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Skrillex

  • Blogs

    May 15, 2012

    Ask a Teen Raver: Our Teen Raver's Last Column

    Kerah Rose is a 19-year-old college student from Riverside and EDM aficionado. Ask a Teen Raver appears on Tuesdays in West Coast Sound. Send your questions to teenraver@laweekly.com. Dear Teen Raver: Do you like any crusty old DJs like Sasha and Digweed and Paul Van Dyk and all them? Don't you thi ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 8, 2012

    Ask a Teen Raver: Squirrels That Look Like Skrillex

    Kerah Rose is a 19-year-old college student from Riverside and EDM aficionado. Ask a Teen Raver appears on Tuesdays in West Coast Sound. Send your questions to teenraver@laweekly.com. Dear Teen Raver: I follow you on Tumblr and I absolutely love your blog! What are your next upcoming events? I woul ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 4, 2012

    DJ Justin Martin, at Avalon Tonight, Says West Coast is Best Coast

    The West Coast was a shining beacon for American dance music. It was where Kaskade, Miguel Migs, Mark Farina, DJ Dan, Doc Martin, Donald Glaude, Marques Wyatt, Hardkiss and so many others fostered a special sound. While this is still the place to be for massive festivals like Coachella and Electric ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 24, 2012

    Exclusive: Skrillex, Bloc Party, and Miike Snow Headline Hard Summer Fest

    Hard Summer fest is back, this time as a two-day event, August 3-4, at Los Angeles State Historic Park. The organizers were kind enough to share the line-up with West Coast Sound before anyone else. The EDM-focused party is headlined by this dude with a weird haircut you may have heard of named Skr ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 2, 2012

    'April Fools,' Says L.A. Weekly

    If you visited L.A. Weekly's home page yesterday, you might have noticed a few stories that seemed a little off -- our contribution to April Fool's Day. For those of you who want to relive the moment, click on the image above to see it bigger, and links to all the stories are here:

  • Blogs

    March 31, 2012

    Skrillex Opens Grillex, the First Dubstep-Themed Food Truck

    Lines stretched for blocks in northeast L.A. last night as fans jostled to get a taste of the latest Skrillex project -- a literal taste, that is, of the diminutive dubstep pioneer's new mobile culinary lab, Grillex. The Grammy-winning L.A. native Skrillex (born Sonny Moore) launched Grillex to mi ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 22, 2012

    Interview With a Raver Who Wears Electrical Tape on Her Boobs

    Ciara Mimms is perhaps the L.A. area's most devoted raver, in an area crammed with them. The 18-year-old high school senior lives in San Bernardino County, but spends her free time in the city at clubs like The Avalon and The Music Box. She takes her EDM seriously, and making costumes for the part ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 20, 2012

    Kevin Barnes: Of Montreal's Front Man Is Depressed

    It's no secret that some of the most creative and talented artists have also harbored intense feelings of anxiety and depression. (See Whitney Houston.) Kevin Barnes, lead singer of Athens-based indie rock group Of Montreal, has managed to channel his depression in to spontaneous whirlwhinds of cr ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 18, 2012

    The Best of SXSW Music: Saturday 3/17/2012

    So, we come to it: the end of all things. Four days of madness, Doritos, Skrillex and finally, St. Patrick's Day. Before we bid SXSW 2012 farewell, allow us to share our favorite moments from SXSW day four. Later, we'll let you know which shows weren't so hot. Find our favorites below, and if there ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 17, 2012

    50 Cent, Eminem, and the Best of SXSW Yesterday

    See also Houston Press's 50 Cent showcase slideshow 50 Cent / Eminem - Austin Music Hall Never mind that Get Rich or Die Trying actually came out in 2003; the moist and dewy crowd at Austin Music Hall last night was plenty psyched for his performance of his debut album on its "10th anniversary." Ba ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 16, 2012

    The Best of SXSW Music: Thursday 3/15/2012

    If you're familiar with chaos theory, which in its basic form is the attempt to find patterns in the random acts of shit on Earth, then you may understand the difficulty that comes with describing a full day at SXSW. To break down the bright, scintillating chaos, Village Voice Media's roving music e ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 13, 2012

    Skrillex's OWSLA Label's New Compilation: We Rank the Tracks

    See also: Skrillex: L.A. DJ, Producer Is Boy King of Electronic Dance Music Today, Skrillex's record label OWSLA unleashes Free Treats Vol. II, 18 tracks from this year's up-and-comers in the EDM world, plus one remix of Skrillex's hit "Ruffneck (FULL Flex)." Free music is always good by us, but so ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 12, 2012

    Alert: SXSW Coverage Ahead

    "What I want from each and every one of you is a hard-target search of every gas station, residence, warehouse, farmhouse, henhouse, outhouse and doghouse in that area." -- Tommy Lee Jones, The Fugitive You don't have to spend much time at South By Southwest to know that all of the above building ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 12, 2012

    Brenmar: His Goal as a DJ Is to Get You Laid

    Hearing a DJ throw on the one song you never thought you'd hear other than on your own iTunes playlist will seal your allegiance to him. By spinning Supa Blanco's slurry Southern underground anthem "I Bet I Do," Brenmar did just that when he opened for Iggy Azalea's recent, supa anticipated show. In ... More >>

  • Calendar

    March 1, 2012

    The Gold Standard

    Hearing a DJ throw on the one song you never thought you'd hear other than on your own iTunes playlist will seal your allegiance to him. By spinning Supa Blanco's slurry Southern underground anthem "I Bet I Do," Brenmar did just that when he opened for Iggy Azalea's recent, supa anticipated show. In ... More >>

  • Music

    February 23, 2012

    12th Planet is the Johnny Appleseed of Dubstep

    Skrillex sleeps on his couch

  • Blogs

    February 23, 2012

    12th Planet On How He Met Skrillex, and How Dubstep Took Off in L.A.

    Our feature story this week profiles L.A. dubstep hero 12th Planet, aka the Johnny Appleseed of Dubstep. We spent time with him backstage at the Echoplex before a gig with Skrillex and Caspa, and then again at his downtown loft-studio. The DJ-producer has been instrumental in bringing dubstep to th ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 17, 2012

    Dave Grohl "Clarifies" Grammy Speech After We Call Him Out For Sounding Like an Anti-EDM Geezer

    Jena Ardell​Guess we hit a nerve when we called out Dave Grohl for his anti-EDM Grammy Awards acceptance speech. Besides tons of hate mail (our favorite told us to " ... go eat a bag of dicks") and some support (Moby's former manager noted we were there when that real punk rocker went electro ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 13, 2012

    2012 Grammys: The Best, the Worst and the Weirdest

    Rebecca HaithcoatDrake's after-party​See also: *Why The Grammys Stink *Deadmau5, Rihanna - House of Blues - 2/13/12 *Dan Wilson: From "Closing Time" to Adele's "Someone Like You" Adele won everything. Kanye didn't show. Nicki Minaj out-Gaga'ed Gaga by showing up with a Pope imitator as her e ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 13, 2012

    Deadmau5, Rihanna - House of Blues - 2/13/12

    Deadmau5, Rihanna House of Blues 1-13-12 See also: *Why The Grammys Stink *2012 Grammys: The Best, the Worst and the Weirdest Better than... The Grammy telecast's attempts to showcase EDM. Skrillex may have won three Grammys, but it was Deadmau5 who ultimately impacted the celebration, its red c ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 26, 2012

    Five More Girls Who Look Like Skrillex

    See also our original post: Top Five Girls Who Look Like Skrillex Skrillex is back in town for a six night performance run. Here's our review of his show at Cinespace, and be sure to check out our cover story from a few months back, in which we embedded with the reluctant dubstep star and told his ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 25, 2012

    Skrillex - Cinespace - 1/24/12

    See also: *Our cover story on Skrillex *Top Five Girls Who Look Like Skrillex Skrillex, Alvin Risk, Koan Sound, Dan Sena Cinespace 1/25/12 Better than... Seeing Skrillex at a festival Skrillex's six night hometown tour began yesterday, when the local boy-done-good held court before a sold out cr ... More >>

  • Music

    January 19, 2012

    Music Picks: Skrillex, Diplo, Wu-Tang Clan, The Health Club

    Also, Art Lande, Albert "Tootie" Heath, Gilad Hekselman, The Stitches, The Villains and others

  • Blogs

    December 23, 2011

    Nero - The Music Box - 12/22/11

    Liz OhanesianNero​Nero (DJ Set) The Music Box 12-22-11 Better than... Listening to Nero's new CD. Earlier this month, Cherrytree Records released in the U.S. the hard copy of Nero's debut album, Welcome Reality. The U.K. electronic dance music duo's work had already been available in other m ... More >>

  • Music

    December 22, 2011

    Music Picks: Woody Allen & His New Orleans Jazz Band, Jane Monheit, Manhattan Murder Mystery

    Also, Fishbone, Luciana Souza, Infected Mushroom and others

  • Blogs

    December 7, 2011

    Korn - Hollywood Palladium - 12/6/11

    Daniel Kohn​See also: Wait, Now Korn Invented Dubstep?! Korn Hollywood Palladium 12/6/11 Better Than...going to a Brian Welch book reading. To mark the release of their latest album, The Path of Totality, veteran hard rock outfit Korn took over The Palladium with an assortment of guests las ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 6, 2011

    Wait, Now Korn Invented Dubstep?! Here Are Five Other Nu-Metal Groups Who Could Also Make Dubstep Comebacks

    ​See also: *Porter Robinson: The Libertarian Dubstep Guy *In Defense Of "Fratstep:" An Open Letter To James Blake It's been a controversial week on the dubstep front. First, there's a libertarian dubstep guy, and then we had to deal with a spin-off called "fratstep." Now Korn is saying they ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 5, 2011

    In Defense Of "Fratstep:" An Open Letter To James Blake

    ​See also: *Porter Robinson: The Libertarian Dubstep Guy *Wait, Now Korn Invented Dubstep?! [Editor's Note: Fuck Guilty Pleasures celebrates the over-produced, commercial, artless, lowbrow music that we believe is genuinely worthwhile. Like, among the best music ever.] Hear me out, James Blake. ... More >>

  • Eat+Drink

    December 1, 2011

    Jonathan Gold Reviews Tsujita L.A.

    Ramen and Tsukemen at the city's new noodle lover's paradise

  • Blogs

    December 1, 2011

    Porter Robinson: The Libertarian Dubstep Guy

    See also: *In Defense Of "Fratstep:" An Open Letter To James Blake *Wait, Now Korn Invented Dubstep?! It's fair to say that most political nerds don't know what dubstep is. But last month libertarian sites like The Daily Paul and Lew Rockwell got geeked up about Porter Robinson's track "The State." ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 1, 2011

    Your Counter Intelligence Preview: In Which Mr. Gold Considers Tsujita L.A.

    This week Jonathan Gold considers Tsujita L.A., the newish ramen shop on Sawtelle. Tsujita is not exactly one of the crammed noodle closets that are the tsukemen shops in Tokyo -- 5 seats, Foo Fighters blasting, 15 minutes to slurp your noodles so the drunk guys outside can get in -- but it's a lot ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 29, 2011

    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 >>

  • Blogs

    November 28, 2011

    Zedd - Dim Mak Sunday - 11-27-11

    Zedd Dim Mak Sundays 11-27-11 Better than... bottle service. Last summer, Zedd hit L.A. to warm up the crowd when Deadmau5's Meowingtons Hax tour hit the Palladium for a few sold-out nights. He returned to the city last night as a headliner for his own mini tour, supporting the single "Stars Come ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 25, 2011

    LinA In LA Party Picks: Our Post-Thanksgiving Workout Plan

    Forget about cornbread. We've got the recipe for the kind of stuffing that won't leave you comatose after consumed, unless you want to be. Stuff your weekend with the following ingredients: '70s disco, '80s new wave, brand-new electro house, zombies, fashion fiends, hipsters, gays, straights, pan-se ... More >>

  • Eat+Drink

    November 24, 2011

    Jonathan Gold Reviews MB Post

    David LeFevre brings Manhattan Beach up to speed on L.A. restaurant trends

  • Blogs

    November 1, 2011

    Zola Jesus, LA Vampires, Xanopticon - Echoplex - October 31, 2011

    ian Cohen​See also: *Zola Jesus Brings Her Unsettled and Prickly Vision to L.A. *Amanda Brown of LA Vampires: Raw Foodist, Colossal In Kiev Zola Jesus, LA Vampires, Xanopticon Echoplex October 31, 2011 Better than... Seeing MC 900 Ft. Jesus on Columbus Day. Gotta admit, perhaps the greates ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 30, 2011

    Skrillex, Major Lazer, Caspa - Hard Haunted Mansion - Shrine Expo Hall - 10-29-11

    Timothy Norris​See also: Our cover story on Skrillex *More photos from Hard Haunted Mansion Skrillex, Major Lazer, Caspa, Goose and others HARD Haunted Mansion Shrine Expo Hall 10-29-11 Better than... watching Skrillex on YouTube. This year's Hard Haunted Mansion -- the two-day electronic m ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 28, 2011

    Best Posts Of The Week

    ​How well do you know your L.A. hip-hop dances? For the debut of her column on the subject, Jessica A. Koslow ran down the controversial origin story of the Dougie this week. Turns out a rapper named Lil Wil was doing it first, and had some choice words for our Inglewood heroes Cali Swag Distr ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 28, 2011

    What Will Be The Most Popular Music-Related Halloween Costumes This Year? And How Can They Be Made Slutty?

    ​By Lina Lecaro and Andrea Domanick Nothing is a more fun cultural zeitgeist indicator than what folks wear for Halloween. And, of course, musical personalities are prime fodder. So here are our predictions for what will be the most common music costumes this year. Of course, despite the fa ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 24, 2011

    Top Five Girls Who Look Like Skrillex

    Girls That Look Like Skrillex, submitted by BittyBandolero​See also: *Our cover story on Skrillex *Skrillex Is Making Music With Members Of The Doors! We Speak With Him And Robby Krieger About It *The Top Five Covers of Skrillex's 'Scary Monsters and Nice Sprites'" In this week's cover story, ... More >>

  • Music

    October 20, 2011

    Skrillex: L.A. DJ, Producer Is Boy King of Electronic Dance Music

    Leads the mashed-up, remixed generation

  • Blogs

    October 20, 2011

    Top Five Covers of Skrillex's 'Scary Monsters and Nice Sprites'

    Star Foreman​See more in "Skrillex Is Making Music With Members Of The Doors! We Speak With Him And Robby Krieger About It." Skrillex loves it when folks cover his songs, which is good because there are a billion of them. When we met with the twenty-three-year-old producer in San Diego recent ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 14, 2011

    Best Posts of the Week

    We'll tell you exactly how they make us feel​Who needs Snakes On A Plane when you've got a Cobra Starship? This week in his kill-yourself-hilarious column Why This Song Sucks Shea Serrano explored the slick New York band's somehow-popular single "You Make Me Feel," proving why it blows using s ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 13, 2011

    The Doors' Robby Krieger on Skrillex: "He Seemed Like a Mad Scientist"

    Brian NevinsSkrillex with Ray Manzarek and Robby Krieger​Skrillex's earliest musical memories revolve around The Doors. The groundbreaking electronic artist -- who appears on our cover next week -- says that the first song he remembers hearing is "Riders on the Storm." The first movie he can r ... More >>

  • Music

    September 29, 2011

    Friday Night Fever

    Formerly the bastard stepchild of club nights, Friday is giving Saturday some competition

  • Blogs

    September 14, 2011

    Sirah: Your New Favorite Female Rapper Indie Pop Princess

    ​A couple of years ago, Sirah, a young, white, female California rapper, was on the rise. She was in talks with major labels. She was about to release an album. She stitched together her outfits with two-dollar thrift store finds and no Fendi. Sound familiar? But unlike Kreayshawn, the white ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 7, 2011

    Skrillex, Odd Future, Gaslamp Killer, and Chromeo at HARD Summer Fest - Los Angeles State Historic Park - 8/7/11

    Timothy Norris​By Roselle Chen Guys in rice picker hats and Jabbawockeez masks, and girls in booty shorts, sports bras and furry boots filtered into sunlit, grassy Los Angeles State Historic Park Saturday for HARD Summer Music Festival. 30,000 people were in attendance, so perhaps one should ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 5, 2011

    HARD Fest Preview: How HARD Are You?

    Illustration by Fred Noland​HARD Summer Music Festival takes place this Saturday, Aug. 6 at downtown's Los Angeles State Historic Park. It's easily the best electronic music festival to annually pass through town. Not only are the lineups consistently quality, but you can attend without gettin ... More >>

  • Music

    August 4, 2011

    Page Two: How HARD Are You?

    L.A.'s Premier Electronic Fest Is Here. Watch Out For Stereotypes!

  • Blogs

    April 19, 2011

    Craigslist Missed Connections, Coachella Edition: Guy Eye-Bangs Bleach Blonde in Gold AmApp Top at Sahara Tent, Invites Her to Lincoln Heights to "420 It Up and Listen to Deadmau5"

    ​Ah, romance, or, as Erasure would say, Oh, L'Amour... This little Coachella-related message in a bottle went up today on Craigslist's infamous Missed Connections section, possibly the saddest region in the entire Internet where--most likely late at night and surrounded by a collection of cru ... More >>

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