Marvin Gaye

My Favorite Albums of the Second Half of 2012, in Haiku Form

[Editor's note: Weekly scribe Jeff Weiss's column, "Bizarre Ride," appears on West Coast Sound every Wednesday. His archives are available here.] Kendrick Lamar attributed L.A.'s primacy to the women, weed and weather. He was quoting Biggie, who consecrated the left coast via song, despite his long ... More >>

Andrew Lojero Creates Timelessness on a Budget

[Editor's note: Weekly scribe Jeff Weiss's column, "Bizarre Ride," appears on West Coast Sound every Wednesday. His archives are available here.] You can't quite call Andrew Lojero a promoter. It does him a disservice to say that he "throws shows." What he does is closer to arranging love letters t ... More >>

Nas & Lauryn Hill - The Wiltern - 11/30/12

Nas & Ms. Lauryn Hill The Wiltern 11/30/12 Better than...a Kelis and Wyclef double billing Nas & Lauryn Hill have a strong incentive to tour recently -- tax problems. Ahead of their double billed show last night at the Wiltern (they play again tonight) fans were hoping that they as well as the IRS ... More >>

Music Picks: Lauryn Hill, Bad Brains, Shuggie Otis

Music Picks: No Doubt, Nikki Hill, Alice Cooper

Jay Rock: Our Interview With Kendrick Lamar's About-to-Pop Crewmate

Kendrick Lamar's good kid, m.A.A.d city is the frontrunner for hip-hop album of the year, and one of its most discussed verses comes from his Black Hippy crewmate Jay Rock. Far from new to the game, Jay Rock has put out music both on major labels and independently, he's been in boardrooms and boarde ... More >>

Miguel Finds His Place

A rare R&B bird, he falls in somewhere between the hipsters and the mainstream

The Best Los Angeles Concerts of the Summer

5. The Zeros and The Muffs Troubadour, July 20 Though the Zeros and the Muffs began their careers at the start of the punk era and in the middle of grunge, respectively, their billing this summer was inspired. Both play the kind of punk -- catchy pop hooks over wham-bam, cranked-up chords -- that, ... More >>

Stevie Wonder - Outside Lands - August 12, 2012

Stevie Wonder, in theory, is an American artistic treasure. He's more than our Beatles or Rolling Stones; he's our Dickens or Dalí: a figure of impassable recognition, discussion, talent, love, and national pride. In theory. In practice, however, Stevie Wonder is an experience. Less than three m ... 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 >>

Phil Upchurch Introduced Muddy Waters to the Hippies

If he had to pick a number, guitarist Phil Upchurch estimates he has played on over 2000 recordings. Based on the frequency with which his name arises, he's probably right. Asking him to recall some of those dates can be like asking a fisherman about a particular fish he caught 40 years ago. "I'll ... More >>

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

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

Johnny Gill - The Grammy Museum - September 20, 2011

WireImage.com/M. Sullivan Johnny, Bobby, Ralph​Johnny Gill The Grammy Museum September 20, 2011 Better than ... all other boy-band reunions combined. Last night at The Grammy Museum, legendary producer Jimmy Jam remembered how, before Johnny Gill joined New Edition, a couple members were o ... More >>

Top Ten Rap Remixes Of '90s R&B Songs

Take that​This Friday, the Stokely Williams-fronted Mint Condition will be taking the stage at Club Nokia. The group came to prominence in the '90s with the huge hit ballad "What Kind Of Man Would I Be?" But beyond Mint Condition's slick soul moments, the band also embraced the mid-'90s trend ... More >>

Music Picks: Fucked Up, Dolly Parton, Ty Segal, Fitz & the Tantrums,

Also, Soundgarden, Iceage, Earth, Wu Lyf and others

Stage Raw: Bash'd

NEW THEATER REVIEWSStage FEATURE on Radar L.A.Sean LambertBash'd, A Gay Rap Opera​A string of recommends comes with this week's theater reviews: Bash'd, A Gay Rap Opera at Celebration Theatre, Blackbird at Rogue Machine, Blood Wedding at the Odyssey, Broadsword at the Back Dahlia, Closet Land at ... More >>

Music to Pick Up/Download

UCLA Sex Survey Results: Threesomes, Celebrity Affairs, Masturbation, and How to Prevent Nude Photos of You Turning Up on Facebook

Read more in our sex features, "Sex and This City: What are Angelenos Looking For?," "Give Sodomy a Chance," "iPhilandering: It's Easy to Be Sleazy!," and "Uncomplicated Casual Sex? Not Easy to Find on Craigslist." ​College campuses have quite a reputation for bawdy behavior these days, espec ... More >>

Kush, Cartoons and Camaros

Inside Curren$y's customized culture

The Madlib Mystique

An exclusive interview with underground hip-hop's most elusive producer

Music Picks: Free Kutmah Benefit, Amanda Jo Williams, Rosie Ledet

Also, Svarte Greiner, Miike Snow, School of Seven Bells and others

Whatever Happened to N.W.A's Posse?

The Eazy-E True Hollywood (or True Compton) Stories behind the legendary L.A. hip-hop cover

Tonight: DJ Skee Reinvents the Wheels of Steel with "Skeetox"

Via DJ Skee's TwitpicNo word if J. Lo is one of the surprise guests at Skeetox (Probably not). ​Taking the DJ performance to a new level is a tall task. Since DJs stepped outside of the club and onto the stage, they've struggled with making the often-obscure craft translate to their crowd. Wha ... More >>

The T.A.M.I. Show: Santa Monica Rock City

L.A.'s pre-Woodstock music summit, finally on DVD

King Khan & The Shrines at The Echo 7.10.08

Photos by Ignacio Genzon. Touring on the heels of their first kiss with Vice Records, the brother-from-an-Indian-mother King Khan led his keyboard, guitar, bass, brass, rhythm, and booty section through a dozen or so tracks off of their new compilation album, The Supreme Genius of King Khan and th ... More >>

Bonnie "Prince" Billy Invites You to Lie Down in the Light

In the flaccid world of indie rock, Will Oldham stands fully erect

Why My Morning Jacket Is the Best Live Band in the World

In an age when certified rock stars are a dying breed, a Kentucky band stakes its claim

Let's Get Lost

U.K. enigma Lewis Taylor unearths the pop jewel his label buried years ago

Southern Comfort

OutKast’s flashy but flaccid Prohibition musical

Fugee-L.A.

Fugees at Hollywood & Vine, February 6, Kanye West at Avalon, February 6

Lewis Taylor’s Stoned

One of the year’s finest albums you never heard

Your City Council (Not) at Work

What keeps L.A.’s politicians from delivering on their progressive dreams

More Viola! More!

Bubba Onboard

Solo Sax

Plas Johnson and his eight-bar miracles

Eazy Does It

Gangsta rap hits L.A.

The Sound and the Fury

Lester Bangs and the relevance of rock criticism

Buckets of Rain

Permanent Groove

Noche a Noche

A New Ax To Grind

The Way of All Flesh

Naked Music For a Beautiful Tomorrow

Silver Screams

Music mutilates the movies

Thieves Like Us

Stalking classic rock with the Charlatans UK

Give the Drummer Some

Earl Palmer, rock & roll's heavy hitter

Nerve Action

Flaming Lips and the spark that bleeds

Minstrels at the Crossroads

To live and love the blues

The Pie's the Limit

This is what happens when the world goes to pizzas

Honk if You're Hungry

Come and Get These Memories

Holland-Dozier-Holland and the sound of young America