Serge Gainsbourg

Fanatics! Henry Rollins' KCRW Show Tomorrow Night: Your Ears Are in Good Hands

KCRW BROADCAST #207 03-16-13 See also: Henry Rollins: Our Constitutional Rights Require Constant Vigilance Fanatics! Is this fantastic or what?! We are back on the radio yet again and this one is going to rock! Last week, we had quite the esoteric affair, especially ending with Free Bird. Perhaps ... More >>

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Tame Impala On The Meaning of 'Lonerism'

You wouldn't know it from watching them perform, but Tame Impala exists as the creative arm of one man, 26-year-old Kevin Parker. He's only just released his second album, Lonerism, a psych-infused pop masterpiece drawing equally from Serge Gainsbourg and harder influences like Led Zeppelin. But the ... More >>

10-Year Anniversary of Light in the Attic Records

Cabeza de Vaca Orchestra presents 'Sunrise' - Downtown Independent - 9/21/12

Cabeza de Vaca Orchestra presents Sunrise Downtown Independent 9-20-12 Jimi Cabeza de Vaca (yes, that is his real name) got his start playing keyboards over ten years ago with South Bay indie rockers dios. His ethereal keyboard contributions pushed the band to the brink of stardom, opening for acts ... More >>

Light in the Attic Finds Old Records and Releases Them Like They're New

The offices of Light in the Attic live up to the label's name. Walk up the narrow stairwell of a nondescript Hollywood apartment building and you're immediately bathed by light-blue photons streaming through the second-floor window. Its cupboards are stuffed with pristine, vacuum-sealed vinyl, and i ... More >>

Fanatics! Henry Rollins' KCRW Show Tomorrow Night: Henry's Live in Studio

KCRW Broadcast #170 for Saturday, June 23, 2012 See also: Henry Rollins: The Column! Zombie Attack Fanatics! Tonight and for the next few weeks, we are live! I will be back from a month in Canada and we will hit it with the full force of the Big Three--myself, Engineer X and the Young Will Bentley ... More >>

Gwyneth Paltrow's Quick Recipe for Busy Moms: Quail Egg Pasta with Black Truffles Welcome Our New Guest Food Columnist

Editor's note: As many of you have probably noticed, the Weekly is currently searching for a new food critic. This sort of thing takes time. Sometimes a lot of time, right? So in the interim, we've asked (begged, really) noted cookbook author, television personality, foodist, movie star and local mo ... More >>

Top 20 Sexiest Male Musicians of All Time: The Complete List

See also: *Top 20 Worst Bands of All Time: The Complete List *Top 20 Greatest Musicians of All Time, in Any Genre: The Complete List *Top 20 Hair Metal Albums of All Time: The Complete List Physical appearance actually has little to do with sexiness. Sure, we've all been known to stare at a shirtle ... More >>

Top 20 Sexiest Male Musicians of All Time: #15-11

See also: *Top 20 Sexiest Male Musicians of All Time: #20-16 *Top 20 Worst Bands of All Time: The Complete List 15. Pharrell Though lots of women have brains, beauty and talent, few man do. Yet, as one of the most prolific and successful producers of the past decade, Pharrell Williams is also a cl ... More >>

Music Picks: Digital Underground, Beady Eye, Erykah Badu

Also, Jane Birkin, Human Drama, Big Jay McNeely

Adanowsky Leaves A Trail Of Fluttery-Eyed Females In His Musky Wake

​Like a latter-day Serge Gainsbourg, the singer Adanowsky emanates cosmic sensuality, leaving a trail of fluttery-eyed females in his musky, potent wake. Such was the case as he glided through Harvard and Stone last week, all furrowed brow and crumpled shirt, looking like a broken-hearted mari ... More >>

Gainsbourg Biopic Review

Serge Gainsbourg at the Movies

The French cult superstar's new biopic leaves out his multidecade, multivalent film career

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Catch Bellflower before it wilts

Silver Foxes and Silver Vixens: Top Ten Musicians "Of a Certain Age" That You'd Still Do

Pray you are this cool at 58​Sheila E.'s being just as hot as she was in Krush Groove at her recent appearances during Prince's 21 Nite Stand at the Forum sent us spinning fantasies involving other musicians who are just as hot (or hotter) with a little age on 'em. This is our list, though- wh ... More >>

Henry Rollins Column: Rollins on the Attempted Political Assassination and Massacre in Tucson

Maura LanahanOur eminent columnist, Mr. Henry Rollins!​[The one and only Henry Rollins contirbutes 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 Monday and make sure to tune in to He ... More >>

FREE MP3 and Interview with Sean Lennon's New Band Ghost of a Saber Tooth Tiger: "We are like two Serge Gainsbourgs"

Terry Richardson for Purple MagazineDoes this pose look familiar? (full NSFW picture below)​Sean Lennon has been collaborating with girlfriend Charlotte Kemp Muhl on a set of "surrealistic psychedelic pop songs," which they will be unveiling under the collective project name Ghost of a Saber T ... More >>

Adorable Video of the Day: Serge Gainsbourg Playing with his Puppy

​We've said it before, and we'll say it again: here at West Coast Sound HeadQuarters we're extremely psyched about the upcoming Serge Gainsbourg biopic which is making its way through festivals now and will be released in the US sometime this year. The film is weird and non-linear, the casting ... More >>

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Johnny Rotten on Malcolm McLaren: "He was always entertaining"

"For me Malc was always entertaining, and I hope you remember that. Above all else he was an entertainer and I will miss him, and so should you." -- John Lydon, aka Johnny Rotten (through his publicist), pays homage to his discoverer Malcolm McLaren, who died today. Roberto Parada​ Most peo ... More >>

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Charlotte Gainsbourg's Skull Sessions

A French chanteuse/actor's method of coping with near death: enlist Beck to delve inside her head

Charlotte Gainsbourg Reveals Haunting Songs on American Television Debut

Charlotte Gainsbourg Reveals Haunting Songs on American Television Debut

First Peek at Serge Gainsbourg Biopic!

For the last couple of years we've been receiving steady reports about the conception, shooting, editing and slow unveiling of a monumental French biopic about the greatest Frenchman of the 20th Century (take that, Charles freakin de Gaulle!). Gainsbourg (Vie Héroïque) "Un conte de Joann Sfar"--Ga ... More >>

Charlotte Gainsbourg: The Devil Is a Woman

To hell and back with Antichrist's Cannes-winning star

Best LA Music 2009 So Far III: Mika Miko and The Long Lost (MP3)

​Last week as we were sorting through our piles of CDs and accumulated MP3 files, we started to notice how big the stack of recent excellent LA music was. It became apparent that we're in the middle of a pretty great year for Los Angeles releases, and decided to give mid-year props to our fave ... More >>

Stereo Total on a Saturday Night: German Duo Lights Up El Rey

The German duo Stereo Total return to town with more of their curiously infectious electro-punk anthems. They haven't released a full-length album since 2007's Paris-Berlin, although a new single, "Anti Love Song," is supposed to come out soon on Kill Rock Stars.

SXSW Day 3: On Rap's "Little Emperor" Phase and Showing and Proving

Maybe we ought to blame Kanye--even though this trend started well before him, and will likely persist long after he retires to pursue French anime interior spaceship design. Like it or not, 'Ye's massive success re-removed a lot of barriers into the major label rap game. No longer did you need st ... More >>

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