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Blogs
March 14, 2013
Five More Iconic Key Club Shows
The Key Club's last day is today! Ever since West Coast Sound broke the story of its impending closure, local music fans have been mourning the place. Personally, we've been to the venue hundreds of times, and worked there as a DJ during Metal Skool's heyday for about two years. We believe the venue ... More >>
Blogs
March 11, 2013
Fuck Guilty Pleasures: In Defense of Common
[Editor's Note: Fuck Guilty Pleasures celebrates the over-produced, commercial, artless, lowbrow music that we believe is genuinely worthwhile. Like, among the best music ever.] Rap only exists in extremes. Don't let the polite reviews of Lil Wayne's Carter IV fool you, for instance. It got lots of ... More >>
Blogs
October 2, 2012
Kimbra: After Selling Out the Troubadour In 45 Seconds, She's Back to Play the Fonda
New Zealand-born singer Kimbra's voice might sound familiar -- she was featured on Australian singer-songwriter Gotye's "Somebody That I Used to Know," now the third-best selling Australian single of all time. But she's also making tracks of her own, with her American debut, Vows, debuting at #14 ... More >>
Blogs
May 17, 2012
Matt Chamberlain Residency w/ David Torn - The Mint - 5/16/12
Matt Chamberlain Residency with David Torn The Mint 5-16-12 Better than...watching the Lakers lose. Last night, before a moderate-sized crowd, drummer Matt Chamberlain resumed his month-long residency alongside guitar slinger David Torn. The two instrumentalists, armed with impeccable understandin ... More >>
Blogs
February 28, 2012
Seven Ghostface Killah Songs Showing His Softer Side
See also Ghostface Killah Changes Mind About Online Impersonator Ghostfase: 'Shout Out to My Mini Muse.... Funny Ass Ninja' Story by Reed Fischer Ghostface Killah has flirted with mainstream hip-hop, but has spent most of his career being the critics' favorite rapper -- for good reason. Tony St ... More >>
Music
January 12, 2012
Music Picks: Barry Adamson, Joanna Malfatti Trio, Clare Fischer Big Band
Also, Eleni Mandell, Steve Reich, Call Us Forgotten and others
Music
November 10, 2011
Mary J. Blige, Larry Carlton, Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds
Also, Peanut Butter Wolf, Lucy Woodward, Chromeo and others
Blogs
September 22, 2011
Tha Boogie -The Viper Room - 9/21/11
Daniel KohnTha Boogie The Viper Room 9/21/11 Better than...waffles with butter. See Also: Meet Tha Boogie: "We Sent Raphael Saadiq Our Music, and He Sent Us His Phone Number" When you get the blessing of Raphael Saadiq, you must be doing something right. In the case of Tha Boogie, he conf ... More >>
Music
August 18, 2011
The Ettes, Sade, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Benefit for Nick Curran
Also, Kendrick Lamar, the Punk Rock BBQ, Katy B and others
Blogs
August 3, 2011
Top Five Greatest Rap Hook Singers
Frank OceanLast week we were supposed to get the major label release of Odd Future cohort Frank Ocean's debut project, nostalgia, ULTRA, previously a mixtape. Unfortunately, the suits at Def Jam have apparently stricken it from the upcoming-release schedule, with Ocean reacting by releasing t ... More >>
Blogs
June 28, 2011
Don't Call It a Comeback: Red Hot Rio 2's Paul Heck
Since the late 1980s the Red Hot Organization has released over a dozen music compilations to help raise funds for AIDS research with help from artists as varied as George Michael, Wu-Tang Clan, Nirvana and Alice Coltrane. This year the Organization will be releasing Red Hot Rio 2 - a star- ... More >>
Blogs
March 29, 2011
Top Ten Things You Need To Know About Snoop Dogg's New Album "Doggumentary"
Just a few days after being mourner-of-honor at the funeral of former associate Nate Dogg, Snoop Dogg hogged the hip-hop limelight once again by releasing all the tracks of his much-awaited album Doggumentary two days before the official release via moribund social network oddity MySpace. 10 ... More >>
Blogs
February 21, 2011
Top 10 Songs About Presidents (in Honor of Presidents Day)
Remember Clinton and the sax? Monarchs, political authority figures, and presidents have been inspiring pissed-off punk rock anthems or passionate, pleased glorification--whether subtle or direct--since human beings could pick up an instrument and pluck or pound out a feeling. And given our ... More >>
Blogs
February 16, 2011
The Black Rap Bart Simpson Returns: Fresno's Fashwan Drops New J. Cole-Featuring Mixtape
Fresno rap up-and-comer and local pot promoter (hey, bruh, keep the green in Grizzly City), Fashawn has just dropped a new mixtape/free album via XXL Magazine. You should cop it, if only to hear what a black Bart Simpson sounds like rapping. (We actually think Fash owes West Coast Sound some ... More >>
Music
December 2, 2010
Kush, Cartoons and Camaros
Inside Curren$y's customized culture
Blogs
October 18, 2010
Tonight: Foals, Mumford & Sons, John Legend and the Roots, Griffin House, Jason Derulo, Evan Voytas, Radars to the Sky
Steve GullickFoalsFoals' arty fusion of indie-rock and dance music took two albums to coalesce, but it did on Total Life Forever, which came out in May on Sub Pop. The album earned the Oxford, U.K., quintet a nomination for Britain's Mercury Prize. What it's earning them on their current 22- ... More >>
Blogs
August 20, 2010
This Weekend: Sunset Junction and Other Functions (Like Service With Rev. Al Green)
Al GreenYou've perhaps debated the lineup, read Nightranger's survival guide, gotten the reasoned perspective from Falling James, seen a certain local blog's mixtape and even tried to gauge the hippie traffic patterns. You either have the compunction for Sunset Junction, or you don't. Fact ... More >>
Music
July 29, 2010
Music Picks: Circa Survive, Joanna Newsom, El-P, Roots Roadhouse
Also, Scorpions, Viza, the Park and others
Blogs
February 11, 2010
John Legend, Seal Snowed Out of White House Civil Rights Concert; Dylan, Smokey, Jennifer Hudson Make the Gig
Tonight PBS will air "In Performance at the White House: A Celebration of Music from the Civil Rights Movement," a concert honoring Black History Month that was taped at Obama's crib last Tuesday. As the WSJ reports, the show was supposed to have been taped yesterday but was hastily rescheduled beca ... More >>
Music
February 5, 2010
BOOM, BOOM, OW! SURVIVING GRAMMY WEEK IN L.A.
Tonight PBS will air "In Performance at the White House: A Celebration of Music from the Civil Rights Movement," a concert honoring Black History Month that was taped at Obama's crib last Tuesday. As the WSJ reports, the show was supposed to have been taped yesterday but was hastily rescheduled beca ... More >>
Calendar
January 28, 2010
THE BLACK LIST GOES ON
Tonight PBS will air "In Performance at the White House: A Celebration of Music from the Civil Rights Movement," a concert honoring Black History Month that was taped at Obama's crib last Tuesday. As the WSJ reports, the show was supposed to have been taped yesterday but was hastily rescheduled beca ... More >>
Blogs
January 21, 2010
Mega-Telethon Broadcasting From L.A., Elsewhere
CNNAnderson Cooper.A Friday telethon to raise money for the victims of last week's earthquake in Haiti will be broadcast from Los Angeles, New York, London and Haiti, organizers announced Thursday. It will be everywhere: ABC, CBS, NBC, Fox, CNN, BET, The CW, HBO, MTV, VH1, CMT, PBS, TNT, Show ... More >>
Calendar
January 7, 2010
Soundtrack for a Revolution
CNNAnderson Cooper.A Friday telethon to raise money for the victims of last week's earthquake in Haiti will be broadcast from Los Angeles, New York, London and Haiti, organizers announced Thursday. It will be everywhere: ABC, CBS, NBC, Fox, CNN, BET, The CW, HBO, MTV, VH1, CMT, PBS, TNT, Show ... More >>
Music
December 24, 2009
Top 10 Dance Albums: Club-land Crossover
In 2009, the mainstream flocked to dance-floor grooves
Music
August 27, 2009
Rock Picks: Os Mutantes, Hall and Oates, Bat for Lashes, Davila 666, Maia Sharp
Also, the Mars Volta, Nine Inch Nails, Gun Outfit, the Pretenders and others
Music
January 8, 2009
Rock Picks: The Little Ones, Eagle and Talon, Elliott Murphy
Also, Ida Maria, Sara Lov, John Legend and others
Calendar
January 8, 2009
Seeker of the Legend
Also, Ida Maria, Sara Lov, John Legend and others
Film+TV
January 1, 2009
Top 10 New TV Shows From 2008: Hillary & Barack, Gavin & Stacey, Bernard & Doris
The way we watched
Blogs
December 31, 2008
The 50 Best Albums of the Year (#20-11) (Sponsored By Teen Wolf Too)
Some might say this was the finest work Jason Bateman would ever do. 20. Al Green-Lay It Down (Blue Note) What more did you want from Al Green? Did you want him to wear Levar Burton sunglasses and use auto-tune? Did you want him to do a ladies only tour? Did you want him to employ interplanet ... More >>
Film+TV
November 6, 2008
Soul Men: Blues Brothers
R&B comedy pays fitting tribute to the late Bernie Mac
Music
September 18, 2008
Like Fresh Cream: Al Green Teams With the Roots
Reverend re-imagines the notion of smooth soul
Music
August 14, 2008
Rock Picks: Warped Tour, Pop Levi, Valient Thorr
Also, Previously on Lost, Raphael Saadiq, Liz Pappademas
Blogs
March 5, 2008
Will i Am Offers Obama Handjob Via Campaign Song
As the voters of Texas, Rhode Island, Vermont and Ohio filed to the polls yesterday to help decide the Democratic Party's nomination for President, will.i.am., the capitalization averse mastermind of the Black Eyed Peas continued his steadfast efforts to help elect Senator Barack Obama of Illinois ... More >>
Blogs
February 11, 2008
Ill-Thought Out Observations From This Year's Grammy's
Because Live Blogging is so gauche. Occasionally the Grammy Committee's old fogey sensibility yields huge dividends. See the inclusion of Morris Day and the motherfucking Time. As far as I know, only two people have paid much attention to Morris Day and the Time post "Jerk Out:" the illustrious ... More >>
Music
April 5, 2007
Rock Picks
For the week of April 5�12
Music
March 29, 2007
Rock Picks
For the week of March 29 � April 5
Music
February 15, 2007
(Powdered) Sugar Walls
The Grammy parties and the pod people
Music
February 15, 2007
Grammy Shmammy
The Grammy parties and the pod people
Music
November 23, 2006
Happy Thanksgiving, Beautifuls!
The Grammy parties and the pod people
Music
September 7, 2006
Rock Picks
For September 7-14
Music
March 9, 2006
Bang a Bong
Dilated Peoples: L.A. b-boys hit the NBA
Music
March 9, 2006
Wicked Games
Dilated Peoples: L.A. b-boys hit the NBA
Music
February 9, 2006
grammy diary
Tue., Feb. 7 LL Cool J at the House of Blues Wed., Feb. 8 The Grammys at the Staples Center Now, for my personal awards
Music
February 9, 2006
Fugee-L.A.
Fugees at Hollywood & Vine, February 6, Kanye West at Avalon, February 6
Calendar
December 1, 2005
Hardcore Middle Class
Kanye West is no savior, but his refusal to be anything but himself just might set hip-hop straight
Music
August 4, 2005
Sista Act
When it comes to Sugar Water, Jill Scott knows how to share. (Props to Big Bird.)
Music
July 7, 2005
Live in LA
When it comes to Sugar Water, Jill Scott knows how to share. (Props to Big Bird.)
Music
March 31, 2005
Tender-Fried Juicy Love Bits
When it comes to Sugar Water, Jill Scott knows how to share. (Props to Big Bird.)
Music
February 17, 2005
More Viola! More!
When it comes to Sugar Water, Jill Scott knows how to share. (Props to Big Bird.)
Music
January 20, 2005
When Legend Precedes
The erstwhile John Stephens� uphill battle with the hype
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