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The Best Concerts to See in Los Angeles This Weekend

Don't forget to check our constantly-updated Los Angeles Concert Calendar Friday, May 17 The International Swingers VIPER ROOM With New York's Met Gala "punk" event and exhibit dominating the media last week, it's sadly ironic that the innovators and music makers responsible for this in-your-face ... More >>

L.A. Street Fashion: Best Outfits of L.A. Fashion Week

See also: *More Street Fashion Posts *10 Best Vintage and Second-Hand Boutiques in L.A. *10 Best L.A. Art Galleries For Partying Yup, it's that time of the year where every major fashion city indulges in sartorial splendor, and L.A. was definitely not exempt. These last two weeks have been a whirlw ... More >>

The Top Five Rappers That Fans Love and Critics Can't Stand

Not all rappers need critical adoration to achieve commercial success. Some use negative reviews as motivation, others dismiss them as hate, and a few of them probably don't know what constitutes a review. But it's commendable anytime an artist reaches some level of success. In fact, some of the mos ... More >>

Classic Rock Is a Cancer on Our Society

There's a disease spreading through our generation of 20- and 30-year-olds. We inherited this malady from our parents, and it's rendering us culturally stagnant. It's sapping our identity. Perhaps most tragically, we are welcoming this plague into our homes, cars, and phones -- even into our kar ... More >>

Bar Report: Thai Town's Darabar Has a Scotch-Tastic Secret

When you think of bottle service, you probably think of overpriced liquor, right? Nightclubs that mark up bottles of vodka to ungodly levels -- 900 percent isn't uncommon -- which are an essential fixture in parts of Hollywood and Beverly Hills, where most of the "actual cost" of the booze goes towa ... More >>

Ke$ha's "Die Young": Why This Song Sucks

[Editor's note: Why This Song Sucks determines why particular tracks blow using science. It appears on West Coast Sound every Wednesday.] Song: Ke$ha, "Die Young" History: "Die Young" is the single from Warrior, the latest album from Ke$ha, current queen of the electropop genre and the current que ... More >>

SBTRKT - Club Nokia - 10/14/12

SBTRKT Club Nokia 10/14/12 At Club Nokia on Sunday night, the show was opened by Kilo Kish, a pretty rapper/singer from New York. Think Ke$ha but way more indie. Next to come on was Syd the Kyd, from the duo The Internet and Odd Future. She performed a DJ set. See also: *Syd the Kyd on Odd Futur ... More >>

Why I'll Never Go To Burning Man

It's about that time of the year again, when IT department heads and quality control experts shake off the shackles of their workaday lives, drop acid and hopefully get busy with multiple, anonymous partners. That's right kids, Monday brings us the Grand Poobah of all summer festivals, Burning Man, ... More >>

Q&A: Perez Hilton On His New CD and the Music He Has Sex To

See also: Meet Iggy Azalea, the Street Smart Blonde Bombshell Behind "Pu$$y" Megalomaniacal Hollywood gossip blogger and one-time self-described "Queen of All Media" Perez Hilton's first CD compilation, Pop Up! #1, was released earlier this week on the Opus Label. As early as 2009, there was talk o ... More >>

Slutwave, Tumblr Rap, Rape Gaze: Obscure Musical Genres Explained

Everything You Wanted to Know About Metal but Were Afraid to Ask Top Ten Metal Albums for People Who Don't Know Shit About Metal Top Ten Jazz Albums for People Who Don't Know Shit About Jazz Top Ten Rap Albums For People Who Don't Know Shit About Hip-Hop In our music feature this week, Jason Roche ... More >>

Haim: Three Sisters On The Ascent

Bella LieberbergEste, Alana and Danielle Haim​"It's hysterical to think about now," says Danielle Haim, guitarist from Los Angeles band Haim. "But honestly we never even knew we could make money playing shows. We played for free so many times that we could have gotten paid; I felt bad even ask ... More >>

Will Sing For Food: The Sonic Serenade

Adam Kuban/Flickr​What do you do when you're so musically talented that you can express everything in your head with melody and emotion? Like when asking for cheese on your #4 tater tots? Watch the charming video of vocalist and guitarist Giorgio Fareira doing what comes naturally for him at the S ... More >>

Why This Song Sucks: Dev's "In The Dark"

[Editor's note: Why This Song Sucks determines why particular tracks blow using science. It appears on West Coast Sound every Wednesday.] Song: Dev's "In The Dark" History: "In The Dark" is the is the second single from The Night The Sun Came Up. That's the debut album from electro-pop enthusias ... More >>

Having A Dollar Sign In Your Name Is Awe$ome

On his blog Stuff White People Like, author Christian Lander did not include musicians with dollar signs in their names. Why? Because white people hate them! Take Ke$ha. Now, there's a lot to dislike about the rather-coarse poplet, who seems to be encouraging seven-year-old girls to drink a handl ... More >>

Ryan Heffington's XXX-Mas Pageant at Cheetahs Hollywood with Performance Artists Actually Huizenga and Murphy Maxwell

Kelly McKayMerry XXX-Mas from Actually Huizenga​ I saw strippers blowing Santa Claus, under the dance pole Saturday night! Sir Ryan Heffington -- MOCA performer, TED talker, and choreographer of Ke$ha's "Take It Off" video -- curated an evening of dance, music and performance at Cheetahs Hol ... More >>

Groupon Concert Tickets: Why The Ke$sha, Rick Ross, and Rihanna Fire Sale?

​In May, Live Nation and Groupon combined forces in a presumed effort to jumpstart the struggling concert ticket market. Indeed, in recent months you've been able to get Groupons for all sorts of big shows. The partnership has been a boon to musically-inclined bargain hunters, but it also gets ... More >>

Uptight Mom Group Protests Schweddy Balls

Ben & Jerry's​Have you been looking long and hard for your Ben & Jerry's Schweddy Balls, only to go home with ice-cream blue balls instead? Us too. Last month, we told you about the official launch of the limited-release flavor. The B&J scoop shops always seem to be sold out, and we've never s ... More >>

Are Bands Really Asking Concert Photographers To Hand Over Their Copyrights?

Timothy NorrisTimothy Norris' shot of Dave Grohl at a Foo Fighters performance in 2007​The Foo Fighters perform at The Forum tomorrow and Friday, and while fans may be giddy, some concert photographers are less enthused. Our sister paper City Pages in Minneapolis recently published an article ... More >>

Medal of Honor Winner Drinks Obama's White House Homebrew

obamafoodorama.comWhite House homebrew​When former Marine Sergeant Dakota Meyer traveled to the White House last week to receive the Congressional Medal of Honor, he made one request: to share a beer with the president. The food blog Obama Foodorama reports that the beer was homebrewed by Whit ... More >>

Music Picks: Joan Osborne, Tears for Fears, the Cute Lepers, J. Cole, Low

Also Bon Iver, Cerebellion, Surfer Blood and others

Taste of Taiwan: Free Food Festival This Weekend

Flickr user roboppy​ The Taiwan Tourist Bureau will hold the inaugural Taste of Taiwan, a free food and cultural event, at Hollywood's Kodak Theater this Saturday and Sunday, September 17 and 18. The Mighty Boba Truck and The Dim Sum Truck will prepare a menu of popular Taiwanese snack foods to ma ... More >>

Top Five Reasons For Metallica Fans Not To Fear The Metallica and Lou Reed Album

Anton Corbijn​Back in February Metallica guitarist Kirk Hammett cryptically commented to Rolling Stone that the band was crafting something that was "not really 100 percent a Metallica record." Indeed, it turned out that the band was working with Lou Reed on a full album; a collaboration with ... More >>

Katy Perry Ties Michael Jackson; Sign of the Apocalypse? Not So Much

​With her latest single "Last Friday Night (T.G.I.F.)," Katy Perry has again hit number one on the Billboard Hot 100, her fifth single from Teenage Dream to do so. She is only the second artist in the chart's history to achieve this feat, the first being Michael Jackson, on Bad. We've known ... More >>

Spirit Hoods: The Weirdest Fashion Startup Ever

Mick Jagger's Superheavy New Supergroup, Plus Five Songs About and/or Referring to The Rolling Stones' Frontman ... Maybe

From Mickjagger.comJust Super.​There may not be a Rolling Stones tour happening anytime soon (wonder if Mick is still pissed about Keef's "tiny togder" remark?) but for fans of The Stones frontman, musical satisfaction has been trickling in. Last week, at a press conference here in L.A., Sir J ... More >>

LinA In LA: Dance Club, DJ and Party Picks For This Weekend & Beyond

Lina Lecaro Camerata's got a lotta. See Sunday. ​The traffic sucks and yes, you will encounter clubster schmucks, but block for block there is nowhere better than Hollywood to get your groove on--and your ya-yas out--club-wise. DTLA comes a close second, especially in the summertime. This week ... More >>

Tommy's: The Ke$ha Of Breakfast Burritos

ProfessorSalt.comKe$ha: "Take a dirty picture for me." Ok, here you go. If celebrity culture teaches us Angelenos anything, it's that we do things in public we oughtn't with gleeful recklessness. Gastronomically speaking, we occasionally revel in D-list, post-party moments that we later regret: Oki ... More >>

VIDEO: Three WeHo Chicks in Sombreros Dine-and-Dash on Cinco de Mayo, Run Over Isla Cantina Waitress With Their Car

The asses come out on Cinco de Mayo​Three young ladies who made this Cinco de Mayo a girl's night out to remember on the Sunset Strip are now facing pretty serious charges: assault with a deadly weapon. What a buzzkill, right? Last night, CBS2 picked up on a WeHo Daily story about a dine-and ... More >>

Depeche Mode's Dave Gahan Covers Joy Division At MusiCares MAP Fund Show

Lina Lecaro Dave Gahan feels it at Nokia.​Happy Birthday Dave Gahan! The Depeche Mode singer turns 49 today, but he came frighteningly close to never seeing this milestone. Fifteen years ago, he in fact died from an overdose at the Sunset Marquis in West Hollywood and was brought back to life ... More >>

Ke$ha Gets Sleazy at the Hollywood Palladium (Fans, Midriffs and Glitter Galore!)

Jena ArdellKe$ha loves you, L.A.​ [Originally published Saturday, May 7, 8:38AM] [Commentary by Dave Parkman] What: Ke$ha Where: Hollywood Palladium When: Fri. 5/6/2011 Ke$ha brought her Get Sleazy tour last night to the Hollywood Palladium. Openers were HAIM and Beardo. Here are some phot ... More >>

Music Picks: Elvis Costello & the Imposters, Prince, Ricky Martin, Carrie Rodriguez, The Low Anthem, Mogwai

Also, Gutbucket Chamber Orchestra, Pegi Young, Mike Stinson and others

The Surreal World of ASCAP's Pop Awards: Where Adam Lambert and Ke$ha Honor the Guys Who Made Them Famous (and Train is the Best Rock Band)

Lina LecaroKe$ha and Adam Lambert hold Luke and Martin's plaques.​Haters might say that Dr. Luke and Max Martin are responsible for the downfall of music. After all, manufactured pop has killed it for other genres, especially harder and more experimental ones. But at ASCAP's Pop Music Awards ... More >>

Ween at the Wiltern: Over the Weekend

Timothy NorrisGene Ween: best David Bowie karaoke performer, ever​ [For more images of Ween's show see Timothy Norris' slideshow "Ween @ The Wiltern".] WHAT: Ween WHERE: The Wiltern WHEN: 1/29/11 1. Wow--Ween is huge in 2011: By 9:00 pm the line at the Wiltern went around and around (the ven ... More >>

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Music Picks: Nicole Eva Emery, Hard NYE, Peter and the Wolf,

Also, Jesus Makes the Shotgun Sound, Octavius, Cosmologic and others

2010's Top 10 Fashion Trends In LA: Tranimals, Feathered Femmes, Wonderland Wares, And More

Lina LecaroWe Heart 2010 Fashion. Well, some of it...​ For many, 2010 was a year for dressing to express, often in excess. Blending in, for the most part, was not an option when out on the town in LA. Inspired by everything from music and movies to retro style and well, we don't know what, her ... More >>

Dirt Nasty: Famous for Being (Almost) Famous

A strangely successful indie white comedy rapper conceived by former model/MTV veejay Simon Rex, who early on did porn to pay the bills? Welcome to L.A.!

Ke$ha's "Tik Tok"-- the Christian Version! (Watch)

​Daily Swarm points us to today's WTF moment: a trio of peppy Christian girls entertaining a wholesome Middle America crowd with a Christian adaptation of Ke$ha's "Tik Tok" that gives props to their god. You could even say this is NSFW, if you work in a place where sanity is valued. Watch:

Top Ten Videos to Feed Your Inner Gay Dude on Ecstasy, by DJ/VJ Ray Rhodes' Club Tigerheat

Lina Lecaro Videos and vamps- Tigerheat eye candy​Wanna see the hottest hits and soon-to-be hits really pop on the dance floor? There really is no place like Tigerheat, the exuberant, mostly gay gathering held every Thursday at Avalon. It'd been a while since we popped in, so we forgot just ho ... More >>

Nightranger: REBEL, REBEL(S)

Which Flamboyant LA Underground Characters Are Infiltrating the Mainstream? And Which One is the Next Cross(dressing)over Star?

Lina Lecaro Rebel's a hot tramp​In this week's Nightranger column (out tomorrow), we cover some of LA's most flamboyant polysexual characters and performers (nothing new), but ya know what is? Many of them are suddenly infiltrating the national pop mainstream in a big way. Ryan Heffington -a ... More >>

Nightranger: Big Wangs, Little Wangs

Big Wangs, Little Wangs: Bieber, Glambert, Ke$ha and more at Wango Tango

No matter how indier than thou you think you are music-wise, uber pop hits can make it into your consciousness, whether you like it or not. Unless you make an adamant point of blocking them, these ubiquitous confections need not be heard on mainstream radio like KIIS FM, either. They will seep in vi ... More >>

Live in L.A. This Weekend: Flying Lotus, Carole King & James Taylor, Bajofondo, Patti LuPone, Sonny Rollins, Metalfest, Wavefest and enough indie rock to start a blog

Flying Lotus​Avant-garde beatmaker Flying Lotus is the toast of the town right now, the release of his new album "Cosmogramma" having hit the shores of electronic music like a tsunami and folks still buzzing over his eye-popping set at Coachella. For the man born Steve Ellison, this weekend's ... More >>

Apocalypse "New": Free Experimental Musical featuring Ariana Delawari and Many Others, Tonight

​Here's an Earth Day thought: imagine that two narcissistic party girls--Nicole & Paris but with better vocabularies--survive the apocalypse and rebuild civilization according to their depraved self-serving desires. They destroy the world maybe twice in the process through song and dance. This ... More >>

SXSW Review: Courtney Love's Hole!

One of the most-anticipated gigs at this year's South By Southwest was the return (in name, if not in band members) of Courtney Love's group Hole, although it seemed as if the motives for the buzz weren't entirely musical. Before the show, at the Spin magazine party at the laid-back outdoor amphith ... More >>

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Valley Girl Ke$ha to Sign and Greet at Hollywood & Highland Hot Topic Tomorrow

2010's most successful Valley Girl (so far) Ke$ha, who recenlty admitted to breaking into Prince's house, will be signing copies of her debut CD, Animal, tomorrow at the Hollywood and Highland Hot Topic store from noon to 2 p.m. "True, I did sneak into Prince's house," she told someone somewhere th ... More >>

Are You Team Uffie or Team Ke$ha?: The Decade's First Music Beef!

So, ever since Ke$ha showed up on the scene last Summer as a guest vocalist in Flo Rida's "Right Round" and later when her single "Tik Tok" first leaked, fans have been sharply divided between those who think the Nashville Valley Girl is a refreshing, fun alternative to the weirdo (and possibly Free ... More >>