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Five Great Hang-Out Spots at Coachella

Have you heard of Coachella? We've been writing a lot about it! Though most of you are there to, um, see the music (and, of course, smuggle in drugs) sometimes you want to take a break from all that and roam around. So here are five spots you might not have yet hit up, to cool off, people watch and ... More >>

We Traveled With the Band Hands to SXSW. Craziness Ensued

This was Los Angeles four-piece Hand's third trek to the festival in the past three years and by far the grandest. With a new van and a new album Synesthesia due to come out in April on Kill Rock Stars, the guys were feeling really good about this year. So good that they foolishly agreed to let me e ... More >>

Dublab's Internet Radio. Be Very Afraid

[Editor's note: Weekly scribe Jeff Weiss's column, "Bizarre Ride," appears on West Coast Sound every Wednesday. His archives are available here.] Internet radio station Dublab is less KCRW and more MOCA. Thirty rotating "Labrats" operate as a permanent exhibit, seamlessly switching between the mode ... More >>

Monster Energy Drinks Cited in Deaths

Monster Beverage Corp.'s energy drinks have been cited in the deaths of five people -- including a 14-year-old girl -- in the last year, according to incident reports submitted to the Food and Drug Administration. The reports said the victims consumed Monster drinks prior to their deaths, Shelly B ... More >>

Fan Landers: Is My Band Accidentally Aiding a Right-Wing Extremist?

Are you a musician? Is your group having issues? Ask Fan Landers! Critic Jessica Hopper has played in and managed bands, toured internationally, booked shows, produced records, worked as a publicist, and is the author of The Girls' Guide to Rocking, a how-to for teen ladies. She is here to help you ... More >>

Energy Drinks Lead to ... Casual Sex?

Besides classing up your appearance like a an Ed Hardy cap worn backward, energy drinks can also apparently erase any of the potential gains of a college education in the span of just one night. That's because new research suggests that mixing the likes of Red Bull, Monster or Rockstar with your fa ... More >>

Roxrite, an Angeleno Who Became a World B-Boy Champion

Two days after Thanksgiving Day 2011, hardcore b-boy fans poured into Moscow's Nikulin Circus for the annual Red Bull BC One Championship. The event is one of the largest and best-known international competitions, tagging itself the "Official Breakdance World Championship." Sixteen of the world's to ... More >>

Moshe Brakha, Legendary Photographer, Collaborates with Son on Project of Interviewing One Subject a Week for a Year

Black Flag, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Keanu Reeves and Devo have all been shot by famed photographer Moshe Brakha. Charismatically colorful from the start, his photographs burst with movement and personality. He shot the cover for Boz Scaggs' Silk Degrees album in '76, shot Run DMC for Rolling Stone, a ... More >>

Drinkify: We Get Drunk To See If It Actually Works

We at West Coast Sound love little more than good tunes and good booze. So, when Drinkify dropped earlier this month -- an Internet app that suggests cocktails to sip while listening to your artist of choice -- we were intrigued. So much so that we bought a whole shopping bag of elixirs and got to d ... More >>

Drinkify: A New Site Pairs Music and Drinks, or Guns N' Roses, Bourbon Red Bull

​Seven months ago, we wrote about Hot Knives and the duo's scientific approach to pairing music and beer. The two local chloggers (chefs bloggers) stuck to craft beers, which prompted Jonathan Gold to chime in with a comment: "I like craft beers and handmade bitters as much as the next guy, ... More >>

(Video) Hollywood Sign Buzzed by 'Wingsuit' Skydivers Sponsored by Red Bull

Red Bull USAWingsuits over Hollywood.​The one percenters (okay, maybe they're 10 percenters) who live around the Hollywood sign have been pissed off at all the tourists who nose around their neighborhood because they happen to live ... near the friggin' Hollywood sign! (Listen folks, don't m ... More >>

Paul Oakenfold - Avalon - 10/22/11

Paul Oakenfold​Paul OakenfoldAvalon 10/22/11Better than: Living a 1983 episode of Solid Gold. It was almost 10:00 p.m. and the Hollywood hills were alive with the sound of cop sirens. Drunk-ass boulevard buskers fell over their own amps and glum blondes in glowing pink leg-warmers stalked ... More >>

Top 5 Snacks Most Commonly Enjoyed By 9th Graders

Flickr/MGSheltonhigh school classroom​ In our spare time, we teach -- nothing too crazy, just six periods a day, most days a week. Our students -- 9th graders -- are caught in that weird, fuzzy maelstrom of very early adulthood, a liminal period to be sure. They are full of bravado. They re ... More >>

Red Bull Robberies 'Becoming a Huge Thing' in L.A. County

Better idea: Just follow around the "free Red Bull" car.​Just when you think the Red Bull craze has begun its downslope -- thanks to all the wacky-flavored competitors (Snoop's comes with unicorns!), Red Bull's own overkill marketing and its reputation as an un-Islamic heartstopper -- some L.A ... More >>

"Trouble On My Mind" Video Premiere: Pusha T Featuring Tyler, The Creator

Andrea DomanickPusha T and Tyler the Creator before mass destruction​We knew when we visited the set that director Jason Goldwatch's video for Pusha T and Tyler, the Creator's "Trouble On My Mind" was gonna be one of the dopest visuals we'd seen in awhile. As Pusha T told us on set: I said ... More >>

Short Attention Span Dinner Theater: Your Week in Food, 6/20-6/24

Flickr/Lauren Manning​ In which we highlight the past week in food, either at home or abroad. "But keep in mind, I am not a trained physician -- I'm a guy who likes to justify an occasional shot of sotol or xtabentún." Ask Mr. Gold: Thoughts on Digestifs, or Drinking to Digest. "It's not ... More >>

Incumbent Los Angeles Community College District Board of Trustees Desperate, Reform Candidate Slate Emerges

One republican's reaction to the mailers shown below after the jump.​As a reform slate of candidates emerges in the Los Angeles Community College District (LACCD) Board of Trustees race, incumbents are pulling their hair out amid an L.A. Times expose uncovering fraud and misuse of horrifyingl ... More >>

Coachella Lineup Announced: We Told You Odd Future Was in There!

​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 >>

Korean 'Vaginal Steam Bath' Tradition Comes To L.A.

tikkunspa.comIt's like a spa for your ... well, you know.​We've said it before and we'll say it again. It's the gift that keeps on giving -- a steam-cleaned, sauna-prepped vijayjay. And step right up, ladies, because it's coming to town. Tikkun Holistic Spa in Santa Monica is bringing the " ... More >>

Top 5 Culinary Absurditites at Comic-Con

E. CourtlandZombie Blood​In addition to the comic books, video games, and movies about comic books and video games, the 2010 San Diego Comic-Con debuted a new batch of nerdy snack foods this past weekend. Attendees geeked out, and rightly so. A nerd's gotta eat, mainly because walking the half ... More >>

Pili's Tacos: Estados Unidos de México

Ben Calderwoodthe wall at Pili's Tacos​ The Westside comida wars are fought along a patch of Santa Monica Boulevard where numerous Mexican and Central American micro-neighborhoods converge and fruit vans patrol long into the night. The nearly invisible Pili's Tacos seeks victory via a kitchen ... More >>

Your Coffee Fix: Just For The Headache

For those of us who routinely rely on a cup of coffee, a demitasse of espresso, a ceramic cup of perfectly poured macchiato, or maybe even, God help us, a Red Bull, before we feel both awake and arguably sane in the morning, now there's news that this happy excuse may be all in our heads. Or at leas ... More >>

The Death By Caffeine Calculator: Or, How Many Espressos Are Just Too Many

The next time you're sitting at the beautiful caffeine lab that is Intelligentsia, your MacBook open, your dog at your feet, your hands shaking as you happily knock back your fifth double espresso, consider this hilarious Death By Caffeine calculator. Energy Fiend is a site that allows you to calcul ... More >>

The Price of Shooting Stars

Fugly Furniture & Home Decor: The Moggit Girls Hate Your Eel Coffee Table

​ Joy Zaczyk and Janet Villeneuve are probably thinking what you're thinking whenever you see a fancy-schmancy design item that is too precious for its own good. They are the bloggers behind Moggit. They are unafraid to call out "fugly" furniture when they see it. Snarky is their full-time job ... More >>

'L.A. Live' is Truly Bad Architecture: Curbed LA

Thanks to Curbed LA for pointing out what I keep hearing about the architecture, architect and design work that brought us AEG's LA Live complex near Staples Center: despite the unintentionally humorous PR spin from the mayor and other politicians that this is a "public square," LA Live is hideously ... More >>

Flyer of the Week: Sarcastic and Rong

Okay, the flyer itself ain't the best -- competing fonts, a non-sequitur collection of LAX, an astronaut and a zebra standing on the moon, faux-thrown-together vibe -- but the intent and the message more than make up for the design deficiencies. To wit: Rong Music, which has been releasing some of ... More >>

This Week in Media WTFBBQ: This Internet's Dead Anyway

Maybe it's because of the looming Memorial holiday, but social media was kind of dead this week. Seasoned party crashers ourselves, we decided to see what the real media kids were up to. It turns out like everyone else in America they too were having a BBQ... a WTFBBQ. Here are our findings, separa ... More >>

Over the Weekend: Fast and Fierce Derby Dolls, Darkmatter Soundsystem Secret Show, Animal Collective at Troubadour

At approximately 5:32 p.m. on Sunday, stuck in traffic on the 101 South, the exhaustion hit me. You've been there -- the weekend comes to a close and you realize you're more wiped out than you were on Friday going into it.  Plans to "do laundry," "call the fam" or  "go to bed early" get to ... More >>

Top 10 Metal Albums of 2008

By Phil Freeman In a year worthy of your rage, metal delivered in spades. What with the economy circling the drain and Sarah Palin coming down from the tundra and then refusing to go back, 2008's been the kind of year that really makes you want to smash your head into walls or punch random stran ... More >>

Last Night: Enlightened Debauchery with Mindshare LA @ The Lacy Lofts

The process of Googling has come to define New Millenial thinking - if you lack some piece of information you can just borrow it from someone else, a stranger with whom you now share a connection. This collaborative borrowing is the main thrust behind Mindshare LA, an event held every 3rd Thursday o ... More >>

Over the Weekend: Absinthe Among the Dead, Family Guy C.R.A.P., Bruce McCulloch Comedy, The Roots Live

It's funny -- every weekend in Los Angeles we promise ourselves we're going to relax, do chores, catch up on some sleep, but it never happens. Monday arrives and we're more exhausted than when the weekend began. I guess if your Friday night kicks off with The Roots live at the Palladium and an absin ... More >>

L.A.'s Newest Gay Night Out: Tom Whitman's Cherry Pop

Opening of West Hollywood's "ridiculously fun" Saturday-night party at the Ultra Suede club

Energy Drunk: One Man's Monster Bender

How one man drank a Vin Diesel movie ... and just kept drinking

Cruising

Gay old time

Loud & Proud

And ghouls on film

Sebelia's Fashion Fight Club

And black's back again

We Are the champions

Citay, Earthless, The Fucking Champs at Spaceland

Rock Picks

For the week of Jan 12 – 18

Rock Picks

For the week of Nov. 16 - 23

Everything Is Divine Marvelous

Tropicália shimmers anew

Ask Mr. Gold: Lap Ped Thoke

Burmese fermented-tea-leaf salad

Beyond Bubbly

The Style Council’s New Year’s Eve party mixes

King of the Blue

Nightranger

Gonorrhea Gorgonzola

System of a Down’s fourth album, Mezmerize, is some crazy-ass bring-your-own-bong-style shit

Getting their hey ya yas on

No Crystal Method

Edited by Kateri Butler

Apocalypse Nowhere

Ecstasy-in-a-Can