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  • Blogs

    May 18, 2012

    Fanatics! Henry Rollins' KCRW Show Tomorrow Night: African Music

    KCRW Broadcast #165 for Saturday, May 19, 2012 See also: Henry Rollins: The Column! Advice From Diamond Dave Fanatics! Hello from Cape Town! Before we go any further, I want to say that hours ago, I read about the passing of Chuck Brown, the legendary Washington DC musician, the founding father of ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 3, 2012

    Henry Rollins: The Column! Hunting, Gut Stew, and Sex With Your Sister

    [Look for your weekly fix from the one and only Henry Rollins right here on West Coast Sound every Thursday, and come back tomorrow for the awesomely annotated playlist for his Saturday KCRW broadcast.] Still in Australia, get used to it! I will be here for quite a while. Things are going very we ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 11, 2012

    Gotye: His Life Story

    See Also: *Our Review of Gotye at the El Rey Theatre, February 2, 2012 *Coachella Preview 2012: Everything You Need to Know About the Performers Raised in Australia, Gotye has a completely sold out US tour, over 140 million YouTube hits, and a single ("Somebody That I Used to Know") so potent it h ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 12, 2012

    Why Limp Bizkit on Cash Money Makes Sense

    See also: Fuck Guilty Pleasures: Limp Bizkit Had An Amazing Run It's confirmed: The Limp Bizkit-on-Cash Money era is upon us, whatever that might entail. We know because last week at the Laundry Bar in Melbourne, Austrailia, Bizkit/House of Pain turntabilist DJ Lethal spun "Ready to Go," the world ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 14, 2012

    Getty Museum Gets a New Director: Timothy Potts

    Timothy Potts is the new director of the Getty Museum, and will begin the job on Sept. 1. Potts, a native of Sydney, Australia, has been director of the Fitzwilliam Museum in Cambridge, England, since January 2008. He also has been director of the Kimbell Art Museum in Fort Worth, Texas, and before ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 19, 2011

    Ecstasy Use Results in 'Erratic And Dangerous Driving,' Says New Study: New Year's Eve Ravers Warned to be Careful

    Ravers.​'Tis the season to be raving. At least in the L.A. region, where we'll have two major New Year's Eve massives, Together As One, and White Wonderland, at which to lose it, not to mention several electronic club nights. But in a timely warning a Melbourne university professor says in ju ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 3, 2011

    Impro Theater's Chekhov Unscripted: How to Improvise an Homage to Uncle Vanya

    Dan O'ConnorRyan Smith in Chekhov Unscripted​In 1999, after 11 years of wringing laughs from willing audiences through competitive comedy and newfangled styles of longform improvisation, Impro Theater devised a upstart project called Shakespeare Unscripted that would turn into an enormously su ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 13, 2011

    Cut Copy, Washed Out - The Palladium - October 12, 2011

    Andrea Domanick​Cut Copy, Washed Out The Palladium October 12, 2011 Better than... Kanye's Workout Plan. Summer and all its carefree sentiments may be behind us, but a look at L.A.'s concert circuit this month would tell you otherwise. From The Rapture to the Culture Collide fest to last ni ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 9, 2011

    Tiesto - Home Depot Center - October 8, 2011

    See also: Our Q&A With Tiesto Tiesto's Home Depot Center Show in October Billed as Largest One-DJ Gig in U.S. History Tiesto The Home Depot Center October 8, 2011 Better than...shows that aren't the biggest of their kind ever. The last time I saw Tiesto was February 2002 at Exit in New York City, ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 7, 2011

    Skrillex, Odd Future, Gaslamp Killer, and Chromeo at HARD Summer Fest - Los Angeles State Historic Park - 8/7/11

    Timothy Norris​By Roselle Chen Guys in rice picker hats and Jabbawockeez masks, and girls in booty shorts, sports bras and furry boots filtered into sunlit, grassy Los Angeles State Historic Park Saturday for HARD Summer Music Festival. 30,000 people were in attendance, so perhaps one should ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 5, 2011

    The Ten Bloodiest Metal Album Covers [Gross, but not entirely NSFW]

    Exhumed​At Exhumed's Sunday night show absolutely nothing trendy, hip, or fashionable will be on display. Picking up where they left off after a five-year hiatus, the California deathgrind pioneers will headline at the Key Club in support of their comeback release All Guts, No Glory. That titl ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 10, 2011

    Henry Rollins! The Column: Listening to Ramones in Tehran

    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 >>

  • Music

    February 17, 2011

    The Column!: Postcard From NYC

    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 >>

  • Blogs

    February 17, 2011

    Henry Rollins: The Column! Rollins on Being an Angeleno in New York (and Missing Joey Ramone)

    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 >>

  • Music

    February 10, 2011

    Sunset Strip Follies

    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 >>

  • Blogs

    January 25, 2011

    Compton Cricket Team 'Homies & the Popz' to Rep U.S. in Tourney Down Under (BONUS: They Rap About It)

    Compton Cricket ClubThis is not a joke​A dozen dreamers from the hood, one geographically displaced athletic passion. Dare we say Jamaican bobsled team? Nah, but the Compton Cricket Club is nine times as street. Even streeter: These guys might actually have a chance at beating "comparably com ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 14, 2011

    Hollyweird: Angelenos Take it Off for Annual No Pants Subway Ride

    View more photos in the slideshow, "CuriousJosh: No Pants Metro Ride." Josh "CuriousJosh" Reiss​It was a gorgeous and quiet Sunday afternoon at Los Angeles Union Station.  The commuters scattered throughout were diverse -- a young couple, an old man reading a newspaper, a family heading to a ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 24, 2010

    Live Review: Midnight Juggernauts and The Naked and Famous at The Echoplex

    Michael OrloskyMidnight Juggernauts​ Last night the line to get into the Echoplex stretched all the way down the driveway and around the block. Security guards had to shoo away alternate lines that started forming by those who were still hoping in vain for an extra ticket even though the place ... More >>

  • Film+TV

    October 28, 2010

    THE MAGICIAN Review

    Michael OrloskyMidnight Juggernauts​ Last night the line to get into the Echoplex stretched all the way down the driveway and around the block. Security guards had to shoo away alternate lines that started forming by those who were still hoping in vain for an extra ticket even though the place ... More >>

  • Film+TV

    July 15, 2010

    INXS and a Paean to Excess

    The late Michael Hutchence plays punk

  • Blogs

    July 14, 2010

    Mélisse Hosts The Spotted Pig's April Bloomfield in 'Michelin Mashup'

    Photo via Kitchenrat.com.​There are guests, there are guest chefs and there are guest star chefs. On July 26th, Mélisse will feature chef April Bloomfield of New York City's The Spotted Pig, who would come under the latter category, in an event the restaurant is calling "Michelin Mashup: Cook ... More >>

  • Stage

    January 14, 2010

    When Reality Crashes Into a Tree

    Tim Crouch’s brilliant act of conjuring

  • News

    December 24, 2009

    Let’s Get Something Straight Between Us Straight Between Us

    Tim Crouch’s brilliant act of conjuring

  • News

    November 26, 2009

    The “All About Me” Show?

    Tim Crouch’s brilliant act of conjuring

  • Blogs

    July 24, 2009

    Eat What Bourdain Just Ate: Sichuan, Kebab, Brains & More

    Anthony Bourdain was at it again this week, delving into the surprising culinary scene of Melbourne, Australia. But unless you have a bunch of highly-skilled chef pals with access to local Aussie ingredients, you're probably not going to be able to recreate that charming little rooftop potluck. Howe ... More >>

  • Calendar

    July 23, 2009

    WHO'S SUPER NOW?

    Anthony Bourdain was at it again this week, delving into the surprising culinary scene of Melbourne, Australia. But unless you have a bunch of highly-skilled chef pals with access to local Aussie ingredients, you're probably not going to be able to recreate that charming little rooftop potluck. Howe ... More >>

  • Art+Books

    January 8, 2009

    Talking with the Institute for Figuring’s Margaret and Christine Wertheim

    Masters of the Woolen Reef

  • Film+TV

    August 16, 2007

    Film Reviews: Delirious, Death at a Funeral, 7 Dias

    Masters of the Woolen Reef

  • Music

    March 8, 2007

    Rock Picks

    For the week of March 8 – 15

  • News

    December 21, 2006

    Vintage Dame

    Cate Blanchett exhumes Hollywood’s golden era

  • Music

    July 20, 2006

    Ain't Too Proud to Beat You Raw

    THE VASCO ERA at Spaceland, July 16

  • News

    November 18, 2004

    Letters

    THE VASCO ERA at Spaceland, July 16

  • News

    February 26, 2004

    Letters

    THE VASCO ERA at Spaceland, July 16

  • News

    January 22, 2004

    Letters

    THE VASCO ERA at Spaceland, July 16

  • Columns

    December 18, 2003

    Coffee, Tea or Handcuffs?

    An Australian journalist gets a taste of Department of Homeland Security hospitality

  • News

    July 24, 2003

    Letters

    An Australian journalist gets a taste of Department of Homeland Security hospitality

  • News

    July 3, 2003

    Letters

    An Australian journalist gets a taste of Department of Homeland Security hospitality

  • Music

    June 26, 2003

    Killing the Angel in the House

    With a major-label contract and a spot on the Lollapalooza tour, the Distillers are set to become big rock stars. How will Brody Armstrong tolerate the fame?

  • Music

    May 29, 2003

    It’s High Time

    With a major-label contract and a spot on the Lollapalooza tour, the Distillers are set to become big rock stars. How will Brody Armstrong tolerate the fame?

  • Music

    May 15, 2003

    Buckets of Rain

    With a major-label contract and a spot on the Lollapalooza tour, the Distillers are set to become big rock stars. How will Brody Armstrong tolerate the fame?

  • News

    May 23, 2002

    Letters

    With a major-label contract and a spot on the Lollapalooza tour, the Distillers are set to become big rock stars. How will Brody Armstrong tolerate the fame?

  • News

    December 13, 2001

    The Million-Dollar March

    A tribute to greed, power and excess

  • Music

    September 6, 2001

    Foetus Maximus

    Jim Thirlwell, a demon for all seasons

  • News

    May 10, 2001

    Notes From the Front

    The Wall defines two Americas in Quebec

  • Film+TV

    April 19, 2001

    Dogs, Bodies

    Amores Perros and Chopper

  • Art+Books

    March 8, 2001

    True History

    Novelist Peter Carey on outlaw Ned Kelly, “Waltzing Matilda” and the Booker Prize

  • Film+TV

    October 5, 2000

    Canada Semi-dry

    The Toronto Film Festival turns 25

  • Music

    March 16, 2000

    Dark Stars

    Micro-East Collective in the race for space

  • Art+Books

    July 29, 1999

    The War Over Your Personal Privacy Is Over.
    You Lost.

    The top five ways the technological revolution has been a war against you

  • Music

    May 6, 1999

    Satori Night Fever

    A Ghost in the space-time machine

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