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Blogs
February 11, 2013
The Best Concerts in L.A. This Week
Monday, February 11 Hindu Pirates SILVERLAKE LOUNGE The days of oh-so-crude adjectives like "surf" and "garage" are well behind O.C.'s Hindu Pirates now. For while the Pirates are in fact darlings of the surf-skate industry, as evidenced by their clean and pristine session last year at Hurley's in- ... More >>
Blogs
January 25, 2013
Local Natives on Their Dark New Sounds
For our music feature this week, we spoke with acclaimed L.A. indie rockers Local Natives about their much-anticipated new album Hummingbird, out next week. Ascending from relative obscurity in Orange County to opening for Arcade Fire on tour in 2011, Local Natives helped breathe new life into the S ... More >>
Music
March 15, 2012
Music Picks: Hugh Cornwell, Carlos Guitarlos, Zakir Hussain's Masters of Percussion
Also, Charlene Soraia, Chuck Loeb, the Head Cat, Feed Me and others
Blogs
October 21, 2011
Geoff Barrow's Protege Anika on Politics and Pissing Off Pop-Culture Consumers
See also: Our interview with Portishead's Geoff Barrow With her faltering deadpan, spare dubby grooves and post-punk clanking, Anika's eponymous debut album on Stones Throw is political, a substance-over-style snub at standard music biz fare and the many who love it. A former music promoter ... More >>
Blogs
October 19, 2011
Portishead - Shrine Auditorium - October 18, 2011
Timothy NorrisSee also: *Our Portishead slideshow *Our interview with Portishead's Geoff Barrow: "Dance music is full of assholes. Self-promoting assholes." *The Top Five Portishead Cover Songs Portishead Shrine Auditorium October 18, 2011 Better Than: Playing with this bow and arrow. Pati ... More >>
Blogs
October 18, 2011
The Top Five Portishead Cover Songs
PortisheadBack in the mid-'90s, the British trio Portishead emerged as bastions of the trip-hop movement. Trip-hop was a term invoked more often by the media than the bands themselves -- because, you know, we love to label things! -- but Portishead's music fit the template with beats born out ... More >>
Blogs
October 18, 2011
Portishead's Geoff Barrow: "Dance music is full of assholes. Self-promoting assholes."
PortisheadSee also: The Top Five Portishead Cover Songs Thirteen years after their last North American tour, Bristol-based trio Portishead is back to, finally, tour on their latest album Third, released in 2008. They have their reasons for not doing this sooner. There have been babies and ot ... More >>
Music
October 13, 2011
Music Picks: Shelby Lynne, Marsha Ambrosius, John Scofield Quartet, Wiz Khalifa
Also, Leon Russell, Chris Brown, Azar Lawrence Quintet and others
Blogs
April 16, 2011
Coachella 2011: 5 Reasons Nosaj Thing May Be the Next Flying Lotus
Coachella 2011: 5 Reasons Nosaj Thing is the Next Flying Lotus
Blogs
January 10, 2011
Anime Babes from Sailor Moon to Rei Ayanami: This Isn't Cosplay, This Is Burlesque
See more photos in Shannon Cottrell's gallery "Devil's Playground Presents Anime Babes." Over the course of the past two years, we've seen the burlesque performers from Devil's Playground channel fan favorite characters like Link and Zelda (Video Game Girls), Catwoman (Comic Book Vixens), and, of c ... More >>
Blogs
November 29, 2010
Willie Nelson Busted for Pot (Again), U2's Broadway Spiderman Flops, David Lynch Releases Single, Kathleen Hanna Doc & More Haiku News
Willie Nelson Busted for Pot, U2's Broadway Spiderman Flops, David Lynch Releases Single, Kathleen Hanna Doc & More Haiku News
Blogs
September 9, 2010
Tonight: Cracker/Camper Van Beethoven, Futurebirds, We Barbarians, Dax Riggs, the Sea of Cortez, Rookie of the Year, Justin Nozuka
Danny ClinchCracker and Camper Van BeethovenDavid Lowery turns 50 years old on Friday, which means the man who gave us one of the finest lyrics of the '90s ("What the world needs now / is another folk singer / like I need a hole my head") is likely to be onstage tonight when the clock strikes ... More >>
Music
June 17, 2010
Gemma Ray: Under the Covers
U.K. chanteuse on musical remakes, dim-witted dinosaurs and missing her sauerkraut
Music
March 6, 2010
Lalo Schifrin: The Cool Maestro
On the eve of the Oscars, film's premier composer offers thoughts on the state of the art
Blogs
December 14, 2009
Tour Diary: Long Beach's On Blast Gigs Mexico City's Goliath Festival [MP3]
Editor's note: Two weekends ago writer Ryan Ritchie traveled with Long Beach band On Blast as they gigged at the debut of the annual Goliath Festival in Mexico City. He submitted a report on the gig, which West Coast Sound will be running in installments this week. What follows is part one. Ryan R ... More >>
Blogs
December 1, 2009
Tonight at the Silent Movie Theater: LA Premiere of 'All Tomorrow's Parties' Documentary
Tonight Cinefamily at the Silent Movie Theater will host the Los Angeles premiere of what looks to be a pretty amazing movie on the All Tomorrow's Parties festival -- at least judging by the trailer below. Those featured in the film, in case your eyes can't register all that stuff so quickly, in ... More >>
Blogs
August 20, 2009
Tonight at Don't Knock the Rock: Mark Stewart & Pop Group Documentary 'On/Off'
The Don't Knock the Rock film series continues tonight at Cinefamily at the Silent Movie Theater with the LA premiere of On/Off, a documentary on the legendary post-punk auteur Mark Stewart, whose work in the late 1970s and early 1980s redirected post punk in a whole other direction, carvin ... More >>
Film+TV
June 18, 2009
Los Angeles Film Festival: Reviews, A to Z
Our critics weigh in on what — and what not — to see
Blogs
June 11, 2009
The People's Porn Star: Erotica LA Preview with Belladonna
Belladonna: The People's Porn StarDespite seminars like "Expanding Your Orgasm: Backdoor Basics and Beyond With Amy Sung," and shopping for naughty gifts like RealTouch's laptop compatible interactive media massager, according to Erotica LA there is only one reason to attend the convention this year ... More >>
Blogs
May 18, 2009
Live in L.A.: Doves at The Wiltern, May 16, 2009
BY PAUL ROGERS View more photos in the "Doves @ The Wiltern" slideshow. Timothy NorrisDoves shouldn't exist. "Album" bands like this, who've sustained a theater-level following for a decade without U.S. radio hits (and on May 16 comfortably filled the 2200-capacity Wiltern), supposedly died out w ... More >>
Music
March 19, 2009
Coachella: Indio Times 10
Goldenvoice’s Paul Tollett on the decade-old music festival
Blogs
January 23, 2009
Pazz & Jop 2008: LA Shut Out of Top Ten
The critics apparently aren't feeling LA music this year; it's been twelve years since LA snagged the number one spot on the estimable Village Voice Pazz & Jop critics poll (for Beck's Odelay). All the city got in the top 20 of the album category this year was a #13 nod for No Age's Nouns, and She ... More >>
Music
January 15, 2009
Inside Dinky's Analog World: Alejandra Iglesias
How the Chilean-born techno producer turned "Acid In My Fridge" into a Berlin dream
Blogs
December 31, 2008
The 50 Best Albums of the Year (#10-1) (Sponsored By My Secret Identity )
And people acted surprised when Jerry O' Connell landed Rebecca Romjin. 10. Why? Alopecia (Anticon) It's tough to write about Why?'s breakout record without anxiously jotting down a few choice lyrics from songwriter Yoni Wolf's notebook. Not to downplay its musicianship, but Alopecia is forem ... More >>
Blogs
December 24, 2008
Photos That Defined 2008: Food, Music, Cobrasnake, Nightranger and Breaking News
Have some time to kill over the holidays while avoiding chit-chat with your second cousin twice removed? Well, why not peruse L.A. Weekly's favorite photos of 2008. We've broken down this year's most unforgettable images into several categories: Year in Photos, Year in Food, Year in Music, Yea ... More >>
Blogs
December 8, 2008
LA Weekly Music Podcast, Volume One: Fight on, Your Time Ain't Long
You know how some weekends you have the best intentions in the world and then they all fall to shit? Well, mine didn't exactly fall to shit -- it's just that the live music that I was hoping to see either didn't pan out, conflicted with scenes/events that I wanted to attend (like LA Weekly's anniv ... More >>
Music
November 27, 2008
Kanye West's Melancholy Hasn't Fully Dimmed His Megalomania
808 state
Blogs
August 5, 2008
The 10 Best Non Hip-Hop Albums of the Half Year
Image Via Natalie Dee In case, you were wondering, I do have a pair of boombox pants and yes, they're quite comfortable. 10. King Khan & The Shrines-The Supreme Genius Of.... (tie) If my review of Khan's Pitchfork Fest set didn't convince you, this interview that ran today should seal the ... More >>
Blogs
May 16, 2008
Weiss' Muxtapes #3 and #4: The Best Hip-Hop Songs of the Year Thus Far
In case you missed it, Sach O of Oh Word touched down briefly last week, taking a break from trying to find Manuel Noriega in the Philippines (He has a mansion?) to bless the blogosphere with one of his hilariously entertaining rants. If you're too lazy to click over, the gist revolves around th ... More >>
Music
May 1, 2008
Behind the Velvet Fence
Prince of the desert; VIP couch; and other tales from Coachella
Blogs
April 27, 2008
Coachella Day Two: The Accidental Tourist, or Can We Please All Agree To Stop Using the Phrase “Coachella-Ella-Ella-Ella”
I ran into a guy I knew from high school standing in line for the restrooms in the VIP area. I hadn't seen him in a decade but was about four glasses of $7 wine deep and feeling good. No reason not to be friendly, after all, I no longer harbored a grudge from that time in the 11th grade when he tr ... More >>
Blogs
April 27, 2008
Coachella Day Two: The Triumvirate of Kraftwerk, Portishead and Prince
The Coachella mainstage on Saturday night was a glory to behold, a spirit-lifting evening celebrating joy through technology, through contemplation and through celebration. In a single four hour chunk of time, the lucky masses at Coachella witnessed two-and-a-half humongous performances, two of whic ... More >>
Blogs
April 23, 2008
Coachella '08 Set Times Announced
You can complain all you want about Coachella 2008's roster, but the reality that I'll be seeing Kraftwerk followed by Portishead followed by Prince on Saturday night is pretty frickin' exciting. Don't forget your sunscreen.
Blogs
April 16, 2008
Portishead at the Edinburgh Corn Exchange, Scotland 4.12.08
Photos by Rena Kosnett Claiming that I just happened to catch a Portishead concert during my recent visit to the UK would fashion me a liar. The trip was pretty much planned AROUND the Portishead show in Edinburgh. I probably wouldn't have gone up to Scotland at all if not for the concert; so fo ... More >>
Blogs
March 19, 2008
Portishead mow us down
Portishead's newly unveiled song, "Machine Gun," rubs your face in change. The mood has shifted from something sexy to something claustrophobic, industrial -- it's dark as in deadly rather than dark as in Eliot Spitzer.
Blogs
January 19, 2008
Portishead to headline Coachella
Urb magazine's website is reporting that Portishead will be one of Coachella's 2008 headliners. Read the full story (reported by occasional LA Weekly freelancer Josh Glazer) here. Full schedule to be released on Monday.
Music
July 26, 2007
Young Guns
Spindrift, Crooked Cowboy and how the New West was won
Music
March 2, 2006
Little Ghost
Joanna Newsom at ArthurBall, February 25
Blogs
November 6, 2005
Happy Endings With The Suicide Girls
"More boobies, RIGHT NOW!" roared the crowd at the El Rey theatre as alternaporn starlets the Suicide Girls jiggled their pastied jubblies during the final show of their burlesque tour of the US. Despite recent Suicide Girl defections (the girls apparently ge ... More >>
Music
June 2, 2005
Live in LA
"More boobies, RIGHT NOW!" roared the crowd at the El Rey theatre as alternaporn starlets the Suicide Girls jiggled their pastied jubblies during the final show of their burlesque tour of the US. Despite recent Suicide Girl defections (the girls apparently ge ... More >>
Music
November 6, 2003
Ghost Emotion
Beth Gibbons & Rustin Man, beyond the footnotes
Music
February 20, 2003
When the Music�s Over
Beth Gibbons & Rustin Man, beyond the footnotes
Music
September 26, 2002
Broken Circles
Beth Gibbons & Rustin Man, beyond the footnotes
Music
May 17, 2001
Om Nia Merican
Beth Gibbons & Rustin Man, beyond the footnotes
Music
November 30, 2000
Melting the Ice
Beth Gibbons & Rustin Man, beyond the footnotes
Music
November 23, 2000
Fog Heart
New discs
Music
September 7, 2000
Mickey and Mortie
New discs
Music
May 11, 2000
Let�s Get Sort of Physical, for a Moment
New discs
Music
September 3, 1998
The Chords
Woody Guthrie's hitherto unsung anthems
Film+TV
August 20, 1998
Fallin' Up
Black Eyed Peas' rap to the rescue
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