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March 18, 2013
The Best Concerts to See in L.A. This Week
Monday, March 18 The Specials CLUB NOKIA Even though The Specials instigated the massively popular ska revival of the early '80s, they're far from a typical ska band. Whereas many modern groups are happy to employ ska's peppy, jerky rhythms merely for escapist dance fare, the English band preferred ... More >>
Blogs
March 14, 2013
Five More Iconic Key Club Shows
The Key Club's last day is today! Ever since West Coast Sound broke the story of its impending closure, local music fans have been mourning the place. Personally, we've been to the venue hundreds of times, and worked there as a DJ during Metal Skool's heyday for about two years. We believe the venue ... More >>
Blogs
March 11, 2013
The Five Most Iconic Key Club Shows in Its History
We broke some sad news last week: the Key Club will close its doors this Friday. Since opening in 1967 as Gazzarri's, it has been a staple of the Sunset Strip for decades, under various names and ownership. The venue has seen many popular styles of music come and go, but has, Zelig-like, been at the ... More >>
Blogs
November 7, 2012
What's the First Rap Song I Should Play For My Newborn Son?
In maybe one or maybe eight or maybe two or maybe six days, my third son will be pulled from my wife's womb. (C-section life, bitches.) He has a name, but I'm not going to tell you what it is. If you want to refer to him as Boy C, that's cool. That'll do just fine, I imagine. There are a bunch of r ... More >>
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April 6, 2012
Ten Rap-Rock Songs That Are Actually Awesome
See also: Crazy Town's Shifty Shellshock Is Out of His Coma! Here's Everything You Need To Know About Him Rap-rock remains the coolest idea ever. You've just been scared off of it by the mountain of terrible rap-rock in existence. Here are ten songs that prove the Woodstock '99-tainted genre could ... More >>
Blogs
March 21, 2012
Robert Glasper's New Album Is Not Jazz. Who Cares?
Thirty-three-year-old Robert Glasper has been putting out fairly straight-forward jazz records since the mid-'00s. Last month, however, Houston-bred, New York-based pianist released a R&B and hip-hop indebted album, Black Radio, under the moniker the Robert Glasper Experiment. This has some jazz fan ... More >>
Blogs
February 22, 2012
Hypnotic Brass Ensemble: Eight Brothers and Their Dad
From the Dorseys to the Davies', brother acts translates well to the stage, but few have a bond like the Hypnotic Brass Ensemble. The nine-piece, Chicago-based band boasts eight horn-playing sons of jazzman Kelan Phil Cohran. They, along with their father, will perform at the Exchange tomorrow, Febr ... More >>
Music
January 19, 2012
Music Picks: Skrillex, Diplo, Wu-Tang Clan, The Health Club
Also, Art Lande, Albert "Tootie" Heath, Gilad Hekselman, The Stitches, The Villains and others
Blogs
December 16, 2011
Mos Def and Talib Kweli - Club Nokia - 12-15-11
Timothy NorrisBlack Star (Mos Def and Talib Kweli) Club Nokia 12-15-11 Better than: Vanilla Ice's cameo in Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: The Secret of the Ooze. Mos Def and Talib Kweli were already established alternative hip-hop artists when they came together to form Black Star, produc ... More >>
Music
September 29, 2011
Music Picks: Esperanza Spalding, Elbow, Toro Y Moi, Blink-182
Also, Glen Campbell, the Smashing Pumpkins, Lanie Lane and others
Blogs
August 3, 2011
Top Five Greatest Rap Hook Singers
Frank OceanLast week we were supposed to get the major label release of Odd Future cohort Frank Ocean's debut project, nostalgia, ULTRA, previously a mixtape. Unfortunately, the suits at Def Jam have apparently stricken it from the upcoming-release schedule, with Ocean reacting by releasing t ... More >>
Blogs
July 27, 2011
Top Ten Rap Remixes Of '90s R&B Songs
Take thatThis 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 >>
Film+TV
June 23, 2011
L.A. Film Fest 2nd Weekend Picks
Take thatThis 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 >>
Blogs
June 8, 2011
UPDATE: More Artists Added to Rock the Bells 2011 Lineup
Originally published May 24, 2011, 8:18 p.m. New artists were just announced on the Rock the Bells 2011 lineup:
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April 28, 2011
Bouncing Cats
Originally published May 24, 2011, 8:18 p.m. New artists were just announced on the Rock the Bells 2011 lineup:
Blogs
April 20, 2011
High Holidays: 10 Celebrities Likely to Be Celebrating Both 420 and Passover This Year
Two very special holidays for the peoples of Los Angeles happen to fall on the same Hump Day this year: 4/20 and Passover, Day 2. One is a silly excuse to dabble in unmentionables (which a certain High Times editor claims "points us in a direction for the responsible use of cannabis") and the ... More >>
Blogs
December 1, 2010
Tonight: Odd Future, Faith No More, Eve 6, Train, John McLaughlin, the Grouch
Brook Bobbins via Village VoiceOdd Future with Mos Def in NYC earlier this monthThe headline earlier this month in the New York Times read: "Young, Gifted and Outrageous: Can Odd Future Survive Popularity?" Which is a fair question. The outrageous L.A. hip-hip crew whose unabbreviated monik ... More >>
Blogs
May 19, 2010
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 >>
Music
December 10, 2009
J.ROCC, THE THRONES, BAND OF SKULLS, THE SLITS AND BRETT DENNEN
Also Grace Potter & the Nocturnals, Espers, a Nicollete Larson Tribute, and others.
Blogs
November 9, 2009
New Dublab Vid: Jennifer Furches (Sea Wolf, Cass McCombs) Live at Elysian Park
It's been a good six months since the good folks at Dublab (currently holding their Proton Drive fundraiser) have delivered up a new installment of Vision Version, a video series that captures touring or L.A.-area artists performing one-off songs in beautiful or unusual settings. Last time, to wit, ... More >>
Blogs
October 22, 2009
Last Night: Brother Ali and the Night of Three E-V's (Evidence, Evelyn and ... Everlast)
It's easy to think that underground hip-hop is dead. The Internet has equalized everything to the point that there isn't much difference between Mos Def's and Mickey Factz's marketing plan, or Elzhi's and Eminem's, or Wale's and Will.i.am's. During the WWWization of the rap world, the next generatio ... More >>
Music
September 3, 2009
Rock Picks: Camper Van Beethoven, Cass McCombs, AC/DC
Also, Twilight Circus Dub Sound System, Magda, Hedgehog, Mos Def and others
Music
July 30, 2009
Funk Spirit Rising: Georgia Anne Muldrow and Dudley Perkins' Dueling Soul Excursions
Inside the Energy and Funk of L.A.'s Weirdest Music-Making Couple.
Blogs
February 24, 2009
Talking Hip Hop (and Phil Collins) With At the Movies' Ben Lyons
By Brandon Perkins Perhaps if Ben Lyons' movie chops were as obvious as his hip-hop track record, then sites like StopBenLyons.com wouldn't exist. Ever since the E! personality took the helm of the Siskel, Roper and Ebert's beloved At the Movies, Lyons has been berated with more thumbs down than ... More >>
Blogs
December 16, 2008
Weiss' 50 Best Hip-Hop Songs of 2008 (#50-26)
Over the next two weeks, myself and a very talented cadre of contributors will be emulating the book above. Unlike said tome, it won't cost money and you'll get free MP3s--which, presumably, serve a tangible purpose. Now go cry into your near-beer, Phillip Ardagh, you lovable rogue. 50. Redman ft ... More >>
Film+TV
December 4, 2008
Movie Reviews: Hunger, One Day You'll Understand, A Good Day to Be Black and Sexy
Also, Frost/Nixon, The Black Balloon and more
Music
October 23, 2008
Nightranger: Maggie Barry, Box 8, Shin BBQ, Brian Lichtenberg, and Fashion Accessories by Cobrasnake
ROCK ’N’ WEAR CIRCUS EIGHT’S GREATS
Music
August 7, 2008
The Many Moods of Rock the Bells
Hip-hop's been in a lull. Meet the new torchbearers
Music
December 27, 2007
Revenge of the New Year
Hollywood vs. downtown...
Music
August 16, 2007
Bells On Parade
Public Enemy, Wu-Tang Clan, Rage against the Machine and more at Rock the Bells
Music
August 9, 2007
Rock Picks: Detroit Cobras, Gore Gore Girls, MF Doom, Squeeze
For the week of August 9 – 16
News
February 1, 2007
Chest of Lies
Identity theft, self-promotion and the search for laminates at Sundance
Music
April 13, 2006
Killah on the Road
Ghostface returns to the streets � and his own inner weirdo � on Fish Scale
Film+TV
March 2, 2006
Take the Long Way Home
16 Blocks delivers a more lethal Donner
Film+TV
March 2, 2006
Party Over Here!
Dave Chappelle raises the roof
Music
September 15, 2005
''Led by God to Do Me''
Reverend Run, raising heck
Music
August 4, 2005
Live in LA
Reverend Run, raising heck
Music
April 21, 2005
Coachella 2005: The Year of the Cult
A highly opinionated user�s guide
Music
January 27, 2005
Resistance Is Futile
The Chemical Brothers push the button and you surrender
Music
October 21, 2004
Ho Down
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Film+TV
September 4, 2003
Day of Rage
The Weather Underground and Civil Brand
Music
May 9, 2002
Reach for the Sun
Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival, April 27-28
Music
January 3, 2002
The Year in Music
Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival, April 27-28
Music
April 26, 2001
Road Rage
Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival, April 27-28
Music
April 5, 2001
Sigh Language
A darker shade of AWOL One
Music
November 16, 2000
How It Could Be
Soul rebels Talib Kweli and Hi-Tek
Music
May 25, 2000
Work the Angles
Dilated Peoples in the main event
Music
December 16, 1999
Do U Know Us?
Armand Van Helden, Mos Def: A masculine equation
Music
January 14, 1999
Music 1998:
The good, the bad and the combusticated
Music
March 12, 1998
Keep It Comin'
The good, the bad and the combusticated
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