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The Best Concerts to See in L.A. This Weekend

Friday, April 5 Vum, Esben and the Witch THE BOOTLEG There's plenty of the spirit of New York synth-punk pioneers Suicide in minimal L.A. synth-wave trio Vum on their new single "I Will Return" -- and is that song title a promise or a threat? This is menacing stuff, built on bare-bones electronic b ... More >>

The Five Best Concerts in L.A. This Week

Monday, December 17 The Moonbeams HEMINGWAY'S LOUNGE The Moonbeams' upcoming single might be titled "Life's a Circus," but the song is more mournful and foreboding than cheery or escapist. Lead singer Beck Black howls her bloody imprecations with a solemn, sullen intensity as drummer Adam Alt and g ... More >>

Music Picks: Funk-a-Palooza, Keith Jarrett, Ute Lemper & the Vogler Quartet

Also, Hot Snakes, Strange Boys, Ken Parker, Flash Express and others

Top 20 Greatest L.A. Rap Albums Of All Time: 10-6

​See also Top 20 Greatest L.A. Rap Albums of All Time: 20-16 Editor's note: For our music issue, out on Thursday, Ian Cohen, Rebecca Haithcoat, Jeff Weiss and Ben Westhoff run down the top 20 L.A. rap albums of all time. We're unveiling the list all this week on West Coast Sound. 10. Freesty ... More >>

One Of These Things Is Not Like The Other: Our Off-the-Beaten Path Guide To Summer Festivals

​ One of the best parts about being at a festival are those moments you walk by a stage and have that "what the fuck" moment. It's when you hear something that just doesn't fit. It's the feeling some people probably had at Chaos In Tejas this summer when, coming from Unbroken's set, they stumble ... More >>

Music Picks: Adele, Wanda Jackson, Bootsy Collins, Buffalo Springfield, Gayngs, Amor de Dias

Also, Cerebral Ballzy, Sea of Bees, Shabazz Palaces, Miasmal and others

DJ of the Week: Dublab's Co-Founder Frosty

​ dublab has been an internet radio station for over ten years now, pioneering the format and introducing L.A.--and the world--to up-and-coming acts from all genres of music. Hip hop, psyche, jazz, funk, punk, beat--you name it, and it's streamed on dublab.com. Flying Lotus, the Gaslamp Kille ... More >>

Music Picks: Roseanne Cash, Theophilus London, Acid Mothers Temple

Also, George Clinton and Parliament Funkadelic, Raphael Saadiq, Wu Man and others

Bootsy Collins Announces "Bootzilla" Fine Art Collection (Plus Let's Talk About Pedro Bell)

​ As if Lee 'Scratch' Perry wasn't already threatening the delicate definition of reality as we know it--yesterday famed funk bassist Bootsy Collins (J. Brown, P. Funkadelic and his own solo work) announced the imminent unveiling of "three hundred epic canvases" on December 1st. What will the ... More >>

Snoop Dogg Shouts Out Güeros in Song With Long Beach Indie Funk Producer Quazedelic

Long Beach funk producer Quazedelic meets Snoop Dogg on "Hold On"​Quazedelic -- a.k.a. Quaze, a.k.a. the Electric Church Dogg -- is, in case the etymology wasn't a tip-off, not only a disciple of George Clinton's legendary Funkadelic band, but a close homie of Snoop Dogg's. The Long Beach fun ... More >>

The Ten Worst Hats in Modern Music History, In Honor of Empire of the Sun

Australian psychedelic popsters Empire of the Sun come to the Music Box this week, playing three consecutive sold-out nights beginning Wednesday. This is no small feat for the scrappy duo, which formed only halfway through 2008. No small feat, but not without explanation. West Coast Sound has cru ... More >>

ODB Lives!: N.A.S.A. Releases New Video for Ol' Dirty Bastard, Karen O, and Fatlip Track

N.A.S.A. Releases New Video for Ol' Dirty Bastard, Karen O, and Fatlip Track

Tupac's 'All Eyez on Me': The LA Weekly Word Cloud [NSFW]

West Coast Sound has been analyzing classic Los Angeles albums for the past six months by creating word clouds from the lyrics. We've tackled Black Flag's Damaged, the Beach Boys' Pet Sounds, N.W.A's Straight Outta Compton, Guns 'n Roses' Appetite for Destruction and, most recently, just for kicks, ... More >>

BOOM, BOOM, OW! SURVIVING GRAMMY WEEK IN L.A.

Dâm-Funk: Keytar Hero

“I’m not doing the neo-soul thing. I’m a funkster. I’ve been doing this since I was a kid”

LEAKED: Rejected California Lottery Tickets from the Warner Bros. Records Collection

​Yesterday the California State Lottery and Warner Bros. Records announced a landmark partnership that will place images of the label's vast and ever expanding roster on lottery tickets. Here, we'll let the Cali Lottery explain: Warner Bros. Records and the California Lottery announced today ... More >>

SATAN SELLS

Sly Stone's Birthday Party/Funk Convergence at Zanzibar Features George Clinton and a Brother Johnson

Daniel SiwekSly Stone: A Scotsman on his birthday By Daniel Siwek How much funk is enough funk? No, it's not a trick question, the only answer is "there is never enough funk," especially when its been fied up (as in funk-a-fied) by Sly Stone and George Clinton; the Trade and the Mark of the genre. ... More >>

Notes on Sly Stone and George Clinton's Weird Night at Little Temple Last Tuesday

Novena CarmelHoly Funk! Clinton and Stone at Little Temple This from Weekly correspondent Daniel Siwek, who barely missed Tuesday night's five-minute Sly Stone Variety Show surprise performance at Little Temple. The secret show, one of a few that the legend has done around LA in the past month, was ... More >>

N.A.S.A.'s DJ Squeak E. Clean: Ready for Liftoff

Teams with Tom Waits, David Byrne, MIA, Santogold, Spank Rock, RZA, Ghostface Killah, Kanye West and others to create The Spirit of Apollo

Rock Picks: George Clinton, the Kris Special, Banyan

Also, Eleni Mandell, Tom Verlaine & Jimmy Rip and others

The Worst Hoopla Ever!

What to do in L.A., January 2-8

Beards, Blazers, Bluntless: Lee Perry Defeats The El Rey's Draconian Droogs

OUTFIT OF THE WEEK

As you can probably imagine, we see a lot of "hot" and "not" fashion out there while patrolling LA's clubs and hubs every week, but sometimes it's all about context... The funky lame ensemble and multi- colored hair here wouldn't have caught our eye at Cinespace Tuesday or Club Moscow or any night a ... More >>

Hustle and Flow

Destination burlesque; nobodies, wait here; birthday cake and jam

Rock Picks: Beirut, The Cure, Jonathan Richman

And other May 29-June 5 shows

SXSW Flashback: Interview With Del Tha Funky Homosapien

It was my third night in Austin. Devin had just blazed through an epic set that had been celebrated in the appropriate fashion , El-P was currently on-stage and I was wandering around the Def Jux party with four cups of Jack in my stomach, a head full of smoke and the strange desire to approach p ... More >>

Daisy Mint: Fusion ...

... without pretention

Rock Picks: The Kooks, Super Furry Animals, Willie Nelson and more

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For the week of April 7-13

The Firebird

Waiting for the End of the World

Yesterday and Tomorrow

The Nick Nolte Pride in Photography Collection

Music To Party Like a Duckfucker

Buckets of Rain

Department of Homegirl Security

You’re either with me or against me

Get Loose

Afro-beaten, Afro-burned

Don't l Look Like Myself?

Style and Substance

African Sunrise

Melting into Chocolate City

Slush

Tribal Gathering

Coachella festival: It's all in the mix

L.A.Transcendental

Bodywork for the new millennium

A Little Bit o' Heaven

The Gospel Midgets reach for the stars

Why Do You Think They Call ’Em Hams?