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Henry Rollins: Harmony at Dischord

[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 Sunday KCRW broadcast.] See also: Henry Rollins: Thinking For Myself I am writing to you from one of my favorite spots a ... More >>

Yes, Jennifer and Jessica Clavin Used to Be in Mika Miko, But Now They're Bleached

[Editor's note: Weekly scribe Jeff Weiss's column, "Bizarre Ride," appears on West Coast Sound every Wednesday. His archives are available here.] Let's just get this out of the way. Until now, Jennifer and Jessica Clavin have been primarily known for singing and playing bass in the seminal Smell pu ... More >>

White Fence's Tim Presley Records the "Crappy" Way

Given the maturity and insight of White Fence's previous releases and his collaborations with it-boy Ty Segall, it shouldn't shock anyone that the act's newest record, Cyclops Reap, is quite brilliant. Still, Tim Presley's one-man band reaps a whole host of casual garage-rock casuistry from the laz ... More >>

Henry Rollins: Getting Older Doesn't Have to Mean Going Down With the Ship

[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.] See also: Henry Rollins: Our Constitutional Rights Require Constant Vigilance Spring is upon u ... More >>

Fanatics! Henry Rollins' KCRW Show Tomorrow Night: Punk Rock Straight from Washington DC

KCRW BROADCAST #204 02-23-13   See also: Henry Rollins: Embrace Your Homophobia, Boy Scouts of America Fanatics! Tonight is one of our concept shows and has everything to do with why I am in Washington DC tonight. I'm here presenting a documentary about a spray paint artist and cultural force in D ... More >>

Parquet Courts - The Echo - 1/15/13

Parquet Courts, Wet Illustrated The Echo 1/15/13 Among the most notable music trends in 2012 was the arrival of a handful of punk revival bands, who drew from indie rock and old school punk influences like Minor Threat and Black Flag to give the genre an updated sound. With bands like Metz and Merc ... More >>

Converge and Torche - Echoplex - 10/28/2012

Converge with Torche, Nails, Kvelertak and Dangers The Echoplex 10-29-12 On a night where most people were recovering from the sugar shock (or hangover) of a pre-Halloween Saturday, the metal kids came out in droves to see a fearsome line-up of bone-rattling bands at the Echoplex. From locals Nai ... More >>

Henry Rollins: The Column! The Mississippi Blues

[Look for your weekly fix of 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.] After more than three decades of touring America, this was only the third time I have been to Mi ... More >>

Bad Brains: Band in D.C.

The 20 Best Albums Not in the Canon: The Complete List

*Top 20 Worst Bands of All Time *Top 20 Musicians of All Time, in Any Genre *Top 20 Sexiest Female Musicians of All Time *Top 20 Sexiest Male Musicians of All Time A few months back Rolling Stone put out their updated 500 Greatest Albums of All Time list. (Here's a quickly-scannable version; Sgt. P ... More >>

The 20 Best Albums Not in the Canon: 10-1

See also: The 20 Best Albums Not in the Canon: 20-11 *Top 20 Worst Bands of All Time *Top 20 Musicians of All Time, in Any Genre *Top 20 Sexiest Female Musicians of All Time *Top 20 Sexiest Male Musicians of All Time 10. Built To Spill Perfect From Now On (1997) Not really grunge but not springy ... More >>

Top Five Best Post-Hardcore Records

See also: At the Drive-In Speaks At the Drive-In Interview Outtakes Refused and At The Drive-In reunited for Coachella. Now Quicksand is getting into the act, reuniting to play FYF Fest. People are nostalgic for the post-hardcore bands of yesteryear? Apparently. For those not in the know, post-ha ... More >>

Katy Goodman: Ya Gotta Have Heartbreak

One of the fascinating Angelenos featured in L.A. Weekly's People 2012 issue. Check out our entire People 2012 issue here. Katy Goodman makes breakup albums. Her latest, Sees the Light, largely concerns her failed relationships with two former beaux. Sure, there are some happy tracks, about a third ... More >>

Fanatics! Henry Rollins' KCRW Show Tomorrow Night: Cramps, Andy Warhol References

KCRW Broadcast #156 for Saturday, March 17, 2012 See also: Henry Rollins: The Column! Rebelling in Sweet Home Alabama Fanatics! I am writing you from what's left of a night off in Washington DC. I had a good day driving around town with Ian MacKaye. A few hours ago, we drove by the house where Min ... More >>

Henry Rollins: The Column! I'm Not Dead Yet

​[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.] A few days ago, I was sitting backstage at the Paradiso in Amsterdam, in the same area ... More >>

Henry Rollins: The Column! The Time I Made a Punk Rocker Cry

[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.] Weeks ago, my L.A. Weekly super editor Ben Westhoff asked me about my plans for 2012. I told h ... More >>

Top 20 Hair Metal Albums Of All Time: The Complete List

​See also: *Chuck Klosterman's Favorite Hair Metal Albums One day I was sitting around thinking I want to write a song about ménage a trois...and the line 'love in stereo' came into my head. Inspiration can happen anywhere at any time. -Jani Lane, Hit Parader magazine History has not been ... More >>

The Top 20 Hair Metal Albums Of All Time: #20-16

See also: *The Top 20 Hair Metal Albums Of All Time: #15-11 *The Top 20 Hair Metal Albums Of All Time: #10-6 *The Top 20 Hair Metal Albums Of All Time: #5-1 *Chuck Klosterman's Favorite Hair Metal Albums One day I was sitting around thinking I want to write a song about ménage a trois...and the l ... More >>

The Most Vicious Mosh Pit You Will Witness All Year: The Top Five Bands at California Discord Festival

brooklynvegan.comMagrudergrind​One of the year's more relentless metal festivals will lay waste to downtown this weekend. California Discord Fest invades The Vortex for two days of whiplash-inducing death metal, brutal grindcore, and mosh-friendly hardcore. Acoustic interludes, good cop/bad co ... More >>

Henry Rollins: The Column! August Ode

​[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 Thursday and make sure to tune in to Henry's KCRW radio show every Saturday evening, or on ... More >>

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

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

Henry Rollins: The Column! Now It's Dark, and I Am Real

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

What Do Art Snobs, Metal Heads, and Message Board Nerds Have in Common? "Twin Infinities" Art Show

​From the outside, it looks like Sam James Velde and Rich Jacobs have created an art show that could cause a nasty collision. Everyone from art snobs to metal heads to B9 message board nerds will be at "Twin Infinities" on Friday. But beneath superficialities, people aren't all that different, an ... More >>

Fanatics! Henry Rollins' KCRW Show Saturday Night: Happy Birthday, Ian MacKaye

Timothy Norris​KCRW BROADCAST #110 for Saturday, April 16. Fanatics! It is Record Store Day. It is also Ian MacKaye's birthday. Today, Ian hits the deck at forty-nine years of age. I believe he will be at the Coachella Festival this weekend so we send our greetings and congrats from here. To ... More >>

The Rain Makes LA More Analog Than Digital: Henry Rollins on the Weather, Alyssa Milano's Charity Work (Yes, Alyssa Milano) and Shaking Booker T's Hand

Maura LanahanOur eminent columnist, Mr. Henry Rollins!​[The one and only Henry Rollins will be contributing 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 Friday and make sure to tune ... More >>

Slayer’s Bloody Template

More tales of serial murder and psychosis, state oppression, snuff films and endless war over oil

Mullen on Music

Coachella Day 2: Tinariwen's Sunset Convergence is the Talk of the Festival

Timothy NorrisTinariwen: Nomads who now roam the earth delivering Tuareg music of Saharan North Africa. This is the 2009 show that's likely to build into a Coachella legend. Tinariwen's sunset set at the Gobi tent. Standing on the stage, the sextet, dressed in traditional Tuareg robes and headwear ... More >>

LA Weekly's Interview with Will Oldham: On Acting, Hollywood, the Nature of the Press, and Facebook

Yesterday Will Oldham, aka Bonnie Prince Billy, did an instore performance at Amoeba Records on Sunset, and West Coast Sound's Nikki Darling was there to report on the scene: Will Oldham gets French pedicures and shows them off while wearing flip-flops and Hawaiian board shorts. That's the first ... More >>

Idealist Propaganda: The Raw Power of Glen E. Friedman

Photos by Erin Broadley. Click images for entire Idealist Propaganda slideshow."Search and Destroy" funnels out onto the 10:30 p.m. Saturday Sunset Blvd. sidewalk, violently greeting late-arrivals to Glen E. Friedman's Idealist Propaganda exhibit. Iggy's cocaine cacophony carves up Tymphanic cavitie ... More >>

Ian MacKaye Talks with LA Weekly in Anticipation of this Weekend's Q&A at Hollywood High

In addition to being one of the easiest and most pleasurable interview experiences you're ever likely to have, Ian MacKaye is a goldmine in so many ways. There's his record label, Dischord, which transformed the very way that small punk and non-punk labels conducted their business. It's a pretty b ... More >>

Ian MacKaye to Visit Hollywood High for "Public Interview" with Students on Eve of Election

Few community activists have transformed thought and ideal into action and results like Ian MacKaye, founder of Washington, D.C.'s punk label Dischord Records and lead singer of (chronologically) Minor Threat, Embrace, Fugazi, and The Evens. The thoughtful, outspoken screamer will be in Southern C ... More >>

Grab The Believer's Music Issue While It's Still on the Racks -- It's Totally Worth It

Though it's been out for the past month or so, I'd highly recommend that you race to your nearest newstand to grab the recent music issue of The Believer, which is still on the newstands this week (or so we've been told) but on the verge of vanishing. There are a number of sublime highlights in ... More >>

“Preachy Songs”: Phil Elverum (aka The Microphones aka Mt. Eerie) Interviewed: Part 3 of 4

Elverum on Crass: "I don't really like that music of Crass, but I love the band, and I love their way, and their presentation."

Jeffrey Lewis (Interviewed) & Crass (Covered): Part 1 of 3

Jeffrey Lewis: "For myself it's not so much that there's been a resurgence because...don't call it a comeback I've been here for years."

Myspace Taste of the Week

I'd like to think that I'm way more popular in real life than I am on Myspace. I've only got like 50 friends, but that's probably because I only say yes to requests from peeps who truly are friends. Call me a weirdo. Anyway, the pals I do have, happen to have thousands of friends and way too much ... More >>

This Band Could Be His Life

Standing at the load-out with Flea, Rollins and the Evens

Kids Rock

The bands that are saving L.A.’s music scene