Ennio Morricone

Adrian Younge: New Soul Legend

The composer and producer reimagines old-school hip-hop

Fanatics! Henry Rollins' KCRW Show Tomorrow Night: Week #3 of Hendrix-Obsession

KCRW Broadcast #181 for Saturday, September 22, 2012 See also: Henry Rollins: The Column! Being a Local, Temporarily Fanatics! I hope yo enjoyed last week's show. Tonight, we get into week #3 of our visit with Mr. Hendrix. Tonight we listen to the Electric Ladyland album, somewhat reconstructed f ... More >>

Spaghetti Westerns at the Egyptian and Aero Theaters

Fanatics! Henry Rollins' KCRW Show Tomorrow Night: African Music

KCRW Broadcast #165 for Saturday, May 19, 2012 See also: Henry Rollins: The Column! Advice From Diamond Dave Fanatics! Hello from Cape Town! Before we go any further, I want to say that hours ago, I read about the passing of Chuck Brown, the legendary Washington DC musician, the founding father of ... More >>

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Henry Rollins: The Column! Sound Trekking

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 Picks: She Wants Revenge, Nilbog, Lady Gaga

Also, Men, Ice Cube, OMD, the Aussie BBQ and others

Henry Rollins: Out of Africa and Into the Land of Acting Without a Script (with Cameo Appearance by Princess Leia and His Favorite Dylan Song)

Timothy NorrisHenry Rollins' Weird Record Academy for the Open of Ears: Last night at the Echoplex​ [For more exclusive shots from Henry Rollins' event last night, see Timothy Norris' slideshow 'Henry Rollins @ The Echoplex'.] I am back from Africa. That was a long haul. From Entebbe, Uganda ... More >>

Tonight: RRIICCEE, Midnight Juggernauts, the Naked and Famous, Unsane, 400 Blows, Jason Bonham's Led Zeppelin Experience, Kitten

Vincent Gallo​Tonight's musical headliner at the El Rey Theatre has no albums, no mp3s, no songs on the Internet, scant YouTube presence, and not even any merch, unless you count guitar picks from a 2007 tour, and those are sold out. No, with the experimental rock ensemble RRIICCEE, you get o ... More >>

Peruvian Surf Rock's Greatest Hits by Maestro Jose L. Carballo and Brooklyn's Chicha Libre (En Español!)

Peruvian Surf Rock's Greatest Hits by Maestro Jose L. Carballo and Brooklyn's Chicha Libre (En Español!)

First Listen: Mike Patton's 'Mondo Cane,' An Inventive Love Letter to Morricone

​On the eve of a high-profile Coachella appearance with the reunited Faith No More, the epically strange (and hugely prolific) Mike Patton has announced the May 4 release of his sorta-solo LP, Mondo Cane. The album rounds up 10 traditional Italian pop songs, along with one Ennio Morricone cov ... More >>

Lalo Schifrin: The Cool Maestro

On the eve of the Oscars, film's premier composer offers thoughts on the state of the art

Last Night: Dios Celebrates Their New Record Release at the Troubadour

At long last ending a four-year gap between albums, Hawthorne psych-rock quartet Dios celebrated the release of its third LP at the Troubadour on Tuesday by opening the venue's doors to all comers free of charge. Timothy Norris​ WEAREDIOS came out earlier that day on Buddyhead Records, show ... More >>

Well-Preserved: Playa del Rey, Ennio Morricone and the L.A. Burrito

Rock Picks: Sunset Rubdown, Alela Diane, Pelican, Rose Melberg

Also, Yacht, the Woolly Bandits, Linda Ronstadt and others

Maestro! Film Composers (and One Director) Speak About Ennio Morricone's Impact

Legendary composer has still never played L.A.

Ennio Morricone: The Italian Icon

Legendary composer has still never played L.A.

Ennio Morricone Cancels (or Postpones?) Hollywood Bowl Appearance

​We've received word that legendary film composer Ennio Morricone, creator of some of the most recognizable scores in the history of the medium, has canceled/postponed* his first-ever appearance in LA. No reason has been given as of yet, but we'll let you know when we find out. Truth be told ... More >>

Ennio Morricone to Make Los Angeles Debut (Finally!) at the Hollywood Bowl

Quentin Tarantino's new Inglourious Basterds has been getting lots of critical hooha for its soundtrack and use of music. Nothing new there. But you may not know that a lot of the stuff on the soundtrack is music by legendary Italian film composer Ennio Morricone. The composer is best known for his ... More >>

Spindrift's Legend of God's Gun Record Release Party (MP3)

Spindrift's Legend of God's Gun Vinyl Release at Spaceland.

Rock Picks: Pacha Massive, Calexico, Juliana Hatfield

Also, We the People Festival, Temple Bar farewell, Mad Juana and more

Brian McBride, Drone Musician and USC Debate Coach: An Interview

Resolved: Stars of the Lid play very slowly

Charles Bronson, Sacred Monster

Cinefamily pays homage to King Charles

Rock Picks: Detroit Cobras, Gore Gore Girls, MF Doom, Squeeze

For the week of August 9 – 16

Young Guns

Spindrift, Crooked Cowboy and how the New West was won

Holy David Axelrod!

A composer’s infinite vision, captured in concert

Bearing the Scars of Oscars

For chrissake, somebody free the frigging show . . . and the Benjamin Franklins too

Fresh Mozzarella

Moz moves to Rome, turns born-again extra-virgin. Abbondanza!

High & Outside

2005’s best outsider and experimental music releases

Fists in the Pocket

Much of Madness, More of Sin — The Classic Italian Giallo Thriller

Decadent Gigantitude

GOLDFRAPP at the Wiltern, March 11

New Film Reviews

Including this week's picks, William Eggleston in the Real World and Fateless

High & Outside

2005’s best outsider and experimental music releases

Of Mice and Gorillaz

Panoramic producer Danger Mouse orchestrated some of 2005’s most memorable moments. He’s just warming up

How Am I Not Myself

Welcome to AFI Fest 2005 — all of them

Live in LA

Dark Victory

The Battle of Algiers and the histories we’re condemned to repeat

Once Upon a Time in the East

Quentin Tarantino’s Kill Bill (or half of it, anyway)

Side Tripping

DJ Muggs smokes alone

The Preteen Files: Man Go Wango Tango

The Voice of America

Deep listening with DJ Shadow

Marc Moreland 1958-2002

A Dossier of Desperate Measures

Godspeed offshoots light the fuse.

Standards and Practices

A Tortoise in the marketplace

Painters Paint

The Moon and the Stars

Dark Angels

Sound + Vision

Music and the movies

Sledgehammers to the Streets

The zine scene