R. Kelly

Best of Coachella: Weekend One

Karen O's Outfit Karen O's wardrobe on Friday night was bad ass. The Yeah Yeah Yeah's front woman appeared on the main stage in a technicolor cape draped over a suit that looked like it was made of mercury. The vibrant collage was topped with a headpiece that Liberace might have worn had he ever bee ... More >>

New Order - Coachella - April 13, 2013

New Order Coachella April 13,2013 While over at the main stage the bulk of the Coachella crowd was enduring Phoenix with the hope that Daft Punk would come out -- they instead got R. Kelly -- a smaller but perhaps-more-enthusiastic crowd got a first-rate greatest hits set from New Order last night. ... More >>

Coachella: Questionable Fashion Statements

The fans at Coachella tend to wear things no humans should. (Except for the bros, of course.) But the artists on stage can commit some cringe-worthy fashion faux pas as well. (Here's hoping they take some of those hard earned Coachella dollars from this weekend and hire a better stylist for weekend ... More >>

Grasping At The Past Through Pandora's Blackstreet Station

I sent shirtless cell phone shots of myself to, like, I'd guess 300 people in 2010. I was 29, and in the best shape I'd ever been in. In the morning, I would literally roll out of bed and onto the floor into push-up position. I could do more than 100 without stopping. I installed a pull-up bar in ... More >>

LOLing At Rappers and Basketball Players at the NBA All-Star Game

This past weekend, Houston was host city of the NBA All-Star Game, which means that Houston was the center of the rap and basketball universe. I live in Houston, and I was able to go to some of the things. Plenty of smarter people have already written about the terribleness of Ne-Yo's performance ... More >>

Aziz Ansari

Here Are What People on Twitter Think Are the Best Songs Ever

I wish I were smarter. Were I a Stephen Hawking or a Marie Curie (or even Master Splinter) I'd be able to explain how Twitter is the unedited consciousness of young America, how it is simultaneously vitriolic and beautiful, how maybe no form of social media has before, or ever will, function as perf ... More >>

Music Picks: Cedric Gervais, Van Hunt, Jonathan Richman

Stuff I Eat: Going Vegan in Inglewood

If vegan and animal rights activists really want to change the way the majority of people eat, they might want to forget those PETA protests where half-naked women dress like tigers and sit in cages all day or those really depressing humane society commercials where slow motion footage of abused dog ... More >>

The Best Of Coachella: Friday, April 13

See also: *Coachella: The Garbage Situation Is Out of Control *Coachella Preview 2012: Everything You Need to Know About the Performers Day one of The Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival brought something more unusual than ironic outfits or that poor guy who couldn't get his flip flops on ... More >>

Drake Was Whispering Encouragement in My Ear While I Was Having Sex

The other night, my wife and I had sex. Now, this isn't an altogether rare occurrence. The odds are against us (we've been together more than 10 years; we work multiple jobs; two profoundly talented 4-year-old cockblockers patrol the house endlessly like goddamn sex sniffing dogs), but we're still ... More >>

Meet Jahlli, the Gender-Bending Rapper-Producer Duo From Watts

See also: *Save Sessions LA *Syd the Kyd on Odd Future, Her Sexuality and Why She Hates the Word "Lesbian" When Jahcyy and Galli, the lyricist-producer duo Jahlli, are asked how they got together, Jahcyy's husky voice dips into a lower register. "Girls," she says. They might be the first male-f ... More >>

Music Picks: Shelby Lynne, Marsha Ambrosius, John Scofield Quartet, Wiz Khalifa

Also, Leon Russell, Chris Brown, Azar Lawrence Quintet and others

Top Ten Rap Remixes Of '90s R&B Songs

Take that​This 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 >>

Top 7 Hall & Oates-Sampled Hip-Hop Songs

We can go for that!​By Sheila Dichoso Nothing says hip-hop like Hall & Oates. That's right. Not even the filthy mouths of 2 Live Crew could resist their soft rock hooks, luxurious hair and awkward, ambiguous lyrics. (You can't go for what, exactly?) From Wu Tang to Kanye, rappers have paid ... More >>

The 100% For Sure Top Five Worst Beatles Songs Ever (With Love)

timothy norris Our Broward-Palm Beach New Times colleague Ryan Burk recently stirred up quite a healthy debate in the reader feedback section of his blog post, "Top Five Worst Beatles Songs" with comments ranging from Snarfblatt's supportive, "This is a spot-on review," to Chris Clouston's "You sh ... More >>

Music Picks: Matt & Kim, Partch, Booker T, Motley Crue,

Also, Spain, Civil Wars, Bruno Mars and others

Page Two: A Young Person's Guide to Odd Future

The Complete Discography (till this afternoon)

Das Racist: Are They Laughing with Us or at Us? (Exclusive Interview)

Now you're hungry. Or grossed out. ​Das Racist might be genius. Or a big joke. Or maybe both. "We're not joking, just joking-we are joking, just joking- we're not joking," they intone dully on "hahahaha jk?," the funniest track from last September's very funny mixtape Sit Down, Man. But it's p ... More >>

Top 5 Hip Hop Guest Appearances Of 2010 (All of Them Involving Gucci Mane)

Gucci Mane loves accessories​Gucci Mane has a knack for making memorable song appearances. Whenever he leaves the studio he gets arrested so it's best he keeps busy at work. See, Gucci Mane is genuine. His real name is Radric, which contains the word "rad" and sounds like an Elizabethan Romanc ... More >>

Music Picks: Amanda Jo Williams, Usher, Masaki Batoh, Procol Harum

Also, Dustin Wong, Greg Dulli, Ghostface Killah

Baths: the Great Escape

Valley boredom inspires electronic musician to unforeseen heights

Did Shakira Plagiarize Her Soccer World Cup Theme?

How many "Soccer World Cup Themes" are there anyway? We already reported on the official (R. Kelly) and the self-appointed (Weezer), but now comes an interesting allegation about yet another soccer World Cup Theme. Colombia's crossover diva Shakira recently released her "Waka Waka," a collaboration ... More >>

Day 2: Hannibal Moncrief, Hot Chip & Flying Lotus & The Ascent of Nerd-Chic

​ Hannibal Moncrief saw the future last night. No, he didn't brew mushroom tea and watch Doc Brown tinker with the fabric of the space-time continuum. And no, he didn't spend three hours inside the glowing pink origami bird mumbling the phrase, "cool colors, man." The double-stacks of white ... More >>

Early Release Candidate No. 1: Prisoner Najee Ali

The L.A. activist says cut him loose, help the state budget

Dirty Projectors: Balls Deep in the R&B

A scheduled “interview” with Dave Longstreth turns into a game of text-message cat-and-mouse

West Coast Sound: Burger, Fries and a Prince Remix CD

Music ed takes Weekly readers for a ride

Prince Apologizes to L.A. Fans, Will Issue a Limited Edition Remix CD Through In-N-Out Burger

Who knew Prince liked his burgers animal style? In the wake of Prince's much decried three-show evening at L.A. Live on Saturday, which was plagued with sound problems and saw many fans still waiting in line for the Club Nokia show while he was inside performing, the musician last night issued a fo ... More >>

Out of the Fog: Will Oldham's Warm and Fuzzy Return to L.A.

Plot thickens with Bonnie Prince Billy’s new album, Beware

Hitsville: The Year in Music, by the Numbers

You don't need a half-wit music critic to tell you it's been a remarkable year for America, one historians will be discussing and researching for centuries to come. War, financial collapse, politics, technology: All have been dinner-table topics for many Americans. Racial barriers in 2008 were dem ... More >>

Bonnie "Prince" Billy Invites You to Lie Down in the Light

In the flaccid world of indie rock, Will Oldham stands fully erect

Record Reviews: Usher, Lurker of Chalice

Also, The Dodos, Mezzanine Owls and more

Another guide to LA Bands at SXSW

Here's a list of LA bands/songwriters to chase down at SXSW in Austin next week. This is a tipsheet for those of you with $$$ in your eyes. Looking for a band to break, license, co-opt, manipulate, convince to sell out? Here are some tips. Abe Vigoda Gender: Four men Their MySpace descriptive: "Tr ... More >>

John Loder, the "ninth" member of Crass

With The National, I traveled to the never fashionable north London district of Wood Green to visit the home and studio of Southern’s founder John Loder, Crass's "ninth member," a producer when no one else would record them and a business partner when no one else would touch the results.

Oops! Year-Ended Again!

Run, DMC — Run!

The Knack get nasty; “Weird Al” conquers all

Liquid Weekend

From the Style Council

Microsoft Wants to Kill Your iPod, Summer Goes Pop!

Brother Love

The Isley Brothers at the Henry Fonda Theater

A Rock and a Hard Place

Huey and Riley, uncensored, invade basic cable; Chris Rock finds his sweet side

9/11 and Iraq War as Shtick

The misdeeds of Convoluted Rice and Uncurious George are no joke

The Beat That Kills

The Perp of Pop

One more time, with feeling

From Capoeira to Catfights

The holy terrors of Madame Satã and Thirteen

Blood Rush

No more Coldplay, show us the love

Crime Wave

Now’s the Time?

Just Like This

Back to school with the Isley Brother

Super Furry Sound

A year in music

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