Laurie Anderson

The Top 10 L.A. Albums of 2012

Los Angeles music was a big part of the national conversation this year, from Frank Ocean and Miguel's artisan R&B to Top Dawg Entertainment's hip-hop dominance to the electronic inspirations of Flying Lotus and Gaslamp Killer. Picking but ten albums from this crop as the West Coast Sound writers ha ... More >>

Oh Nico, You're So Fine

Tammy Faye Starlite Channels Nico From the Velvet Underground, and Tells Us About Sex With Jim Morrison

You may have thought that Nico -- the eyelinered, somewhat racist Velvet Underground singer, Warhol superstar and film actress -- died in 1988...but you'd be wrong. She's been reincarnated by Tammy Faye Starlite, a New York singer/comedian/performance artist who's also known for sending up two othe ... More >>

She'll Be Your Mirror

Screen Gems

Lou Reed on How His Attempt at Career Suicide, Metal Machine Music, Became an Art Show

Lou Reed is a rock & roll legend. That is an indisputable fact. And he doesn't bless Southern California with his downtown swagger very often. So when he takes part in a staged conversation, it is only fair that he gets to pick the subjects. Unfortunately for many who paid 45 bucks to hear Reed's ... More >>

Fanatics! Henry Rollins' KCRW Show Tomorrow Night: Iggy, Bowie, Boris and More

​KCRW BROADCAST #1246 for Saturday, August 6 Fanatics! I am sitting in Dulles International Airport, with a long day of travel and traffic ahead. Last night, I was at the Evens show at Fort Reno in Washington DC. What a show! I have not slept much in the last few days. I'll even out before my ... More >>

Miranda July's The Future Reviewed

The Column!: Stay Hungry (for Music)

Henry Rollins: The Column! Rollins on How You Need to Stay Hungry for New Music (And How Much He Digs Marnie Stern, Dax Riggs, Crystal Castles, etc.!)

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 Wednesday and make sure to tune in to Henry's KCRW radio show every Saturday ... More >>

Top 10 Reasons Music Fans Should Go to L.A. Museums This Weekend (#1: They're FREE!)

​LA Weekly's contributing writer (and dapper man-about-town) Drew Tewksbury has tipped us to the fact that this weekend many of the major museums in L.A. are FREE to the public! Details are on the L.A. museums' website, and we think everyone should take advantage of this deal, particularly mu ... More >>

In Honor of the Walkman: Ten Must-Have Cassette Classics, From 'Da Da Da' to Deathrock to 'Do Me!'

Turns out the Walkman isn't dead yet, but let's face it (those of us who weren't surprised to find that the outmoded portable was still being manufactured): The writing's on the wall. As a sort of premature eulogy for the player, West Coast Sound revisits some of the Walkman's finer moments through ... More >>

Tonight: Slayer, Megadeth, Film School, Los Enanitos Verdes, Wiz Khalifa, Born Ruffians, Frank Fairfield

Slayer​If the current "Clash of Titans" tour featuring Slayer, Medageth and Anthrax has reinforced one notion, it's that anger never goes out of style. The tour, with Slayer and Megadeth co-headlining, has been raging, drawing metal fans young and old to the music of bands that, along with Me ... More >>

Postal Service Producer's 'Paparazzi' Remix Turns Lady Gaga into a Chillwave Laurie Anderson

Lady Gaga meets Dntel in his chillwavey, beat-loving "Paparazzi" remix.​Whoa. Via a new video, the beatsmith behind the Postal Service drops an unauthorized remix of Lady Gaga's "Paparazzi" that reimagines the pop star as a Laurie Anderson type. [We apologize for doubling up on Dntel news, bu ... More >>

Music Picks: Laurie Anderson, Onibaba, Superchunk

Also, Hoodoo Gurus, Die Antwoord, Jonsi and others

I Can Has Whipit?: Devo Throws Cat Listening Party for their New Album

​ Crushable reports that Devo is celebrating the release of their first album in twenty years ("Something for Everybody") by holding an exclusive listening party streamed online, and only about twenty felines made the list. Who, quite frankly, don't seem that intrigued. (Psst -- notice the sh ... More >>

Today in WTF: Lou Reed as a Mermaid (No, Really)

[UPDATE: ...or is it a Mer-man? (see comment) Out verdict: either works--he's a "Transformer"! har har.] After Billy Corgan and Bozo and a lost-and-found Del Close video, today is shaping up like one of those bizarro Thursdays. Here comes numero tres: From our friends at the Village Voice comes th ... More >>

Hawnay Troof, Panther Top Lo-Fi, Hi-Energy Fest @ The Smell (11/06)

Very occasionally, what should have been yet another multi-band bill turns into something much bigger than the sum of its parts. On Friday, The Smell witnessed what might have been the shortest, most satisfying mini-festival in recent memory. Though not billed as a music festival at all, the combina ... More >>

Rachel Rosenthal: 83 and Still Swearing

... rats and all

Petra Haden Sells Out

A singer lets her love flow in a quirky series of Toyota Prius commercials

Fresh Moves

Rock Picks: Meat Beat Manifesto, Jay-Z, Eels

Plus other music shows for April 10-17

Rock Picks: Watson Twins, Les Claypool, Autechre

Plus other April 3-10 shows

Hey! You! Get Off of My Lap!

What to do in L.A., April 4-10

Shows and Tickets Coming Up

Ryan Adams - Royce Hall, UCLA, Jan. 30 and Bridges Auditorium, Claremont, Jan. 22. Both shows on sale Saturday Avenged Sevenfold, Atreyu, Suicidal Tendencies - San Diego Sports Arena, Dec. 7 - All ages Andrew Bird, Handsome Family - Orpheum, Dec. 7 Black Ghosts, Mezzanine Owls, Tweak Bird, more ... More >>

Theater Reviews

Including White Trash Catholic Circus, Toyer and this week's pick, the Latino Laugh Festival

Snap, Crackle, Punk

The Dalai Museum

Gaze navelly, paint globally

I Art the '80s

Pettibon, Ocampo, Foulkes, Rath and Deen at Track 16; Herman at INMO

You Could Look It Up

Let’s Get Small

Back to the future with Laurie Anderson & Ed Ruscha

Summer Songs

Music for changing seasons and future days

Different Drum

After Vegas, Linda Ronstadt finds refuge in L.A.

Echoes of the Fall

The Smithsonian’s September 11 collection

The Piano Lesson

The Tell-Tale Tone

Talking with Lou Reed about sound, spirit and Poe

Truth and Daring

Reconstructing Laurie Anderson

The Noise of Art

Audio visuals

The Nine Lives of Rave

Electronica News: A Guide to the Guides

Soulful Spirit

Selling Really Weird Music

In the Belly of the Whale

The true stories of Moby-Dick

Waiting for Moby

Laurie Anderson, standing alone

Grand Delusion

Buddha! Buddha! Buddha!

Laurie Anderson, Tibetan sand painters and the Black Dragon Society

Burn, Li'l Debby, Burn

Haggis, Guinness and a Couple of Plays

Excerpts from the Edinburgh Festival

Marry Me Before I Get Fat

Elizabeth Wurtzel wants to be bad, but not all by herself

Reconstructing the Ephemeral

Performance art and the Schimmel effect