Jello Biafra

The Best Concerts to See In Los Angeles This Weekend

Don't forget to check our constantly-updated Los Angeles Concert Calendar Friday, June 7 Ink-N-Iron Festival THE QUEEN MARY This three-day veneration of art, cars, music, burlesque and all things tattooed boasts some impressively wild, certified legends scattered among the horde of rockabilly huck ... More >>

Five Unsung Punk Rock Guitarists

You can't please everyone. No sooner had my list of the five best punk rock guitarists gone up than the complaining started. Folks were annoyed that there was a tie for first, yes, but that was only one of the things they found to complain about. Mostly it was about how their no-talent low-life favo ... More >>

Music Picks: Soweto Gospel Choir, Garbage, Neon Trees, Jennifer Leitham

Also, Kitty, Slaughterhouse, James, Chairlift and others

Top Ten Worst Replacement Singers in Rock and Metal

​At the beginning of the year, Boston metalcore giants Killswitch Engage announced that they had parted ways with vocalist Howard Jones, and two weeks ago they announced they were bringing their first vocalist, Jesse Leach, back into the fold. At the very least, it seems a way to ensure they w ... More >>

X, Dead Kennedys, the Avengers - MOCA at the Geffen - 1/28/12

X, Dead Kennedys, the Avengers MOCA at the Geffen 1-28-12 (Much) Better Than ... hearing many of these same songs butchered on punk rock karaoke night at the local sports bar. Of course there's something oddly oxymoronic about a museum inviting punk rock bands over to play (albeit safely outside o ... More >>

Music Picks: X, Lucinda Williams, Jackie DeShannon, Fujiya & Miyagi

Also, Dengue Fever, Jessie Baylin, Reigning Sound, Black Bananas and others

"She Gets a Free Abortion": The Five Dopiest Political Punk Songs

See also: *The Top Five L.A. Punk Albums of 2011 *Kelly Clarkson Endorses Ron Paul: The Five Most Baffling Political Pairings The Iowa caucuses are being held today, which means that Republican primary season is about to kick into high gear. Spoiler alert: The candidates all suck. But you knew tha ... More >>

Remember Our Top 20 L.A. Rap Albums? Here Are The Worst Records By Those Artists

​[Editor's note: Haterade Monday continues! Earlier in the day we told brought you the five dopiest Beach Boys songs (including one where Brian Wilson raps). And now, on the heels of our top 20 greatest L.A. rap albums of all time here's some more drivel from classic artists.] Hip-hop doesn' ... More >>

Zounds - The Echoplex - 9-18-11

Ron GarmonZounds​By Ron Garmon Zounds, Resist and Exist, Gestapo Khazi The Echoplex 9-18-11 Better than...standing in a hot shower and ripping your own clothes off. When I arrived at the Echoplex lines were snaking in both directions on Glendale Ave. Everywhere were punks and punkettes in w ... More >>

Music Picks: Alison Krauss, Flying Lotus, My Morning Jacket

Also, Jaga Jazzist, Kid Cudi, Baths and others

Anthony Wiener Take Heart! The Four Greatest Penis (and 1 Boob) Exposures In Rock

Does this remind you of anything?​What a weird week it's been for fans of penises and liberal politicians alike. Last Friday, NY Democratic Representative Anthony Wiener's Memorial Day weekend plans were ripped asunder when a weird dickpic was posted to his twitter account. Weiner claimed the ... More >>

The 10 Worst Songs About California That Aren't "California" By Datarock

Their latest single is terrible.​We used to like Datarock a lot. Our working theory is that in 2007, while we slept, we were taken over by a hipster succubus that abused cocaine and drank too much Pedialyte--plausible explanation for how our critical functions were deactivated. Fortunately, D ... More >>

Henry Rollins: The Column! Henry on What Makes a Great Band Frontman

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 >>

You are the punk-rock lion Christ of Human Resources: 3 motivational business books based on deeply stupid metaphors

​Each Thursday, your Crap Archivist brings you the finest in forgotten and bewildering crap culled from basements, thrift stores, estate sales and flea markets. I do this for one reason: Knowledge is power. For years the most popular method of getting through the workday for America's busines ... More >>

Punk Marketing and other godawful motivational business books

​ Yes, Punk marketing exists, and it reads just like you would expect: like someone somehow converted the sound of those guys beating up Jello Biafra that one time into the medium of a self-helpy bullshit business book. The authors actually write: "The punk rock that burst rudely onto the scen ... More >>

Music Picks: Soweto Gospel Choir, Paul McCartney, Melissa Auf der Maur

Also, Jay-Z, Metric, Triorganico, Air and others

Incredible Strange 'Heino' Promo Video for Upcoming El Cid Show!

The real Heino is one of the most famous German schlager singers, a bombastic, kitsch-as-all-getout folkloric superstar who has been churning out album after album of songs about the beauty of his homeland, his mom, cowboys and how much he would like to be in South America While collectors of incre ... More >>

Interview: Seminal Deathrock Band Burning Image Hits LA for Halloween

​ Back in the early '80s, when deathrock was taking over California, a group of young guys from Bakersfield formed Burning Image. They released a 7" single and played with bands like Specimen, Dead Kennedys and Butthole Surfers. Years after their demise, Jello Biafra re-released Burning Image ... More >>

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

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

Sing Mit Heino: Marc Hickox Celebrates a Teutonic Superstar ...

... and his “wanderlust” songs

David Scott Stone: The Master Modulator Experiments With Old Tones

"I want to make experimental music that affects all the senses"

Me Party Long Time

2 Live Crew, Ron Jeremy and a Germs Biopic

The Melvins Take Us on a Tour of Their Los Angeles

Rolling with Dale and Buzzo

Catching up with Crass today: 33% visionary, 33% crochty, 33% right on and at least 1% annoying

Penny Rimbaud: "What is classified as ‘punk' music these days is absolutely empty and gutless."

Rock Picks: Cat Power, Mountain Goats, Chapin Sisters

And other Feb. 28-March 6 shows

Rock Picks: Built to Spill, Meat Puppets, Julia Fordham

Plus other Feb. 21-28 shows

Faster Cynthia!! Kiln! Kiln!

What to do in Los Angeles this week

Rock Picks: Finland Station, M.I.A., Feist, Suzanne Vega

For the week of Nov. 9-15

Rock Picks: Weakerthans, Low, Richard Thompson

For the week of Sept. 27 – Oct. 4

Rock Picks: Air, Rufus Wainwright, Arctic Monkeys, Bad Brains

For the week of September 20 – 27

Dancing On the Moon

Looking for the meaning of “alternative” with a pair of L.A.’s newest comedy impresarios

Kid Stuff

Practical jokes and comics: the season’s best art books

Rock Picks

For September 7-14

We Jam Econo: The Story of the Minutemen

Rock & Pop Listings

For January 27 - February 2, 2006 Country listings follow.

Nightranger

Gonorrhea Gorgonzola

System of a Down’s fourth album, Mezmerize, is some crazy-ass bring-your-own-bong-style shit

The Man in the Green Shirt

Body Invaders

Sonic booms and Comets on Fire

World vs. GOP

War for truth marches on in the streets of New York

Daylight Drive

The Devils' Advocates

How Arkansas’ West Memphis Three went from convicts to L.A.’s cause célèbre

Björn Again

Pure Class

Baby Greens

Politics may be a drag, but kids today are turning Green instead of tuning out

Letters

Combat Rock

Sleater-Kinney on the frontlines

Say It Loud

We’re Green and we’re proud

God Bless the Xerox Machine

Third Ear