Sharpe & Magnetic Zeroes Cover David Bowie for Charity, Due Out on Manimal
"Repetition: A Tribute to David Bowie"Manimal Vinyl's charitable David Bowie tribute album, Repetition, is due out any day now. All proceeds from the 2CD set (including MP3 sales) will go to War Child International, with a hugely impressive list of artists making musical contributions to the ... More >>
Blogs
June 22, 2010
Former Flaunt Editor Kicks Off Publishing Imprint with Part Time Punks, Edward Sharpe
Pages from 'Art Time Punks'Andrew Pogany, former editor-in-chief of L.A.-based Flaunt Magazine has launched a music-focused publishing imprint called Echo Park Books. The first release from the limited-run printer is Art Time Punks: Five Years of Part Time Punks, which compiles all of the fl ... More >>
Blogs
May 7, 2010
Vinyl of the Week: Petrojvic Blasting Co.'s Debut LP, 'A History of Public Relations Dilemmae' [MP3]
In the strange wake of music's digital rebirth, vinyl has experienced a modest boom in popularity, seen by many as a replacement for the awkward middleman that is the compact disc. INCHES reviews the output of L.A.'s healthy vinyl community, believing that good music deserves much more than a handfu ... More >>
Blogs
April 18, 2010
Day 2: Coachella's WINs and FAILs (featuring Gossip, MGMT, Dead Weather, and Tiesto!)
On Saturday the "organizers" got some of their act together -- plus most people already had their wristbands after the clusterfuck of Day 1 -- so it was relatively painless to access the festival grounds. People were noticeably more chill throughout the day, which is what happens when you haven't ha ... More >>
Blogs
March 11, 2010
826LA and the Pity Party Look Out for the Kiddies [MP3]
Chickens in love in Echo Park (Cindy Bennett)Over the weekend, the Echoplex played host to a mini-festival benefiting 826LA, the local branch of Dave Eggers' countrywide youth writing nonprofit. The curious event, which involved on-the-spot punk haircuts and an appearance from a heavy metal ... More >>
Blogs
February 9, 2010
IAMSOUND Launches 7-inch Series Ft. Nosaj Thing, Fool's Gold, Edward Sharpe, more
Fool's Gold, in its element.In "The Nonsound Of IAMSOUND," LA Weekly scribe Laura Ferreiro documents the rise of an excellent homegrown record label. Over the last three years, the Fairfax District-based IAMSOUND has been responsible for a stream of impressive releases from artists hai ... More >>
Music
February 5, 2010
The Nonsound of IAMSOUND
An L.A. label ditches the cheeseballs, signs some bands and celebrates a city with a 7-inch-single series
Blogs
January 14, 2010
Coachella Confirmations Begin to Trickle In, Rumors Abound
The Coachella message board is doing a good job of tracking the upcoming Coachella Music and Arts Festival in Indio. Now's the time that bands begin leaking confirmations, revealing their hands on MySpace, Twitter and Facebook, and basically spilling the beans one way or another. For example, this f ... More >>
Blogs
December 30, 2009
INCHES reviews Baron Zen, Bohren & Der Club Of Gore, Soft Circle High Places, I Heart Lung [MP3]
In the strange wake of music's digital rebirth, vinyl has experienced a modest boom in popularity, seen by many as a replacement for the awkward middleman that is the compact disc. INCHES reviews the output of L.A.'s healthy vinyl community (artists and labels, indie or other), believing that good m ... More >>
Blogs
December 10, 2009
Video Feast: New Clips from Foreign Born, Nite Jewel Dam-Funk, We Are The World, and Edward Sharpe
In honor of, err, it being Thursday, West Coast Sound has rounded up a spate of newly released videos from around the L.A. underground -- and the Ugandan one as well, as the first clip illustrates. Need a feel-good moment? Look no further than this video, which shows the Gulu Widows Group of Ugand ... More >>
Blogs
December 4, 2009
Warpaint Signs to Rough Trade, Gigs the Standard for the Zero Film Fest
LA buzz band Warpaint has been busy of late. They just signed to the venerable Rough Trade Records imprint, recently concluded a tour opening for Edward Sharpe & the Magnetic Zeros, gigged at the Echo with Vic Chesnutt on Tuesday night, and on Wednesday night played an intimate rooftop performance a ... More >>
Music
December 3, 2009
Southern Comfort
LA buzz band Warpaint has been busy of late. They just signed to the venerable Rough Trade Records imprint, recently concluded a tour opening for Edward Sharpe & the Magnetic Zeros, gigged at the Echo with Vic Chesnutt on Tuesday night, and on Wednesday night played an intimate rooftop performance a ... More >>
Blogs
December 2, 2009
INCHES reviews 'Woodstock', Charizma & Peanut Butter Wolf, We Break Cameras, Lilofee (MP3s)
In the strange wake of music's digital rebirth, vinyl has experienced a modest boom in popularity, seen by many as a replacement for the awkward middleman that is the compact disc. INCHES reviews the output of L.A.'s healthy vinyl community (artists and labels, indie or other), believing that good m ... More >>
Blogs
November 25, 2009
Edward Sharpe & the Magnetic Zeros' New Star-Studded Video for "Kisses Over Babylon" Released
Part II of Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros' video cycle was released today, and it's a beautiful, star-studded affair that sees Sharpe wandering in the desert, getting picked up in a vintage car, and taken to jail. Directed by Isaiah Seret, it features some pretty big names, including the great ... More >>
Blogs
November 18, 2009
SF Edition: INCHES reviews Lazer Sword, Tempo No Tempo, Themselves, Young Prisms (MP3)
In the strange wake of music's digital rebirth, vinyl has experienced a modest boom in popularity, seen by many as a replacement for the awkward middleman that is the compact disc. INCHES reviews the output of L.A.'s healthy vinyl community (artists and labels, indie or other), believing that good m ... More >>
Music
November 5, 2009
Not the Usual Haunts
In the strange wake of music's digital rebirth, vinyl has experienced a modest boom in popularity, seen by many as a replacement for the awkward middleman that is the compact disc. INCHES reviews the output of L.A.'s healthy vinyl community (artists and labels, indie or other), believing that good m ... More >>
Music
October 29, 2009
Avi Buffalo: Young, Gifted and Slack
Long Beach teens sign to Sub Pop
Music
October 29, 2009
Rock Picks: Amy Millan, Dirty Projectors, Chip Taylor, LA 101
Also, Pixies, Justice, the Happy Hollows and others
Blogs
October 28, 2009
Set Times Announced for KCRW Masquerade Ball with DJ Shadow, Sea Wolf, and Edward Sharpe
Set Times Announced for KCRW Masquerade Ball with DJ Shadow, Sea Wolf, and Edward Sharpe
Blogs
October 28, 2009
Disco Bloodbath: LA's Freakiest, Creepiest, Trashiest Themed Halloween Dance Parties
The clock is ticking, and even if you don't have a (clever) costume yet, it's time to brave your social fear and figure out what the Hell you're gonna do this Halloween weekend. As far as dance dens go, pretty much everything bubbling this weekend will have a creep factor (more than usual in ... More >>
Blogs
October 22, 2009
New Hecuba Video for "The Magic" Gets Kanye's Seal of Approval
Hecuba "The Magic" [Official Video] HD from Hecuba on Vimeo. The new Hecuba video for their song "The Magic" has just been released, and it's an oddly alluring little bit of videowork to a curious quiet-storm Autotune jam. Kanye West likes it; he embedded it on his blog the other day. Watch for you ... More >>
Blogs
October 21, 2009
INCHES012: New Vinyl from Talking Heads, Edward Sharpe, Sole & Skyrider, No Age ( 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
October 21, 2009
Halloween Costume Ideas for LA Music Fans
You are running out of time. YOU ARE RUNNING OUT OF TIME. You're running out of time. Halloween is a little over a week away, and you haven't done jack to prepare. It's not too late. You've got this weekend to shop, and the entire next week to finesse. If you're looking for some ideas for you and/or ... More >>
Blogs
October 14, 2009
INCHES011: New Wax from Fool's Gold, Now-Again (Rare Psych!), Samiyam, and Inca Ore ( 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
October 6, 2009
Manimal Festival Fights Through Bitter Cold to Triumph (Mostly)
"It's a little Beyond Thunderdome out here, isn't it?" So spaketh Ivory "Black Powder" Lee of WEAVE!, bedecked in strange spandex and looking not unlike Tina Turner's Aunty Entity. Her band's performance -- a percussive mix of African rhythms, post-punk basslines, and shouted or shrugged-off vocals ... More >>
Music
September 24, 2009
Rock Picks: Rain Machine, Pearl Jam, Wallpaper, Bon Iver, Dodos
Also, Seasons, Brodinski, Autolux and others
Music
September 17, 2009
Rock Picks: Pink, the Grates, Doug Paisley, Ooh La L.A. Festival
Also, Slavic Soul Party, Pet Shop Boys, the Humpers and others
Blogs
August 26, 2009
Aquarium Drunkard's Summer Mixtape, Created by LA/NYC's Mondo Boys
The estimable LA-based music blog Aquarium Drunkard has posted a totally boss summer mixtape that you should all download asap. It's a smart mix of old (Otis Redding, Orange Juice, the Kinks) and new (Edward Sharpe & the Magnetic Zeros, Little Joy, Atlas Sound), and was compiled by NYC/LA mi ... 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 >>
Blogs
August 13, 2009
Best LA Music of 2009 So Far Part IV: Nite Jewel and Tom Brosseau
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 >>
Blogs
August 12, 2009
Best LA Music 2009 So Far III: Mika Miko and The Long Lost (MP3)
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 >>
Blogs
August 11, 2009
The Ten Best LA Releases of 2009 So Far, Part II: Edward Sharpe & the Magnetic Zeros and Frankel
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 >>
Blogs
July 20, 2009
Foreign Born and Warpaint: Live at the Hammer Museum
Timothy NorrisEmily Kokel of Warpaint endured ear-piercing feedback to open the show, but utlimately prevailed Thursday nights at the Hammer: cheap (free), relaxed (lots of art), and perfectly programmed to highlight some of LA's most intriguing bands. This year's season, which kicked off at the be ... More >>
Music
July 16, 2009
ROCK PICKS: CEU, GIRL IN A COMA, COLDPLAY, GRAVEYARD
Also, Amadou & Mariam,The Pains of Being Pure, Jason Collett, The Smithereens, and others.
Blogs
May 28, 2009
Edward Sharpe & the Magnetic Zeroes: First Radio Performance This Morning on KCRW
West Coast Sound has had the great fortune of witnessing the rise of Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeroes from nearly the beginning. We saw their raucous first Troubadour gig in the summer of 2007 when Edward Sharpe (aka Alex Ebert) and Jade Castrinos were exuding the joy and thrill of new love - ... More >>
Music
May 7, 2009
PDA, DANCiSM, Edward Sharpe & the Magnetic Zeros
West Coast Sound has had the great fortune of witnessing the rise of Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeroes from nearly the beginning. We saw their raucous first Troubadour gig in the summer of 2007 when Edward Sharpe (aka Alex Ebert) and Jade Castrinos were exuding the joy and thrill of new love - ... More >>
Music
April 16, 2009
April Showers of Shindigs: Telekinesis, Snoop Dogg
Plus, Origami Records, Ghetto Gloss and more
Music
April 9, 2009
Rock Picks: Leonard Cohen, Wavves, Los Fabulosos Cadillacs, Britney Spears
Also, The Henry Clay People, Vetiver, Mad Professor and others
Music
March 12, 2009
West Coast Sound: An L.A. Music Pro's Guide to South by Southwest
Ten to watch: The next Ford jingle?
Film+TV
July 10, 2008
Heath Ledger's Final Days Among the Masses
L.A. Art Collective Struggles to Go On After Actor's Death
Music
June 26, 2008
Martin Landsky Lands in L.A.
L.A. Art Collective Struggles to Go On After Actor's Death
Blogs
May 5, 2008
Marfa Film Fest Dispatch: World Premiere of Heath Ledger-directed music video
(photo by Randall Roberts) Today's a travel day for me, having just experienced the best little festival I've ever attended, the first annual Marfa Film Festival, in Marfa, Texas. The second annual one is already on my calendar for next year (and in the interim I'll be trying to convince my bosses ... More >>
Blogs
May 2, 2008
Greetings from the first annual Marfa Film Festival
I got on a bus in Los Feliz yesterday at about 1 p.m. headed for Marfa, Texas, to attend the first annual Marfa Film Festival. If you've been to the movies, you know Marfa as a smalltown Hollywood, where both There Will Be Blood and No Country for Old Men were filmed recently, and where Giant was fi ... More >>
Blogs
May 2, 2008
Greetings from the first annual Marfa Film Festival
I got on a bus in Los Feliz yesterday at about 1 p.m. headed for Marfa, Texas, to attend the first annual Marfa Film Festival. If you've been to the movies, you know Marfa as a smalltown Hollywood, where both There Will Be Blood and No Country for Old Men were filmed recently, and where Giant was fi ... More >>
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