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Fans Share Their Favorite Henry Rollins Memories

It's Henry Rollins week here at West Coast Sound. In conjunction with Ben Westhoff's cover story interview with our columnist -- who has a new book out of collected L.A. Weekly writings -- we asked our readers for stories about meeting him, and about what his work meant to them. See also: "Henry R ... More >>

The Best Concerts To See in L.A. This Weekend: Nov 2-4

Friday, November 2 Grace Potter & the Nocturnals THE WILTERN If anyone should be a star, it's Grace Potter. Commercial enough to sing duets with Kenny Chesney, she's also freaky enough to trip out occasionally with folks like Flaming Lips' Wayne Coyne and Black Keys' Dan Auerbach, who produced part ... More >>

Music Picks: R. Kelly, Leonard Cohen, Cat Power

Fanatics! Henry Rollins' KCRW Show Tomorrow Night: Music From Down Under

KCRW Broadcast #162 for Saturday, April 28, 2012 See also: Henry Rollins: The Column! Hunting, Gut Stew, and Sex With Your Sister Fanatics! I am still here in Australia. The shows have been going great and I have been picking up a lot of great Australian music that we will throw into the mix in ou ... More >>

Fanatics! Henry Rollins' KCRW Show Tomorrow Night: Cramps, Andy Warhol References

KCRW Broadcast #156 for Saturday, March 17, 2012 See also: Henry Rollins: The Column! Rebelling in Sweet Home Alabama Fanatics! I am writing you from what's left of a night off in Washington DC. I had a good day driving around town with Ian MacKaye. A few hours ago, we drove by the house where Min ... More >>

Fanatics! Henry Rollins' KCRW Show Tomorrow Night: Recovering From A Stooges Coma

​See also: Henry Rollins: The Column! Is Raw Power the American answer to Exile on Main St.? KCRW Broadcast #144 for Saturday, December 10 Fanatics! What a show! It's the mother of all shows. It's gigantic and fantastic! It is extraordinary and wonderful in every way. It hits all the marks a ... More >>

Music Picks: Esperanza Spalding, Elbow, Toro Y Moi, Blink-182

Also, Glen Campbell, the Smashing Pumpkins, Lanie Lane and others

Echo Park Lake Is About to Get Drained Into an Empty, Stinking Mud Flat

The Eastsider via PicasaThe lake was last drained in 1984. Yes, it was awful.​For the new wave of borderline-eastside gentry who weren't around to see Echo Park Lake in a surly state of "stinking mud flat" in 1984 (or 1902, 1906, 1919, 1922, 1932 or 1946): We hate to be the bearers of bad ne ... More >>

Henry Rollins: The Column! Now It's Dark, and I Am Real

Timothy Norris​[The one and only Henry Rollins contributes a weekly column and far-reaching reportage to the music section of the LA Weekly. Look for your weekly Henry Rollins fix right here on West Coast Sound every week and make sure to tune in to Henry's KCRW radio show every Saturday eveni ... More >>

Music to Pick Up/Download

Falling James' Gig of the Week: The Middle Class and Kid Congo & the Pink Monkey Birds at the Echoplex, 6/24

Falling JamesThe Middle Class​So much of punk rock is centered around nostalgia these days, whether it's played by modern corporate pretenders aping their elders in watered-down, insipid ways or the surviving elders themselves, whose reunions are often too sluggish and self-congratulatory to e ... More >>

Music Picks: Willie Nelson's Country Throwdown, Yellow Magic Orchestra, Holly Golightly & the Brokeoffs, Peter Murphy

Also, Erykah Badu, Andre Williams, Animals & Men and others

Japan Nite 2011 at The Viper Room: Presenting 5 Japanese Bands You Should Hear Right Now

Shannon CottrellLolita No. 18​See more photos in Shannon Cottrell's gallery "Japan Nite with Mo'Some Tonebender, Lolita No. 18, Zukunasisters, Hystoic Vein and Josy."Read more about Japan Nite in Siran Babayan's post "SXSW Recap: Japan Nite Raises Money for Earthquake Relief." For the past fi ... More >>

Music Picks: Balkan Beat Box, Cake, Ted Leo, Vanessa Paradis

Also Red Cortez, Troy Walker, Bun B and others

Page Two: EsotErykah

Music Picks: Iannis Xenakis Now and Tomorrow, Ozzy Osbourne, War Tapes, Liz Pappademas

Also, Savage Republic, Tanya Morgan, the Church, the Fling and others

Top 10 Unmissable Bands Inexplicably Hidden on the Coachella 2011 Poster

Top 10 Unmissable "Small Type" Acts of Coachella 2011

Henry Rollins Column: Rollins on the Attempted Political Assassination and Massacre in Tucson

Maura LanahanOur eminent columnist, Mr. Henry Rollins!​[The one and only Henry Rollins contirbutes a weekly column and far-reaching reportage to the music section of the LA Weekly. Look for your weekly Henry Rollins fix right here on West Coast Sound every Monday and make sure to tune in to He ... More >>

10 Shows We're Stoked About in Early 2011

10 Shows We're Stoked About in 2011

Music Picks: Repeater, Project Blowed 16th Anniversary, Infected Mushroom

Also, Riot Grrl Christmas Carnival, Captain Ahab and others

MUSIC PICKS: Ruben Guevara, Buika, Bill Frisell's Beautiful Dreamers

Also, Combichrist, Papercranes, Simone White and others

Music Picks: Ornette Coleman, Gary Numan, Natacha Atlas

Also, Marnie Stern, Kristian Hoffman, Elton John & Leon Russell

Tonight: The Futureheads, Broken Bells, Slash, Mexicans With Guns, CocoRosie, Nightmare & the Cat

The Futureheads​The 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 >>

SIMON SAYS

INXS and a Paean to Excess

The late Michael Hutchence plays punk

Bassist Wanted: Interpol's Carlos D. Retires, Band Seeks Replacement

Bassist Wanted: Interpol's Carlos D. Retires, Band Seeks Replacement

Rest in Peace Roland S. Howard, 'King of Kalifornia,' Proto-Goth Guitarist for the Birthday Party

In the "Unsung Heroes of Rock & Roll" category, it is with great sadness to report the death of one of the most inspired guitarists of the post-punk era -- and self-proclaimed 'King of Kalifornia' -- Roland S. Howard. Best known for his strange, angular, genius work with Australia's best punk band, ... More >>

Boston Calling!: Mission of Burma Besieges the Echo (11/15)

Last Night: Mission of Burma Besieges the Echo

Part Time Punks Festival Weekend: Raincoats, Gang of Four, and more.

Part Time Punks Festival Weekend: Raincoats, Gang of Four, and more.

Rock Picks: Steve Earle, Polvo, These Arms Are Snakes, Correatown

Also, Bob Dylan & His Band, Motorhead, John Doe & Exene Cervenka and others

Goin’ Underground

Nine Inch Nails, Health, Gary Numan, Eric Avery, Mike Garson Cover Gang of Four's "Anthrax"

Here are Nine Inch Nails, Gary Numan, Jane's Addiction bassist Eric Avery and HEALTH doing Gang of Four's "Anthrax" at the Fonda on Tuesday night. Have a good weekend.

Part Time Punks Announce PTP Festival II Line-Up: Raincoats, Jazz Butcher, Gang of Four DJ Set, More

The ever-inspired Part Time Punks posse has announced the line-up for its second annual Part Time Punks festival, and it's a doozy. We'll spare you the excited lead-up and just get to it (after the jump, of course). ​

Franz Ferdinand at the Palladium: Let Some Professionals Show You How It's Done

Franz Ferdinand is my uncle's favorite band. They might be your uncle's favorite band. About five years ago, they were my sister's favorite band -- probably yours too. That was when Franz Ferdinand released "the song." You know -- "THE SONG." That moment of leyden jar lightning when circumstance and ... More >>

Music Picks: Sky Saxon Tribute, Daddy Kev, Grace Jones, The Mekons

Also, Jarvis Cocker, Regina Spektor, Ida Maria, Themselves and others.

Franz Ferdinand Playing Free Show at Amoeba Next Friday

The band has been in LA a lot lately (word is they were spotted filming a video on an off-day at the Echoplex a few weeks back), and now comes word that Franz Ferdinand will perform a free gig at Amoeba Records next Friday, January 30. Expect a madhouse, for sure, especially after they dropped Uly ... More >>

Part Time Punks Festival: A Certain Ratio, Pylon, Love is All, Daytime Television Tear a Hole in History

A Certain Ratio's Jeremy Kerr: still dark and menacing Old men acting weird. That’s one way to look at it, and if I were one of the four pre-teen boys in the band Daytime Television, whose versions of the Buzzcocks’ “Everybody’s Happy Nowadays,” "Part Time Punks" and “Teenage Kicks” ... More >>

Partying Like It's 1983: Part-Time Punks Announce Post-Punk Fest Featuring A Certain Ratio, Pylon, Savage Republic, Vivian Girls and More

A Certain Ratio's "Shack Up" This just in from the great Part-Time Punks posse: Los Angeles will be the location of the world’s first-ever Post-Punk Festival (or at least the first since 1982 or whenever the last Futurama was held in the UK!). The day-long event will be held in conjoined venues ... More >>

Jesus and Mary Chain, Gang of Four, M83, Gibson Amphitheater, 7/20/08

By Rita Neyter Download Festival Gibson Amphitheater, July 20, 2008 Not to be confused with the British 3-day, Download Festival, the American version takes place in three cities; San Francisco, Los Angeles and Philadelphia, for just a day. This year featured the likes of M83, Mates of State, Ga ... More >>

Memorial Day Weekend in LA: Music galore (and MP3s)

Ah, Memorial Day Weekend, the perfect three-day break, tailor-made for chilling in the comfort of an abandoned LA. As long as you stay away from Hollywood Boulevard and the tourists imported from Hell, you can relax, go out to dinner, catch some music, sleep in, drive to the desert, take some LSD, c ... More >>

Elbow, Avalon, 5/9

Elbow, Air Traffic Avalon, May 9, 2008 Photos and words by Timothy Norris Shortly before Elbow took the stage Friday night for the final show of their latest North American tour, someone asked me, “Why aren’t Elbow bigger than they are?” I've got no good answer for that. Although I'm a re ... More >>

Rock Picks: Jimmy Scott, the Raspberries, Sharon Jones, Wreckless Eric

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