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  • Music

    March 28, 2013

    Tyler, the Creator: Horsing Around

    Even as a solo act, the Odd Future leader remains relentlessly absurd

  • Blogs

    February 19, 2013

    Pomona Street Artist Alleges That Odd Future Stole His Design

    By Ren MacDonald Ten years ago, Inland Empire native Ian Campbell founded Cat Cult, an artist collective whose members paste pictures of screen-printed cat heads on sidewalks, traffic signal boxes and buildings throughout L.A. County. As a teen in his Pomona garage Campbell, now 33, started making ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 26, 2012

    My Favorite Albums of the Second Half of 2012, in Haiku Form

    [Editor's note: Weekly scribe Jeff Weiss's column, "Bizarre Ride," appears on West Coast Sound every Wednesday. His archives are available here.] Kendrick Lamar attributed L.A.'s primacy to the women, weed and weather. He was quoting Biggie, who consecrated the left coast via song, despite his long ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 11, 2012

    2012: A Landmark Year in L.A. Hip-Hop

    L.A. hip-hop hasn't seen a year like this one since 1992, when the word G-Funk was (re)defined and art-rap was steadily making noise in and around Leimert Park. Twenty years ago saw, of course, the release of The Chronic, Bizarre Ride II the Pharcyde, The Predator, Spice 1, and Way 2 Fonky, among ot ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 9, 2012

    Hodgy Beats On the New MellowHype Album, and Why He Dislikes Reporters

    Between all the madcap happenings surrounding the Odd Future crew -- Tyler's maniacal musings, Frank Ocean's R&B ruminations, the occasion palm tree burned down by one of their fans -- sometimes folks forget about MellowHype, the two-man outfit comprised of caustic spitter Hodgy Beats and producer e ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 1, 2012

    Jewish Shop Employees on Fairfax Embrace Tourist Influx

    Not long ago we wrote about how the Fairfax Avenue cool kids -- specifically Odd Future's Tyler, the Creator and employees at streetwear shops -- weren't too happy about the hordes of tourists who have descended on the district. Indeed, we there at 10 am on a recent Thursday, and the line of snapbac ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 1, 2012

    Odd Future's Carnival and Show (With Lil Wayne) - Club Nokia - 9/30/12

    The Odd Future Camp Flog Gnaw Carnival & Show Club Nokia 9/30/12 See also: *Our slideshow of Odd Future's Carnival and Show *Odd Future and Streetwear Employees Resent Fairfax Avenue Tourist Influx *My Brother Smoked A Blunt With Lil Wayne; That's When Things Got Weird Who needs the L.A. County F ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 28, 2012

    2 Chainz Has The Year's Funniest, Creepiest Sexual Boast

    [Editor's Note: Fuck Guilty Pleasures celebrates the over-produced, commercial, artless, lowbrow music that we believe is genuinely worthwhile. Like, among the best music ever.] Formerly known as "Tity Boy," Atlanta rapper 2 Chainz is best known as a member of Ludacris' Disturbing tha Peace crewand ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 28, 2012

    The Time My Dad Played "Nuthin' But a G Thang" At Our Church

    I remember precisely where I was the first time I heard Dr. Dre's "Nuthin' But A G Thang": The song came out back when I was around 11. I'd accidentally avoided hearing it for the first few weeks/months it was out because my parents were pretty good at being parents. (Also, I was WAY more concerne ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 28, 2012

    Meet Brooke Candy: Rapper, Stripper, Warrior

    Brooke Candy's given name is Brooke Candy, and she was born on 4/20. (Trust that we used our journalistic skills to verify this information.) Her father worked behind the scenes for Hustler when she was growing up in Oxnard. If her parents are surprised that she's become a stripper and rapper who sm ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 22, 2012

    What the Dodgers' Musical Taste Says About Them

    [Editor's note: Weekly scribe Jeff Weiss's column, "Bizarre Ride," appears on West Coast Sound every Wednesday. His archives are available here.] Forget phrenology, both the overrated Roots album and the 19th-century pseudo-science. Ignore palmistry, psychotherapy and Rick Warren. The best way to b ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 14, 2012

    Did Odd Future Start a Fairfax Palm Tree on Fire? Despite What You've Read, No

    See also: Odd Future and Streetwear Employees Resent Fairfax Avenue Tourist Influx Have you seen the video of the Fairfax Avenue palm tree on fire? It's below. On August 1 the palm exploded into flames after being shot by a bottle rocket. Its branches fell onto the awning of a local pizza place, se ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 9, 2012

    A Drive-Thru Guy Insulted Me so I'm Slimming Down

    I used to work out a lot. I never wanted to be super big -- like, I didn't care to look like an Olympic weightlifter, or even a sprinter, for that matter. I just wanted it to not hurt that much if someone punched me in the stomach. I wanted an Olympic diver build, which, in retrospect, is a semi-wei ... More >>

  • Music

    August 9, 2012

    Odd Future and Streetwear Employees Resent Fairfax Avenue Tourist Influx

    I used to work out a lot. I never wanted to be super big -- like, I didn't care to look like an Olympic weightlifter, or even a sprinter, for that matter. I just wanted it to not hurt that much if someone punched me in the stomach. I wanted an Olympic diver build, which, in retrospect, is a semi-wei ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 2, 2012

    Let's Play 'Guess the Rapper'

    See also: KDAY, the Gangsta Rap Oldies Station, Breaks New Ground by Playing Music From the Bad Old Days Below are some illustrations of rappers. (The top is an example.) They also contain hints to help you guess who they are. There are 15 total. If you miss more than three, you lose and everyone ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 1, 2012

    The Best Hip-Hop Albums of 2012 Thus Far

    *Top Ten Rap Albums For People Who Don't Know Shit About Hip-Hop *Top 20 Greatest L.A. Rap Albums of All Time Only ten days into January we jokingly picked the year's top rap albums of 2012. But it turns out that 2012 has in fact shaped up as a pretty amazing year for hip-hop full-lengths -- arguab ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 18, 2012

    Frank Ocean - The Wiltern - 7/17/12

    Frank Ocean The Wiltern 7/17/12 See Also: Why Is Frank Ocean's Coming Out a Big Deal, But Not Syd the Kyd's? Since nobody's talking about much else on the internet right now, we won't bore you with too much background on Frank Ocean. He's a 24-year-old R&B singer aligned with Odd Future who lives ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 16, 2012

    The Best Five Concerts in L.A. This Week

    Monday, July 16 Animal Raps LOS GLOBOS By day, Paul Prado is one of the brevity-obsessed comic geniuses at L.A.'s own 5 Second Films. He's their in-house Method actor -- a guy who takes what he does so seriously, he'll shave his head clean for a five-second spoof of Citizen Kane. He can occupy a ch ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 16, 2012

    Why Is Frank Ocean's Coming Out a Big Deal, But Not Syd the Kyd's?

    Syd the Kyd on Odd Future, Her Sexuality and Why She Hates the Word "Lesbian" Earlier this month, rising R&B crooner and Odd Future member Frank Ocean came out of the closet. (More or less.) Since then there's been an outpouring of support from fans, the media and the music industry. Russell Simmon ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 26, 2012

    The Internet, Kilo Kish - The Echo - 5/25/12

    See also: Odd Future's Syd the Kyd Joins The Internet The Internet, Kilo Kish The Echo 5/25/12 In September, Odd Future subgroup The Internet (producer Matt Martians and DJ/producer/engineer Syd the Kid) quietly released "Love Song - 1." Already a pretty wisp of a track, Syd elevates it to remark ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 25, 2012

    Top Ten Best Historic Rock Clubs in L.A.

    For all the best of L.A. music, download our free Best Of Mobile app. See also: Top 10 Live Music Venues in L.A.: The Complete List L.A. has some of the best rock n' roll venues in the country. From the sparkly glam rock of the Sunset Strip to the grimy punk of dim little clubs in questionable ar ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 9, 2012

    Odd Future, Dipset, Ab-Soul - Paid Dues 2012 - 4/7/2012

    Paid Dues 2012 NOS Events Center, San Bernardino 4/7/2012 Posted by the Paid Dues media check-in, the announcement, "ATTENTION: Photo Pit Closed for Odd Future Performance," seemed an ominous sign. Though it likely was just to ward off further lawsuits, it felt a little pretentious -- and Murs' ind ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 8, 2012

    Earl Sweatshirt Is Home!

    Earl Sweatshirt, the lost member of Los Angeles collective Odd Future, is back home. How do we know? Less than an hour ago, Tyler, the Creator, tweeted that Earl has a Twitter account, @earlxsweat. So far, the mysterious rapper only has three updates -- the first simply says, "home," and the last ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 19, 2012

    Big News! Tonight We're Premiering The New Video From The Internet, aka Odd Future's Syd the Kyd and Matt Martians

    Star Foreman​See also: *Odd Future's Syd the Kyd Joins The Internet *Syd the Kyd On Odd Future, Her Sexuality And Why She Hates The Word "Lesbian" Last week's cover story focused on Syd the Kyd, Odd Future's DJ cum crooner. Her group with Matt Martians is called The Internet, and they recentl ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 19, 2012

    The Internet's "Fastlane" Video Premiere: Syd the Kyd Goes Natural Born Killers

    ​See also: *Odd Future's Syd the Kyd Joins The Internet *Syd the Kyd On Odd Future, Her Sexuality And Why She Hates The Word "Lesbian" It's here! Earlier today we announced we were premiering the new video "Fastlane" from The Internet -- aka Odd Future's Syd the Kyd and Matt Martians. You can ... More >>

  • Music

    January 12, 2012

    Odd Future's Syd the Kyd Joins The Internet

    She's a girl who likes girls. So why is she in a group that keeps saying "faggot"?

  • Blogs

    December 30, 2011

    Best L.A. Twitter Beefs of 2011 (and Who Won)

    ​Like most news bloggers, we probably spend too much time on Twitter. Tips arrive in real time -- quicker than on news television, or over the wire -- and Twitpics open us up to a world of witnesses. In effect, we might also talk about it too much. (Online celebrity rags are guiltiest of all: ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 23, 2011

    Odd Future Riot: Roxy Owner Nic Adler Explains What The Hell Happened

    Mike Rosenstein via Instagram​As reported earlier by our sister blog The Informer, Odd Future frontman Tyler, the Creator was arrested last night after losing his temper during the collective's performance at the Roxy. The sound was cut during their last song, at which time Tyler lunged at the ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 13, 2011

    The Best Los Angeles Concerts Of 2011

    ​5. Bon Iver Shrine Auditorium, September 19th In 2009, Justin Vernon and his band, Bon Iver, received glowing reviews for their beautiful performance at Hollywood Forever Cemetery, playing at dawn as the first lights of sunlight reached across the L.A. skyline. So when the band finally retur ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 7, 2011

    Thoughts From A Random Black Guy: Lionel's Last Column!

    Frank Miles​[Editor's note: Odd Future member Lionel Boyce writes a weekly column for West Coast Sound. His archives are available here.] For those unaware, Spin magazine did a cover story on Odd Future. I somehow managed to get interviewed by the writer, Julianne Sheppard -- given the nickna ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 30, 2011

    Phlo Finister: A Portugese, Black, And Irish Former Model Who Sings R&B

    Phlo Finister's hair is black and stick-straight. She's wearing Tims and a tight, cropped Tommy Hilfiger tank. Her boxers are puffed out of the approximately size 38 jeans that pool around her ankles. With her gold wire-rimmed sunglasses, she's Aaliyah, circa 1994. This is not what we expected. Th ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 2, 2011

    Thoughts From A Random Black Guy: Heathcliff, aka Raw Man Noodle

    Frank Miles​[Editor's note: Odd Future member Lionel Boyce writes a weekly column for West Coast Sound. His archives are available here.] In a recent column I introduced everyone I was touring with, but I left out Heathcliff -- the co-tour manager and publicist for Odd Future -- on purpose be ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 31, 2011

    Did Odd Future Member Left Brain Slap A Female Photographer? One Witness Says No

    Andrea DomanickLeft Brain performs with Odd Future at the House of Blues in June​A female photographer has accused Odd Future member Left Brain of slapping her in the face and knocking her to the ground during the collective's performance in New Orleans yesterday. Left Brain, a producer whose ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 25, 2011

    Tyler, the Creator Costumes For Sale At Urban Outfitters: Sign Of The Apocalypse?

    Kai Flanders​By Kai Flanders If you want to be Tyler, The Creator for Halloween this year -- and who doesn't? -- just head over to Urban Outfitters. The Westwood and Santa Monica locations, in any case, feature ready-to-wear outfits almost certainly directly inspired by the Odd Future leader ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 25, 2011

    L.A. at CMJ 2011 Round-Up: Odd Future, Vanaprasta, David Liebe Hart Band, and The New Limb

    Courtsey of The Bowery PresentsOdd Future at CMJ ​By Chaz Kangas Last week buzzworthy bands saturated New York City, across all boroughs and genres. The College Music Journalism festival featured some of the best breaking music in the world, including many great new bands from Los Angeles. Th ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 19, 2011

    Thoughts From A Random Black Guy: Introducing Everyone On The Odd Future Tour

    Brick Stowell​[Editor's note: Odd Future member Lionel Boyce writes a weekly column for West Coast Sound. His archives are available here.] For those of you who don't know, which would be everybody, seeing that I never mentioned it to anyone, I have been on the national U.S. tour with OF. W ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 30, 2011

    Odd Future - The Palladium - September 29, 2011

    Andrea Domanick​Odd Future Wolf Gang Kill Them All The Palladium September 29, 2011 Better than... L.A.'s other live acts (still). Strobe lights, blood and bubble guns: Ladies n' gents, Odd Future is back in town. Last night's set at the Palladium was the kind of raucous horrorshow audience ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 26, 2011

    Tyler's Alter Ego "Young Nigga" Had Us Fooled

    ​By Dan Hyman Early Friday morning Tyler, The Creator took to Twitter to inform his followers that -- despite his crew's 'no outsiders' policy -- Odd Future's new label under the Sony/Red Distribution umbrella had signed a rapper. The first artist off of Odd Future Records? Someone called You ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 14, 2011

    Thoughts From A Random Black Guy: Odd Future's Upcoming Show Loiter Squad

    Brick StowellL-Boy​[Editor's note: Today begins Odd Future member Lionel Boyce's column, about his and his collective's life and times. In this installment he introduces himself and talks about Odd Future's pilot, Loiter Squad, which was just picked up for a 2012 premiere by Adult Swim.] "I d ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 12, 2011

    Update: Odd Future Video Is Not Open to the Public

    Andrea DomanickNow you can burn shit, too​[See also: Exclusive: Pusha T and Tyler the Creator's "Trouble On My Mind" Video Shoot] Update: Odd Future's management has said that the video shoot is not open to the public. Don't go!Tyler, the Creator's music god Pharrell said, "You can't be me, I'm a ... 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 4, 2011

    Odd Future, Move Over: Flying Lotus Gets Jazz Treatment By Canadian Trio

    Alex Sowinski on drums, in a pig mask​Who says jazz is dead? Nobody, if Canadian trio BADBADNOTGOOD has anything to do with it. Back in April, we happened upon the group's eight-minute re-imagining of two songs from Tyler, the Creator's Bastard and (our personal favorite) Gucci Mane's "Lemon ... More >>

  • Music

    July 14, 2011

    Page Two: Knock, Knock! MellowHype, the Odd Future Gateway Drug

    Alex Sowinski on drums, in a pig mask​Who says jazz is dead? Nobody, if Canadian trio BADBADNOTGOOD has anything to do with it. Back in April, we happened upon the group's eight-minute re-imagining of two songs from Tyler, the Creator's Bastard and (our personal favorite) Gucci Mane's "Lemon ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 14, 2011

    MellowHype, the Odd Future Gateway Drug: Why You Should Let Hodgy Beats and Left Brain Take You In

    Brick Stowell MellowHype​If Tyler, the Creator is the Father of decidedly unholy L.A. rap collective Odd Future Wolf Gang Kill Them All, then consider Hodgy Beats the Son and Left Brain the Holy Ghost. With the former on the mic and the latter on the beats, they preach the sinister gospel of M ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 6, 2011

    MellowHype's Trailer for BLACKENEDWHITE Re-Release: Skating, Stage Diving, and Screaming "Fuck Tha Police"

    Uh-huh, uh-huh, yeah you too​We wanted to write about MellowHype, part of L.A.'s world famously infamous Odd Future collective. The subgroup, made up of Hodgy Beats and Left Brain, is re-releasing its album BLACKENEDWHITE on Oxford, Mississippi's Fat Possum record label July 12. But when we ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 29, 2011

    Watch Out, Odd Future, Pitchfork Protestors Are Waiting For You

    Marguerite de BourgoingRight in the FACE​Odd Future's accustomed to having bottles thrown at them (watch the video after the jump) and Chris Brown taking Twitter beef to the street. But that's all in the name of anger teenage angst too much 18-year-old boy testosterone fun! When they arrive fo ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 20, 2011

    Live Review: Top Five Reasons Odd Future is L.A.'s Best Live Act

    Andrea Domanick#swaggin'​ If Wu Tang, Iggy Pop and the Flaming Lips threw a birthday party, it might approximate Odd Future's swag-as-hell show Saturday night at House of Blues Sunset. Swinging stateside amidst their first European tour, the horrorcore collective took the stage in full force ... More >>

  • LA Life

    June 9, 2011

    Best Band Site: Odd Future Wolfgang Kill Them All

    Andrea Domanick#swaggin'​ If Wu Tang, Iggy Pop and the Flaming Lips threw a birthday party, it might approximate Odd Future's swag-as-hell show Saturday night at House of Blues Sunset. Swinging stateside amidst their first European tour, the horrorcore collective took the stage in full force ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 9, 2011

    Los Angeles Web Awards- Music Winners!

    ​All you do is win, win, win, no matter what. And every time you step up in the building, everybody's hands go up- and they stay there. Well, tonight at least. We're throwing a party for the Los Angeles Web Awards tonight. Wanna see the rock star winners who'll be stepping up in the buildin ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 23, 2011

    Spaceghostpurrp on Being Compared to Odd Future, Not Dissing the Taylor Gang, and Why Miami is Satan's Playground

    Spaceghostpurrp's spaceship just dropped him off​Two months ago, Miami rapper and producer Spaceghostpurrp's YouTube channel registered a few hundred views. But one dip into the then-nineteen-year-old's world of viscous sound waves had us hooked: It sounds as though he's sunk a creaky, abando ... More >>

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