Massive Attack

Robert Plant Explains "The British Condition"

Led Zeppelin lead singer Robert Plant returns to Los Angeles on June 26th at the Shrine Auditorium with his newest backing band, The Sensational Space Shifters. The lineup features members of his early-'00s band The Strange Sensation, and sees Plant revisiting both blues rock and world music influen ... More >>

The Best Concerts in L.A. This Week

Monday, February 4 Gliss LOS GLOBOS Gliss is one of L.A.'s more unusual bands. All three members -- Martin Klingman, Victoria Cecilia and David Reiss -- switch off on instruments and vocals. Yet no matter who's on the mic, their sound is always dreamy, packed in cottony layers of shoegazer guitars ... More >>

We Attended the KCRW Pledge Drive - And Lived to Tell the Tale!

It's pledge drive time again at KCRW. twice a year, the station -- one of the pre-eminent public radio stations in the country -- interrupts regular programming to ask for money. But this isn't your typical "send us five bucks and we'll mail you a bumper sticker" pledge event. No no, this one has Co ... More >>

Mayan Apocalypse Parties

Things to do in Mexico when the world's ending

The 20 Worst Hipster Bands: 10-1

Top 20 Worst Bands of All Time Top 20 Musicians of All Time, in Any Genre Top 20 Whitest Musicians of All Time 10. White Rabbits Why do bands need a second drummer? In recent years everyone from Local Natives to Bon Iver to fucking Radiohead has thrown a second kit out there, or at least a floor to ... More >>

EDC 2012: Coachella or Electric Daisy Carnival: Which One is Better?

Dance music is coming to an arena near you: Kaskade will be the first DJ ever to play Staples Center (July 27). And mainstream concert promoters such as Live Nation are diving into the electronic dance explosion. Electric Daisy Carnival, which is being held this weekend at the Las Vegas Motor Speed ... More >>

J-Swift Made Big Hits 
With The Pharcyde 
Before Tragedy And Drugs 
Nearly Took Him Down

Nanette Gonzales​[Editor's note: Longtime Weekly scribe Jeff Weiss's column, "Bizarre Ride," appears on West Coast Sound every Wednesday. His archives are available here.] See also: Top 20 Greatest L.A. Rap Albums Of All Time: The Complete List J-Swift hit rock bottom five years ago. Sacks o ... More >>

Zola Jesus, LA Vampires, Xanopticon - Echoplex - October 31, 2011

ian Cohen​See also: *Zola Jesus Brings Her Unsettled and Prickly Vision to L.A. *Amanda Brown of LA Vampires: Raw Foodist, Colossal In Kiev Zola Jesus, LA Vampires, Xanopticon Echoplex October 31, 2011 Better than... Seeing MC 900 Ft. Jesus on Columbus Day. Gotta admit, perhaps the greates ... More >>

Main Attrakionz, DaVinci, Jonti - Bootleg Gallery - September 30, 2011

Main Attrakionz, DaVinci, Joni Bootleg Gallery September 30, 2011 Better than ... the indie band in the other room. Throw a pop-up show for say, Prince, and the place is packed within minutes of the doors opening. But for groups still teetering on the verge of simply Internet fame, it's riskier b ... More >>

Valerj Pobega: Model Student

Live Review: Butterclock with oOoOO at Killing Spree

Liz OhanesianButterclock with oOoOO at Killing Spree​Friday night, Butterclock and oOoOO stopped by Killing Spree, the monthly party at Medusa Lounge dedicated to dark, electronic music. The event was a good chance for local to check out two incredibly interesting, up-and-coming artists perfo ... More >>

L.A. Radio Personality Michael Linder To Start Venice-Centric Internet Station, Following Layoffs At KABC And KNX

KVB.fmFinally -- a voice for stoned skater kids and funnel cakes​Internet-only news outlets Yo! Venice! and AOL Patch's fluffy Venice branch are about to have some friendly competition on the neighborhood news watch. "If Venice Patch was a print newspaper, it'd be more of a shopper," says L.A ... More >>

Live Review: LA 101 with Massive Attack and Thievery Corporation

timothy norrismassive attack​ See more of Timothy Norris' photos in 'LA 101 with Thievery Corporation, Massive Attack and more.' By any metric, last night's LA 101 at the Gibson Amphitheatre was a success--save for maybe the fact that the headliners didn't hail from LA. Of course, Massive At ... More >>

UPDATED: New Set Times for LA 101 Featuring Thievery Corporation & Massive Attack

Thievery Corporation--yeah, but what time are they playing?​[UPDATE, 11/5: Updated mainstage set times. See below.] Here are some more details about LA 101 from the LA Weekly Marketing team: Line up: KCRW DJ Stage, CityWalk Stage: Voxhaul Broadcast, Saint Motel and Red Cortez. Main Stage: Th ... More >>

MUSIC PICKS: Ruben Guevara, Buika, Bill Frisell's Beautiful Dreamers

Also, Combichrist, Papercranes, Simone White and others

Exclusive! Presale Code for LA Weekly's LA 101 Show, featuring Massive Attack and Thievery Corporation

​ Here's the presale information (and code!) to get your advance tickets for the LA 101 show on November 7, featuring Massive Attack and Thievery Corporation:

LA Weekly Presents LA 101: Massive Attack and Thievery Corporation to Headline

Thievery Corporation, coming to LA 101​Thievery Corporation, coming to LA 101​LA Weekly will be presenting LA 101 at Gibson Amphitheatre on Sunday, November 7th. The massive show will be headlined by Massive Attack and Thievery Corporation, with the rest of the lineup being announced Mo ... More >>

Double Download: Soul Chanteuse Andreya Triana Gets RMX'd by Flying Lotus, Mount Kimbie

Andreya Triana meets Lotus and Kimbie​Flying Lotus fans will remember London's Andreya Triana from her beautifully haunting vocal turn on "Tea Leaf Dancer" from Flying Lotus' 2008 Reset EP. As it turns out, that fortuitous appearance was one of her first, as Triana plans to release her debut ... More >>

Rage Against the Machine, Sonic Youth, Massive Attack and Many Others Push for Boycott Against Arizona Law

​(Via Billboard) A number of influential musicians and other artists have now joined their voices to the organized repudiation of the recent immigration legislation in Arizona. The following names have been posted on the website thesoundstrike.net endorsing a boycott of Arizona, most likely b ... More >>

Live in L.A.: Nas & Damian Marley, Shout Out Louds, Edward Sharpe & the Magnetic Zeros, Minus the Bear, Everest, Casxio

​"Distant Relatives," the meeting of the musicial minds of Nas and Damian "Jr. Gong" Marley, has already earned some well-deserved plaudits. Indeed, there's a lot to like on the album (released this week), with the New York City rapper's tightly wound narratives twined with Marley's thick Jama ... More >>

Live in L.A.: Talib Kweli and Hi-Tek, Broken Bells, Caribou, Massive Attack

​Rapper Talib Kweli and producer Hi-Tek are officially back in business as Reflection Eternal -- a full decade after their first album, Train of Thought. The new Revolutions Per Minute (out this week) might not feel as revolutionary as their debut, but it'll put a smile on the face of anybody ... More >>

Live in L.A.: Roky Erickson with Okkervil River, Massive Attack, Jonathan Richman, Bigelf

Todd WolfsonRoky Erickson with Okkervil River​Even without its remarkable backstory, Roky Erickson's album with Okkervil River, "True Love Cast Out All Evil," feels like a triumph. Full speed ahead on comeback trail after years lost to drug abuse and mental illness, the 62-year-old songwriter ... More >>

Music Picks: Jail Weddings, Summer Darling, Roky Erickson, Jonathan Richman

Also, Bajofondo, Massive Attack, Minus the Bear and others

Music Picks: Liz Pappademas, Buffy Sainte-Marie, Mad Professor, Bill Frisell

Also, Taylor Swift, Los Tres, Saint Motel, David Allan Coe and others

Live Review: Brad Mehldau at Largo - The Art of the Solo

Brad Mehldau is not an L.A. guy. Born in Jacksonville Florida, the pianist spent much of his childhood in Connecticut. He went to school in New York, started playing with Joshua Redman in New York, and now lives in Brooklyn, but his concert at the Largo on Tuesday night felt like a homecoming. Larg ... More >>

Watch: Or The Whale's Americana Striptease, 'Rusty Gold' (NSFW) [ MP3]

Searching for Moby Dick, Or, The Whale​Admirers of the male figure (beardy Americana variety) take note: indie alt-country band Or, The Whale has just released a video for "Rusty Gold," and it features a fella fitting that description wearing nothing more than the generous scruff on his chin. ... More >>

Tonight at Don't Knock the Rock: Mark Stewart & Pop Group Documentary 'On/Off'

​ The Don't Knock the Rock film series continues tonight at Cinefamily at the Silent Movie Theater with the LA premiere of On/Off, a documentary on the legendary post-punk auteur Mark Stewart, whose work in the late 1970s and early 1980s redirected post punk in a whole other direction, carvin ... More >>

Gutter Twins, Great Northern, Avalon, 4/2

The Gutter Twins, Great Northern Avalon, April 2 It's raining in Los Angeles. Twice I slip on the slick Hollywood Walk of Fame in my terribly-unsuited-for-rain Chuck Taylors, trying to make my way to the Avalon. It's perfect though; it should be raining for a Gutter Twins show, even in L.A. It wa ... More >>

Rock Picks: John Fogerty, Band of Horses, Eek-a-Mouse, Gram Rabbit

For the week of November 23 - 29

Rock Picks

For the week of March 29 – April 5

Rock Picks

For September 21–28

Bong Hits, Bluegrass, Pervy Puppets, and Tom Petty As Hipster

Eraserhead

Thom Yorke’s solo LP: Radiohead without the radio?

Puttin' the Hella in Coachella

A festivalgoer’s diary

Fry Me to the Moon

I Got Riddim

Dr. Israel and Heavyweight Dub Champion at the Knitting Factory, Monday.

Music Picks

For Feb. 17 - 23

Screen and Be Seen

Live in LA

Woman vs. Machine

As persona overtakes person, Love, Angel, Music, Baby shows Gwen Stefani still drives her own ambition

Soul Shadows

Daddy G

Ray Charles Hits the Road

They Don’t Make 'Em Like That Anymore

Broken Circles

Turn the Tide

Silver Screams

Music mutilates the movies

Let’s Get Sort of Physical, for a Moment

Dark Stars

Micro-East Collective in the race for space

Concrete Junglist

Third Ear

In the Realm of the Senses