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November 28, 2012
Youngblood Hawke Come Running
Failure breeds maturity, at least for Simon Katz and Sam Martin of indie-pop quintet Youngblood Hawke. In 2008, their former band Iglu & Hartly had a hit single, "In This City," and a European tour. But after being dropped by Mercury Records, they soon dismantled. Katz and Martin found themselves jo ... More >>
Blogs
September 26, 2012
Computer Jay Taught Himself How to Build a Rapping, Talking SuperComputer
[Editor's note: Weekly scribe Jeff Weiss's column, "Bizarre Ride," appears on West Coast Sound every Wednesday. His archives are available here.] We usually imagine scientists as mad or mild-mannered. But the North Hollywood-raised, synthesizer freak named Computer Jay splits the difference. He has ... More >>
Music
May 3, 2012
Music Picks: Demdike Stare, A Musical Tribute to Gil Scott-Heron, Natalie Merchant
Also, Lindsey Buckingham, Los Lobos, Kenny Garrett and others
Blogs
April 6, 2011
EXCLUSIVE: Silver Lake Jubilee Announces Confirmed Bands and Comedians
EXCLUSIVE: Silver Lake Jubilee Announces Confirmed Bands and Comedians
Blogs
October 13, 2010
Listen: The Entire New Ima Robot Record, Another Man's Treaure Now Streaming
Ride, Alex, ride: Ima Robot returns with "Another Man's Treasure"Stepping aside from his successful Edward Sharpe & the Magnetic Zeros, Alex Ebert has returned to his formerly new-wavey Ima Robot project. The band's first album in four years, Another Man's Treasure, is streaming now (embedde ... More >>
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 12, 2010
Mooi: Going Vegan & Raw in Echo Park
Lina LecaroUpon entering Mooi, the new raw vegan Echo Park restaurant from former club and events promoter Stephen Hauptfuhr, you might think you've fallen down the rabbit hole, but you won't find bland rabbit food here. The high-ceilinged corner space on Sunset Boulevard and Logan Street bo ... More >>
Music
July 8, 2010
Manic at the Polysexual Disco
Music geeks and local promoters have created a gay-straight dance alliance
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 >>
Music
April 15, 2010
Destination Coachella
L.A. bands take to the desert for three days of music overload
Blogs
January 21, 2010
Live at Velaslavasay Panorama: The Long Lost, Featuring Singing Saws and a Glass Harp
This short piece, one in the Vision Version series produced by the Dublab collective, is one of the ongoing music project's most beautiful yet. Filmed at the Velaslavasay Panorama in West Adams, it features LA husband-and-wife team of Laura and Alfred "Deadus" Darlington, who record as the Long Lost ... 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 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 >>
Calendar
September 3, 2009
Avant-Cute
"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 >>
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 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 8, 2009
Dead Man's Bones -- Ryan Gosling, Zach Shields and the Silver Lake Conservatory Choir -- Sign to Anti-, Release Video
DEAD MAN'S BONES - "NAME IN STONE" from biz3 publicity on Vimeo. Dead Man's Bones is the long rumored project of Ryan Gosling and Zach Shields. The duo, who work with the children's choir at the Silver Lake Conservatory, have signed to LA-based Anti-. The first full-length, produced by Ima Robot's ... More >>
Music
May 7, 2009
PDA, DANCiSM, Edward Sharpe & the Magnetic Zeros
DEAD MAN'S BONES - "NAME IN STONE" from biz3 publicity on Vimeo. Dead Man's Bones is the long rumored project of Ryan Gosling and Zach Shields. The duo, who work with the children's choir at the Silver Lake Conservatory, have signed to LA-based Anti-. The first full-length, produced by Ima Robot's ... More >>
Music
April 16, 2009
April Showers of Shindigs: Telekinesis, Snoop Dogg
Plus, Origami Records, Ghetto Gloss and more
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?
Music
October 30, 2008
LA's New Robotics: L.A. Riots, Guns N Bombs, Caxsio and Others Are Revolutionizing the City's Dance Clubs
Screw the hazy, lazy indie-rock tunes of Silver Lake; the biggest L.A. revolution is happening in the clubs
Music
August 21, 2008
Rock Picks: Sunset Junction Street Festival, El Vez, Café Tacuba
Also, Veruca Salt, Mike Einziger, Kings X and Junior Brown
Blogs
August 14, 2008
Vintage, American Style
Remember when shopping at Goodwill and Salvation Army was something to be ashamed of? If you’re over 30, ya probably do. Somewhere around the mid-‘80’s or so, second hand sneak became vintage chic, and one of the stores responsible was the Melrose Avenue emporium known as Aardvarks. The new ... More >>
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
Blogs
July 9, 2008
Videos from The Masses
Below are a few videos mentioned in this week's feature on the Masses. (All text by Randall Roberts) The Masses in Marfa: Edited by Matt Amato In the first week of May, the Masses art collective gathered a dozen-and-a-half kindreds and traveled to Marfa, Texas for the first an ... More >>
Music
June 26, 2008
Martin Landsky Lands in L.A.
Below are a few videos mentioned in this week's feature on the Masses. (All text by Randall Roberts) The Masses in Marfa: Edited by Matt Amato In the first week of May, the Masses art collective gathered a dozen-and-a-half kindreds and traveled to Marfa, Texas for the first an ... 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 >>
Music
November 15, 2007
Mag-nifique Week
Mag-nifique week
Columns
October 18, 2007
Rags to Riches
Gen Art turns 10 and BOXeight Random Notes
Music
July 26, 2007
Put Heading Here
This Week Only As Always
Music
June 28, 2007
Fuck Tha Police
And culture clash at LACMA
Columns
April 5, 2007
Sebelia's Fashion Fight Club
And black's back again
News
December 7, 2006
Retro-futuristic Postmodern house Party
And black's back again
News
December 7, 2006
L.A. Music '06: Welcome to Indie Land
The Magic Kingdom has Tomorrowland; we’ve got Spaceland. Plus, more magical local bands, man.
News
October 5, 2006
Best Space Lost in Time
The Magic Kingdom has Tomorrowland; we’ve got Spaceland. Plus, more magical local bands, man.
Blogs
September 23, 2006
Ima Robot and the Myth of the MC Hammer Pants
I had the distinct pleasure of hanging out with half of Ima Robot a few weeks ago, Timmy Anderson and Alex Ebert. Ok, maybe "hanging out" is a bit misleading. I could slightly mislead you further and say that it ended by the pool with Alex Ebert in a bathrobe, to find out more check out the link b ... More >>
Music
September 21, 2006
Mental Ward
Fever
LA Life
September 21, 2006
The Myth of the MC Hammer Pants
Ima Robot, in love with the �80s before you
Music
June 22, 2006
Up in Smoke
Ima Robot, in love with the �80s before you
Music
May 25, 2006
Move It or Lose It
Ima Robot, in love with the �80s before you
Music
May 4, 2006
Clusterfucked
Ima Robot, in love with the �80s before you
Music
April 27, 2006
Queen of Noise
Ima Robot, in love with the �80s before you
LA Life
July 14, 2005
The Room Is Spinning!
DJs keep these bars happening
News
December 23, 2004
On the List
Nightlife by the numbers
Music
August 26, 2004
Love International
Nightlife by the numbers
Music
May 27, 2004
LAWMA 2004
Nightlife by the numbers
Music
January 22, 2004
Daylight Drive
Nightlife by the numbers

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