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Reggae

  • Blogs

    May 10, 2012

    Jimmy Cliff - Sonos Studio - 5/9/12

    Jimmy Cliff Sonos Studio 5/9/12 Better than: Staying in and watching The Harder They Come. Sonos Studio had an auspicious debut in Los Angeles last night, hosting a evening of music and conversation with reggae legend Jimmy Cliff. Sonos, which opens to the public on Sunday, is a 4,000 square foot ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 16, 2012

    Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band - SXSW - 3/15/12

    By Craig Hlavaty Bruce Springsteen's Thursday started with a keynote speech in one of the big ballrooms at the Austin Convention Center, and ended with a mythic three-hour set at ACL Live across town, in front of a few thousand people cooing "Bruce". The keynote and the show went hand in hand. If ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 8, 2012

    Brenda Holloway Was Motown's First West Coast Artist; Tomorrow She Plays With the Gaylads

    American soul music and Jamaican reggae are closer kin than you might think. "Basically every '60s ska and reggae band refers to Curtis Mayfield as one of their biggest influences," says Mark Morales, a concert promoter and DJ based out of Los Angeles. Tomorrow, Morales' Hot Shot Sounds will host a ... More >>

  • Music

    December 1, 2011

    Music Picks: Digital Underground, Beady Eye, Erykah Badu

    Also, Jane Birkin, Human Drama, Big Jay McNeely

  • Blogs

    September 12, 2011

    African Rebel Soldiers and Their Eerie Obsession With Tupac Shakur

    Haitian 2pac, a leader of an armed Port-au-Prince gang called Chimères, recruited by Haiti's former president Jean-Bertrand Aristide​Editor's Note: Tomorrow, September 13, 2011, marks the 15th anniversary of Tupac Shakur's death. To commemorate, West Coast Sound will feature Tupac stories all ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 19, 2011

    Fanatics! Henry Rollins' KCRW Show Tomorrow Night: New York Dolls, Fugazi, Motörhead and more

    ​KCRW BROADCAST #1248 for Saturday, August 20 Fanatics! Beaming in from Edinburgh, Scotland. The weather is great and the streets are full of people. It is time for the annual Edinburgh Festival. You might remember that I wrote you from here last year. This year, I am only here for two shows. ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 14, 2011

    The Five Most Hilariously Offensive Misuses of Classic Songs For Commercial Purposes

    ​ We were so excited when we saw the wooden box on our desk with the words "Bob Marley" branded into the top. A CD box set? Possibly--if we are very very lucky--a box set of 7"s? With little booklets that have liner notes full of interesting and amazing facts about one of the word's seminal p ... More >>

  • Music

    May 26, 2011

    Page Two: UCLA's Student-Run JazzReggae Festival

    ​ We were so excited when we saw the wooden box on our desk with the words "Bob Marley" branded into the top. A CD box set? Possibly--if we are very very lucky--a box set of 7"s? With little booklets that have liner notes full of interesting and amazing facts about one of the word's seminal p ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 4, 2011

    La Cita In The News: Mustache Mondays Leaves A Void, Adam Lambert Punches A Hole and Punky Reggae Fills It All Up

    Lina Lecaro Doing damage on La Cita's dance floor.​ We might have been worried about La Cita in downtown after the announcement last week that our favorite club there, Mustache Mondays, was moving to a new location (more on that below), but after having a smokin' time at the jam-packed, red-l ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 14, 2011

    In Like a Lion, Even in L.A.: Our Favorite Songs about Lions

    ​There is an old-wives/Farmer's Almanac weather adage that says March "comes in like a lion, out like a lamb." As residents of Southern California, we are pretty much disqualified from every saying about weather ever, although a few days ago we actually experienced gusting winds that fittingly ... More >>

  • Calendar

    December 2, 2010

    PUNKY REGGAE BOOK PARTY

    ​There is an old-wives/Farmer's Almanac weather adage that says March "comes in like a lion, out like a lamb." As residents of Southern California, we are pretty much disqualified from every saying about weather ever, although a few days ago we actually experienced gusting winds that fittingly ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 28, 2010

    Eastside Reggae Institution Dub Club Celebrates 10th Anniversary Tonight

    ​"Reggae fans, they love their reggae," says Jason "Roy Corduroy" Mason. He sees around 800 loyal fans shuffle into the Echoplex every Wednesday night for the party he puts on with Tom Chasteen and Eddie "Dungeonmaster" Rouche. "If there is a reggae club within twenty miles of their house, the ... More >>

  • Calendar

    May 6, 2010

    MARLEY AND HIM

    ​"Reggae fans, they love their reggae," says Jason "Roy Corduroy" Mason. He sees around 800 loyal fans shuffle into the Echoplex every Wednesday night for the party he puts on with Tom Chasteen and Eddie "Dungeonmaster" Rouche. "If there is a reggae club within twenty miles of their house, the ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 27, 2010

    The Hollywood Bowl Announces Its 2010 Schedule

    ​Is it that time already? Yes, for the 89th time, it is. The Los Angeles Philharmonic Association just announced the line-up for the 2010 Hollywood Bowl season, and despite its age, the outdoor beauty will stage a few firsts: Gustavo Dudamel's first Bowl subscription concerts as music direct ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 9, 2009

    Minneapolis's First Avenue Cancels Buju Banton Show? Now Hold on a Second ...

    We've been thinking a lot about the cancellations of gigs by Buju Banton during his recent tour. The latest, according to the Minnesota Independent (via the Daily Swarm), is at First Avenue in Minneapolis. The impetus for this internal conversation is a comment left on our recent post about AEG Live ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 15, 2009

    Thursday Night Music Stuff in LA: The Monks film at Silent Movie Theater, DFA at the Roxy, Rootdown Soundclash at Little Temple

    I love LA. Love it love it love it (except when Indie 103 gets tossed off the airwaves). One reason: nights like tonight, when the music offerings are so far-flung and wide-open that my proto-punk gene is being pulled one direction, my turntablist strand is being pulled another, and my disco-house b ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 19, 2008

    Sugar Minott hits Dub Club Tonight: Time to Get Some Medicine and Celebrate the Original Mash-Up Man

    You may not know the name Sugar Minott, but you've felt his influence. In addition to playing formative rolls in the development of three distinct reggae subgenres -- roots reggae, dancehall and ragga -- the Kingston-born singer and producer was instrumental in bringing reggae to the masses (he di ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 9, 2008

    Beards, Blazers, Bluntless: Lee Perry Defeats The El Rey's Draconian Droogs

    You may not know the name Sugar Minott, but you've felt his influence. In addition to playing formative rolls in the development of three distinct reggae subgenres -- roots reggae, dancehall and ragga -- the Kingston-born singer and producer was instrumental in bringing reggae to the masses (he di ... More >>

  • Calendar

    January 10, 2008

    Gathering of the Tribe

    You may not know the name Sugar Minott, but you've felt his influence. In addition to playing formative rolls in the development of three distinct reggae subgenres -- roots reggae, dancehall and ragga -- the Kingston-born singer and producer was instrumental in bringing reggae to the masses (he di ... More >>

  • Music

    November 9, 2006

    Dirty Reggae

    The Aggrolites play ska as Jah intended

  • Music

    March 16, 2006

    I Got Riddim

    Dr. Israel and Heavyweight Dub Champion at the Knitting Factory, Monday.

  • News

    December 23, 2004

    All About Laura

    Dr. Israel and Heavyweight Dub Champion at the Knitting Factory, Monday.

  • Music

    March 25, 2004

    Pro-Ducer

    Dr. Israel and Heavyweight Dub Champion at the Knitting Factory, Monday.

  • Music

    February 26, 2004

    California Dreaming

    Ozomatli and a gathering of West Coast underground hip-hop luminaries fight the power

  • News

    November 6, 2003

    Dub

    The once and future music of revolution

  • Music

    July 11, 2002

    A Real Swell Time

    L.A. Weekly Music Awards 2002

  • Music

    August 31, 2000

    Skabreakers

    Pressure drop! Hepcat rocks steady

  • Music

    September 3, 1998

    The Chords

    Woody Guthrie's hitherto unsung anthems

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