Friday, February 22 Kurt Rosenwinkel KIRK DOUGLAS THEATRE Kurt Rosenwinkel's playing is richly complex and challenging, and while he is smarter than most of us, smart people also feel. Thus, to label this guitarist as "intellectual" or "cerebral" does him a disservice. He is more poet than scientis ... More >>
It's pledge drive time again at KCRW. twice a year, the station -- one of the pre-eminent public radio stations in the country -- interrupts regular programming to ask for money. But this isn't your typical "send us five bucks and we'll mail you a bumper sticker" pledge event. No no, this one has Co ... More >>
It's pledge drive time again at KCRW. twice a year, the station -- one of the pre-eminent public radio stations in the country -- interrupts regular programming to ask for money. But this isn't your typical "send us five bucks and we'll mail you a bumper sticker" pledge event. No no, this one has Co ... More >>
Tuesday, October 2 Garbage WILTERN When they formed in 1994, future chart fixtures Garbage had the makings of a sterile vanity project. Created by veteran studio rats (including Butch Vig, producer of Nirvana's Nevermind), with a grafted-on unknown vocalist, their formula appeared better suited to ... More >>
After being purchased by Buzzmedia last week, Spin Magazine looks to be on its last legs -- the magazine part of it, anyway. Though Buzzmedia representatives haven't said it's going digital-only, they haven't committed to maintaining the print edition, either. It seems likely that we won't see much ... More >>
KCRW Broadcast #160 for Saturday, April 14, 2012 See also: Henry Rollins: The Column! Japanese Guitar Freaks From Outer Space Fanatics! I am Australia bound. At this moment, I am in Wellington, New Zealand with show #60 for the year a few hours behind me. I will be in Australia for quite a long sp ... More >>
See also: Is Lana Del Rey The Kreayshawn Of Moody, Electro-Tinged "Indie"? Why have singer-songwriter Lizzy Grant and her press people taken to depicting her as a "Lolita in the hood" and a "gangsta Nancy Sinatra"? Perhaps she doesn't feel she is very interesting. At least, not interesting enough ... More >>
LJ WilliamsonWhich one gets your money?The arrival of Google is forcing us to make some tough choices about Facebook -- what about the friends, carefully-curated photo albums, and goofy little notes you're not sure you want to pack along to the new place? And now there's Spotify, which is tr ... More >>
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 >>
Timothy NorrisKCRW BROADCAST #113 for Saturday, May 7. Fanatics! Greetings from Louisiana. I am down here doing a little work with National Geographic. It's just the start of a lot of footage we will be shooting over the next several weeks all over America and abroad. It's going to be very ho ... More >>
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 >>
Timothy Norris We came, we saw, we sweated off four pounds of water. Kudos to the Coachella organizers for turning the Empire Polo Grounds into a people-organizing machine. Lines were long, but everything kept moving. Let's look at Sunday's GOODs, BADs and UGLYs...
Timothy NorrisGene Ween: best David Bowie karaoke performer, ever [For more images of Ween's show see Timothy Norris' slideshow "Ween @ The Wiltern".] WHAT: Ween WHERE: The Wiltern WHEN: 1/29/11 1. Wow--Ween is huge in 2011: By 9:00 pm the line at the Wiltern went around and around (the ven ... More >>
This is the official press release: Coachella 2011. Music. Art. Culture. Community. With the Coachella line-up announcement serving as the official kick-off to the annual U.S. festival season, festival organizers Goldenvoice can now reveal details for the 2011 Coachella Valley Music & Art ... More >>
Our Epic Fail Band could be your life! Here's how. We're gonna start 2011 by being servicey. We have seen too many talented bands (and the PR people they pay) squander opportunities and/or generally make our lives in the music press difficult. We thought we'd give you our (100% unsolicited) ... More >>
lee.org With the lineup for Coachella still unannounced, rumors are flying as to the possibilities for the headliners. Here are the some unconfirmed (but widely rumored) potential headliners, as well as our best guesses as to why each will (or will not) make the cut. We'd like you to vote fo ... More >>
Coming soon to an e-retailer near you: PJ Harvey's Let England ShakeLast night, LA grooved to the ritual charisma of Nick Cave's Grinderman. Today we keep on grooving to one of Cave's musical fellow travelers, PJ Harvey, who has just released the first peek at her upcoming album Let England S ... More >>
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What's not to like about Tearist's Yasmine Kittles? She's badass, looks like the lovechild of "Rehab"-era Amy Winehouse and Polly Jean Harvey (in a good way), digs good music (Throbbing Gristle, Can, The Red Crayola, The Ronettes), does her crazy "Patti Smith meets Peaches" act at The Smell, has abs ... More >>
Click here for photos from the Echoplex and of Thom Yorke at the Orpheum. So. There was a lot of hype surrounding this show. That's inevitable when you toss Los Angeles, Thom Yorke, Flea, Nigel Godrich, and two percussionists into a 600-capacity club in the middle of Echo Park. The Internets get cr ... More >>
Click here for photos from the Echoplex and of Thom Yorke at the Orpheum. So. There was a lot of hype surrounding this show. That's inevitable when you toss Los Angeles, Thom Yorke, Flea, Nigel Godrich, and two percussionists into a 600-capacity club in the middle of Echo Park. The Internets get cr ... More >>
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What a great idea for a video. In the woods, bouncing slowly, with PJ Harvey. Read West Coast Sound's interview with PJ Harvey and John Parish, conducted the day of their remarkable El Rey show -- which keeps growing and growing in stature the more we think about it. Check Timothy Norris's sl ... More >>
VH1John Mayer boards his Mayercraft Carrier last year on the maiden voyage At first we thought this was a joke. John Mayer hosts a cruise that disembarks in San Pedro and takes a journey to Cabo St. Lucas; it sounded like one of his yuck-worthy pranks. Then we started getting more emails, and links ... More >>
View more photos in the PJ Harvey and John Parish @ El Rey slideshow. Timothy NorrisPolly Jean Harvey and guitarist Giovanni Ferrario at the El Rey on Monday This past Monday night PJ Harvey and John Parish introduced California to songs from their incredible new collection, A Man A Woman Walked B ... More >>
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Celebrate Joy Division all you want, but my money goes on Wire as the greatest of the post-punk bands (ask me on a different day and I'll tell you the Fall). The only difference is a suicide, and a bigger focus on minimalism (okay, not the only difference). Want proof as to the genius of Wire? See b ... More >>
Celebrate Joy Division all you want, but my money goes on Wire as the greatest of the post-punk bands (ask me on a different day and I'll tell you the Fall). The only difference is a suicide, and a bigger focus on minimalism (okay, not the only difference). Want proof as to the genius of Wire? See b ... More >>
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PJ Harvey at the Orpheum Theater, October 15
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 >>
With only two shows in the US currently slated around the release of her new album, White Chalk, PJ Harvey's concert at the Oprheum downtown had even more of a special-event vibe than her concerts usually have. Photos by Aimée Candelaria Photos by Aimée Candelaria
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