KCRW BROADCAST #209 03-30-13 Fanatics! I am well aware that you might be getting tired of reading that "tonight's show is amazing" week after week, but what can I say, tonight is a great one. For instance, look at our first track. That's right, Fanatic, thirty years ago, the Birthday Party live at ... More >>
KCRW BROADCAST #207 03-16-13 See also: Henry Rollins: Our Constitutional Rights Require Constant Vigilance Fanatics! Is this fantastic or what?! We are back on the radio yet again and this one is going to rock! Last week, we had quite the esoteric affair, especially ending with Free Bird. Perhaps ... More >>
Friday, February 1 Vieux Farka Touré, Fool's Gold ROYCE HALL Music critics often describe Vieux Farka Touré as "the Hendrix of the Sahara," but the Malian guitarist doesn't really sound much like Jimi Hendrix. Instead, Touré has a distinctively exotic style that's more similar to the music of hi ... More >>
So, a certain editor of this blog think classic rock is totally bogus, huh? See also: Classic Rock Is a Cancer on Our Society The point of his argument is that folks from our generation need to have their own taste, not be stuck in the past. But one can't deny that the music which emerged from th ... More >>
So, a certain editor of this blog think classic rock is totally bogus, huh? See also: Classic Rock Is a Cancer on Our Society The point of his argument is that folks from our generation need to have their own taste, not be stuck in the past. But one can't deny that the music which emerged from th ... More >>
KCRW Broadcast #182 for Saturday, September 29, 2012 See also: Fanatics! I am in Pierre, South Dakota. Tonight, we finish our four-part Hendrix trip. Hour 1 is some bootleg material and some of the less traveled roads of Mr. Hendrix. Most of these tracks are in print on different labels, most of ... More >>
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 >>
KCRW Broadcast #179 for Saturday, September 8, 2012 See also: Henry Rollins: The Column! Living All Over Me Fanatics! Tonight, we have a fantastic show for you. We will continue four weeks with Jimi Hendrix in our first hour with the Jimi Hendrix Experience's second album Axis: Bold As Love in mon ... More >>
KCRW Broadcast #179 for Saturday, September 8, 2012 See also: Henry Rollins: The Column! Summer Be Gone! Fanatics! Tonight, we start our first of four, count'em four weeks of Jimi Hendrix in our first hour. We start our Hendrix fest with Are You Experienced in mono. You have heard this album plent ... More >>
KCRW Broadcast #175 for Saturday, July 28, 2012 See also: Henry Rollins: The Column! Americans Will Never Give Up Their Guns Fanatics! Since I will be in beautiful Dorset, UK on this evening, we have already put this show together and it is ready to lunge forth when the engineers at KCRW hit the b ... More >>
[Look for your weekly fix from the one and only Henry Rollins right here on West Coast Sound every Thursday, and come back tomorrow for the awesomely annotated playlist for his Saturday KCRW broadcast.] In 1994, the Federal Assault Weapons Ban was signed into law by President Clinton. The law "su ... More >>
Why did the squeal of Jimi Hendrix's guitar cause girls to practically claw their way onstage? Why does the Psycho-like intro to Tyler the Creator's "Yonkers" inspire moshing? Why do furry-booted dubheads turn into a writhing mass during Skrillex's drops? Researchers working at UCLA think they've d ... More >>
[Look for your weekly fix from the one and only Henry Rollins right here on West Coast Sound every Thursday, and come back tomorrow for the awesomely annotated playlist for his Saturday KCRW broadcast.] I have been listening to a record that is one of the strangest things I have heard in a long t ... More >>
See also: Coachella Preview 2012: Everything You Need to Know About the Performers Greg Ginn is primarily known as the driving force and only constant member of Black Flag, which is unfortunate as he's done a lot since the Flag broke up 25 years ago. He's so tired of talking about it that he rarely ... More >>
Living on Tom Petty's Malibu Estate, He's Tailored Duds for Everyone From Bob Dylan to Fleetwood Mac
Timothy NorrisKCRW BROADCAST #122 for Saturday, July 9. Fanatics! Another week goes by and we find ourselves contemplating the sonic bounty of another Saturday get down. We approach this mountain of sound that awaits us, we must ponder this thought: what keeps bringing us back together ever ... More >>
Timothy NorrisKCRW BROADCAST #120 for Saturday, June 25. Fanatics! Writing to you from the upper level of Terminal Five here in New York City. We are in night four of this amazing Dinosaur Jr. tour. The band has been raising the bar every night and the shows are getting more and more cranked ... More >>
Timothy NorrisKCRW BROADCAST #114 for Saturday, May 14. Fanatics! I am back from a few days in Louisiana and Florida. I am in one piece although my legs have been eaten by all manner of insects. We all got chewed upon quite a bit. Our cameraman Kris stood on fire ant hill and they really did ... More >>
Timothy NorrisKCRW BROADCAST #114 for Saturday, May 14. Fanatics! I am back from a few days in Louisiana and Florida. I am in one piece although my legs have been eaten by all manner of insects. We all got chewed upon quite a bit. Our cameraman Kris stood on fire ant hill and they really did ... More >>
Down in a Hole: Chilean Miner Mix Tape 2010
Maura LanahanOur eminent columnist, Mr. Henry Rollins![The one and only Henry Rollins will be contributing 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 Friday and make sure to tune ... More >>
Maura LanahanOur eminent columnist, Mr. Henry Rollins![The one and only Henry Rollins will be contributing 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 Friday and make sure to tune ... More >>
Maura LanahanOur eminent columnist, Mr. Henry Rollins![The one and only Henry Rollins will be contributing 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 Friday and make sure to tune ... More >>
Also, David Scott Stone, Slow Club, Little Boots and others
Editor's note. This week director Jason Reitman is guest blogging at West Coast Sound. Reitman, whose new film, Up in the Air, was nominated for five Golden Globes this morning (including Best Director and Best Screenplay nominations for Reitman ... congrats!), is also a pretty big music head ... More >>
R.I.P-Remix: Jimi Hendrix Russ Meyer
R.I.P-Remix: Jimi Hendrix Russ Meyer
And more thoughts on L.A. People 2009
And more thoughts on L.A. People 2009
Yeah, it's easy to pile on the major labels these days for all their foul-ups and foibles, for their lawsuits and their protectionism, for single-minded focus on money at the expense of dignity (see below blurry photo of Coldplay banner sullying the roof of the majestic Capitol Building of this su ... More >>
5. Dungen-Tio Bitar [Kemado] Dungen did not tour this record in America. This is because the band's mastermind, Gustav Estjes was rumored to be alone in the snowy Swedish hinterlands, ingesting enough hallucinogens to give Hunter S. Thompson pause, and trying to untangle the beautiful mess of sou ... More >>
What to do in Los Angeles this week
Question time with rock legend Eric Burdon. (You can ask him just about anything — but please, quit bugging him about Hendrix!)
Question time with rock legend Eric Burdon. (You can ask him just about anything — but please, quit bugging him about Hendrix!)
Question time with rock legend Eric Burdon. (You can ask him just about anything — but please, quit bugging him about Hendrix!)
For March 3 - 9
(no puppet show)
Roy Z, metal studio wizard
alaska!’s Imaad Wasif talks about near-death touring experiences, the pros and cons of tomahawks, and what it doesn’t mean to be skinny.
alaska!’s Imaad Wasif talks about near-death touring experiences, the pros and cons of tomahawks, and what it doesn’t mean to be skinny.
alaska!’s Imaad Wasif talks about near-death touring experiences, the pros and cons of tomahawks, and what it doesn’t mean to be skinny.
Back to school with the Isley Brother
Boxing Jimi Hendrix
From Handel to Hendrix and back again
Patti Smith speaks
Patti Smith speaks
Shouting with the Isleys
Kevin Ayers shoots at the moon
Jimi: Still raining, still dreaming
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