Nina Simone

Nick Cave, Spiritualized, Cat Power Stanch the Wounds at the Hollywood Bowl

Last Night: Antony and the Johnsons Deliver the Perfect Music for the Times at Disney Hall

It did feel like a Moment, like the crowd last night was part of something Big and Important, an event which in better times with less distraction and attention deficiencies might even have been a Landmark. For reasons perhaps too obvious to state, the reception that Antony Hegarty was given in one ... More >>

So Fresh, So Clean

It did feel like a Moment, like the crowd last night was part of something Big and Important, an event which in better times with less distraction and attention deficiencies might even have been a Landmark. For reasons perhaps too obvious to state, the reception that Antony Hegarty was given in one ... More >>

Baby Blue

Restless nights with Julianna Raye

Weiss' Best Reissues & Compilations of 2008

Steve Stein and partner Double Dee, were dropping lessons on kids when Shadow and Cut Chemist were still constructing crates out of lincoln logs. Finally collected on the aptly named, Illegal Art label, Steinski's seminal singles are that rarity--as fun as they are important. Neither The Avalanches ... More >>

Rock Picks: New York Dolls, Lizz Wright, Brother Ali

And other March 6-13 shows

The Athletic Complexions Contemporary Ballet Returns

Muscle Memory

Box of Broken Dreams: In Search of a Soul Lost and Found in L.A.

A young photographer's belongings are abandoned on a Hollywood street, leaving our writer to piece together the fragments of his life. Video extra: excerpts from a life on DVD

Farm Aid: Auntie Em's Produce-Driven Dreams

An Eagle Rock favorite takes a fresh approach to cooking

Staycation? Go to the Bowl Instead

An Eagle Rock favorite takes a fresh approach to cooking

Jazzed? But Not Motivated?

The week in fun, June 27-July 3

Dorian Wood: Beautiful Losing

Bolka combines baroque flourish and naked emotion

Prisons, Punks and Don Quixote

Our critics’ guide to the very best of LAFF

Rock Picks: HorrorPops, Steve Earle, Ace Frehley

And other March 20-27 music shows

Baby Dee: Life Is Bitter and Death Is Sweet

"Find a sweetie and make mad love. Smoke lots of cigarettes and stop wearing underpants."

Stripping Lessons

"Find a sweetie and make mad love. Smoke lots of cigarettes and stop wearing underpants."

Man-Sized

PJ Harvey at the Orpheum Theater, October 15

Rebel Central

The fantastical real-life story of L.A.’s Stones Throw Records, a hip-hop legend in the making

Theater Reviews: Zorro in Hell, The Idiot Box, Bad Seed and More

Also this week's pick, Alice in One-Hit Wonderland

Critics’ Picks

Our guide to the best of AFI Fest 2006

The Circle Game

’70s girls inspired by Joni get their day in the sun via a new compilation

Hard and Harder, Abstract and Abstracter

2005 in metal and jazz

Interpol, Boom Bip, Antony and the Johnsons, CocoRosie

2005 in metal and jazz

Boys Do Cry

Antony and the Johnsons’ uncut emotions

Sunrise, Sunset . . . and Beyond

Richard Linklater tunes up his time machine

Abloom’s Day

The future of heaviness

Buckets of Rain

The future of heaviness

Pure Class

The future of heaviness

Nasty Gal

The future of heaviness

Get-Well Tune

The future of heaviness

A Pirate’s Life for Me

How Napster restored my faith in the Internet (and why the RIAA can’t take it away)

Darkness Audible

An interview with Me'Shell Ndegéocello

A Funky Epiphany

Bitter truths from the Crack Emcee

Child of the Night

Bitter truths from the Crack Emcee

A Day in the Life

Bob Mould gets personal about it

Screamin' Jay Hawkins

Rockin' Off the Wall

PJ Harvey Live at the Orpheum Theatre

PJ Harvey at the Orpheum Theatre, October 15 By Randall Roberts Polly Harvey waltzed onto stage last night looking like Emily Dickinson after a rough wrestle in the meadow, hair mussed, wearing a floor-length white Victorian gown, its poufy shoulders sprouting high above her frame. The word grow wa ... More >>

OUTFEST: VOTE "YES"

It's a politically charged year for L. A.'s Gay & Lesbian Film Festival

Straight Outta Chocolate's Rock N' Roll Cakes: Joy Division & Iggy Pop, In Chocolate

Want an homage of your favorite rock star? Try a cake depicting Iggy Pop, Dr. Dre or Debbie Harry--in chocolate. Baker, chocolatier and DJ (at Highland Park's Footsies) Kate Steffens specializes in rock n' roll cakes, with musicians depicted in tempered chocolate which she works into elaborate portr ... More >>

Give Up!: Top Five Sad Songs, Picked by Dublab's Frosty and Dntel

Just give up. Do it.​Mark "Frosty" McNeil will be spinning at "GIVE UP -- stop dancing and cry...," dublab's regular "dj's-on-a -bummer" night at the Hyperion Tavern this coming Sunday, March 21st. WCS interviewed him this week about this peculiar event. What is "Give Up"? Give Up is an expl ... More >>

Top Ten David Lynch Music Moments

Tonight the Quentin Tarantino-owned-and-operated New Beverly Cinema will be showing David Lynch's Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me, one of his most misunderstood masterpieces about the strangeness of everyday American culture (even the ubiquitous power lines are kind of malevolent!). You should go see ... More >>

Movie Reviews: Restrepo, Eyes Wide Open, The Sun Behind the Clouds

Also, Knight and Day, Raavan, The Killer Inside Me and more

ATONE AT HOME

Also, Knight and Day, Raavan, The Killer Inside Me and more

Topless Gay Bears Cover Antoine Dodson's "Bed Intruder Song" as an AMAZING Blues Jam (plus 2 Other Bonus Covers!)

Bears play the blooze​ We know what you were thinking--"Man, I sure love that viral sensation Antoine Dodson's "Bed Intruder Song" that was put together by the Auto-Tune the News people, but I only wish there was... there was... I don't know... maybe... AN AMAZING COUNTRY BLUES COVER VERSION ... More >>

Top 10 Women With Fruit Names

We've brought you the Top 10 Men With Meat Names and the Top 10 Men With Salad Names. But what about women? And what about fruit? Well, now is the moment for both, as pomiculture and nomenclature come together for the debut female-themed edition of our "People with Food Names" series. Of course, the ... More >>

Underground Rappers' "White Rage" Song Honors Gabrielle Giffords and Targets Tea Party Hate in Arizona

Sole raps takes on "White Rage" surrounded by Tea Party picketers.​Former Anticon Records rapper and founder Sole has released a brand new song that takes aim at the Tea Party, Arizona immigration laws and political race-baiting in "post-Obama" America. The track, called "White Rage," is rappe ... More >>

The Black Rap Bart Simpson Returns: Fresno's Fashwan Drops New J. Cole-Featuring Mixtape

​Fresno rap up-and-comer and local pot promoter (hey, bruh, keep the green in Grizzly City), Fashawn has just dropped a new mixtape/free album via XXL Magazine. You should cop it, if only to hear what a black Bart Simpson sounds like rapping. (We actually think Fash owes West Coast Sound some ... More >>

Top Ten Songs About Beer

​Wine and cheese; scotch and cigars; tequila and...more tequila: Good things come in pairs, and drinks are no exception. Our personal favorite? Beer and music. As card-carrying beer nerds, we couldn't be more excited that Monday kicked off American Craft Beer Week; and, as your trusted music ... More >>

Fanatics! Henry Rollins' KCRW Show Tomorrow Night: Procedure Club, Horrors

Timothy Norris​KCRW BROADCAST #124 for Saturday, July 23. Fanatics! Another week, another great show lined up for you! I am listening down to the songs at this moment and it's going to be an excellent night of jams. I wanted to make a show that rocked out but had some quiet dynamics. I am r ... More >>

Music Picks: Roberta Flack, Summer Twins, John Cage Centenary Festival

Also, Spindrift, Lenny Kravitz, Dorian Wood, Howlin Rain and others